Notre Dame basketball likely thought it was a lock to land Jaden Ivey, but the 2020 recruit from hometown Marian Catholic High School chose to commit to Purdue on Wednesday. Ivey, who is a 6-foot-2 guard, had narrowed his decision down to the Boilermakers and the Irish.
Most thought that the hometown product would stay in South Bend, and that feeling made even more sense, given that his mother, Niele Ivey, is an assistant coach with Muffet McGraw and the Notre Dame women’s basketball program.
Ivey would have been Notre Dame’s first commit in the class of 2020.