Tag: Brandon McCoy Jr.

Duke basketball extends offer to top-ranked Class of 2026 prospect

Brandon McCoy, a five-star prospect and one of the top-ranked players in the Class of 2026, announced that Duke offered him on Monday.

Duke basketball, as of Monday, officially entered the sweepstakes for the best player in the Class of 2026.

Brandon McCoy Jr., a 6-foot-4 point guard from St. John Bosco in California, announced on social media that the Blue Devils extended him an offer.

“Excited to receive an offer from Duke University,” McCoy wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. ” Thank you Coach Scheyer!”

McCoy, a five-star player, currently sits atop the 247Sports Composite Rankings as the best player in the class. Duke has a strong history of landing some of the best recruits in the country, most notably [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag], the top-ranked player in the Class of 2024 who will make his way to Durham this fall.

McCoy led his team with 18.6 points per game last season, according to MaxPreps, and he finished his sophomore season with a team-high 8.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists. The Braves finished with a 28-7 record.

McCoy has also received offers from UCLA, Alabama, Arizona, Rutgers, Michigan, and Tennessee, among other programs.

UCLA one of several programs to contact Team USA U17 star

UCLA is trying for another big hoops commit.

One of the Bruins‘ top targets received some recognition from several schools following his performance in the FIBA U17 World Cup.

Brandon McCoy Jr., a five-star point guard from Bellflower, California, recently was one of twelve high school basketball players to compete for the United States.

In the title game, in which the United States dominated Italy 88-129, McCoy Jr. scored 13 points on 6/13 shooting, two rebounds, and four assists.

After winning the gold, a whopping eleven teams reached out to McCoy Jr., including the Bruins. Among the teams that contacted him were Arkansas, Duke, Texas, Houston, Baylor, Michigan, California, Kentucky, and rival USC.

As the number two-ranked player in the nation in the class of 2026 according to 247Sports, it is no wonder that McCoy Jr. has a lot of interested programs reaching out. But with the Bruins being close to home with championship pedigree, UCLA likely has a strong pitch for McCoy Jr. in what would be a potentially program-changing commitment if Mick Cronin can land him.

Brandon McCoy talks Rutgers basketball offer, updates his recruitment

Five-star guard Brandon McCoy talks about his recent Rutgers basketball offer.

Offered last week by Rutgers basketball, California guard Brandon McCoy Jr. is starting to develop a connection and understanding with the Big Ten program. A class of 2026 recruit, McCoy is poised to continue pulling in offers as his recruitment shows no signs of slowing down.

A guard at St. John Bosco (Bellflower, CA), McCoy has a recruitment that is turning national. Within the past few weeks, McCoy had been offered by Cal and Washington State. They join a recruitment that includes programs such as Arizona State, Louisville and Oregon among others.

McCoy was offered by Rutgers on July 28, pulling in an offer from assistant coach Marlon Williamson.

This past season as a freshman, McCoy averaged 8.6 points and 4.5 assists per game. There is substantial buzz about McCoy as ESPN ranks him as a five-star recruit and the No. 15 player in the nation in the 2026 class.

Moving coasts could be a part of his recruitment, with McCoy saying that “An East Coast school is definitely a possibility.”

Scroll down and check out what Brandon McCoy Jr. told Rutgers Wire about his offer from the Scarlet Knights and what he is looking for in a program!

Rutgers basketball offers five-star guard Brandon McCoy Jr.

Brandon McCoy Jr. talks about how he was offered by Rutgers basketball.

Rutgers basketball continued their national recruiting, sending out an offer last week to Brandon McCoy Jr., a guard from California in the 2026 class.

Playing for St. John Bosco, McCoy’s recruitment is already heating up. He has recent offers from Cal and Washington State. He also holds offers from Arizona State, Louisville and Oregon among others.

Last season as a freshman, he averaged 8.6 points and 4.5 assists per game. He is 6-foot-3 and 165 pounds.

ESPN ranks McCoy as a five-star recruit and the No. 15 player in the nation in the 2026 class.

McCoy posted about his Rutgers offer on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

 

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The offer from Rutgers came in last week, he told Rutgers Wire:

“The way I found out I got the Rutgers offer was I recently just played in the NCAA College Basketball Academy in Memphis and after one of my games my coach, Corey Boswell, said ‘coach Smok’e was at the game and wanted to offer me,” McCoy told Rutgers Wire.

“So I spoke to ‘coach Smoke’ through my coach’s phone and giving me an offer.”

In his tweet about his offer, McCoy thanked Marlon Williamson. Hired this offseason as an assistant coach, Williamson is making an impression on the recruiting trail. He has spent time recently as an assistant at Central Michigan and Pittsburgh.

 

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