Rawle Alkins Cuts List to 8

Rawle Alkins has cut his list to eight schools.

“Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, N.C. State, North Carolina, UNLV and St. John’s,” Alkins tweeted on Wednesday morning.

This embed is invalid

He cut Maryland, Texas and Arizona from his previous list.

Ranked No. 14 in the nation by 247 Sports, the 6-foot-5 Alkins has been visited by N.C. State, North Carolina, UNLV, St. John’s and Indiana recently at his new school Word of God (N.C.). He also recently took an unofficial to North Carolina and visited St. John’s before he left for Word of God.

He has said he plans to commit in the spring and visit every school on his list.

Written by Adam Zagoria

[email protected]

Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.