The Coach Who Had Already Watched the Game Film

In 2019, a high school point guard named Marcus Davis from Gary, Indiana, showed up uninvited to a basketball camp at Valparaiso University. He had no recruiter backing him, no highlight reel, no connections. A teammate had simply said, "Come check it out — what do you have to lose?" Marcus walked onto the court expecting anonymity. Instead, the assistant coach approached him by name.…