Chase Johnson to Florida
By JACOB POLACHECK Chase Johnson, the 6-foot-8 Power
By JACOB POLACHECK Chase Johnson, the 6-foot-8 Power
Following an official visit to Kansas over the weekend, Billy Preston, the 6-foot-10 Class of 2017 forward from Oak Hill Academy (VA), picked up a scholarship offer from Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim on Monday.
Boeheim visited Preston at Oak Hill, the powerhouse that also produced former Syracuse and current Knicks star Carmelo Anthony.
“He’s [a] top-5 [player] in the country, I don’t care what scouting services say,” Oak Hill coach Steve Smith said of Preston. “Nobody has his skill level and upside at 6-9. He can score off the bounce, get to the rim, shoot the three, and pass and handle like a guard.”
Jordan Nwora, the 6-foot-7 Class of 2017 small forward from Vermont Academy and the NY Rens, has trimmed his list to 12 schools and will take an official visit to Georgia Tech this weekend, his father told me.
@JordanNwora ’17 has cut his college list to 12! Go VA! pic.twitter.com/jigNPo1R0J
– Vermont Academy BVBB (@VTAcademyHoops) October 3, 2016
Nwora will take his first official to Georga Tech, where head coach Josh Pastner has been aggressively recruiting players he deems winners.
He landed Christ the King point guard Jose Alvarado and is now among those pursuing Nwora, a Buffalo native.
Kentucky coach John Calipari extended an offer to Class of 2018 point guard Immanuel Quickley during a visit to see Quickley on Monday.
The 6-foot-3 Quickley out of John Carroll (MD) just came off an unofficial visits to Kansas and still has visits planned to Miami (Oct 8-9), Kentucky (Oct 14), Louisville (Oct 15), Virginia (Oct 22) and Duke (Oct 28) for the next four weeks.
Quickley helped the USA U17 team win a gold medal this summer
He was watched by a slew of coaches both at that event in Spain and on the Adidas Gauntlet circuit with Baltimore Elite.
Duke freshman forward Harry Giles underwent a left knee arthroscopy on Monday and is expected to be out six weeks, the team announced.
“We’re very pleased with the outcome of today’s procedure,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement. “This is the right step for Harry at the moment as it will help him be 100 percent going forward. Harry has done a tremendous job in rehabilitation over the last year and I’m sure he’ll continue to do the same after this procedure.”
The 6-foot-11 Giles is part of Duke’s heralded freshmen class that also includes fellow forwards Jayson Tatum and Marques Bolden.
Bruno Fernando, a 6-foot-10, 225-pound center who
