Five-star Class of 2016 point guard Kobi Simmons, an electric, end-to-end player from Georgia, is unofficially visiting the University of Kentucky Saturday, his father said.
Thomas Bryant has long been considered one of the top prospects in the class of 2015 and as a senior he is the leader of a talented Huntington Prep squad.
The 6-foot-4, 289-pound Lake Forest Academy defensive lineman received a scholarship offer from Stanford early Monday, then called the Cardinal coaching staff and committed late Monday night.
Pope John XXIII has one of the top centers in the country in 6-foot 8-inch Moustapha Diagne. He had offers from Connecticut, Cincinnati and Temple before committing to Syracuse.
Archbishop Carroll’s Derrick Jones, the area’s top high-school basketball player, will announce his college choice on Thursday evening as part of a cable television special.
Tigers basketball coach Kim Anderson and his staff had a big visitor on campus last weekend for homecoming as point guard Kobi Simmons of St. Francis (Ga.), the No. 15 prospect for 2016 in the 247Sports composite, made his first trip to Columbia, Mo.