re: UA Basketball Recruiting

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Source: The NCAA will not require prospects in the 2021 class to provide an SAT or ACT score to the NCAA Eligibility Center due to COVID-19.

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Four-star 2021 prospect Johnathan Lawson (@Lawgang8) tells me that he will commit on October 7th.

The five teams that made his cut today were:

Arkansas
Oregon
Alabama
Iowa State
Vanderbilt

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Jerry Meyer has now also put a CB in for Nesbitt to Saint Louis.

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N.C. State has been really active with me lately, Xavier too. Other than that Auburn, Alabama, Ole Miss, Georgia, Florida State, Georgia Tech and a few others are keeping in touch too.

I actually had Zoom calls with Ole Miss and Alabama recently. It was pretty cool; I got a chance to get to know the coaches a little better and get more information about how they play.

I’m wide open with my recruitment at this point.

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It hasn't been the summer that five-star Brandon Miller was looking for, but he's found a way to be productive.

The 6-foot-7 wing at Nashville (Tenn.) Cane Ridge who ranks No. 13 nationally in the class of 2022 has taken the time to get in the gym and really focus on his game while working out with another former five-star from his hometown.

“I’ve just been getting in the gym and getting my body right, getting my jumper right," Miller told Rivals.com. "It has been good for getting that muscle memory down. I work out with Darius Garland all the time and that helps.”

Miller has been on campus at Alabama, Kentucky, Louisville and Vanderbilt. He discussed those programs and one who had a recent commit catch his eye.

Alabama: “My dad played football there. He hasn’t pushed me he’s just going to be there to help me decide when the time comes. They throw a lot of lobs in transition and I like getting up and down the floor for a lot of dunks.”

Kentucky: “ They have not offered, they tell me how their program is ran and how they get kids to come and move on.”

Louisville: “It was live. The atmosphere was up there. They had Louisville live with the dunk contest outside and like a big street party. I talk to them a lot.”

Tennessee: “I have an offer from them and I talk to them a lot too. I see it on media that they got Kennedy Chandler, I like that, that’s cool.”

Vanderbilt: “(Jerry Stackhouse) is a cool dude. He doesn’t really say much about basketball. It is all like jokes about how he is a good cook. He sings a lot.”

WHAT'S NEXT?
Miller's game on the floor is plenty loud, but off of it he is pretty soft spoken and it is clear that he's not too far down the road with any school recruiting him.

There are no plans for any list cut at the moment but Miller did say he and his dad will likely get a little more serious about his recruitment in the near future.

“Not right now because it is a little early," said Miller when asked if he had any type of timeline for his recruitment. "I’m sure there will be a time soon where me and my dad sit down and talk about it more. I’m just looking for a good bond with the coaches and players.”

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Finally, Bediako is a key target that Alabama is making a serious run at, as are Memphis, Tennessee, Texas and a number of others. Whether or not Mark Williams leaves after the season will determine how great of a need Duke has at the center position.

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Yall should look up the video of him throwing a dunk down from 3 feet away from the goal and bloodying his nose on the side of the backboard at the same time. One of the craziest plays I've seen.

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