Introducing the Delk twins

Mississippi State was looking for guards in the class of 2005 and hit the jackpot by securingt verbal commitments from twin prospects Reginald Delk and Richard Delk from Jackson (Tenn.) Northside.

While most people know they are both ranked in the top 100 nationally, and realize that means they are pretty good, most don’t know exactly what they got. Northside coach Terry Hill explains exactly what a steal the Bulldogs have acquired.

“Reginald is a little more aggressive as far as shooting and Richard, he is basically more athletic because he is more all around,” he said.

“Richard does a whole lot. He handles the ball for me. He will play point this year and he can also play down low. He has good post moves. He shoots well from the outside, but Reginald just has the highest three-point percentage, and he has maintained that every year that he has been here at Northside.”

While the general opinion has been that Richard will be brought in as a point guard and Reginald will be a two guard, coach Hill doesn’t necessarily feel his players should be pigeon-holed into specific positions at this point.

“I can see that, but the way my offense is set, they will play a one and a three,” he explained. “Reginald will play a three. Actually his job will be what the No. 2 guy normally does around the perimeter. My two guy, I am just basically using him to get the ball down the floor and to be a passer like maybe a 1a and 1b position, a co-1 position.

“The way my inbound plays are designed, my three man takes it out a lot and scores off a pick coming in and Reginald would be the guy that I would want in that position. He is a shooter and you just need to set good screens for him and in our offense that is what we do.

“I guess I am just kind of odd. In anyone else’s offense that would be a two position, but I can very well believe that the coaches will have Richard at a one and Reginald at a two.”

So could Reginald play a three in college?

“Yeah and the thing about it is these kids are going to grow,” Hill continued. “They are 6-6 now and they are going to get a little taller. I am going to say at least a couple more years of growing, so they could be 6-7 or 6-7 1/2 pushing 6-8, so they could be a good tandem at a one, two, three spot.”

So how does coach Hill think the Mississippi Sate fans will accept his star players?

“They’ll just be totally happy to have those kids,” he said. “Those kids are tremendous athletes. They’ll be an asset. They will be the type of kids that people will want to go see play. They are exciting to watch.

“For me of course they play everywhere from the one position to the five position. They are just exciting kids to watch play, good kids in the classroom, and they will work hard in every aspect of the game. They don’t come very often like that.

“To be honest with you, I know they got to go, but I hate to lose them. Nevertheless I am glad they did choose Mississippi State. The coaching staff did a tremendous job recruiting them, and I think they will be very happy that they recruited them as hard as they did.”

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