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Thursday / January 9.
  • Cam Reddish, the 6-foot-7 guard/forward from the Westtown (PA) School and Team Final, is down to a final five of Duke, UCLA, Kentucky, UConn and Villanova.

    He cut Arizona, Maryland and Miami from his previous list of eight.

    Ranked No. 5 in the Class of 2018 by 247Sports.com, Reddish averaged 10.7 points and 4.3 rebounds for the USA U19 team that finished third at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Cairo, Egypt.

    He plans to take his five official visits in the fall and target a decision sometime in “November or December-ish hopefully,” he said at the Peach Jam.

    Andrew Nembhard, the 6-foot-4, 175-pound Canadian point guard from UPlay Canada and Montverde (FL) Academy, has reclassified to 2018 from 2019.

    Nembhard joins an elite group of Class of 2018 point guards from the U.S. that includes Immanuel Quickley, Darius Garland, Tre Jones and Jahvon Quinerly.

    Florida, Gonzaga, Michigan and Stanford are among the schools working hardest for Nembhard.

    “He likes those schools because they’re good people, they’re recruiting him the right way,” UPlay Canada coach Dwayne Washington said recently. “The reason why those are the four schools is because he’s really looking at the academic side, that mean’s a lot to that family.”

    Still, Washington said Nembhard is “wide open” to other schools like Vanderbilt and Oklahoma that are recruiting him.

    Marvin Bagley III‘s attempt to reclassify to 2017 from 2018 is coming “pretty late in the process,” an NCAA source told ZAGSBLOG Friday.

    “It’s not going to be a quick deal,” the source said, speaking generally about reclassification. “This kid’s been high-profile for a while and most likely this evaluation is going to take some time just because he’s moved around and he hasn’t even gone through an amateurism certification yet.”

    The 6-foot-11 Bagley is the No. 1-ranked prospect in the Class of 2018. He’s currently at Sierra Canyon (CA) High School after transferring from Hillcrest Prep (AZ), which the NCAA previously looked into.

    “How talented he is doesn’t matter at all,” the NCAA source said. “If he’s got the right credentials as far as academics and he can pass through the amateurism process in time to get on campus that’s all that’s going to matter. But he will have to jump through some hoops for it to happen at this time of year.”

    Scottie Lewis and Bryan Antoine now both have scholarship offers from Duke.

    A few days after offering the 6-foot-4 Antoine, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski extended a scholarship offer to the 6-5 Lewis via phone, Brian Klatsky of Team Rio told ZAGSBLOG. Lewis, Antoine and Team Rio are in Las Vegas.

    Duke has tracked the two Class of 2019 stars from the Ranney (N.J.) School during July, with Duke’s Jeff Capel and Jon Scheyer both watching them last week at the Under Armour All-America Camp in Philadelphia.

    “Me and Coach Scheyer had a long talk the other day about Duke and things like that,” Lewis said last week. “They’re definitely up on the list of schools I would like to play for. Coach K and the history of that school in general. I’m one of the top guys in my class and to have them interested is just an honor.”

    Both players revealed last week that they had recently had an intense conversation about possibly joining forces in college.

    USC head coach Andy Enfield showed a little Hollywood flair during Marvin Bagley III’s official visit.

    The Trojans offered all three Bagley boys — Marvin, Marcus and Martray — according to their father, Marvin Bagley Jr. on Instagram.

    “USC has offered all three Bagley boys,” he wrote.

    Marvin Bagley III, the No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2018, began his official visit to USC on Wednesday and will leave on Friday. He will then visit Arizona the first week of his August, as first reported by FanRagSports.com two weeks ago.

    Marcus Bagley is a 6-6 small forward in the Class of 2020 at Sierra Canyon (CA), while Martray Bagley is 7 years old.

    The 6-foot-11 Marvin Bagley is coming off his first official visit to Duke beginning last Thursday. Bagley’s father, Marvin Jr., is originally from Durham and Marvin III’s grandmother still lives there.

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