Immanuel Quickley started his final go round on the travel circuit on a mission. The five-star guard from Team BBC was one of the top overall players from the Fort Worth stop of the adidas Gauntlet circuit. 

The 6-foot-3 floor general from Bel Air (MD) John Carroll School started the conversation about his place as the top overall point guard in the 2018 class. 

From our perspective, we like how he started that campaign. And it begins with his shooting touch. As I noted yesterday, Quickley was one of the best shooters in Texas over the weekend. 

Quickley shot 48 percent from three (14-29) and is noticeably better as a perimeter threat. Quickley said that was a point of emphasis going into this final year of prep basketball. 

“My shot’s come a long way, a lot of hours in the gym,” Quickly said. “I’ve been working on a lot of transition stuff and my defense has really been picking up also.

“Basically, it hasn’t been anything different, just logged a lot of hours in the gym, two times a day trying to get as many shots as possible, so it worked on that part of my craft today.”

He noted that he’s watched Markelle Fultz’s rise and wanted to know the secret of the former Washington guard’s success. 

“I actually got to work with Markelle's trainer. He lives around my way, so I get to work out with him any time he's around,” Quickley said. “I pick up a lot of stuff from him and I like Markelle a lot.”

And like Fultz, Quickley has a recruitment with a national flavor to it. He said he’s looking at Kentucky, Maryland, Arizona, Duke, Kansas, Virginia, Providence and Miami. Each school has a unique benefit, he says, and drilling down the one will certainly be a process. 

He said he's been to five of the schools on his list. He’s yet to visit Providence and Miami. 

“Right now, playing it by ear, you know. I cut my list down to seven. I don't know if I'm going to do all five officials or decide before school,” Quickley said. “I don't really know what I'm gonna do yet- just playing it by ear now.

“Just looking for the right fit, a coach that’ll trust me and put the ball in my hands and help me make decisions that’s best for the team to win.”