Prospect Spotlight: Trevor McBride (2022)
One year after putting together a strong freshman season for Basehor-Linwood, rising 2022 guard Trevor McBride is looking forward to a breakout season after a strong summer running with SSA Elite. At 6’0, McBride is a strong two-way player who…
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Continue ReadingOne year after putting together a strong freshman season for Basehor-Linwood, rising 2022 guard Trevor McBride is looking forward to a breakout season after a strong summer running with SSA Elite.
At 6’0, McBride is a strong two-way player who can score from all three levels and works hard at the defensive end of the floor.
A year ago, McBride was a key player for a team that advanced all the way to the Kansas 5A state championship game. He says a key semifinal win over Bishop Carroll was among his fondest memories of his freshman season.
“Last year was a year I will never forget,” he says. “It’s hard knowing that you were that close. However, I will never forget the semifinal comeback win against Bishop Carroll. That will be a game that I will never forget. Coming in as a freshman I knew my role was going to be different for a year. My role was to come in and defend the other teams best player and give the seniors a break. And that’s what I did, along with hitting the open shots I got.”
McBride put together a big summer running with SSA Elite and says the experience has helped prepare him for his sophomore season.
“It was a good experience helping me get my killer instinct back on the offensive end,” McBride said. “Our team was very unselfish and shared the ball very well. When we played as a team we could compete with anybody. Along with our weight training program I became a different player over the summer.”
McBride says expectations are high this season at Basehor-Linwood in 2019-20.
“We are gonna be dangerous again this year,” McBride said. “We are going to miss our seniors but just as Basehor does every year we are going to reload and go out and do our thing. I am looking forward to the park hill south game after Christmas this year. We played them over the summer and the game went into sudden death. It should be a fun one to play.”
A fan of Lebron James, McBride says he appreciates the way the NBA star sees the floor and has tried to implement the skill into his own game.
“Since a young age I started to develop my game into being able to see the whole floor at all times,” he said. “Being able to make plays without scoring is one of the biggest parts of the game. I was just kind of born with a killer mentality on the offensive end however. I haven’t based that part of my game off of anyone specific. I take different things here and there from different players to help develop my game all the time. But I don’t consider myself a one dimensional player so I take pieces from everyone’s game.”
McBride says his dad has had the biggest influence on his basketball career to date.
“I have watched him coach since I was little and he has coached me since I was little,” he says. “He never took it easy on me when it came to coaching and I feel like that has made me the player I am today.”