Cade Cunningham cuts to five, says recruitment is ‘open’

By ADAM ZAGORIA

Cade Cunningham cut his list in half on Thursday and is now considering five schools.

The 6-foot-7 point guard from Texas and Montverde (FL) Academy is down to Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma State and Washington.

He cut Duke, Kansas, Memphis, Texas and Virginia.

Cade Cunningham cuts his list down to 5 schools!
Florida
Kentucky
North Carolina
Oklahoma State
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— Texas BasketballNews (@TexasBBallNews) August 1, 2019

Most basketball observers believe Cunningham will ultimately land at Oklahoma State after the school hired his older brother Cannen Cunningham to the staff.

“I think I’m pretty far along [in my recruitment],” he told ESPN’s Paul Biancardi at halftime of the Peach Jam final. “My brother getting hired doesn’t speed me up too much. I’m just happy for him getting the job.

“I’ve always put out there and said that whenever I’m ready to commit, I’ll commit. If that was the spot I wanted to go right now, I would’ve committed by now so my recruitment is still open. I’m still open to all my schools.”

He added: “I want to play for a coach that is going to let me play my game. Obviously, a school that is going to compete right away for a national championship. I want to win my first year.

“There are a lot of things. I want to play for a team that plays defense, for sure. Those are the teams that win. Good coaches. I feel that all the schools in my top ten have great coaches. Just a coach that is going to let me do what I do.”

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