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Izundu hot prospect once again

17, Apr 2015

Izundu hot prospect once again

Dunk.

Sprint. 

Rebound. 

Sprint. 

Post.

Dunk.

Sprint.

Blocked shot.

Sprint.

Post.

Soft touch turnaround jumper. Score.

Sprint. 

Repeat.

Welcome to a typical game from Ebuka Izundu of the Charlotte Aces at the Atlanta Jam. The 6-foot-9 big man from Victory Christian (NC) was the best big man at Suwanee Sports Academy and arguably the best big men at a non shoe event during the first live evaluation period event in April. 

Izundu was, for all intents and purposes, trending. The class of 2015 big man was released from his National Letter of Intent with the University of North Carolina Charlotte prior to the event and was an instant priority guy for schools still looking for a 15-minute (or more) a game freshman at the college level. 

Head coaches from Charlotte, Cincinnati, Boston College and Georgia came in to see him in person. Tennessee was also on hand to watch Izundu, too. That’s an important note to the story. Desmond Oliver was the lead recruiter for Izundu when he was at Charlotte. Now Oliver is on board at UT and has the Vols very much involved with the big man. 

Assistant coaches from Memphis and Arkansas were also in town to see Izundu play at the Atlanta Jam. 

According to Charlotte Aces big man Kevin Lignon, Michigan, Western Kentucky and Tulsa have also asked to recruit the big man.

Izundu will retake the ACT this Saturday and could take a couple of visits in April and May. 

The athletic big man isn’t a flash in the pan or instant hot recruit. He is a top 75 prospect in the class of 2015, according to 247Sports.com. Izundu was one of the best big men we saw in the fall.


Justin Young
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Justin Young has been the editor-in-chief of HoopSeen.com since 2013. He manages the day-to-day operations on the site and in conjunction with our national and regional events. He was the national basketball editor for Rivals.com and a contributing editor at Yahoo! Sports. Young has been earned numerous awards for his work in sports journalism, including the Georgia Press Association Columnist of the Year. His Justin Young Basketball recruiting service has been in existence since 2002 and worked with over 300 schools from all levels. He is the director of HoopSeen Elite Preview camps and our national Preview camp series. 

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