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Pitt Offers Pair of NBA Star’s Twin Sons

The Pitt men’s basketball staff offered a pair of twins on Thursday.
Pitt offered the Ratliff brothers, Adonis and Darius, who are twins. The Ratliff twins are the sons of former NBA standout Theo Ratliff.
According to 247 Sports, Adonis holds offers from Mississippi State, Rutgers, Texas, UCF, Stanford, Saint Bonaventure, and others. Darius holds offers from all of those schools as well as California, per 247 Sports. They play for Archbishop Stepinac in New York.
Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Pittsburgh https://t.co/N3iuaRpCzh
— Adonis James Ratliff (@Adonisballin3) May 2, 2025
Blessed to receive an offer from the University of Pittsburgh pic.twitter.com/kzXAwMUlS7
— Darius Ratliff (@dratlif15) May 2, 2025
Pitt visited the twins’ school this week, checking out Stepinac’s team.
Pitt was one of many programs represented at Stepinac on Thursday. The full list, according to the school’s twitter account, follows: Alabama, NC State, St. Bonaventure, Iona, Boston University, Oral Roberts, Pitt, Illinois, Yale, Manhattan, Brown, Arkansas, Creighton, UConn, Stetson, Texas, Louisville, Michigan, Boston College, Northwestern, UMass, Rutgers, Quinnipiac, Fordham, Saint John’s, Columbia, and Hofstra.
Stepinac has three different players listed in the top-110 of the 247 Sports 2026 high-school basketball prospect rankings. Jasiah Jervis is ranked No. 109 in the nation. He is a 6-foot-4, 180-pound wing. Adonis Ratliff is ranked No. 63, and he is a 6-foot-11 big. Lastly, the highest-ranked of the bunch is Darius Ratliff, a 6-foot-11 big.
Pitt does not have any commitments locked up in the class of 2026. The Panthers brought in just one high-school player in the class of 2025, adding Omari Witherspoon out of Washington, D.C. to the roster for this upcoming season.

