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Class of ’23 Arizona Compass Prep point guard Kylan Boswell says several schools working hardest
By ADAM ZAGORIAKylan Boswell, the 6-foot-2, 190-pound Class of 2023 point guard from Arizona Compass Prep, says several schools are recruiting him the hardest at this stage of his recruitment.
Boswell, who models his game after Trae Young and Devin Booker, listed Arizona, Oregon, Illinois, Michigan and UNLV as the schools working the hardest. Kentucky coaches John Calipari and Chin Coleman also saw Boswell go for 15 points and four rebounds in Monday’s 78-40 win over Our Saviour Lutheran at Hoophall East in Delaware. He is rated the No. 3 point guard in the Class of 2023, per 247Sports.com.
He broke down his top options in a phone interview Tuesday.
Arizona: “Right now, Arizona [plays a] quick-tempo offense. New coach from Gonzaga [Tommy Lloyd]. I love their coaching staff over there. I’m at AZ Compass right now, so I’m used to the area.”
Illinois: “I’m from Champaign, Illinois. Coach [Brad] Underwood and coach [Geoff] Alexander, I really like their coaching staff, too. They throw the pitch of NIL deals, so big-time stuff right there.”
Michigan: “Coach Juwan Howard, that’s my guy, I talk to him all the time. I really like how when we talk, we don’t really talk about basketball like that. We talk about life and how my parents are doing and stuff like that, so I really like coach Howard.”
Oregon: “Oregon, me and Mookie [Cook], they like that pitch right there. We’ve been playing together for a little while and they like Mookie’s game. And they try to model their scoring off the point guard.”
UNLV: “UNLV, same thing. I really like coach [Kevin] Kruger, coach [Brandon] Chappell been talking to me. I really love their coaching staff.”
Kentucky: “Kentucky hasn’t offered me yet, I’m definitely hoping to get that one. They really like my game. They have heavy interest, and whenever they feel it’s time to offer, it’s time to offer.”
Boswell said he plans to attend some games at Arizona and Illinois in the coming weeks.
“I don’t know the exact dates,” he said.
Arizona Compass Prep is ranked No. 6 nationally by ESPN.com with its lone loss to Richardson (TX), but Boswell said the goal is to win the high school national championship.
“The goal so far is to make sure we go undefetaed for the rest of the season and make sure we win GEICO,” he said.
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
