Jalen Warley
A Top 50 Nationally rated recruit from rivals updated 2021 rankings that is a potential star Point Guard in the making. He’s a consistent 3 point shot away (getting better) before Deron Williams comparisons become much more popular on a National Level.
Warley has a short list of 6-7 schools (not including Kentucky yet with no offer) but Im comfortable in saying that Pitt is probably the team to beat to get him as of today. We are in prime position here.
Warley has openly stated his interest in going to a strong academic school and having a strong bond with his coach and teammates. He is very good friends with Noah Collier. And he has openly stated he feels a very close family vibe at Pitt with our staff, with Jeff Capel, and with our players. Expect an official visit to Pitt after his season is over at Westtown.
Warley also knows Will Jeffress is very strongly eyeing Pitt and reclassification. Warley is a 6’5-6’6 point guard that has star potential at the college level and has the play making ability to shred defenses. He can easily play together with 5 Star Guard Jalen Hood Schifino and those two could create nightmare type problems for opposing defenses to stop in the future.
Will Jeffress
By now everyone should know Will Jeffress is strongly considering reclassification as I mentioned it long ago. And Jeffress and his family are very close to Jeff Capel. A 4 star borderline 5 Star 3 / 4 tweener forward, Jeff Capel would love to add Jeffress to either class. I am comfortable in saying Pitt is without question the team to beat right now. Jeffress, like Warley, is an honor student that takes his academics very seriously. Jeffress is also well aware of other top recruits with high interest in Pitt and what Pitt can become.
Adama Sanogo
A man amongst boys as the Alpha dog center. Ive been talking about Sanogo for almost a year now long before his wave of offers and his national rankings came to fruition. He is a physical beast that has manhandled teams and players in the paint and is a rebound machine in the paint. As a 6’9 Center, Sanogo has already been elevated to a Top 30 National recruit (borderline 5 Star) by ESPN and will continue to rise.
Jeff Capel offered Sanogo last May, the earliest Power 6 offer that he received. Seton Hall was the 2nd that I know of, a team Sanogo is also very high on and a team Sanogo has visited multiple times to watch home games. Sanogo is starting to mold his school list down but expect the blue bloods to start trying to get in late with him. Capel is recruiting him and has been at a lot of his practices and open gyms and our entire staff is recruiting him. Pitt will make his final school cut and a visit will happen. Sanogo is a 2020 reclassification candidate and would start immediately.
Top 5’s
Nnanna Njoku
Nnanna Njoku has a short list of 5, a 6’10 Top 150 National Center. Wichita State, Marquette, Miami, Villanova and Pitt. Villanova is the leader and the team to beat. He is close to Pitt coach Tim O’toole but is not our first choice at Center. Has good potential but I want to see better and more consistent rebounding.
Ike Cornish has 5 upcoming potential visits in mind
Xavier and DePaul have offered with visits in the works to the two Big East programs and Pitt, Virginia Tech and VCU are also schools Cornish would like to visit among others. He wants a Pitt offer. Cornish is now being mentioned in multiple National Top 150’s as a borderline 4 Star Guard / wing and as I mentioned earlier, he is rising. A player that has a similar style / build to Lamar Patterson, Cornish is becoming a very good outside shooter and he can pass.
Keon Edwards Top 5
A Top 25 Nationally rated 5 star guard /wing, Edwards mentioned his early Top 5 as Depaul, Florida State, TCU, Maryland, and Pitt. Depaul is the current leader, he has visited twice since early December and they are the significant favorite at this time. He’s a three level scorer that can shoot it from 3 and could elevate our offense quickly. To get into his early Top 5 is a statement by Capel. But this is an uphill battle which is why I have not been talking about him much. He will probably take his other visits before a commit.
Eric Gaines
Fast, athletic, and shifty point guard from Lithonia Georgia that recently put up 34 points at the Tournament of Champions against 4 Star Top 50 rated point guard Deivon Smith in dominant fashion opening many eyes with those in attendance asking who the heck is he.
Gaines was putting up big numbers in the EYBL that were just as good as RJ Davis before the stress fracture he suffered last summer after only 4 games, sidelining him the entire summer and limiting his exposure. Becoming a lights out shooter and with his athletic ability he can become very dangerous at the college level and has huge potential.
Comparisons to Ja Morant have started and a good chance he is going to be ranked in the National Top 50-100 or much higher if people actually watch him. Dayton, Georgia, Houston, Washington State, and many more are recently coming in hard and that list is going to significantly grow heading into the spring as his name is mentioned more often.
Lack of exposure like RJ Davis earlier in his recruitment is the reason he is unranked / unevaluated right now. But his name is starting to rise very fast. He is high on Georgia and has visited Georgia but is open. He would be a major steal this late in the process.
Rudi Williams
Another gifted point guard in his second season in Juco. Williams is still entertaining new offers coming off a major season that has him pushing to be a Juco All American with 19 points per game, 9 assists per game, and is a 40% 3 point shooter which are very good JC stats. No offer from Pitt has been made yet. Williams wants to make his college decision in the next few months. Pitt continues to monitor him.
Mac Etienne- A 6’11 Top 50 National Center from New York, like Sanogo Pitt was one of the very first P6 schools to offer him last summer. A rugged physical player with New York toughness and a craft to collect rebounds, he also carries a chip on his shoulder like Champagnie and Toney when he plays and welcomes contact. Etienne is wide open at this time per his recent interview but has the same list of 8-10 schools recruiting him, most of which are power schools in the Northeast region. Recruiting will expand. He has already unofficially visited Syracuse, St. John’s, Uconn, etc.. in the Northeast. Capel is working on getting him to visit officially after the school year and their is legit interest on both ends between him and Pitt.
Franck Kepnang and Efton Reid- Both are 2021 5 Star Centers that are considering reclassification to 2020. Reid has been to Pitt once already. And Kepnang is well aware of Noah Collier going to Pitt and Warley being very high on Pitt, his Westtown teammates. Reid as mentioned is going to be hard to get out of Virginia. But Pitt remains a significant player for Kepnang and the next step is getting him to visit at seasons end. Kepnang may visit with Warley and Collier. Kentucky is recruiting Kepnang.
Bryce Mcgowens- Becoming a lights out shooter that we could really use as a 2-3 guard and already has mentioned his relationship with multiple Pitt commits and current players. All the family and connections to Pitt are there. I think however it is going to be difficult getting him out of the South in the end. Mcgowens is considered a Top 50 National Guard and Pitt would love to have him.
Jeff Capel is starting to rake in Talent. A top team is starting to take place in the future with 5 Star Guard Jalen Hood-Schifino, rising 4 Star Pf / C John Hugley, and the lights out shooting from Itihiel Horton with depth pieces of Max Amadasun and Noah Collier.
Add in Jeffress, Warley, Sanogo, or another one of these players above, not only is Pitt going to beat many ACC teams with this level of high-end talent, Pitt can become a contender to compete for the National Title. And that doesn’t include Rodney Gallagher in 2023, a 5 Star Guard that Pitt leads for.
In case you missed John Hugley’s range this year as a 42% 3 point shooter, some clips from the other night showing his deep range. He is a far better shooter than you probably think he is as he is starting to make multiple 3’s per game consistently. He is also a far better passer than you may think he is. He will make a very strong push to start immediately. As of today, the goal is to mold Big John into a future 4. We are recruiting more Star Centers to play with him and many of our top targets are Centers for both 2021 and 2020 reclassification.
Jeff Capel On Ithiel Horton (Horton will be without question the best shooter on the team next year and is instant offense)
Very exciting times are coming. And Pitt is getting close to having a very dominant team with high major talent in the near future. Patience is a quality virtue, but with Jeff Capel it is going to happen in time.
A Top 50 Nationally rated recruit from rivals updated 2021 rankings that is a potential star Point Guard in the making. He’s a consistent 3 point shot away (getting better) before Deron Williams comparisons become much more popular on a National Level.
Warley has a short list of 6-7 schools (not including Kentucky yet with no offer) but Im comfortable in saying that Pitt is probably the team to beat to get him as of today. We are in prime position here.
Warley has openly stated his interest in going to a strong academic school and having a strong bond with his coach and teammates. He is very good friends with Noah Collier. And he has openly stated he feels a very close family vibe at Pitt with our staff, with Jeff Capel, and with our players. Expect an official visit to Pitt after his season is over at Westtown.
Warley also knows Will Jeffress is very strongly eyeing Pitt and reclassification. Warley is a 6’5-6’6 point guard that has star potential at the college level and has the play making ability to shred defenses. He can easily play together with 5 Star Guard Jalen Hood Schifino and those two could create nightmare type problems for opposing defenses to stop in the future.
Will Jeffress
By now everyone should know Will Jeffress is strongly considering reclassification as I mentioned it long ago. And Jeffress and his family are very close to Jeff Capel. A 4 star borderline 5 Star 3 / 4 tweener forward, Jeff Capel would love to add Jeffress to either class. I am comfortable in saying Pitt is without question the team to beat right now. Jeffress, like Warley, is an honor student that takes his academics very seriously. Jeffress is also well aware of other top recruits with high interest in Pitt and what Pitt can become.
Adama Sanogo
A man amongst boys as the Alpha dog center. Ive been talking about Sanogo for almost a year now long before his wave of offers and his national rankings came to fruition. He is a physical beast that has manhandled teams and players in the paint and is a rebound machine in the paint. As a 6’9 Center, Sanogo has already been elevated to a Top 30 National recruit (borderline 5 Star) by ESPN and will continue to rise.
Jeff Capel offered Sanogo last May, the earliest Power 6 offer that he received. Seton Hall was the 2nd that I know of, a team Sanogo is also very high on and a team Sanogo has visited multiple times to watch home games. Sanogo is starting to mold his school list down but expect the blue bloods to start trying to get in late with him. Capel is recruiting him and has been at a lot of his practices and open gyms and our entire staff is recruiting him. Pitt will make his final school cut and a visit will happen. Sanogo is a 2020 reclassification candidate and would start immediately.
Top 5’s
Nnanna Njoku
Nnanna Njoku has a short list of 5, a 6’10 Top 150 National Center. Wichita State, Marquette, Miami, Villanova and Pitt. Villanova is the leader and the team to beat. He is close to Pitt coach Tim O’toole but is not our first choice at Center. Has good potential but I want to see better and more consistent rebounding.
Ike Cornish has 5 upcoming potential visits in mind
Xavier and DePaul have offered with visits in the works to the two Big East programs and Pitt, Virginia Tech and VCU are also schools Cornish would like to visit among others. He wants a Pitt offer. Cornish is now being mentioned in multiple National Top 150’s as a borderline 4 Star Guard / wing and as I mentioned earlier, he is rising. A player that has a similar style / build to Lamar Patterson, Cornish is becoming a very good outside shooter and he can pass.
Keon Edwards Top 5
A Top 25 Nationally rated 5 star guard /wing, Edwards mentioned his early Top 5 as Depaul, Florida State, TCU, Maryland, and Pitt. Depaul is the current leader, he has visited twice since early December and they are the significant favorite at this time. He’s a three level scorer that can shoot it from 3 and could elevate our offense quickly. To get into his early Top 5 is a statement by Capel. But this is an uphill battle which is why I have not been talking about him much. He will probably take his other visits before a commit.
Eric Gaines
Fast, athletic, and shifty point guard from Lithonia Georgia that recently put up 34 points at the Tournament of Champions against 4 Star Top 50 rated point guard Deivon Smith in dominant fashion opening many eyes with those in attendance asking who the heck is he.
Gaines was putting up big numbers in the EYBL that were just as good as RJ Davis before the stress fracture he suffered last summer after only 4 games, sidelining him the entire summer and limiting his exposure. Becoming a lights out shooter and with his athletic ability he can become very dangerous at the college level and has huge potential.
Comparisons to Ja Morant have started and a good chance he is going to be ranked in the National Top 50-100 or much higher if people actually watch him. Dayton, Georgia, Houston, Washington State, and many more are recently coming in hard and that list is going to significantly grow heading into the spring as his name is mentioned more often.
Lack of exposure like RJ Davis earlier in his recruitment is the reason he is unranked / unevaluated right now. But his name is starting to rise very fast. He is high on Georgia and has visited Georgia but is open. He would be a major steal this late in the process.
Rudi Williams
Another gifted point guard in his second season in Juco. Williams is still entertaining new offers coming off a major season that has him pushing to be a Juco All American with 19 points per game, 9 assists per game, and is a 40% 3 point shooter which are very good JC stats. No offer from Pitt has been made yet. Williams wants to make his college decision in the next few months. Pitt continues to monitor him.
Mac Etienne- A 6’11 Top 50 National Center from New York, like Sanogo Pitt was one of the very first P6 schools to offer him last summer. A rugged physical player with New York toughness and a craft to collect rebounds, he also carries a chip on his shoulder like Champagnie and Toney when he plays and welcomes contact. Etienne is wide open at this time per his recent interview but has the same list of 8-10 schools recruiting him, most of which are power schools in the Northeast region. Recruiting will expand. He has already unofficially visited Syracuse, St. John’s, Uconn, etc.. in the Northeast. Capel is working on getting him to visit officially after the school year and their is legit interest on both ends between him and Pitt.
Franck Kepnang and Efton Reid- Both are 2021 5 Star Centers that are considering reclassification to 2020. Reid has been to Pitt once already. And Kepnang is well aware of Noah Collier going to Pitt and Warley being very high on Pitt, his Westtown teammates. Reid as mentioned is going to be hard to get out of Virginia. But Pitt remains a significant player for Kepnang and the next step is getting him to visit at seasons end. Kepnang may visit with Warley and Collier. Kentucky is recruiting Kepnang.
Bryce Mcgowens- Becoming a lights out shooter that we could really use as a 2-3 guard and already has mentioned his relationship with multiple Pitt commits and current players. All the family and connections to Pitt are there. I think however it is going to be difficult getting him out of the South in the end. Mcgowens is considered a Top 50 National Guard and Pitt would love to have him.
Jeff Capel is starting to rake in Talent. A top team is starting to take place in the future with 5 Star Guard Jalen Hood-Schifino, rising 4 Star Pf / C John Hugley, and the lights out shooting from Itihiel Horton with depth pieces of Max Amadasun and Noah Collier.
Add in Jeffress, Warley, Sanogo, or another one of these players above, not only is Pitt going to beat many ACC teams with this level of high-end talent, Pitt can become a contender to compete for the National Title. And that doesn’t include Rodney Gallagher in 2023, a 5 Star Guard that Pitt leads for.
In case you missed John Hugley’s range this year as a 42% 3 point shooter, some clips from the other night showing his deep range. He is a far better shooter than you probably think he is as he is starting to make multiple 3’s per game consistently. He is also a far better passer than you may think he is. He will make a very strong push to start immediately. As of today, the goal is to mold Big John into a future 4. We are recruiting more Star Centers to play with him and many of our top targets are Centers for both 2021 and 2020 reclassification.
Jeff Capel On Ithiel Horton (Horton will be without question the best shooter on the team next year and is instant offense)
Very exciting times are coming. And Pitt is getting close to having a very dominant team with high major talent in the near future. Patience is a quality virtue, but with Jeff Capel it is going to happen in time.
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