E.L. Roberts Report
BYU Recruiting Update (10/28/24)
Official Visit
Chamberlain Burgess took his official visit to BYU this weekend. He tells PipelineProvo he is looking to make his decision this week. Burgess took a previous visit to the University of Illinois, he is planning on serving a mission and would be part of the 2027 class. Burgess is the nephew of BYU Assistant Coach Chris Burgess. Burgess averaged 12 points and 7 rebounds a game while making 1 three-pointer per game as a junior. Burgess was part of the Utah Prospects club that won the Adidas National Championship during the summer. In the championship game, Burgess has 9 points, 4 rebounds and 4 blocks.
Schedules
The new reality of high level high school basketball requires teams to travel. Elite prep schools and academies have no interest in “taking state,” but only in finding the next place to showcase it’s players and it’s brand against other teams of a similar mindset. Utah Prep, which features three players with offers from BYU, will play in 13 states as well as Toronto and Jamaica(full schedule here). They will play in Utah three times. Darius Bivin’s Bishop O’Connell team out of Virginia, will still play local competition, but will also play tournaments in Texas, South Carolina and the Bahamas. The plus side for fans is that one of these showcase tournaments is likely close to your home. The tournament closest to Provo (Five for the Fight Hoopfest) will feature nine players with offer from BYU and will be played November 25-27.
Five For the Fight Hoopfest
Junior County (6’4”, Highland, UT, Wasatch Academy)
Dean Rueckert (6’6” Provo, UT, Timpview)
Jamyn Sondrup (6’9”, Springville, UT, Springville)
Miikka Muurinen (6’9” Jarvenpass, Finland, AZ Compass Prep)
A.J. Dybansta (6’9” Brockton, MA, Utah Prep)
J.J. Mandaquit (6’1” Honolulu, HI, Utah Prep)
Anthony Felesi (6’5”, Orem, UT, Utah Prep)
Maximo Adams (6’7” Gardena, CA, Sierra Canyon)
Chamberlain Burgess (6’9” Highland, UT, Orem)
Other News
A.J. Dybansta
Appeared on NBA player Paul George’s podcast. Mentioned some things he is looking for in his college choice:
Family Oriented school.
Coach that’s not going sugarcoat.
Best and fastest development plan.
J.J. Mandaquit
Mandaquit took an official visit to Creighton over the weekend.
Xavion Staton (6’10” Las Vegas, NV, Sierra Vista)
Staton took an official visit to UNLV over the weekend. Will take official visit to BYU this weekend. Will commit on November 4th.
Darius Bivins (5’10” Alexandria, VA, Bishop O’Connell)
Bivins took an official visit to Harvard last week.