Didn’t get the recruiting news up last week due to the dreaded blue screen of death on my laptop. Now I am using some piece of shit from work while I decide if I want to go with another cheap one, or put on my superman huggies and go with a Mac Book. Being a man, I have an incorrigible urge to spend money recklessly.
Here we go…
- 2019 guard Deuce Dean took an unofficial visit to VT this weekend. UVA was in to see Dean on 9/29
- GT in to watch forward Josh Taylor, a forward in the 2020 class
- FSU in to see 5 star Scottie Barnes on 9/29
- Clemson was in to watch 2020 forward BJ Boston. Boston also visited NC State on 9/30
- Joey Baker took an unofficial to Duke on 9/30 and the Devils offered him on the visit.
- Tony Bennett was in to see Armando Bacot on 9/29
- Syracuse has offered Precious Achiuwa. They watched him play on 9/29
- RJ Barrett hosted Coach K and Jeff Capel. Barrett has cut Arizona and Michigan from his list. It appears to be either Duke or UK
- VT has David Duke, Landers Nolley and Jarren McCallister for official visits this weekend
- Romeo Langford has removed Louisville from consideration given the most recent scandal and firing of Rick Pitino.
- 5 star guards Anfernee Simons and Courtney Ramey have both decommitted from Louisville.
- Louisville has ceased recruiting Darius Days
- Scottie Lewis has named his final 12 and included Duke and UNC
- Jules Bernard did not make his visit to Miami this weekend
- Elijah Wood names his 11 which includes UNC and ND
- Creighton de-commit Ian Steere will announce his new commitment on 10/6. Visited NC State this weekend.
- FSU and GT were both in to see Ashton Hagans this week
- Syracuse was in to see 2020 5 star Scottie Barnes.
- GT was in to see Malcolm Dandridge
- Syracuse and Miami were both in to see Vernon Carey, the top player in the 2019 class
- Miami was in to see Khalif Battle
- Omar Payne visited FSU, Payne is a 4 star big man in the 2019 class
- UNC visited Bryan Antoine and Scottie Lewis
- VT hosted Nigel Marshall and Ibn Williams for unofficial visits on 9/23
- FSU hosted Balsa Koprivica, Diante Smith and Zimife Nwojeki
- Miami hosted Eric Ayala and Saddiq Bey on 9/22
- Vernon Carey visited Miami for an unofficial
- Syracuse was in to see #1 guard target Jalen Carey this week. Carey has recently trimmed Miami from his list given their possible involvement with a recruiting scandal.
- Simi Shittu will take an official visit to UNC
- Clemson offered Balso Koprivica
- Clemson was in to watch Omar Payne
- FSU offered Trendon Watford
- Syracuse Notre Dame, Duke and FSU all in to see 5 star Isaiah Stewart
- Notre Dame seems to be targeting Charles Smith IV heavily. Smith took an unofficial to South Bend on 9/1
- 2019 big man Jakov Kukic is garnering interested from Notre Dame and FSU
- VT and GT both in to see Khalid Moore. VT offered Moore. He will take an official to Atlanta later this month
- VT offered 3 star big man Florent Thamba
- Pitt had an in home visit with Saddiq Bey
- FSU was in to see 5 star Keldon Johnson
- VT was in to see David Duke
- UNC was in to see Romeo Langford
- FSU has offered 2021 guard Randy Brady
- Christian Brown took an unofficial visit to GT on 9/23
- Ayo Dosunmu took his official visit to Wake this weekend
- Keyontae Johnson will reschedule his official visit to GT. He was originally supposed to go on 10/6 but will have to push that date. Johnson has also said he will probably be a spring commitment.
- UVA was in to see Aidan Igiehon, a 5 star big man in the 2019 class
- Pitt was in to see Qudus Wahab, a 4 star center from Virginia
- Talen Horton Tucker has cut his list from 13 to 7 and named GT among them. He will be looking to start scheduling visits soon.
- Nassir Little has removed Miami from consideration
- NC State has offered Juwan Gary
- Miami was in to see Kahlil Whitney
- Duke and Louisville in to see Bryan Antoine
- Wake has been in contact with 2020 guard Jalen Cone
- Miami has offered Diante Smith and CJ Walker
- NC State and Clemson have both been in to see Jaelyn Withers
- FSU has offered 2018 recruit Carlos Curry
- GT was in to see Balsa Koprivica
- UVA was in to see both Jaden Dellaire and Loomis Chaffee
- Wake was in to see Zach Harvey and Jeremiah Robinson
- Jaden Springer took an unofficial visit to this weekend. Was at Louisville on 9/16
- UNC performed an in home visit with Romeo Langford on 9/19
- FSU and VT were both in to see Elias King
- James Wiseman has received an offer from Clemson
- 2019 PF Will Baker has received an offer from UNC
- Drake London has received an offer from UVA
Commitments
- Micheal Devoe has committed to Georgia Tech over Wake Forest. This is Josh Pastner’s second commitment in the 2018 class.
- Isaiah Mucius has committed to Wake Forest. Danny Manning put a tremendous class together for next year.
- Notre Dame has beat out UNC for Nate Laszewski. The 4 star forward will be a big time player for Mike Brey
- Hunter Tyson, a 4 star forward from North Carolina has committed to Clemson. Tyson held offers from Michigan and Wake Forest among others
Notes
- Matthias Tass committed to St. Mary’s. He was deciding between the Gaels and GT
- David McCormack has committed to Kansas. NC State was still in consideration
- Luther Muhammad committed to Ohio State over Notre Dame
- Louis King committed to Oregon over NC State and others.
- Maryland has apparently become the favorite for 5 star big man Moses Brown since the news broke about the recruiting scandal. As of Thursday, Browns father claimed he had not heard from Louisville.
- Andrew Nembhard has removed UVA from consideration
- Khadim Sy is transferring from VT and has landed at Tallahassee CC.
Little sloppy today and I apologize, this laptop is fucking horrendous. I type about 6 words before they actually appear on the screen, that is why everything is so short.
DFS Plays for today: Jacquizz Rodgers and Taylor Gabriel for GPP’s and Beckham Jr and AJ Green for cash games.