Ivan Rabb, a five-star recruit, will visit Cal this weekend, according to SNY.tv. The site also reported that a pair of recruits from the state of Indiana, five-star center Caleb Swanigan and four-star shooting guard Davon Dillard, will visit the school at the same time.
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Rabb visited Cal unofficially Jan. 24 and went on an official visit to Arizona Jan. 4. His top schools are Cal, Arizona, Kansas and Kentucky. The forward also told the site that he plans on visiting UCLA and Kentucky in the future.
The 247Sports Crystal Ball says that Cal has the greatest chance at landing him with a 48 percent shot, Arizona has the next best prospect at 41 percent and UNC is third with a 7 percent likelihood. Davon Dillard’s list of schools include Cal, Creighton, Pitt, Purdue and Indiana and some of the schools in the mix for Swanigan are Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky and Cal.
Jayson Tatum
Tatum, the No. 1 recruit in the 2016 class by ESPN, took an official visit to Duke this weekend for their game against Syracuse, according to SNY.tv.
Chase Jeter @chasejeter04 and Jayson Tatem @Im_that_dude22 seroius #talent at #Duke pic.twitter.com/dDZ3ktR9hY
— Blue Devil Nation (@BlueDevilNation) February 28, 2015 The 6’8 forward starts for Chaminade College Prep in Missouri, and has offers from Duke, Arizona, Kentucky, UConn and Kansas, among others. UNC head coach Roy Williams and Kentucky coaches John Calipari and Barry Rohrssen watched him play in January, and in December he was visited by Kim Anderson of Mizzou, Roy Williams and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski.
Traci Carter
Coming off a visit a few weeks ago to Rutgers, Traci Carter will visit Xavier this weekend and Marquette March 7, as reported by Scout.
Carter, a four-star prospect, plays for Life Center Academy in New Jersey, and is from Philadelphia. The 6'0 guard has offers from UConn, Xavier, Marquette, Creighton, to name a few. The Crystal Ball predicts that UConn has the best chance at getting him, standing at 55 percent, Louisville (a team that has shown interest in him) ranks second at 36 percent and Xavier is next at 9 percent.
Temple Gibbs
Gibbs relayed to SB Nation that he will visit UConn on Sunday for the school’s game against SMU. UConn offered Temple Gibbs, the No.39 player in the class of 2016 and a four-star recruit, on Feb. 27.
The Seton Hall Prep standout's brothers are Sterling Gibbs, a current guard for Seton Hall and Ashton Gibbs, a former guard for Pitt. Some of Gibbs' offers are Georgetown, UVA, Pitt, Miami and St. John’s. The 6'2 guard was visited by coaches from Notre Dame and Oklahoma this week.
Thon Maker
Thon Maker announced last week on Twitter that he plans to reclassify to the 2015 class. Maker is a five-star prospect who is from South Sudan and currently plays in Canada for the Athlete Institute Basketball Academy.
He has offers from Arizona, Duke, Florida, Kansas and Kentucky, among others, and is ranked in Scout’s Ultimate 100 as the No. 13 recruit in high school basketball. John Calipari, along with others from Kentucky, visited him twice in January. Kansas and Kentucky payed him a visit in December, and he went on an unofficial visit to Louisville in December. The Crystal Ball says Kentucky and Kansas have the highest probability of receiving a commitment from him, with a 41 percent shot, Mizzou and Louisville have the second best chance at 6 percent.
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