D’Angelo Hunter is the latest West Virginia men’s basketball player to enroll. His arrival was announced by the team’s Twitter account this morning. He spent the past two seasons at Navarro College in Texas, and he played more as a sophomore than he did as a freshman. His stats suggest he did a little of everything — 15.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game last season — but they reveal a concern, too. He wasn’t a terribly accurate shooter (and this assumes you trust the accuracy of junior college bookkeeping and ignore the possibility that sometimes a kid has to shoot to help his team).

The Mountaineers aren’t frightened, and you’ll remember Tarik Phillip was a below-average shooter who made himself a very good shooter.

The availability of the practice facility, technology and coaching and support staff can empower newcomers. Now, maybe the Phillip parallel doesn’t work for you. He was a 6-foot-3. Hunter is four inches taller. One’s a guard who can handle the ball and the offense. The other is … four inches taller and presumably a forward.

Well, again, we were trusting the authenticity of 6-7, which we probably shouldn’t do with recruits until they hit campus. He’s now listed at 6-6, and his weight, which I’ve seen as high as 195 pounds, is now at 180. He’s shorter and thinner than Lamont West, and he’s going to be an outside-in offensive player who can dribble and drive, do some damage in the mid-range and eventually knock down 3-pointers.  So in essence, a taller Phillip, and Hunter did shoot and make a lot of free throws last season.

Hunter joins Brandon Knapper, Teddy Allen and Wes Harris on campus, meaning four of the five signees are present and accounted four. The outlier is, of course, Derek Culver.