Bronny James, a freshman guard at Sierra Canyon High School in Chatsworth, California, is not the best player but is the most popular on the seventh-ranked team in the country.
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UNLV picked up its first member of the 2021 class when Durango point guard Keshon Gilbert committed Saturday. The Rebels have four commitments for the 2020 class.
The 6-5 senior, a five-star recruit, also had offers from other elite programs such as Kansas and Arizona.
Swift sat out the high school season after transferring from Durango to Desert Pines, but returned to competitive basketball during the club season with the Las Vegas Knicks, with whom he reached the under-16 championship game Sunday in the Fantastic 40 at the Tarkanian Basketball Academy.
The 6-foot-2-inch junior point guard has received offers from Long Beach State, Fresno State and UNR during his club basketball season with the Las Vegas Knicks.
The NCAA revised its recruiting calendar last year and reduced the number of weekends college coaches can watch and recruit during the club season.
Utah forward Donnie Tillman, formerly of Findlay Prep, will transfer to UNLV, according to multiple people familiar with the situation.
The former Kentucky forward is projected to be taken as a lottery pick or just outside those top 14 selections in the NBA draft, which begins at 4 p.m. Thursday.
The power forward, ranked No. 63 in the junior class by ESPN, announced his commitment via Twitter on Thursday night.
The Pilots, who probably won’t field a team next season, won 10 of the 13 games against the Gaels, but Gorman took three of the past six, including a 59-55 victory Jan. 19.
The program won three National High School Invitational championships and had a run of 11 consecutive appearances in the national tournament halted this year.
Beeten was named Durango’s boys basketball coach Thursday. He replaces DeShawn Henry, who stepped down after 12 seasons to pursue an opportunity at the college level.
Cole Anthony, son of former UNLV star Greg Anthony, played his penultimate high school game Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, scoring 25 points in the Jordan Brand Classic.
Haley Jones, Francesca Belibi and Asheten Prechtel, who will become teammates at Stanford this year, flashed their camaraderie on and off the court in the final game of their high school careers.
More than 40 of the nation’s best boys and girls high school basketball players have congregated in Las Vegas to showcase their abilities in the 19th annual Jordan Brand Classic.
