E.L. Roberts Report
BYU Basketball Recruiting Update (10/12)
AJ and JJ Come to Town
Utah Prep stand outs A.J. Dybansta (6’9” Brockton, MA, Utah Prep) and J.J. Mandaquit (6’1” Honolulu, HI, Utah Prep) took their official visits to campus this weekend. On the sideline of the football game they met Steve Young and Puka Nucua and were treated to chants of “We want AJ” from the student section. No word on JJ’s thoughts on the chants. The two were teammates on the USA U17 World Cup Gold Medal team this summer, will they be teammates at BYU? BYU is the only school still left on each player’s list. We likely won’t find out for a while as Mandaquit has mentioned deciding over the winter break and Dybansta has set February as his target for deciding.
Junior National Team Fall Mini-Camp
USA Basketball has invited 82 players from across the country to Colorado Springs for a three day mini camp October 11-13. This camp can serve as a tryout for next summers junior national teams.
The players represent the next four graduating classes and include many players with an offer from BYU including:
‘25 Xavion Staton (6’10” Las Vegas, NV, Sierra Vista) (Visit Scheduled 11/2)
‘25 Brayden Burries (6’4” Riverside, CA, Eleanor Roosevelt)
‘26 Brandon McCoy Jr. (6’4” Bellflower, CA, St. John Bosco)
‘26 Cameron Holmes (6’5” Goodyear, AZ, Millenium)
‘27 Jeremy Jenkins (6’7” Miami, FL, Riviera Prep)
Border League West
Many players with offers from BYU will be in Las Vegas next weekend for the Border League tournament. The tournament draws teams from all over the country for what may be a final tune up before the official school season begins. Some players expected to participate include:
Brandon McCoy Jr. (6’4” Bellflower, CA, St. John Bosco)
Miikka Muurinen (6’9” Jarvenpass, Finland, AZ Compass Prep)
Ikenna Alozie (6’2” Glendale, AZ, Dream City Christian)
Cameron Holmes (6’5” Goodyear, AZ, Millenium)
Maximo Adams (6’7” Gardena, CA, Sierra Canyon)
Darius Bivins (5’10” Alexandria, VA, Bishop O’Connell)
Junior County (6’4”, Highland, UT, Wasatch Academy)
Arafan Diane (6’11”, Montreal, QC, Iowa United Prep)
Jeremy Jenkins (6’7” Miami, FL, Riviera 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)