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**Pitt extends an offer tonight to 2022 4-star guard Chance Westry from Trinity High School in Camp Hull, Pennsylvania. 247 Sports rates Westry as one of the Top 20 sophomores in the country with offers from Syracuse, Florida, Georgetown, DePaul, Louisville, LSU, Michigan, Penn State, VCU and Virginia Tech.
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**2022 center Matthew Filipowski (6’10”, 215) from Westtown, New York gets a call today from Pitt. Filipowski doesn’t hold any power offers.
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**On the day of their move to the Horizon League, Andy Toole and RMU offer two players in the Class of 2022: Guard Shane Lancaster from Bowie, Maryland and power forward AJ Clayton Roseville, Ohio. This is Lancaster’s third D-1 offer, while Clayton holds offers from Saint Joseph’s, Kent State, Cleveland State and Ohio U.
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**Pitt reaches out today to 2022 4-star shooting guard Judah Mintz (6’4″, 170) from Gonzaga High School in Washington DC. Mintz currently holds offers from Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Maryland, Penn State, Georgetown, George Mason and Florida.
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**A second call from Duquesne to a player from St. Mary’s Prep in Detroit as this time it’s 2022 point guard Jason Drake. Per Endless Motor Sports.com, Drake was also contacted by Michigan, Toledo, Loyola (IL), Air Force, Belmont, LIU and Central Michigan.
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**Detroit has been a place the Duquesne has had success recruiting and today they called a sophomore point guard from St. Mary’s Prep in Detroit, Michigan.
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**Josiah Harris is a talented sophomore forward from Cleveland, Ohio with offers from Duquesne, West Virginia, Ohio State, Akron, Cleveland State, Eastern Michigan, Kansas State, SMU and Wichita State.
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**Sophomore point guard Donald Hand Jr. (Virginia Beach, Virginia) received a call today from Keith Dambrot and Duquesne. Hand (6’5”, 180) holds offers from Clemson, James Madison, Penn State, Hampton, TCU and VCU.
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**Jeff Capel reaches out this morning to 2022 4-star forward Tyler Nickel from Elkton, Virginia per Jamie Shaw. Nickel (6’7”, 200) holds offers from VCU, Penn State, James Madison, Virginia Tech and Old Dominion. Rivals rates Nickel as one of the Top 75 sophomores in the country.
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**2022 SG Chris Moncrief from Kiski Prep picks up an offer today from Mount St. Mary’s. Moncrief (6’5”, 190) also holds offers from Robert Morris and Bryant.
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**PSN has learned that 2022 5-star point guard Jaden Bradley from the Cannon School in Concord, North Carolina received a call last night from Pitt head coach Jeff Capel. Bradley (6’2″, 160) is rated by 247 Sports as one of the Top 10 sophomores in the country with offers from North Carolina, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Kansas, Louisville, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Wake Forest and Xavier.
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**Pitt was able to land 3-star wing Noah Collier from Westtown High School last recruiting class and have their eyes on one of that schools top underclassman. PSN confirmed that the Pitt staff reached out at midnight to Derreck Lively. Per 247 Sports, Lively (6’11”, 200) is already ranked as one of the Top 40 sophomores in the country with offers from Miami, Ohio State, Penn State, Providence, SMU, San Diego State, Temple, UCLA and Xavier.
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**Last night at Midnight, college basketball coaches were able to reach out to players in the Class of 2022 for the first time. We’ll be mentioning local players and national players that received contact from Pitt, Duquesne and Robert Morris.
One of the local players that will be receiving national attention over the next couple of years is 2022 3-star point guard Mason Manning. Last night, Manning received an offer from Maryland, to go along with ones he previously received from LSU, Ole Miss, Baylor, Penn State, Bryant, Mississippi State, TCU and South Florida. Manning has also been receiving interest from Jeff Capel and Pitt. Along with the offer from Maryland, Manning also heard last night from Georgia Tech, Marquette, Ohio State, NC State, Maryland, Cincinnati, Florida State, St. John’s and Virginia Tech.