The NCAA’s recruiting calendar says that men’s basketball coaches can start initiating contact with players that just ended their sophomore years on June 15th. As such, the middle of June is always a big time for new recruiting information. Not only do we get a infodump of first day contacts with a new crop of prospects — in this year’s case, it’s the Class of 2024 — but we also get a bunch of new scholarship offers. After all, it’s much easier to offer a scholarship when you’re the one getting the high school kid on the phone.
Anyway, let’s jump right on in to the list of 2024 guys that Marquett head coach Shaka Smart and his staff prioritized with scholarship offers for the first day of contact with the recruiting class.