Gonzaga Lands Former Four-Star Kentucky Commit Nolan Hickman Jr.
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After decommitting from Kentucky, 2021 four-star point guard and Sammamish, Washington native Nolan Hickman Jr. has decided to play for the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
No wonder they say my game dawg like pic.twitter.com/nASWpoWPOf Nolan hickman (@Nolanhickman2) May 15, 2021
Hickman is the top-rated player out of Utah and ranked No. 29 overall by the 247 Sports composite score. Hickman transferred from Eastside Catholic High School in Bellevue to Wasatch Academy in Utah last summer to be able to play a senior year of college basketball. He averaged 16 points per game this past season and was named a McDonald’s All-American.
PROVO There s no denying that BYU basketball head coach Mark Pope is an excellent recruiter.
But in arguably the most unique recruiting job of his career trying to convince his three seniors, all transfers, to return to BYU for another season after one impacted by COVID-19 that provided a free year of eligibility from the NCAA. The coach is now 0 for 2.
Matt Haarms officially opted not to return to BYU on Friday, making the announcement himself on social media after several reports and second-hand accounts alluded to it all week. Haarms made the announcement Friday on his Instagram account, a message that was immediately met with, We love you, Matt; go get it, from assistant coach Cody Fueger.
University of Kansas basketball recruiting
Four-star prospect Tyty Washington, a highly coveted point guard from Compass Prep in Phoenix, has pegged May 15 as decision date.
Washington revealed the news on social media Tuesday morning by first announcing May 12 as the big day before later correcting himself with a tweet that said May 15 was the date to circle.
Kansas, which currently has one scholarship available to hand out, is on the list. Bill Self’s Jayhawks are joined by Arizona, Baylor, Kentucky, LSU and Oregon in the talented guard’s final six.
The 6-foot-4, 180-pound, do-everything point guard has seen his stock soar in the past couple of months after a strong spring and his de-commitment from Creighton.
4-Star Recruit Announces Decommitment From Kentucky Wildcats
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - MARCH 02: John Calipari the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats reacts to a turnover in the game against the Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena on March 02, 2019 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
2020 saw one of the worst Kentucky basketball seasons of all time. Now heading into a new year, the Wildcats are getting some more bad news.
Incoming four-star point guard recruit Nolan Hickman has decommitted from the Blue Blood program, making the announcement via Instagram story on Friday afternoon.
Wildcats insider Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio shared a screenshot of the message on Twitter.
OGDEN J.J. Overton will trade in Wolverine green for Wildcat purple for his final season of college basketball.
The 6-foot-6, 190-pound senior from San Diego will graduate and transfer to Weber State for his final season of eligibility, a source confirmed to KSL.com. Overton s transfer was first reported by CBS Jon Rothstein.
Overton, who played two seasons at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California, tied for the lead in scoring (with teammate Trey Woodbury) for Utah Valley in 2020-21 when he averaged 15.6 points on 50.7% shooting. The senior whose father, Chuck, played two seasons at Salt Lake Community College also averaged 4.2 rebounds per game trailing only standout posts Evan Cole (6.4 rpg) and Fardaws Aimaq (15.0 rpg), the standout center who recently declared for the NBA draft but did not sign an agent so as to keep his collegiate eligibility.