The Troy basketball program had players defecting left and right, thus opening up room for hungry recruits to come in with a chance of immediate playing time.
But credit more of it to the work of head coach Scott Cross and his staff who found a way to succeed despite being handicapped during the recruiting process like every other college coach due to restrictions caused by COVID-19.
The Trojans’ recruiting class started impressive enough early last week when three players with Texas ties came on board, but really picked up steam later in the week when in-state products Duke Miles of Robert E.