National analyst picking Kentucky for Johnny Juzang

 Posted by at 11:29 PM on April 24, 2019  Comments Off on National analyst picking Kentucky for Johnny Juzang
Apr 242019
 

Johnny Juzang

247Sports national analyst Evan Daniels logged a Crystal Ball pick in favor of Kentucky for five-star recruit Johnny Juzang on Wednesday evening, right around the time that Juzang announced he will reclassify to 2019.

Juzang — a 6-foot-6 perimeter player from California — earned a UK scholarship offer last week, and Daniels broke the news Tuesday that Juzang will take an official visit to Kentucky early next week. Juzang said in his reclassification announcement Wednesday that he’s expecting to announce a college decision soon. Virginia, Kansas, Villanova, UCLA and Southern Cal are among the other schools recruiting him, though UK is looking like the favorite.

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New predictions for top 2019 basketball recruits

 Posted by at 12:12 PM on April 13, 2019  Comments Off on New predictions for top 2019 basketball recruits
Apr 132019
 

McDaniels

Several notable predictions were made recently on the Crystal Ball pages of some of the highest-ranked uncommitted basketball recruits in the 2019 class.

D1 Circuit’s Alec Kinsky, who helps oversee media operations on the Nike EYBL travel circuit, logged new predictions for Jaden McDaniels (Washington), Matthew Hurt (Duke), Trendon Watford (Memphis), Precious Achiuwa (UConn) and Lester Quinones (Memphis).

McDaniels, Hurt, Watford and Achiuwa were all McDonald’s All-Americans this year, and Quinones is a top-50 national prospect and one of the best backcourt scorers in the 2019 class. McDaniels and Watford both played on the Nike circuit last summer.

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Calipari travels to see another five-star recruit

 Posted by at 9:24 AM on April 12, 2019  Comments Off on Calipari travels to see another five-star recruit
Apr 122019
 

Johnson

John Calipari was in Wisconsin on Thursday to visit with Jalen Johnson, one of the top basketball recruits in the class of 2020.

Johnson — a 6-foot-8 small forward — is the No. 3 overall player in the 2020 class, according to the 247Sports composite rankings. He has visited UK for Big Blue Madness each of the past two seasons and was one of the first players in his class to land a scholarship offer from the Wildcats.

Duke has also made Johnson a priority, however, and the Blue Devils are the early leader — albeit with a small sample size — on his 247Sports Crystal Ball page. As a junior this past season, Johnson averaged 19.7 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, earned Wisconsin player of the year honors, and led his team to its first state championship.

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Is Duke about to land another star basketball recruit?

 Posted by at 10:39 PM on April 11, 2019  Comments Off on Is Duke about to land another star basketball recruit?
Apr 112019
 

Duke could be on the verge of a terrific ending to this 2019 recruiting cycle.

The Blue Devils already have commitments from five-star McDonald’s All-Americans Vernon Carey and Wendell Moore, in addition to a pledge from top-50 recruit Boogie Ellis. Duke is also now considered the frontrunner for top-10 recruit Matthew Hurt, who announces his college decision next week.

Top 30 prospect Cassius Stanley could also be joining that Blue Devils’ class.

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Analyst has new pick for UK basketball target

 Posted by at 10:47 AM on April 8, 2019  Comments Off on Analyst has new pick for UK basketball target
Apr 082019
 

247Sports national recruiting analyst Brian Snow has logged a new Crystal Ball prediction in favor of Michigan State for Cam’Ron Fletcher, a fast-rising basketball prospect in the 2020 class.

Fletcher — a 6-foot-6 wing from St. Louis — is the No. 38 overall player in the class of 2020, according to the 247Sports composite rankings. Missouri has been seen as a possible favorite early in his recruitment, and Kentucky also expressed interest during his junior season.

Michigan State hosted Fletcher for an official visit last month. Snow covered Fletcher at the Swish N Dish recruiting event over the weekend and wrote about his versatility on both ends of the floor. Rivals.com national analyst Eric Bossi also wrote more about Fletcher and his recruitment after watching him this past weekend.

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National analyst predicts UK target will pick Duke

 Posted by at 11:03 AM on April 2, 2019  Comments Off on National analyst predicts UK target will pick Duke
Apr 022019
 

Roach

Rivals.com national analyst Corey Evans put in a Future Cast prediction in favor of Duke for five-star point guard Jeremy Roach over the weekend.

Roach — a 6-foot prospect from Virginia — was the first point guard in the 2020 class to land a scholarship offer from Kentucky, and the Wildcats are on a list of four finalists that also includes Duke, North Carolina and Virginia.

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Another Crystal Ball prediction for Matthew Hurt

 Posted by at 10:00 AM on March 19, 2019  Comments Off on Another Crystal Ball prediction for Matthew Hurt
Mar 192019
 

Hurt

Another 247Sports analyst is predicting that top UK basketball recruiting target Matthew Hurt will ultimately end up at Duke.

247Sports expert Brian Snow, who has followed Hurt’s recruitment closely and specializes in Midwest prospects, logged a Crystal Ball prediction in favor of the Blue Devils on Tuesday morning. Duke has a majority of picks on Hurt’s Crystal Ball page. UK, Kansas and North Carolina have also hosted him for official visits, and the Jayhawks had previously been seen as the favorite in his recruitment.

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Another Kentucky prediction for Keion Brooks

 Posted by at 12:41 PM on March 12, 2019  Comments Off on Another Kentucky prediction for Keion Brooks
Mar 122019
 

Brooks

There still hasn’t been a massive run of predictions in the recruitment of Keion Brooks, but one more pick was added to the five-star prospect’s Crystal Ball page Tuesday morning.

247Sports national recruiting manager Kevin Ryan logged a prediction in favor of Kentucky for Brooks, who will announce his college decision Friday night. The 6-foot-7 wing from Fort Wayne, Ind., has narrowed his choices to UK, Indiana and North Carolina.

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Another national analyst picks Duke for Matthew Hurt

 Posted by at 11:21 AM on March 10, 2019  Comments Off on Another national analyst picks Duke for Matthew Hurt
Mar 102019
 

Matthew Hurt

Add 247Sports national analyst Jerry Meyer to the list of recruiting experts now predicting that five-star basketball prospect Matthew Hurt will ultimately end up at Duke.

Meyer logged a Crystal Ball pick in favor of the Blue Devils on Hurt’s page Saturday morning, joining fellow 247Sports national analyst Evan Daniels and several other recruiting observers who have recently put in predictions for Duke.

Hurt is the No. 8 overall prospect in the 247Sports composite rankings for the 2019 class, and he’s one of Kentucky’s top remaining targets in that group. He has also taken official visits to Kansas and North Carolina.

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New Crystal Ball pick for UK basketball target

 Posted by at 1:54 PM on March 9, 2019  Comments Off on New Crystal Ball pick for UK basketball target
Mar 092019
 

Midwest basketball recruiting insider Mark Miller logged a Crystal Ball prediction in favor of Marquette for highly touted post player Dawson Garcia on Friday.

Garcia — a 6-foot-11 prospect from Prior Lake, Minn. — hosted a UK coach for a visit earlier this season, and the Herald-Leader confirmed afterward that he would be a Wildcats recruiting target moving forward. He does not yet have a UK scholarship offer.

247Sports ranks Garcia as the No. 22 overall prospect in the class of 2020.

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