Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
Battle has been to UConn before, and head coach Kevin Ollie reinforced the pitch that he would love to coach Battle.
“Tyus would be a big combo guard and would be counted on to contribute immediately,” Gary Battle, Tyus’ father, said of Ollie’s pitch. “[Ollie said] Tyus would look great in red, white and blue.”
Battle recently cut his list to 11 and is now considering UConn, Duke, Florida, Kentucky, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Syracuse, Villanova and Virginia.
He has no other visits planned at the moment.
Watch our SNY.tv documentary on Tyus here.
Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
Tyus Battle, the 6-foot-6 2016 combo guard from Gill St. Bernard’s, visited UConn Sunday for their dramatic 55-54 loss to Texas in which Jonathan Holmes hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds left.
