By ADAM ZAGORIA
Scottie Barnes, the 6-foot-8 small forward from Montverde (FL) Academy, will no longer visit Miami the weekend of Oct. 18, sources said.
Barnes has visited Oregon and Florida State, and previously said he also planned to visit Kentucky. He’s at the USA Basketball mini-camp in Colorado this weekend.
He visited Oregon the same weekend as Prolific Prep (CA) guard Jalen Green, and called it his “dream school.”
“It has always been my dream school since I was a kid,” he told Yahoo. “Once you get older though, you just have to stop that dream school stuff and face reality, because you have to know what best fits you and gets you in the best situation and helps you develop as a player.”
Florida State is also a strong player in his recruitment.
“I think it went great,” he said of the visit. “I really have a good relationship with Coach Ham (Leonard Hamilton) and the rest of the coaches there. I saw the system that they play and they got a lot of bigs with good guards. I could see they really shoot the ball and their practices, they are really high energy.”
Kentucky has already landed several guards and wings in 2020 in Brandon Boston, Terrence Clarke and Cam Fletcher, but Barnes is still considering them.
“Everyone knows about Kentucky and what they do there with their players,” he said. “They really help people to be one-and-done, which is what I really want to do.”
Barnes could pull the trigger soon.
“I am probably going to commit sometime in November, or even late October,” he said.
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