Virginia's Casey Morsell Is All Set For A New Action

Author: Mansi

Every year, the teams get shuffled and arranged. Hence, they open ways for the new incomers to show their talents. Being an athlete, and that too of a renowned team sounds great, isn’t it? One such newcomer is Casey Morsell, a high school graduate and currently a part of the Virginia Cavaliers. Yet, the speculations are set for this newcomer and his game. Critics along with the game lovers are keenly interested in watching the game league of this new player. Though the last season was a mix up among the struggles, let’s see what this new season has in the basket for the player.

About the team:

The basketball team was named the Cavaliers after hunting down the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers in 1923. Wahoos and Hoos are some other names through which Virginia Cavaliers are known. They represent the University of Virginia situated in Charlottesville.

Referred to just as Virginia in sports media, UVA has twice won the Capital One Cup for men's games (in 2015 and 2019) in the wake of driving the country in by and large athletic greatness. The Cavaliers have routinely positioned among the Top 5 broadly.

Virginia is widely being counted among the top 10 teams in the nation this season. Home games by the team are held on the on-campus John Paul Jones Arena under the coachmanship of Tony Bennett. Till now, the team has won one NCAA Championship, two National Invitation Tournaments, and three ACC Tournament Titles.

Player Introduction: Virginia’s Casey Morsell:

Casey’s full name is Matthew Casey Morsell, from the Washington District of Columbia. He was born on the 2nd of Jan 2001 and currently 19 years old. His parents Michael and Jeanette Morsell. His elder brother, Michael, also a basketball player, played at Towson, from 2015-18. Currently, Michael is a professional player, playing overseas. Last year, Casey enrolled in the team on 1 July 2019. He plays for the team from the shooting guard position.

Morsell completed schooling from St. John’s College High School, Virginia, currently a part of the University of Virginia. His draft entry in the NBA is supposed to be in the year 2023.

Glimpse from 2019-20 session:

Firstly, a lettered player started from 13 games out of 30.
Moreover, it has an average of 4.0 points and 1.7 rebounds.
Also, his shot average is 27.7% from the field, 17.6 percent from the 3 point range with 85.7% average from the free-throw line.
He became the first true freshman to start a season opener at UVA after Taylor Barnette, Justin Anderson and Mike Tobey at Green Mason.
After a scoring career-high 19 points in the game against Arizona State, his name was given to the Air Force Reserve All-Tournament Team.
Casey has scored 9 points against NC state and 10 points against the Navy.
Had played season-high 28 minutes against Vermont.

His High School:

Firstly, Casey has played 4 varsity seasons at a high school.
Also, Casey is named as Gatorade Player of the Year (2019) and US Today Player of the Year for Washington DC.
Finalist of several World Cup Teams such as the USA Basketball Men’s U17 (2018) and USA Basketball Men’s U19 (2019).
He has already been honored as a junior by All WCAC first team (2017-18), where he averaged 14.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game.
Moreover, after leading St. John’s to a 22-11 record and DCSAA title game berth, he was named to the first team in the All-District of Columbia State Athletic Association.

Casey’s rank was 56 last year when he entered his freshman season in the Cavaliers. This led to higher expectations among the Virginia fans. Those big minutes of Morsell are still counted as the thrust in the backcourt which leads to losing the game of Kyle Guy and Tu Jerome. Still, the condition turned out to be a mixed bag situation where all the scores of the team didn’t lead to a much expected good result.

According to the ESPN ratings, they stated Casey does not have a prototype size for an ideal athlete guard. Yet, he’s a tough player who can easily score well. On defense, he’s extremely tough and committed, which makes it hard for the opponent to score.

Apart from all that, yet Morsell's freshman year was a mixed bag compared to the pre-season expectations. But, was successful enough to set a pretty high floor for his potential. Virginia fans know that this young newcomer is going to defend the floor superbly. It’s a matter of time his skills and potential would soon start to show up.