Super 30: No. 14 Tyler Lockett, Tulsa Washington

Though his college future is as a football player at Kansas State, Tulsa Washington's Tyler Lockett will return to the basketball court for the Hornets next season, meaning they will have four starters back from the 5A state championship squad.

I could’ve talked to Tyler Lockett for another hour when I had him on the phone for an interview earlier this week. There were a dozen more things I would’ve liked to bounce off him, just to understand what shaped him, what his young life was like as the son of an NFL player, stuff like that.

Heck, I barely touched on basketball long enough to find out if he’ll play for Shea Seals’ defending 5A champs again next season — and the answer is, ‘yes.’

But as great as all that would’ve been for me, I’m sure an 18-year-old has better things to do in the middle of the summer. So we’ll come back to that other stuff another day.

Still, I came away with a lot of interesting stuff that wasn’t able to make it into Friday’s story about Lockett, No. 14 on our Super 30 list. Here are a few of the leftover nuggets from the Tulsa Washington star:

On Kansas State coach Bill Snyder, who coached Tyler’s father, Kevin, and uncle, Aaron: “I wanted to play for a legendary coach. I think coach Snyder is a great coach, and I think he’ll get the Wildcats back to the top again.”