ESPN just updated its top 100 high college basketball recruits for the 2017 class and nine players on the list are from Atlanta metro area schools. There are two local recruits within the top 20–Pace’s Wendell Carter (No. 2) and Jonesboro’s M.J. Walker (No. 18)–and six within the top 50. (See below for the rest.)
That’s good news for Georgia Tech men’s basketball coach Josh Pastner, who comes to Atlanta with a rep as an ace recruiter. I think it’s possible for Pastner to quickly revive Tech’s program but to do so he’s going to have to sign his share of the top players from Tech’s talent-rich backyard.