UNC basketball recruiting roundup: Dozier, Vaughn, Late Night visitors, etc.

Posted Oct 21, 2013
Several current and former North Carolina recruiting targets made visits to various Midnight Madness events over the weekend.

UNLV's "Scarlet & Gray Showcase" attendees:
Rashad Vaughn (2014 shooting guard - UNC offer)
Stephen Zimmerman (2015 center - UNC offer)

Kentucky's "Big Blue Madness" attendees:
Harry Giles (2016 power forward - UNC offer)
Jayson Tatum (2016 small forward - UNC offer)
James Blackmon (2014 shooting guard - former UNC recruit)

Duke's "Countdown to Craziness" attendees:
Seventh Woods (2016 combo guard - current UNC recruit)
Kwe Parker (2016 shooting guard - on UNC's radar)
Dennis Smith (2016 point guard - on UNC's radar)
Thon Maker (2016 center - on UNC's radar)

Kansas' "Late Night in the Phog" attendees:
Tyus Jones (2014 point guard - former UNC recruit)
Jahlil Okafor (2014 center - former UNC recruit)

Other visits:
P.J. Dozier visited UNC for Thursday's football game (2015 point guard with UNC offer)
Devin Booker visited Missouri (2014 shooting guard - former UNC recruit)
Justise Winslow visited Arizona (2014 small forward - former UNC recruit)

UNC's "Late Night with Roy" currently-scheduled attendees (Friday 10/25):
Theo Pinson (2014 small forward - UNC commit)
Joel Berry (2014 point guard - UNC commit)
Justin Jackson (2014 small forward - UNC commit)
Brandon Ingram (2015 small forward - current UNC recruit)
Harry Giles, tentatively scheduled (2016 power forward - UNC offer)

Various Recruiting News & Notes:

Theo Pinson and his high school teammates participated in a wheelchair basketball game to raise funds for charity.

2014 UNC small forward commit Justin Jackson wrote a blog entry at Inside Carolina in which he discusses his decision to be home schooled.

Rashad Vaughn postponed his visit to Baylor scheduled for last weekend because he'd rather take his official visit during a basketball game. This is the same reason given for postponing his previously-scheduled visit to Chapel Hill.

The Daily Tar Heel provided an excellent breakdown of North Carolina's 2015 basketball recruits.

Former UNC recruiting target Ben Simmons (2015 power forward) committed to LSU on his first visit to campus, joining his high school teammate and fellow commit Jalyn Patterson. Simmons made the classy move of thanking UNC and other schools for recruiting him.

ESPN addressed the question of whether UNC really needs a shooting guard in its 2014 recruiting class.

Last but not least, you can view North Carolina's basketball recruiting boards by class here: 2014, 2015, 2016