re: 2014 Auburn Basketball Recruiting Thread

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Outside of Spencer, one of the biggest targets on Auburn's board is Danjel Purifoy. The Alabama native was impressive at the UAA Finals event in July, and he visited Auburn's campus in June.

"I went there for a visit three weeks before we came up here," Purifoy told me at that event in July. "It was a good experience."

The Tigers also made the final lists of a strong group of prospects.

- Five-star wing Dwayne Bacon trimmed his list to 10: Georgetown, Florida State, Auburn, South Florida, USC, SMU, UNLV, Tennessee, Oklahoma State and Georgia Tech.
- Top-40 prospect Derrick Jones is still considering nine schools: Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, Florida, Louisville, North Carolina, Arizona, Auburn, UNLV.
- Guard Wendell Mitchell (Rockdale, Texas/Rockdale) has five remaining: Auburn, Baylor, Kansas State, SMU and Texas Tech
- Kaiser Gates (Alpharetta, Ga./St. Francis) is down to eight: Auburn, Missouri, Texas Tech, Georgia, Cincinnati, Xavier, LSU and Oklahoma State. He is expected to be at the elite camp on Sunday.

Auburn is casting a wide net for its 2015 targets. The Tigers are in solid position with combo guard New Williams, a 6-foot-2 Santa Monica (Calif.) product. They offered him in April, and he is expected to visit soon.

"They have moved up pretty high," Williams told 247Sports in the spring. "They're a high-quality school. They're in the SEC and they play top-level talent and I like to be challenged."

Louisiana Dynasty guard Jacob Evans shot up the recruiting boards of several schools after a strong July, and Auburn was no different. The Tigers offered him in late July, and he's squarely on their target list.

They are also hitting the junior college trail again, targeting 6-foot-5 T.J. Dunans out of Columbia State. Brad Winton of JUCORecruiting.com says Dunans could be the best junior college prospect in the country, as he scored 52 points in an NJCAA Tournament loss last season. According to Winton, Dunans has set an official visit to Auburn for September 13. Penn State and Cincinnati are also on his list.

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