On Wednesday, Nate Oats announced that the team added four more players to its 2020 signing class which are joining fall signee Keon Ambrose-Hylton as well as one of the nation’s best graduate transfers from Yale, Jordan Bruner. Alabama’s 2020 recruiting class ranks 16thin the nation by Scout.com and the No. 18 overall class according to 247Sports.com.
What. A. Day‼️
We are very excited to officially welcome all of our 2020 signees who make up the No. 1⃣6⃣-ranked signing class in the nation‼️
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— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) April 15, 2020
Oats, who had led Alabama to a 16–15 season before the season was abruptly ended due to the coronavirus, is on a mission to prove that he’s not only the man for the job, but that Alabama can truly become a school with a basketball program able to win national championships as well.
Here is Alabama’s 2020 signing class:
Our only signee last fall was @KeonAmbrose. Below is a link to when we officially announced him as a member of the 2020 signing class on Nov. 19, 2019.
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— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) April 15, 2020
Ambrose was rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports.
Jordan Bruner, one of the top graduate transfers in the nation, is coming to Tuscaloosa‼️
✅2020 All-Academic & Ivy League 1st Team
✅83 career games played/53 starts
✅Avg. 10.9 ppg & led Ivy with 9.2 rpg last year✍️ https://t.co/asPkf00NyW#RollTide | #BlueCollarBasketball pic.twitter.com/FwVQwTDJEE
— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) April 15, 2020
Bruner, who is one of the top graduate transfers, averaged 10.9 points per game, and 9.2 rebounds per game last season.
It's official‼️ Welcome 5⃣⭐️& No. 27 overall prospect Josh Primo to the family‼️
✅ No. 7 combo guard in 2020 class
✅ Projected a mid-first rounder in ESPN's 2021 NBA Mock Draft
✅ Played for 🇨🇦 at U19 FIBA World Cup✍️https://t.co/Av3deAZenQ#RollTide | #BlueCollarBasketball pic.twitter.com/cIn7VegSml
— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) April 15, 2020
Primo was not only rated a 5 star, but he was also rated he No. 27 overall player in the 2020 recruiting class.
SIGNED‼️ NJCAA All-American Keon Ellis is officially a member of the @AlabamaMBB family‼️
✅Suncoast Conf. Player of the Year
✅School record 18.1 ppg & 562 points
✅ No. 3 JUCO prospect & No. 1 combo guard by 247Sports✍️https://t.co/Av3deAZenQ#RollTide | #BlueCollarBasketball pic.twitter.com/Hg2hXcfiEe
— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) April 15, 2020
Ellis is rated as the No. 3 JUCO prospect and No. 1 combo guard for the 2020, according to 247Sports.
MAKE IT FOUR‼️ Prep standout Darius Miles is the fourth signee to join the @AlabamaMBB family next season‼️
✅4⃣⭐️ prospect by Rivals
✅No. 26 small forward in nation
✅ Avg. 12.1 ppg for IMG Academy last year✍️https://t.co/Av3deAZenQ#RollTide | #BlueCollarBasketball pic.twitter.com/BgbgOcdQkm
— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) April 15, 2020
Miles was not only ranked a 4 star, but he also averaged 12.1 points per game for IMG Academy last season.
This is an exciting recruiting class for the Crimson Tide. With these 5 star players joining the talent in Tuscaloosa, this could be a year unlike any other for Alabama.
If Herb Jones and John Petty choose to return to Tuscaloosa for another year of college basketball, we may witness the type of team Nate Oats has been believing in all along.
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