UNC Basketball Recruiting Week In Review
Posted Sep 20, 2015
A look back at the past week in UNC basketball recruiting.
--2016 4-star shooting guard Brandon Robinson made an official visit to UNC this weekend. He previously visited UNC in March to watch the Tar Heels play Duke.
--Roy Williams and C.B. McGrath were at Word of God Academy Tuesday 9/15 meeting with 2016 five-star shooting guard Rawle Alkins. Alkins also performed well at this weekend's Elite 75 event.
--Roy Williams visited 2016 5-star power forward Harry Giles at Oak Hill Academy on Wednesday 9/16. Giles will be moving his scheduled September 25 official visit to UNC to some time in October, according to his coach.
--Roy Williams and Hubert Davis were in Jacksonville, Florida for an in-home visit with 4-star 2016 center Udoka Azubuike on Thursday 9/17.
--2016 4-star power forward Javin DeLaurier added a Duke offer to go with his UNC offer. UNC still in DeLaurier's final 6 list of schools.
--Harrison Barnes and James Michael McAdoo will be in Chapel Hill with the NBA championship trophy during Seventh Woods' official visit the weekend of 9/26, although they are prohibited by NCAA rules from interacting with recruits.
--UNC assistant Steve Robinson watched 2016 wing Jalen Johnson on Wed 9/16 at Wesleyan Christian Academy.
--Steve Robinson was in Concord, NC on Wednesday 9/16 checking out 2018 guard Leaky Black during their open gym session. It's UNC's second viewing in two weeks. Inside Carolina also published a feature on Black last week.
--Roy Williams reportedly had a scheduled in-home visit with 2016 power forward T.J. Leaf on Monday 9/14. Not much of a chance here for UNC nor confirmation that the visit took place.
--UNC was reportedly scheduled to visit 2017 5-star power forward Mohamad Bamba for an open-gym session in Norristown, PA on Friday. Bamba has already been offered by Duke, who seems to be the leader at this point.
--UNC coaches reportedly watched Jordan Long of Berean Academy on Thursday 9/17.
--2016 5-star point guard De'Aaron Fox has eliminated UNC from consideration. Fox had been offered a scholarship by UNC.
--2016 5-star power forward Miles Bridges also dropped UNC from consideration and had held a UNC scholarship offer. Bridges is down to his final three of Michigan State, Kentucky, and Indiana.
--2016 5-star shooting guard Kobi Simmons is no longer considering UNC.
The UNC Basketball staff has been making moves with some of the premier recruits around the country, and that continued Wednesday with an offer to...