SAN FRANCISCO – Will Richard, stuck inside his family’s Georgia home as COVID spread across the country, saw a familiar face flash upon the screen during Belmont coach Casey Alexander’s online recruiting pitch in 2020.

A photo of former Bruin great and dependable Warriors guard Ian Clark appeared before him.

Selfless. Effective. Team-oriented. And perhaps most importantly, a bonafide NBA player who was an established contributor for Richard’s favorite NBA team.

The message was simple.

“A kid can’t tell Belmont ‘I’m not gonna go there because I want to play in the NBA’ because we can say, ‘Well, we’ve had three guys in the NBA in the last 10 years, not including Will Richard.’” Alexander told the Bay Area News Group last week. “That credibility piece is important to us, and something we

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