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P.J. Washington, the 6-foot-8 forward from Frisco, Texas and Findlay Prep (NV), took his first official visit to Kentucky this past weekend and enjoyed it.

“Really my wife got a chance to see the facilities,” Paul Washington Sr., the Findlay Prep coach and P.J.’s father, said by phone. “P.J. and I went about a year ago visiting, so it was good. He didn’t play with the team, he’s nursing an ankle injury right now. But it was good just to visit with the academic advisors, met with the President of the University, got a chance to be around the players.”

Kentucky freshman big man Bam Adebayo, a projected lottery pick in 2017, hosted Washington on the visit. And Washington also met with Kentucky coach John Calipari, who was coming off visiting 2017 target Nick Richards and 2019 stars Scottie Lewis and Bryan Antoine last week in New Jersey.

“His message was we need to get the Class of 2017 going, get everybody on board, on the same page,” Washington said. “With a school like this, they are going to have about 5-7 scholarships available, so it’s just a matter of what kids you want to play with and the style of play and that kind of thing.”

Recruiting

7-Foot-1 Moses Brown Attracting a Slew of High-Majors

September 19, 2016

author: Adam Zagoria

With college coaches now out visiting high school players, Moses Brown has been a must-see for many high-major programs.

“They’ve been coming all last week,” Malcolm Brown, the player’s father, said by phone. “You had Kansas, you had Georgetown, you had Villanova, St. John’s, Georgia Tech and Duke.”

The 7-foot-1 center from the New Heights AAU program and Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood, N.Y., is ranked 19th on ESPN’s Top 60 for the Class of 2018. Kansas, UConn, Arizona, Florida, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma State, Seton Hall, St. John’s, UCLA and USC have all offered.

“He likes Duke, his grandmother likes St. John’s to keep him close to home and I like Georgetown,” Malcolm said. “So we just gotta sit down and work it out. But it’s still early.”

Duke has not offered but associate head coach Jeff Capel last week saw both Brown and 2019 point guard Cole Anthony, the son of former NBA point guard Greg Anthony.

Recruiting

Clifton Moore Cuts to Six, Planning Officials

September 19, 2016

author: Adam Zagoria

Clifton Moore , the 6-foot-9 Class of

Recruiting

Gary Trent Jr. Sets Four Official Visits

September 18, 2016

author: Adam Zagoria

Gary Trent Jr., the 6-foot-5 shooting guard

Articles, Marquette

Jamal Cain to Marquette

September 18, 2016

author: Adam Zagoria

Jamal Cain, a 6-foot-7 small forward from

Articles, Recruiting

As High-Majors Swarm to Hudson Catholic, ‘Fab Five’ Framework Looks More Like a ‘Fantasy’

September 17, 2016

author: Adam Zagoria

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Arizona head coach Sean Miller and assistant Book Richardson passed through Hudson Catholic High School this past week.

St. John’s coach Chris Mullin and assistant Matt Abdelmassih were there another day.

Assistants from Maryland, UConn and Louisville also attended open gyms, and the head coaches from those schools will likely follow.

With each day that passes, a new high-major program is drawn to the Jersey City program coached by Nick Mariniello primarily for its Class of 2018 “Big Three” of Louis King, Luther Muhammad and Jahvon Quinerly.