On Friday afternoon, Pitt recruiting target Amari Evans committed to Tennessee over Pitt and Xavier.
Evans is ranked as the No. 74 player in the senior class of 2025 by 247 Sports’ Composite Rankings. Two of 247 Sports’ insiders, Colby Giacubeno and Travis Branham, have predicted that Evans will end up at Tennessee. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard currently plays for Overtime Elite, but began his high-school career in the WPIAL playing for Bishop Canevin. Evans plays alongside fellow Pittsburgh native Meleek Thomas in Atlanta for OTE’s City Reapers squad.
So far, Evans is averaging 19.3 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game early on in his senior campaign at OTE.Evans has visited Pitt numerous times, including an official visit back in June. He took official visits to all three of his final three schools: Pitt, Tennessee, and Xavier.
Evans joined The Pittsburgh Basketball Show months ago to break down his visit to Pitt and talk more about his recruitment at the time. Check out the interview below.
Witherspoon recently joined PSN on The Pittsburgh Basketball Show to break down his decision to come to Pitt and preview his senior season. He plays for the same high school that current Panther Ishmael Leggett played for years ago.
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Our new AD made that happen…
Cool, now never mention him again.
Call the Wambulance!
Capel can recruit him again next year in the portal.
Can’t recruit today without the full 20 million. Football team has a measly 6 million dollars this year imagine what kind of crumbs the basketball team is working with. It’s time the owner of Carolina Panthers starts helping Pitt out I mean he named them the Panthers he has to obviously care about the Pitt Panthers.
Have you donated any cash to PITT’s NIL efforts?
Probably NOT, so stop bitching…Lol
He heard UT has a better med school…. All about the academics
Not true at all! Pitt’s med school is currently ranked #6 in the country this year alone, and they have UPMC money for research and support.
UT paid him more NIL money, period!!! We need to start publishing the amount each athletes receives, but then it will probably become an open bidding war.
H2P!!!
Jeez Kevin, I was just being sarcastic! When is or who is the last PITT athlete to become an MD or DMD????? Scholarships were the mechanism “ back in the day” that funded the education that would allow student athletes to graduate with degrees and go forth to serve their fellow citizens. In contrast, scholarships+++ allow people to keep playng childhood games and most receiving them make no significant impact to better society.
Well said! Sorry for the over reaction. Us Pitt fans are very over sensitive! Lol
H2P!!!
How do you know what Tennessee offered? Kid may have just wanted a shot at going to the Tournament.
Go look when he was at Oklahoma or Duke he can recruit it’s the crumbs Pitts offering him to recruit with that’s the problem.
Losing out on every big time recruit…. Gotta pay one of them…
Not happening
Isaiah Dennis committed to UNC.
Lol The recruiting savant strikes (out) again!