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Anyone want to summarize the 247 article on Miller?

It’s crunch time for five-star small forward Brandon Miller of Antioch (Tenn.) Cane Ridge. The nation’s No. 10 overall prospect will announce a decision on Sept. 27 between Alabama, Tennessee State, the G League, and the NBL (Australia).

On Sunday, Alabama head coach Nate Oats and assistant coach Bryan Hodgson, the lead recruiter for Miller, visited the Volunteer State for an in-home meeting.

“It was great,” Darrell Miller, Brandon’s father, told BamaOnLine. “It was really good. Alabama has always been high on Brandon’s list. It’s always been high on my list, too, but you know I’m not trying to push him any way. They’ve always competed with the other schools that we went to visit as far as what we’re looking for.”

Miller’s father, Darrell, played tight end at Alabama under former head coach Gene Stallings, giving his son a legacy tag when it comes to UA.

The younger Miller will contribute on the hardwood, however, and in Alabama’s eyes he can do that in a number of ways.

“It’s just really how they plan on using Brandon,” Darrell said of the message from the staff. “That they have that pro offense that’s perfect for Brandon. They’re going to allow him to be that big guard, give him the opportunity to control the ball some, bring the ball down the court, play in different positions depending on mismatches, it’s really been that. I think that carries a lot. Brandon’s main goal is to be an NBA player. By Alabama being able to utilize him in multiple positions like that, I think that raises hairs. I think it would bring more value to him.”

Having the ties to the Tide, Miller’s father has given him an expectation for the college level. They’ll both experience a football game-day atmosphere one more time as they’re set to travel to Tuscaloosa on Sept. 25 when Bama hosts Southern Miss.

“I just told him the experience I had there,” Darrell said. “The visit that we took was during the summer when school was out. This will be a really good taste for the atmosphere he’d have there.”

Miller’s dad isn’t pushing him one way or the other, but his son picking the Tide would certainly be special.

“It’d be great. I’d love to see him in that Crimson Tide,” Darrell said. “I still support Alabama with the tag on the back of my truck, so you know.”

At this juncture, with coaches still coming in for visits, making their last ditch efforts to sway Miller in their direction, the five-star’s father doesn’t see his son leaning in any direction at this point.

“He’s still figuring it out,” Darrell said. “You know how kids are. He’ll change his mind one week, then someone will come in with a great presentation and you’ll laugh and you joke and do all that and say hey I really like them. But it’s getting a little bit more serious now and he’s starting to buckle down a little bit and actually just shoot basketball and think about what he wants to do.”

Brandon Miller, elite small forward, sets commitment date

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Brandon Miller, a 6-foot-8 small forward out of Antioch (Tenn.) Cane Ridge will announce his commitment on September 27th, he tells On3.

Earlier this month, Miller cut his list to four options – Alabama, Tennessee State, the NBL, and the NBA G-League.

Miller doesn’t comment much on the pro options, but he did discuss the two colleges on his list in a previous interview with On3.

Alabama Crimson Tide

“I love Coach (Nate) Oats,” Miller said. “He’s a good guy, outside of basketball, too. He also laughs and jokes with his players. The rest of the coaching staff is pretty cool, too. That visit I liked because they have nice facilities. It was just a good visit overall.”

On Sunday, Brandon Miller and his family hosted head coach Nate Oats and assistant coach Bryan Hodgson for an in-home visit.

Miller took an official visit to Alabama on June 16th, and he’s planning on going back to Tuscaloosa for a second official visit on September 25th, just a couple of days before his commitment.

Darrell Miller, Brandon’s father, played tight end at Alabama in the early 90s.

Tennessee State Tigers

Tennessee State is the definition of ‘hometown school’ for Miller, as it’s only a 15-minute drive away.

“It would definitely be different than others because it’s an HBCU,” Brandon Miller said. “I know they have a good coaching staff over there because coach Penny (Collins) is one of my cousins. I know a lot of people who came out of TSU – Robert Covington – and you see where he’s at now. That just lets you know anything can be done.”

Miller has visited the campus at Tennessee State officially and unofficially, and he even dropped in last month to see five-star Chris Livingston on his official visit to TSU.

Pro route

The pro route has always been a threat to the schools recruiting Miller. The expected salary that he could earn playing professionally has not been released publicly. At one point in time, it was assumed that Miller was leaning towards the pro route, but it appears the script has been flipped, and I expect Miller to play college ball.

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Tipton now thinks Miller will go the college route.

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He has a 84.3% accuracy rate on Rivals. I think this is his third prediction change on Nick Smith. Obviously it wouldn't be shocking if he went to Arkansas though.

Also thinks we land Jarace Walker.

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He has a 84.3% accuracy rate on Rivals. I think this is his third prediction change on Nick Smith.

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This context is important and not every pick is worth the same since plenty of these guys will put one in right before commitment which means less than predictions a few days or weeks in advance.

Sounds like this will be sooner rather than later and that he isn't planning to go on that Oklahoma visit this weekend considering the his top 4.

I don’t want to get my hopes up but I’m not sure how you read that and not get excited

Didn’t Nick Smith and Brandon Miller play together?

Not saying that it’s going to make a difference, but if Miller comes to Bama, that can only help right?

I would gladly take any of the 5*s we are after, but if I had to pick one it'd probably be Bradley. He was born to play in a drive and kick offense.