As Recruiting Dead Period Ends, Georgetown Starts Scheduling Visits
Who is Georgetown set to welcome to the Hilltop in June? And what does this tell us about their recruiting priorities for 2022 and 2023?
June 1st marked the end of the NCAA recruiting dead period that was instituted on March 13, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. After over a year of recruiting via Zoom, teams and players can now conduct in-person recruiting visits again, and coaches can travel to various grassroots basketball events across the country to evaluate players in-person.
Here are the key recruiting dates to keep in mind this summer.
June
June 1-17: Quiet Period
A quiet period is defined by the NCAA as “that period of time when it is permissible to make in-person recruiting contacts only on the member institution’s campus. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts or evaluations may be made during the quiet period.”
June 15: Rising Junior Prospects Can Be Contacted
This helps give further idea at which 2023 prospects teams are prioritizing, based on who they reach out to first.
June 18-20: First Evaluation Period
June includes two evaluation periods, which are defined by the NCAA as “that period of time when it is permissible for authorized athletics department staff members to be involved in off-campus activities designed to assess the academic qualifications and playing ability of prospective student-athletes. No in-person, off-campus recruiting contacts shall be made with the prospective student-athlete during an evaluation period.”
These evaluation periods are for “scholastic events approved by the NCAA and NFHS (National Federation of High Schools).” They do not include AAU events. This is why June may be the month where a lot of unofficial and official visits are held.
June 21-24: Quiet Period
June 25-27: Second Evaluation Period
June 28-July 5: Quiet Period
July
July 6-7 25: Dead Period
July 8-11: First Evaluation Period
In the July evaluation periods, AAU events are counted as NCAA-certified events. It should come as no surprise then that this is when the three major shoe circuits (Nike, Under Armour, Adidas) host their big AAU tournaments in July.
Adidas 3SSB Live 1 takes place July 8-11, as does UA Association’s Session 1.
July 12-15: Dead Period
Nike EYBL’s famous Peach Jam event is taking up a huge chunk of time this year, from July 13-25, much to the chagrin of many AAU coaches who are scrambling to get that much time off from work to head down to South Carolina.
July 16-18: Second Evaluation Period
Adidas and Under Armour’s circuits continue in the second evaluation period.
July 19-22: Dead Period
July 23-25: Third Evaluation Period
UA Association Finals take place during this weekend in Westfield, Indiana. NBPA Top 100 Camp, which is typically held in Charlottesville, Virginia, is reportedly being held in Orlando, Florida during this last evaluation period.
July 26-31: Quiet Period
Don’t expect visits to occur during these quiet periods, as the NCAA has stated, “A prospective student-athlete may not make an unofficial visit during the month of July unless he has signed a National Letter of Intent or the institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid…”
August
The NCAA hasn’t released the recruiting calendar for after July, but that’s alright. What is notable here is that 2023 players can begin taking official visits after August 1. So that’s something to look out for.
So with those dates in mind, let’s take a look at who Georgetown has lined up for visits so far.
With only a limited amount of weekends to bring players in for visits, this helps give us an idea of who Georgetown is prioritizing in the 2022 and 2023 recruiting classes. Keep in mind, there are two kinds of visits: Official and unofficial.
An official visit is “any visit to a college campus by a college-bound student-athlete or his or her parents paid for by the college. Colleges can pay for transportation to and from the college, lodging, and three meals per day for both the prospect and the parent/guardian, as well as reasonable entertainment expenses, including three tickets to a home sporting event.”
An unofficial visit is “any visit paid for by college-bound student-athletes or their parents.” The only expenses a student-athlete can receive from a college during an unofficial visit are three tickets to a home sporting event.
Official
June 4: Tyrell Ward (2022), SF, 6’6” (DeMatha/New World)
June 9-10: Rowan Brumbaugh (2022), PG, 6’4” (Northfield Mount Hermon/Prospect U)
June 11-13: Nick Smith Jr. (2022), SG, 6’4” (Sylvan Hills/Brad Beal Elite)
June 21-23: Denver Anglin (2022), CG, 6’3” (Gill St. Bernard’s/NY Renaissance)
Unofficial
June 8: Judah Mintz (2022), CG, 6’4” (Oak Hill Academy/Team Durant)
June 15: Chase Clemmons (2023), PG, 6’0” (Mount Vernon Presbyterian/Georgia Stars)
TBD: Malik Olafioye (2023), PG, 6’0” (Encorse High School/Bates Fundamentals)
TBD: Sean Stewart (2023), SF, 6’7” (Windermere/E1T1)
Official/Unofficial
TBD: D’Ante Bass (2022), SF, 6’7” (Windsor Forest/Atlanta Celtics)
TBD: Kimani Hamilton (2022), SF, 6’7” (Clinton/Team Thad)
TBD: Elijah Perkins (2022), CG, 6’5” (Ranney School/New Jersey Scholars Elite)
TBD: Rodney Rice (2022), CG, 6’3” (DeMatha/Team Durant)
TBD: Christian Watson (2022), SF, 6’6” (St. John’s College HS/DC Premier)
Some observations:
We have been harping on Georgetown prioritizing Tyrell Ward, and they are doing so, booking Ward as their first official visit for the first weekend such visits can take place. They want him. Can they fend off Mike Jones and Virginia Tech?
The 2023 kids to keep an eye on are Clemmons, Olafioye, and Stewart. Clemmons and Olafioye could come in as the heir apparent to Dante Harris, as both are 6’0” point guards.
Patrick Ewing, legendary big man, continues to prioritize guards. Out of these 13 reported official/unofficial visits, eight are guards, five are wings, and zero are centers.