Friday marks the first day this fall college coaches can go out and visit with prospects, and many of the biggest names in college basketball will be out on the recruiting trail.
At the same time, with college campuses now back in action, high school players will be taking official visits to college.
Here’s a rundown of some of the top storylines for the upcoming weekend. This list will be updated going forward.
**Kentucky coach John Calipari is expected to see Tampa (FL) Catholic small forward Kevin Knox on Friday and Norman (OK) North point guard Trae Young on Saturday. Knox will also host Duke (Monday), North Carolina (Wednesday) and Florida State (Wednesday). Young also has a home visit with Kansas head man Bill Self on Friday, the same day coaches from Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will watch him.
**Kentucky assistant Tony Barbee and UConn assistant Glen Miller are expected to see 2017 Putnam (CT) Science Academy shooting guard Hamidou Diallo on Friday. UConn head man Kevin Ollie may also come for Diallo, who could opt to enter the 2017 NBA Draft but told me he wants to go the college route.
**Arizona head coach Sean Miller is expected Friday at Findlay Prep (NV) for forward P.J. Washington, with head coaches from Kentucky, Kansas, N.C. State and North Carolina also due in coming days.
**Rutgers head coach Steve Pikiell and Georgia Tech head man Josh Pastner are expected at Christ the King (N.Y.) on Friday for 2017 point guard Jose Alvarado, who has visited both schools and is focusing on those two.
**Virginia Tech head coach Buzz Williams and an Iowa State assistant are expected Friday at Oak Hill Academy for 2017 guard Lindell Wigginton, who has set up four official visits. Iowa State head coach Steve Prohm is expected Monday.
**St. John’s head coach Chris Mullin and assistant Matt Abdelmassih will hit New Jersey powers St. Benedict’s Prep and Roselle Catholic on Friday, before going to see 2017 committed big man Zach Brown on Saturday.
**Pitt head coach Kevin Stallings, Creighton head man Greg McDermott and Butler head coach Chris Holtmann will be at Vermont Academy on Friday for 2017 wing Christian David, who is down to those three schools and won’t take any more visits.
**Coaches from Syracuse, Maryland, Rutgers, UConn, Seton Hall and Louisville are expected at Hudson (N.J.) Catholic next week for 2018 wing Louis King, who recently added a Maryland offer on his visit.
***OFFICIAL VISITS***
**Brandon Randolph, a 6-foot-6 guard from Westtown and the PSA Cardinals, will take his first official visit to Syracuse this weekend. Randolph holds more than 20 high-major offers and said last week he plans to cut to five schools soon.
**Providence hosts Bishop O’Connell (VA) center Nate Watson, who’s also considering N.C. State, Maryland and Miami.
**St. Anthony’s senior guard R.J. Cole takes an official to Monmouth this weekend. He’s also considering BU and Howard, which he visits next week.
**Imhotep (PA) point guard Daron Russell is on an official to Rhode Island this week. He’s also considering Western Kentucky, La Salle, Grand Canyon and SMU.
**Temple is hosting Roselle (N.J.) Catholic point guard Nate Pierre-Louis this weekend, as well as JP Moorman, a 2017 power forward from Greensboro Day School (N.C.).
**Oregon is hosting 2017 Oak Hill guard Lindell Wigginton and Prolific Prep small forward Abu Kigab.
**Alabama hosts Las Vegas (NV) Centennial small forward Troy Brown, who is also considering Ohio State, Oregon, Kansas and Georgetown.
**Dayton hosts Champlin (MN) Park Senior point guard McKinley Wright, who’s also considering Minnesota, Memphis and Xavier.
**Marquette hosts Commonwealth (MA) Academy forward Hasahn French, who has also set visits to Minnesota and St. Louis.
**Illinois hosts Indianapolis (IN) North Central small forward Kris Wilkes, who is also considering UCLA, Indiana, UConn and Xavier.
**COMMITS**
**Oklahoma got a pledge Wednesday night from 6-foot-11 Hannes Polla from Helsinki Basketball Academy. He also visited Penn State and Tulane.
**Texas A&M landed a pledge from 2019 PG Sahvir Wheeler.
**TRANSFERS**
**Point guard Paul Scruggs transferred to Prolific Prep (CA) from Indianapolis (IN) Southport). For more, read this column by Gregg Doyel.
**Andre Rafus, a 6-9 wing, transferred to Baltimore (MD) Lake Clifton from Roselle (N.J.) Catholic.
