Everything had been quiet on the basketball recruiting front, but Vanderbilt got its 2023 recruiting class off to a good start on Wednesday with the commitment of Isaiah West, a guard from Goodpasture Christian School — the same school where Drew Maddux once played.
West currently rates as a three-star recruit and #148 overall in the 247 Sports composite — and as the #1 prospect in the state of Tennessee. But that ranking actually comes with a bit of a caveat: West tore his ACL during the 2021-22 season and that caused his ranking to fall quite a bit as he’s missed the AAU season; prior to the injury, he was ranked as a top 50 national prospect (and still is, according to ESPN, though it’s not clear when those rankings were last updated.