Pitt BB Recruiting
Pitt’s Jeff Capel Out Recruiting Major AAU Event
Pitt head coach Jeff Capel was out on the road this past weekend, watching elite high-school basketball talent compete in his search for future Panthers.
Capel was in attendance at the Adidas 3SSB games in Council Bluffs, Iowa, alongside Milan Brown, an associate head coach on the Pitt men’s basketball staff.
Sam Lance of ZagsBlog reported Capel and Brown’s attendance at the event. Check out Lance’s initial tweet here.
In addition, Dan Hurley, Sean Miller Richard Pitino, Pat Kelsey, and other coaches were in attendance at the same games as Capel on Friday. Lance reported that Capel was in attendance to watch the following teams on Friday alone: Austin Rivers SE Elite (Adidas), Upward Stars, Wildcat Select, Atlanta Celtics, BABC, and Dream Vision.
Pitt has landed eight new players so far this offseason after a disappointing 2024-25 season.
Last Thursday evening, Macari Moore — a 6-foot-3 point guard from Ann Arbor Huron High School in Michigan — announced his commitment to the Panthers via X.
Moore became the fourth prep prospect in the 2025 class to go along with signees Omari Witherspoon, a four-star guard out of St. John’s College Prep in Washington D.C., Kieran Mullen, a 7-foot center out of St. Thomas Moore School in Connecticut, and Australian wing Henry Lau.
The Panthers have also signed Dishon Jackson, a former Iowa State center, as well as Oregon State guard transfer Damarco Minor and South Alabama transfer wing Barry Dunning Jr.
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