Highly regarded high schooler Rylan Griffen hears from KU, K-State basketball coaches
Kansas and Kansas State’s men’s basketball coaches were quick to initiate contact with highly regarded high school junior combo guard Rylan Griffen Monday — the first day college coaches could call or text prospects in the recruiting class of 2022 in accordance with NCAA rules.
Griffen, 6-foot-5, 175 pounds out of Richardson (Texas) High School, told Stockrisers.com on Wednesday that he communicated with coaches from KU, K-State, Texas, Illinois, Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Baylor, and Mississippi between midnight and 12:15 a.m. Monday.
He said that, as the day progressed, he also heard from coaches from Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, TCU, Duke, Arizona and Creighton.
Griffen, who is ranked No. 29 in the class of 2022 by Rivals.com, averaged 22 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game during his sophomore season at Richardson High.
Bradley fields many calls
Jaden Bradley, a 6-foot-3 junior point guard who is transferring from Cannon School in in Charlotte, North Carolina to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, says he heard from coaches from Kansas, UCLA, North Carolina State, Maryland, Florida, Florida State, Michigan, Virginia, Pittsburgh, Kentucky, Alabama, Texas Tech, Arkansas, Notre Dame and North Carolina on Monday.
“It’s cool just to be able to talk directly to the coaches now and build those relationships,” Bradley told SI.com.
“Recruitment is more exciting now that I can talk to the coaches directly,” added Bradley, the No. 8-ranked prospect in his class according to Rivals.com. He averaged 23 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 2.5 steals a game last season.
Ramel Lloyd nets many offers
Ramel Lloyd, a 6-6 junior from Dream City Christian High in Glendale, Arizona who has been offered a scholarship by KU, received scholarship offers from Oklahoma State, Illinois, Washington and Rutgers Monday, according to Zagsblog.com.
This week, he’s also heard from coaches from KU, BYU, Tulsa, Arkansas, Georgetown, UCLA, Gonzaga, Arizona State, Washington State, San Diego State, Arizona, California, Florida State, Dayton, DePaul, UMass, TCU, USC and others.
He is ranked No. 102 in the recruiting class of 2022 by Rivals.com.
NCAA to let coaches work with players July 20
College basketball coaches still will be able to get in a month’s work of on-court instruction with their players before the start of the 2020-21 school year.
The NCAA Div. I Council voted Wednesday to permit up to eight hours a week of “required summer activities” for basketball players, starting July 20 and running eight weeks or until the start of first-semester classes (which at KU begin Aug. 24).
Players during this time will be allowed to participate up to eight hours per week in weight training, conditioning and on-court skills instruction with coaches. The skills instruction cannot exceed more than four hours per week between July 20 and Aug. 24.
The Big 12 recently approved voluntary on-campus activity for basketball players starting on July 6. At KU those voluntary activities will run for 14 days until the 20th.
“The Council worked to balance the desire to get student-athletes training again with the need to repopulate our campuses and athletics facilities gradually and safely, within all campus, local and state mandates,” said Div. I Council chair M. Grace Calhoun, athletic director at Penn. “Student-athlete health and safety should remain a top priority.”
This story was originally published June 18, 2020 at 10:05 AM with the headline "Highly regarded high schooler Rylan Griffen hears from KU, K-State basketball coaches."
