Former Flint Northwestern and MSU standout Kelvin Torbert profiled in Dime Magazine

Former Flint Northwestern and MSU standout Kelvin Torbert profiled in Dime Magazine

From Mlive’s It’s Just Sports blog…

There’s probably not a single player that I watched more than Kelvin Torbert in high school. People started talking about Torbert early on, but he didn’t become a household name until his sophomore season. By the time he was a junior, Torbert looked like a college senior and was, at that time, the most powerful leaper I’d ever seen in high school. (And what a fun team to watch: Torbert, Desmon Farmer, James Murdoch, Chris McLavish, Marcus Willis, etc.)

Torbert was arguably the top high school player in the country (he won two such awards) and would have been a top 10-15 pick in the NBA Draft straight out of high school. He chose to go to MSU, and the rest is history. I know there are many basketball fans in Flint that still believe that choosing MSU was the kiss of death for Torbert’s NBA prospects.