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College Basketball Talk’s Recruiting Roundup

Tennessee Tyndall Basketball

Donnie Tyndall, right, is introduced as Tennessee men’s basketball coach by athletic director Dave Hart during a news conference Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Knoxville, Tenn. The former Southern Mississippi coach succeeds Cuonzo Martin, who resigned last week to take the coaching job at California. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Amy Smotherman Burgess)

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Tennessee Tyndall Basketball

Donnie Tyndall, right, is introduced as Tennessee men’s basketball coach by athletic director Dave Hart during a news conference Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Knoxville, Tenn. The former Southern Mississippi coach succeeds Cuonzo Martin, who resigned last week to take the coaching job at California. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Amy Smotherman Burgess)

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Each Monday and Friday, College Basketball Talk’s Scott Phillips goes over some important news and notes in the world of college basketball recruiting. This week, Tennessee gets two commitments over Labor Day weekend, Glynn Watson’s big decision for Nebraska and a four-star guard is nearing a decision.

Tennessee lands two over Labor Day weekend

While the talk of college basketball recruiting for the last week or so has been Bruce Pearl’s commitment spree at Auburn, Pearl’s former program, Tennessee, added two additions on the wing over Labor Day weekend.

First came Admiral Schofield, a 6-foot-5 power wing from the suburbs of Chicago. Schofield is a late-bloomer and skilled, big-bodied wing who didn’t play for a shoe company team in grassroots season and was the second option on Zion-Benton’s High School team last season. But over the summer the light clicked and Schofield started going to work.

At AAU Nationals in Louisville, every high-major program in attendance was clamoring to see if Schofield was worth a scholarship offer and Tennessee was one of the programs to take a leap of faith.

Schofield’s commitment was followed by 6-foot-4 guard Shembari Phillips, an athletic back court player with some range on his jumper.

Although some will scoff at head coach Donnie Tyndall not landing a top-100 player in his first class, this is a weak class nationally and there aren’t as many difference-making players in the top 100 as usual. For Tyndall to get a pair of wings that he likes and feels comfortable with in his system -- to go along with the players he recruited in the 2014 class in the spring -- is not necessarily a bad start.

Tennessee has one more scholarship to give in 2015 but could have more available spots if players decide to leave the program. When you consider that Memphis transfer Dominic Woodson is also apart of this incoming group then Tennessee has three guys that could contribute in the SEC.

Nebraska gets its point guard

As has been stated numerous times on CBT, there just aren’t many good guards in the 2015 class, especially high-quality, pass-first point guards.

Which makes Nebraska’s verbal commitment from Illinois native and point guard Glynn Watson a big deal. The Cornhuskers and head coach Tim Miles are capitalizing on last season’s success and the hype surrounding their always-sold-out Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Now with a legitimate top-100 player and quality point guard in the mix, Miles and the Nebraska staff can sell other players in the 2015 class on playing with a guard that will make them better. The Cornhuskers winning games last year might have caught some people by surprise, but their success on the recruiting trail this year shouldn’t come as any sort of shock.

Miles knows how to land quality players and his charisma and all of the positives that Nebraska has to offer -- a great arena, fan base and the Big Ten -- are great selling points to recruits. Look for Nebraska to maintain some recruiting momentum heading into this season.

Four-star prospect to announce on Friday

Four-star guard Haanif Cheatham is scheduled to announce his decision on Friday at Pembroke Pines Charter in Florida.

The 6-foot-5 guard is the No. 68 overall prospect in Rivals’ 2015 rankings and has Cal, Wichita State, Florida State, Georgia, Marquette, and Georgetown in his final six.

Cheatham has taken recent official visits to Cal and Marquette and the Golden Eagles are considered the favorite in this race at the moment.

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