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Five-star Californian to visit six schools before making a decision

NBPA Top 100 Camp

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Kelly Kline/Under Armour

Five months after making a verbal pledge to attend Arizona, five-star combo guard Tyler Dorsey made the decision to reopen his recruitment in mid-June. And with Dorsey rated as one of the best guards in the country, the Marantha HS (Pasadena, California) senior was on the receiving end of a lot of attention from college basketball coaches.

Thursday evening Dorsey, who played on a St. John Bosco team that included UConn freshman Daniel Hamilton, cut his list to six schools. Dinos Trigonis, Dorsey’s coach with the Belmont Shore grassroots program, revealed the list via his Twitter account.

In an article written by CBT’s Rob Dauster during the NBPA Top 100 Camp in June, Dorsey mentioned the school’s guard situation as being an important factor in his decision.

“It’s looking at the guard situation,” he said. “Who’s going to stay, who’s leaving, who are they recruiting in my class, the system and how they’re going to use me in it, my relationship with the coaching staff.”

“Everybody is trying to get me on campus, but [I’ll do that] later, after I cut my list after the whole July season. I don’t have any plans for scheduling any visits.”


Arizona State has two seniors in its backcourt in Bo Barnes and Shaquielle McKissic, and they’ve already received a commitment from South Plains JC guard Andre Spight in the Class of 2015. Counting Spight the Sun Devils could have up to six scholarship guards in 2015-16, with Gerry Blakes and Roosevelt Scott being seniors. Cal won’t have a senior in its backcourt this season, with point guards Sam Singer and Tyrone Wallace and shooting guards Jabari Bird, Jordan Mathews and Stephen Domingo (he’ll be eligible next season after transferring in from Georgetown) among the players who will have eligibility remaining in 2015.

As for the other two Pac-12 schools on Dorsey’s list, both Colorado and Oregon will lose key players at the end of the 2014-15 season. The Buffaloes will have to account for the graduation of Askia Booker, with Oregon’s high-scoring guard Joseph Young being a senior as well. Kansas doesn’t have a scholarship senior in its backcourt, with Frank Mason, Wayne Selden, Conner Frankamp and Brannen Greene all being sophomores and three freshmen (including Kelly Oubre and Devonte Graham) joining the program.

UNLV, which will host Dorsey on an unofficial visit, has some questions to answer with regards to two of their senior transfers. Cody Doolin’s request for a waiver to regain his senior season was granted, but the NCAA has yet to rule on the request for a waiver that would make him eligible immediately. The same can be said for Jerome Seagears, who played his first three seasons at Rutgers.

If both receive waivers the Runnin’ Rebels would lose three seniors at the end of next season, with Jelan Kendrick being the other. UNLV’s added three freshmen to the backcourt in their 2014 recruiting class, with shooting guard Rashad Vaughn regarded as the most talented of the bunch.

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