
Here’s a few quick hits on recruiting on this Rivalry Week in football:
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Tyus Battle, the 6-foot-6 2016 combo guard from Gill St. Bernard’s, will visit
UConn Sunday for the Texas game, Scout.com reported. Battle
recently cut his list to 11 and is now considering UConn, Duke, Florida, Kentucky, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Syracuse, Villanova and Virginia.
Watch our SNY.tv documentary on Tyus here.
**UConn head coach
Kevin Ollie also called on
Kobie Eubanks, the 6-5 shooting guard from Fort Lauderdale (FL) Elev8 Sports Institute
who recently decommitted from Baylor.
**Kentucky’s
John Calipari and
Kenny Payne, Iowa State head coach
Fred Hoiberg and Arkansas’
Mike Anderson watched 2016 studs
Jayson Tatum and
Malik Monk Saturday night in Arkansas. The 6-4 Monk went for 45 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block as Bentonville (AR) beat St. Louis Chaminade, 86-77. The 6-7 Tatum posted 31 points, 18 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 steals in the loss.
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Miles Bridges, a 6-6 2016 small forward from Huntington (W.V.) Prep, picked up an offer from
Louisville after playing in front of
Rick Pitino Friday night,
according to Ben Roberts of the Lexington Herald-Leader. He also holds offers from UConn, Florida, Michigan State and Kansas, among others.
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Melo Eggleston, a 6-8 2017 small forward from Baltimore (MD) Clinton Christian, will take an unofficial to
Maryland on Sunday.
“It’s close to home and that’s always a good thing,” he told SNY.tv, “I talk to one of their freshman,
Jared Nickens, often. And
Melo Trimble came from the same AAU program as me, which is good as well.”
As for who’s recruiting him the hardest, he said: “Right now Kansas, Baylor, Syracuse, and Xavier are coming the hardest.”
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Eggleston has already visited Syracuse for Midnight Madness and said he plans to visit Xavier soon and UCLA sometime next year. He also wants to visit Baylor and Kansas.
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Traci Carter, a 6-foot 2015 point guard from Burlington (N.J.) Life Center, may visit
Louisville Sunday,
he told Scout.com. He said he also wants to visit St. John’s after recently picking up an offer from the Johnnies.