re: #BasketballSchool lands Chuma Okeke and now has #1 2017 class

Pearl is a pretty charismatic guy and I know his players at UT were crazy about him. This is where someone like Ben Simmons helps an Auburn, in that Pearl can point to that and show that you can still get plenty of publicity as "the man" not playing with a bunch of other 5* kids.

That all said, most of the top guys will remain uncommitted until late in the process when they see who is leaving programs and the like. I think most of Cal's targets are uncommitted at this point and both him and Coach K are usually down to the wire with 5* guys. They should still hang out in the Top 25 if they hold on to what they have.