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By JACOB POLACHECK
Here’s a look towards this weekend’s recruiting visits and other news. This list will be updated throughout the weekend.
**Cade Cunningham, the 6-foot-6 combo guard from Montverde Academy (FL), trips to Washington this weekend (Oct. 20-22) for his fifth official visit. Cunningham, who cut his list to five earlier this year, has taken official visits to Oklahoma State (Sept. 7), North Carolina (Sept. 27), Florida (Oct. 5) and Kentucky (Oct. 13).
**Jalen Green, the 6-foot-5 combo guard from Prolific Prep (CA), will take an official to USC this weekend (Oct. 18) after visiting Oregon (Sept. 13), Auburn (Sept. 27) and Memphis (Oct. 3). He will announce on Christmas Day.
USC I’m taking my official tomorrow ?? turn me up LA
**Bryce Thompson, the 6-foot-5 combo guard from Booker T. Washington (OK), will take his fifth official visit to Oklahoma this weekend (Oct. 18-20). Thompson has previously taken visits to Texas (Aug. 30), North Carolina (Sept. 7), Oklahoma State (Sept. 28) and Kansas (Oct. 5).
**Hunter Dickinson, the 7-foot big man from DeMatha Catholic (MD) and Team Takeover, takes an official visit to Duke this weekend (Oct. 20-22). Dickinson took an official visit to Notre Dame last weekend (Oct. 13-15) and is also considering Florida State and Michigan.
**Adrian Griffin, the 2021 forward from Archbishop Stepinac (NY), trips to Duke this weekend (Oct. 20-22). Griffin took his first official visit to Villanova earlier this month (Oct. 4-6).
**Paolo Banchero, the 2021 power forward from O’Dea (WA), will visit Duke this weekend (Oct. 17-20) for his third official visit. Banchero has taken official visits to North Carolina (Sept. 27-29) and Kentucky (Oct. 11-13) and has visits planned to Tennessee (Oct. 25-27) and Gonzaga (Jan. 18-19).
**Nimari Burnett, the 6-foot-3 combo guard from Prolific Prep (CA), takes his fifth official visit to Texas Tech this weekend (Oct. 18-20). Burnett, who cut his list to four in August, has taken official visits to Michigan (Sept. 5-8), Oregon (Sept. 20-22) and Alabama (Sept. 27-29).
**St. John’s will host a number of recruits this weekend (Oct. 20-22), including 2020’s Posh Alexander and Dylan Wuse, 2021 Maximus Edwards and 2022’s Silas Sunday, Jaquan Sanders, Sadiku Ayo and Jason Steele. They will also host Andres Pinzon, Kacper Klaczek, Drissa Traore and Max Ragusa.
St. John’s will be welcoming Andres Pinzon, Kacper Klaczek & Drissa Traore from LuHi (NY) along with Max Ragusa, per source #sjubb
**Josh Hall, the 6-foot-9 small forward from Moravian Prep (NC), trips to NC State this week (Oct. 16) for his second official visit. Hall took his first official visit to Louisville (Sept. 1). He is also considering Alabama, Arkansas, DePaul, Florida State, Georgetown, Georgia, LSU, Pittsburgh, Texas and Western Kentucky. Pitt will also host Cam Hayes, Nick Farrar, Terqavian Smith, Matt Cleveland and Dontrez Styles on unofficials.
**Moses Moody, the 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Montverde Academy (FL), will take his third official visit to Arkansas this weekend (Oct. 20-22). Moody, who cut his list to seven earlier this year, has taken official visits to Ohio State (Aug. 30) and Michigan (Sept. 27). He is also considering Kansas, Oregon, USC and Virginia.
**Javonte Brown-Ferguson, the 2021 center from Mount Saint Joseph (MD), takes his third official visit to UConn this weekend (Oct. 18). Brown-Ferguson has previously taken official visits to Texas A&M (Sept. 20) and Kansas (Oct. 4).
**D’Andre Davis, the 6-foot-5 small forward from Lawrence Central (IN), trips to Louisville this weekend (Oct. 18-20) for an official visit. This will be Davis’ first official visit since he de-committed from Nebraska earlier this month.
**Isael Silva, the 2021 point guard from Jesuit (CA), will take his first official visit to Stanford this weekend (Oct. 18-20). Silva recently took an unofficial visit to Arizona (Sept. 22).
**KK Robinson, the 6-foot point guard from Bryant (AR), takes his third official visit to Arkansas this weekend (Oct. 18-20). Robinson, who cut his list to seven in August, has taken official visits to TCU (Sept. 27-29), Kansas (Oct. 4-6) and Illinois (Oct. 11-13).
**Andre Curbelo, the 6-foot-1 point guard from Long Island Lutheran, takes an official to Illinois. He visited Miami last weekend (Oct. 3) and will trip to Oregon (Oct 24).
**Jalen Celestine, the 6-foot-5 wing from Long Island Lutheran, will visit Hofstra this weekend. He’s also planning to visit Cal.
‘20 Andre Curbelo (@papicurbelo11) is visiting Illinois this weekend.
**PJ Hall, the 6-foot-9 power forward from Dorman (SC), trips to Tennessee this weekend (Oct. 18-20) for his fourth official visit. Hall has previously taken visits to Clemson (Sept. 6), Florida (Sept. 20) and Virginia Tech (Oct. 11). He also has an official visit planned to Georgia Tech (Nov. 2).
**Mekhi Gray, the 6-foot-4 guard from Putnam Science (CT), visits Fairfield this weekend (Oct. 18) after previously visiting Siena (Sept. 27), NJIT (Oct. 5) and St. Bonaventure (Oct. 12).
**Shakeel Moore, the 6-foot-1 point guard from Piedmont (NC), will take his fourth official visit to Ole Miss this weekend (Oct. 17-20). Moore has previously taken visits to Depaul (Oct. 4-6) and Texas A&M (Oct. 10-12).
**Andre Jackson will take an unofficial visit to UConn this weekend (Oct. 18-20). Jackson committed to UConn earlier this month.
**Donovan Clingan, the 2022 center from Bristol Central (CT), will take an unofficial visit to UConn this weekend (Oct. 18-20).
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