2015 SEC Basketball Recruiting

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Evan Daniels @EvanDaniels  ·  5h

Tyler Davis is a heck of a pick up for Texas A&M. He played his way into our top 25. Big, strong & physical post w/ toughness. Can score too


Jeff Goodman @GoodmanESPN  ·  5h

Texas A&M target Elijah Thomas told me he is still considering Aggies after their pickup of Tyler Davis. "He's a center. I'm a forward."

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Bruce Pearl couldn't speak to recruits until his show cause ended this weekend, but that didn't stop Auburn from landing four-star wing Danjel Purifoy, a Georgia native and 6-foot-6 wing.

Purifoy played with the Atlanta Xpress on the grassroots circuit and is the No. 80 prospect in the 2015 class...

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6-foot-7 power forward Kevin Puryear, who hails from Blue Springs, Missouri, verbally committed to Mizzou...

Puryear played his grassroots basketball for the KC Run GMC program (with Jimmy Whitt).

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Scout's updated 2015 rankings at link.  SEC verbal commits below:

2. Ben Simmons SF (Montverde Academy)  Montverde, FL  6-8/220  LSU

24. Tyler Davis  C (Plano West Senior HS)   Plano, TX        6-9/270  A&M

52. Jimmy Whitt SG (Columbia-Hickman HS) Columbia, MO 6-2/155 Arkansas

55. KeVaughn Allen SG (North Little Rock HS) NLR, AR       6-2/165  Florida

57. Danjel Purifoy SF (Hargrave Military Academy) Chatham 6-6/185  Auburn

61. Charles Matthews SG (St. Rita HS)  Chicago, IL           6-4/185  Kentucky

66. Noah Dickerson C (Montverde Academy)  Montverde, FL 6-8/250 Florida

77. Quinndary Weatherspoon SG (Velma Jackson HS) Camden 6-5/175 State


48 of the top 100 have given a verbal commitment to-date.

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GoGamecocks.com @gogamecocks  ·  9h
Notes on three Gamecock basketball targets http://scne.ws/6hkD6k  #gg

Spring Valley PG PJ Dozier has changed up the dates for his official visits: USC October 31st. [Subject to change]

USC target 6-8 Chris Silva has set his official visit to Seton Hall for this Wednesday. He has his USC visit scheduled for September 12th.

6-5 Tevin Mack of Dreher has added Wake Forest to his final list joining Clemson, USC, VCU and Georgia.

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NBC Sports College Basketball Talk's Recruiting Roundup

Kentucky's hosting Doral Moore this weekend and even though he's not a five-star recruit like the Wildcats normally covet, the 7-footer could fit in well in Lexington.

On Friday afernoon Tyler Davis commitmented to Texas A&M, according to Scout.com's Evan Daniels. The commitment of the No. 35 player in the class, according to Rivals, and a 6-foot-9 center is significant in a number of ways. For one, the Aggies are getting a massive post scorer with good hands and feet who is a load to move off of the block. Kennedy getting a potential McDonald's All-American in a class loaded with elite big men is a great start in the Class of 2015.

But another reason Davis' commitment is big for head coach Billy Kennedy is it continues to the Texas Titans-to-Texas A&M pipeline that has developed in recent years.

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Matt Jones @KySportsRadio  ·  5h
4 star Shooting Guard makes surprise visit to campus to see Calipari and staff this weekend: http://bit.ly/1trn5uk

Eric Davis

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Jeff Goodman @GoodmanESPN  ·  8h
Auburn coach Bruce Pearl has wasted little time -- got his second Top 75 player hours after show-cause ended: http://m.espn.go.com/ncb/story?storyId=11401827&src=desktop&rand=ref~%7B%22ref%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FyB7LH8QAIV%22%7D ...

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Bruce Pearl has landed his third new commitment in four days.

Top-ranked junior college guard T.J. Dunanscommitted to Auburn on Monday.

A four-star prospect, the 6-foot-5 185 pound Dunans averaged 22.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists as a freshman at Columbia State Community College last season.

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Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred  ·  22h

2015 Illinois SF Admiral Schofield (@admiralelite15) confirms he'll be on an official visit with #Vols hoops Saturday and Sunday. 6-5, 210.

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Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred  ·  3h
New York C Jonathan Nwankwo (@Bigbrothers2k3) has #Vols among final 6. Official planned for Oct 24 via @jerrymeyer247 http://247sports.com/Bolt/Nwankwo-down-to-six-30588617 ...

Nwankwo is ranked No. 149 by 247Sports and No. 215 in the 247Sports Composite.

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Evan Daniels @EvanDaniels  ·  57m
Antonio Blakeney, a five-star recruit, informs Scout that he will visit LSU on September 19th. He's slated to visit Louisville on Sunday.

Evan Daniels @EvanDaniels  ·  54m
Antonio Blakeney (@blakeney96) is one of the top scorers in the country. He's as good of a one-on-one scorer as there is in the 2015 class.

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Brandon Marcello @bmarcello  ·  6h
RT @JonRothstein: BREAKING --- former Maryland big man Trayvon Reed has committed to Auburn, sources told @CBSSports. Story coming.

Brandon Marcello @bmarcello  ·  6h
Trayvon Reed is nation's No. 9 center in 2014 class, according to @247sports. Reed booted from Maryland after arrest: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-08-01/sports/bal-trayvon-reed-dismissed-by-maryland-basketball-team-after-arrest-20140801_1_trayvon-reed-nikki-reed-mark-turgeon ...

Brandon Marcello @bmarcello  ·  5h
RT @JTalty: Newest Auburn commit Trayvon Reed says he's already doing community service after summer arrest: http://ow.ly/APZ9q

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Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria  ·  9h
ICYMI: Jaylen Brown to Visit Kansas, Kentucky http://zagsblog.com/recruiting/jaylen-brown-to-visit-kansas-kentucky/ ...

Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria  ·  9h
ICYMI: Malik Newman in No Rush to Make a Decision http://zagsblog.com/articles/malik-newman-in-no-rush-to-make-a-decision/ ...

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AL.com sports @aldotcomSports  ·  12h
Auburn's Bruce Pearl lands 4th basketball commitment in 9 days http://ow.ly/AUym9

combo guard New Williams has announced his pledge to the Tigers.

The 6-foot-2, 176-pounder from Santa Monica, Calif., is ranked as the nation's No. 43 shooting guard in the 247Sports Composite.

"From being around the coaches, from talking to the coaches, interacting with them on a consistent basis -- they don't call too much. They don't call too little. They don't make you feel like they're bigger than you," Williams told Auburn Undercover.

"I want to make it to the next level, so with Coach Pearl, he can help me make it. Not only in basketball but in life as well."

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Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred  ·  16h
Combo forward Admiral Schofield commits to #Vols

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AL.com sports @aldotcomSports  ·  12h
Auburn's Bruce Pearl lands 4th basketball commitment in 9 days http://ow.ly/AUym9

Bryan Matthews @BMattAU  ·  24h
4-star shooting guard Nu Williams has committed to Auburn

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Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred  ·  3h
Another 2015 commit for #Vols hoops. Combo guard Shembari Phillips committed to Tyndall today. Was on campus this weekend.

Georgia combo guard Shembari Phillips said he picked #Vols over offers from Ole Miss, Kansas State and Cincinnati.

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Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred  ·  2h

2015 Indiana PG Nick Rogers RT @iAm_nick10: Yesterday at the Tennessee game had a good time on the field

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Ben Simmons @BenSimmons25  ·  6h

I still don't get the point of having a big list of schools, surely they aren't all even 😐

Ben Simmons is committed to LSU

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Kentucky basketball recruit Antonio Blakeney announced his commitment to Louisville on Thursday, two days after wrapping up his official visit with the Cardinals.

The 6-foot-3 shooting guard from Orlando, Fla., earned a scholarship offer from UK during the summer, but he has long been one of Louisville's recruiting priorities in the class of 2015.

"I love his ability to score," Scout.com national analyst Evan Daniels told the Herald-Leader recently. "Honestly, he's one of the top scorers in this class. He knows how to create space with his dribble. He's turned in to a tremendous athlete. He's very good in transition. He can get to the mid range and make shots.

"And he's getting better. He's clearly a hard worker, because he's made tremendous strides in his game over the past year."

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Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred  ·  20h

#Vols 5* target Dwayne Bacon visits FSU this weekend. UT hopes to have him — and 5* Skal Labissiere — on campus for Florida FB game Oct 4.

〽️♿️ @BaconDwayne1000  ·  11h

Thank God, My Parents and everybody who's been there for me but I've decided that I'll be committing to Florida State University! 🙏🏀 #FSU

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Evan Daniels @EvanDaniels  ·  Sep 5

Cullen VanLeer announced that he has committed to Missouri.

SG from Pacific, MO

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Having already received a verbal commitment from 2015 four-star center Tyler Davis, Texas A&M head coach Billy Kennedy managed to land another product of the Texas Titans program Sunday afternoon.

6-foot-7 small forward DJ Hogg, considered by scouts to be one of the best shooters in the Class of 2015, announced his decision to become an Aggie via his Twitter account Sunday afternoon. Hogg's decision comes just after his official visit to Texas A&M, and Davis was also in attendance over the weekend. In Rivals' 2015 rankings, Hogg is currently 32nd in the class with Davis five spots ahead of him at 27th.

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Brent Zwerneman @BrentZwerneman  ·  11h

Billy Kennedy's recruiting has been on quite an uptick in past year (Aggies Blog): http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2014/09/five-star-small-forward-pledges-to-play-for-kennedy-aggies/ ...

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Hugh Kellenberger @HKellenbergerCL  ·  2h

Donte Fitzpatrick has committed to Ole Miss. Memphis SG that is No. 136 nationally (Rivals) and has long offer sheet that includes other SEC

That gives Ole Miss three commits in the class of 2015, all on the wing. Two are top-150 prospects (Terence Davis, Donte Fitzpatrick).

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Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred  ·  3h
#Vos basketball staff has an in-home visit with Skal Labissiere today. That and some previous visits mentioned here: http://knoxblogs.com/fastbreak/2014/09/09/skal-labissiere-chris-clarke-receive-home-visits-

The 6-foot-10, 200-pound power forward originally from Haiti but living in Memphis has UT on a list of finalists that includes Baylor, Georgetown, Kentucky, Memphis and North Carolina. In addition to this in-home visit, Labissiere has already scheduled a visit to UT the weekend of the Vols' football game against Florida. He's one of the top-10 overall prospects in the class of 2015.

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Djery Baptiste, who attends Prestonwood Christian Academy (Julius Randle), verbally committed to Vandy.

Just a few hours after seeing power forward Juwan Morgan pick Indiana, Vanderbilt fans received some good news in the form of a commitment from the 6-foot-11 center.

Baptiste is the third commitment in the Class of 2015 for Vanderbilt, joining shooting guard Camron Justice and small forward Joseph Toye. With Vanderbilt having three front court players entering their senior season, adding another body was something the coaching staff needed to do on the recruiting trail.

Baptiste is a bit raw offensively...

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Kevin Brockway @gatorhoops  ·  24m

Per @EvanDanielsFOX Florida 2015 cbk class ranked 16th in the country in http://Scout.com  latest class rankings.

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3-star PF/C Samir Sehic took an official visit to Vanderbilt University this past weekend and has announced today over Twitter that he is ready to make his college commitment.

Tomorrow at his high school Cypress Woods (TX), Sehic will make his decision at 2:45 Central time and as of right now, everything is pointing towards Vanderbilt landing his commitment.

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3-star PF/C Samir Sehic took an official visit to Vanderbilt University this past weekend and has announced today over Twitter that he is ready to make his college commitment.

Tomorrow at his high school Cypress Woods (TX), Sehic will make his decision at 2:45 Central time and as of right now, everything is pointing towards Vanderbilt landing his commitment.

Gives a verbal to Vandy

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Seth Davis        ✔ @SethDavisHoops

How long til they decommit? "@jerrymeyer247: Hearing that Antonio Blakeney and Isaiah Briscoe to Missouri not that far fetched."

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 David Cloninger @DCTheState  ·  16h

6-foot-8 forward Chris Silva of New Jersey has committed to Frank Martin and South Carolina

http://scne.ws/6yHcqv

Silva is ranked No. 95 by ESPN.

Silva averaged 8.8 points and 9.8 rebounds as a junior, with 2.1 blocks. He was an outstanding defender for the Lions

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Johnny Jones and the Tigers picked up a commitment from Class of 2017 guard Cedric Russell.

The 6-foot-2 Russell picked up his first scholarship offer from LSU in late July after playing with Louisiana Elite over the summer. At Peabody Magnet, Russell averaged 14.5 points per game during his freshman season in 2013-14.

Russell committed to LSU during an unofficial visit on Saturday that included an official visit from four-star 2015 guard Brandon Sampson.

LSU doing well in-state in younger classes is a nice perk for their recruiting efforts and they hope to land some in-state talent in the 2015 class to go along with No. 1 overall prospect Ben Simmons.

The Tigers have been linked to in-state products like Sampson, Chad Lott, Melvin Frazier and Jacob Evans.

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In-home visit: Antonio Blakeney hosted Missouri on Monday; LSU, UK are next.

Louisville is no longer recruiting Blakeney, who was committed to the Cardinals for only 11 days before changing his mind last week.

Scout.com ranks him as the No. 22 overall prospect in the class of 2015.

Antonio B @blakeney96

Great in home visit tonight with Missouri , Coach Anderson and Coach fuller are both great coaches and people 💯🙏
10:02 PM - 22 Sep 2014

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Antonio B @blakeney96  ·  Sep 23

LSU 😸😻. !!





Antonio B @blakeney96  ·  Sep 23

USC 😈





Antonio B @blakeney96  ·  13h

UK visit went well 😈✊🙏





Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria  ·  3h

Blakeney Says Kentucky Visit Went Well http://zagsblog.com/articles/blakeney-says-kentucky-visit-went-well/ ...

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Rick Ray @RickRay1  ·  5h

I have been getting unbelievable love while traveling to recruit this week for @HailStateFB & huge win at LSU. Bulldogs are trending!

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Ben Garrett @SpiritBen  ·  6h

#OleMiss basketball will be hosting 2015 commitments @SchoolBoySheed, @TerenceDavisJr & @_whogotdonte for the Memphis game.

Also expected to visit #OleMiss this weekend is 2016 prospect Clayton Hughes (@ClaymaneeeeYooo), a coveted 2016 prospect.


Hughes is a 3-star SF from Jackson, TN

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So_Blessed @The_underrated5  ·  5h

Thank you for all the schools that recruited me it means a lot that you showed interest in me but these are my top 4 pic.twitter.com/GpU0kkTWGY



3-star, 6-4 Bellaire SG Christian James has played for Houston Hoops

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Evan Daniels @EvanDaniels  ·  11h
Antonio Blakeney (@blakeney96) has set official visits to Missouri for October 10th & LSU for November 7th.

Not Jerry Tipton @NotJerryTipton  ·  Sep 25
#tbt - Antonio Blakeney, back in the day...

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 Jerry Meyer @jerrymeyer247  ·  23h 23 hours ago

#Bolt: Tennessee visiting 4-star wing who will then return the favor http://bit.ly/ZlDhmn  @wesrucker247 @kryan247 @ChadCarson247


Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred  ·  20h 20 hours ago

Vols basketball staff has been all over Chris Clarke. Having him in Knoxville for big football game with Florida this weekend should help.

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Jeremy Schneider @J_Schneider  ·  21 hours ago

.@_IsaiahBriscoe receives scholarship off from Kentucky - http://NJ.com  http://s.nj.com/80HkhZC  #NJhoops #BBN

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Dave Matter @Dave_Matter  ·  17h

Biedscheid's departure leaves Missouri with four open scholarships for 2015. Two recruits have committed (VanLeer, Puryear).

Missouri announces that Cam Biedscheid will no longer be part of the basketball team as he "attends to personal matters."

Dan Biedscheid, Cam's father, declined comment on situation, other than to say Cam has no future plans yet.

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Malik Newman is waiting a long time to really begin the recruiting process, but the five-star native of Mississippi will take a visit this weekend.

According to Courtney Cronin of the Clarion-Ledger, Newman will opt out of the USA Basketball minicamp this weekend and instead attend the Ole Miss football game against Alabama for an unofficial visit.

The No. 3 prospect in the 2015 class, according to Rivals, also has his first official visit set for October 11th as the 6-foot-3 guard will go to Texas A&M.

Newman plans on releasing his top-5 list after the November signing period and plans on signing late.

It is interesting to see Newman skip the USA Basketball minicamp in order to attend a football game of a local school.

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Ben Frederickson @Ben_Fred  ·  24m

2016 SF Braxton Blackwell will be on campus at Tennessee this weekend. #Vols hoops target finalized plans last night http://knoxblogs.com/fastbreak/2014/10/01/chris-clarke-skal-labissiere-highlight-tennessee-basketballs-big-weekend ...

4-star from Nashville.

Among the 104,255 spectators at Neyland Stadium for Saturday's rivalry game between the Vols and Gators, will be two top tier 2015 basketball recruits: shooting guard Chris Clarke and power forward Skal Labissiere.

Clarke, who has included UT on his list of seven finalists (Iowa State, Virginia Tech, Creighton, Florida, UConn and Minnesota), has been pursued diligently by UT coach Donnie Tyndall. The 6-foot-5, 170-pound guard from Virginia Beach is a high-motor player, the kind this UT staff loves. Scouting service 247Sports considers the four-star prospect the No. 9 shooting guard in his class.

When Labissiere (6-10, 200) kept UT on his list of six finalists, it made some ripples. According to 247Sports the five-star prospect is the top player in the state, the No. 2 center in the country and the No. 13 overall prospect in his class. Most recruiting analysts predict the Haiti native who has relocated to Memphis will sign with Josh Pastner and the Tigers, one of his finalists. North Carolina, Georgetown, Kentucky and Baylor are the other teams on his list. That UT persuaded Labissiere to come to Knoxville says something.

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Ben Roberts @NextCats  ·  14h

By my count, Calipari and/or his assistants have seen 26 players from classes of 2015 and 2016 since fall recruiting period began Sept. 9.

Those 26 recruits that Calipari and/or his assistants have seen in past 3+ weeks are spread over 18 states (plus Canada). A lotta travel.

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Ole Miss thinks they have serious shot at Malik Newman, who will visit this week.

Ben Garrett @SpiritBen  ·  17h

ICYMI: Are the stars aligning for #OleMiss to be a major player for @iammaliknewman? http://foxs.pt/YUGBDT

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David Cobb @DavidWCobb  ·  2h 2 hours ago
5-star 2015 basketball prospect Skal Labissiere and 2016 4-star Braxton Blackwell are in the house today.

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Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria  ·  14h 14 hours ago
Thomas Bryant Postpones Indiana Visit, Mizzou Up Next http://zagsblog.com/articles/thomas-bryant-postpones-indiana-visit-mizzou-up-next/ ...

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braxton blackwell @btwice_11  ·  3h 3 hours ago
Had a great time up at UT with my brother @bbonds23 thanks for showing me a great time..Fans were great! #RockyTop 🍊🍊