re: Basketball Recruiting Discussion

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-- Tevin Mack was impressed with head coach Frank Martin in a recent visit to campus, despite the fact that he wasn’t offered at the time. While Martin wants to continue to watch Mack play, he also wants to continue to build a relationship with the four-star player before putting an offer on the table.

We’re told that VCU is pushing really hard to get Mack to shut down his recruitment and commit to the Rams but that doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen. Wake Forest also recently offered and are trying to push hard for him at the moment after his big showing in Pittsburgh, Pa. two weeks ago. The feeling is that Mack wants to go to South Carolina and is not upset about the lack of an offer at this point.

-- South Carolina has gotten into the mix with former 247Sports Composite five-star guard Danuel House, who is transferring from Houston after a coaching change during the offseason. House was the Conference USA Freshman of the Year in 2012-13 and has two more years of eligibility remaining to play. We are still working to get a full interview with House but we have been able to confirm his interest in the Gamecocks and that he will visit the school for the first time this week.

House isn’t in a real rush to make a decision and he plans to visit UCLA next week. He has mentioned taking other visits as well but the Carolina and UCLA are the two most important to him at this point.

-- South Carolina native and four-star point guard Juwan Evans (Dallas, Texas/Kimball) came back this weekend to the east coast and played with his SC Raptors team and helped to win the Bob Gibbons Tournament in Atlanta, Ga. Evans went to Southside High School in Greenville but left for Texas last summer. Both South Carolina and Clemson were involved with him at the time but we understand that Evans has taken a liking to his new home and has gotten comfortable out there.

Ranked as the No. 73 player in the country in the 247Sports Composite, the 6-foot guard will likely find his home in the Big 12 with Oklahoma State, Baylor and Oklahoma showing the most interest. Cincinnati and Kansas have also been by to check him out recently.

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