Recruiting Notes - Saturday, June 9

After resolving some unfortunate computer issues over the past few days, The Pitt Lead is back with some fresh content! I didn't find blogger to be particularly phone-user friendly, so it was difficult to create new posts without my computer.

Hopefully it's smooth sailing from here on out. Onto the news.

• This is the current list of teams which have offered 2019 PF/C Oscar Tshiebwe a scholarship thus far:

  Updated list of schools who have offered Kennedy Catholic's Oscar Tshiebwe @Oscartshiebw:
  
  Clemson
  West Virginia
  Georgetown
  Virginia Tech
  Virginia
  Penn State
  Pittsburgh
  George Tech
  Kansas
  Oklahoma State
  Illinois
  Ole Miss
  Rutgers

  — Bob Greenburg (@BobGreenburg) June 9, 2018

  
  
• In case you missed it, Tshiebwe took an unofficial visit to Pitt this past Monday, and reportedly enjoyed it.


• Four-star, Top 150 forward Au'Diese Toney has officially signed on with Pitt to join the 2018 recruiting class: 

  It's official! Welcome to #ZooEra @thefuturetoney
  
  READ: https://t.co/p4m7pqH0LK#H2P pic.twitter.com/uLZEopwZTP

  — Pitt Basketball (@Pitt_MBB) June 8, 2018

• According to a report from Corey Evans from the PantherLair, one of the top sophomore recruits in the country will be making an unofficial visit to Pitt on Aug. 4: 

  Big news from @coreyevans_10 as one of the best underclassmen in the country will visit #Pitt in August https://t.co/czgnRuXKkX

  — Chris Peak (@PantherLair) June 7, 2018

• I love seeing news like this. Ace Baldwin is currently a sophomore, and is not even allowed to talk with the Pitt staff until June 15th per recruiting rules. Still, he's already planned to make a visit to Pitt early in the official recruitment period. 


• Evans shows up with another report of an unofficial visit for 2019 F Anthony Walker from Maryland, on the same day as Baldwin, Aug. 4:

  Visits set for Anthony Walker as Pitt, Kansas, Seton Hall, Rhode Island, ECU & Virginia Tech prepare to host the emerging forward https://t.co/Sv6rtF1ONP pic.twitter.com/Ycvn0KfTMJ

  — Corey Evans (@coreyevans_10) June 8, 2018

• Walker is unranked by both 247sports and Rivals, but is clearly getting a lot of attention from major D-1 basketball programs. Aside from setting visits with the programs that Evans mentions, 247sports indicates that Walker has also been recruited by TCU and national champion Villanova.


•  It may just be a coincidence that Walker and Baldwin are visiting on the same day, or there may be some strategy to it. Allowing the kids to foster a connection centered around Pitt surely can't be a bad thing. Then again, it may just be that that is when each of their schedules worked for a visit. Time will tell if there's any positive effect.

That's it for today's recruiting news, thanks for your patience with our slow content over the past few days! More soon.