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DJ Harvey ready to fight for the Irish

DJ Harvey makes it official as he gives his verbal commitment to Mike Brey and the Notre Dame men's basketball program.
20, Sep 2016

DJ Harvey ready to fight for the Irish

Hyattsville , MD

Class
2017
Position
SF
Height
6' 6"
National
61
State
2
College
Notre Dame
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While the top programs throughout the ACC have gone to work early on in picking up top of the line talent, Notre Dame had been left out of the party. The primary word there being had as DJ Harvey, a top-60 wing prospect from the DMV, gave his verbal commitment to Mike Brey’s program on Tuesday evening.

One of the best swingman recruits out of the 2017 class, Notre Dame has once again tapped back into the Washington, DC area and nabbed one of the best that the region has to offer. Harvey, a native of the state of Alabama that moved to the nation’s capital before his ninth grade year, is a tremendous start for the Fighting Irish this fall.

Beating out the likes of Texas, Louisville, UConn, and Alabama for Harvey, Notre Dame may have found its defensive stopper in the 6-foot-6 wing. Capable of playing either spot off of the ball in the backcourt, the DeMatha Catholic star is no slouch on the offensive end. A fine athlete in his own right, Harvey works best in the mid-range area as he uses a quick first step and fine elevation in hitting on his polished pull-up jumper; his perimeter jumper does need some work are he was just a 30-percent shooter from beyond the arc during his time on the Nike EYBL circuit this past summer.

While his outside jumper does need some tinkering along with his stroke at the foul line, it is Harvey’s size, length, and athleticism that should make him a lock-down defender. Throw in the fact that he is such a good slicer to the basket and surrounded with the Irish’s typical shooters on the perimeter and the Team Takeover product is a fine change of pace type of wing in South Bend.

The first commitment in the 2017 class for Notre Dame, dues should be given to Mike Brey’s staff. Rod Balanis, the lone leftover from last season’s assistant coaching staff, gave his due diligence over the past two and a half years which paid major dividends for the ACC squad. Furthermore, Brey and Balanis’ ties to the DeMatha Catholic program and their time spent in the DC area continues to pay off. Their most recent commit from the area being Martin Geben, a junior big man for the Irish, but beyond the skilled forward came in the likes of Jerian Grant and Eric Atkins, further displaying the success that the Irish have had in the talented area.

Next up for Brey’s crew will be finding another guard and piece or two in the frontcourt. While they did strike out on top-100 big men Jaren Jackson and Luka Garza, they remain heavily entrenched with summer breakout Darryl Morsell along with a bevy of other frontcourt options this fall.


Corey Evans has been a member of the HoopSeen family since the summer of 2015. He brings a wealth of experience in scouring the nation in evaluation some of the top prospects from coast-to-coast, and in also finding some of the more under-the-radar prospects from various locales. The managing editor on site, Evans has run a college scouting service, the Roundball Rundown Report, since 2012, as he works with over 100 division-1 college basketball programs from both sides of the nation. Based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Evans is the primary national contributor at HoopSeen which has broadened the scope of information included within the site itself. 

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