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Tar Heels five-star target hoping to visit Duke, Kentucky

This five-star UNC basketball recruiting target says he wants to visit Duke and Kentucky sometime this Summer.

Hubert Davis and the UNC basketball program only have a handful of offers out to prospects in the 2024 recruiting class as they continue to set their board here this Summer.

One player that landed an offer from UNC is five-star shooting guard [autotag]Tre Johnson[/autotag]. The Dallas, Texas native is ranked No. 3 overall in the 2024 class per the 247Sports recruiting rankings and is starting to see his recruitment pick up here in July. Johnson has a total of 16 offers and has Blue Blood programs like UNC, Duke, Kansas and Kentucky after him.

So far, Johnson has taken unofficial visits to Baylor and Texas but it sounds like he’s ready to set up more. And the two he mentioned to Joe Tipton of On3 are Duke and Kentucky:

So far, Johnson has taken unofficial visits to Baylor and Texas. Where else does he want to visit?

“Kentucky and Duke, but I don’t have anything set up yet.”

The G-League Ignite pathway has also started to become an option for Johnson, as they reached out earlier this summer. In his words, what are the pros and cons of the G-League option?

The Tar Heels are still in the mix for Johnson and could get a visit down the line as well. However, seeing him list the Blue Devils and Wildcats means UNC has some tough competition ahead.

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2024 UNC target put on ‘memorable display’ during June second live period

2024 UNC target Tre Johnson was terrific over the weekend during the June live period, putting on a ‘memorable display’ says one analyst.

Hubert Davis hasn’t been very active with class of 2024 prospects but one recent point guard who received an offer from the Tar Heels continues his breakout spring and summer.

2024 five-star guard [autotag]Tre Johnson [/autotag]has been arguably the top player in the class through the early parts of the summer evaluation periods and he continued his stellar play this past weekend.

247Sports national recruiting analyst Eric Bossi was at the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Showcase over the weekend and came away even more impressed with the 6-foot-5 Johnson than he was before.

“We are a few years deep into these scholastic evaluation periods and Johnson put on as memorable of a display as I have seen at any of them. The 6-foot-5 rising junior is thin and has a baby face but don’t let that fool you because he is 100% a killer on the floor. He is arguably the best jump shooter in the country, has impeccable footwork, plays with intensity, and has a deep bag of moves on the offensive end. He’s getting much bouncier and is turning into a real competitor on the defensive end. He’s ranked No. 3 nationally in 2024 and showed why all weekend long by dominating one high level matchup after another. His father played a season at Baylor and he’s been campus there, Texas and UCLA. Auburn, Duke, Kentucky, LSU, North Carolina all offered in the past two weeks.”

Johnson is a standout at Dallas Lake Highlands (Tx.) and ranked the No. 3 player in the class of 2024 by 247Sports.

However small it is, Johnson does have a family connection to Hubert Davis and the Tar Heels. Johnson’s dad played one season at Baylor in college and crossed paths with the UNC head coach when Davis played for the Dallas Mavericks.

Johnson holds offers from Baylor, UNC, Duke, Kansas, Illinois, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Texas, Tennessee and Oklahoma State among others.

Johnson is one of just four class of 2024 prospects who holds an offer from North Carolina.

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UNC basketball offer ‘very big’ for 2024 five-star guard

Top-2 player in the class of 2024, Ian Jackson, talks about a ‘very big offer’ that he got from the UNC basketball program.

The UNC basketball program has been extremely selective when it comes extending offers to the class of 2024. As of now, only four players hold an offer from the Tar Heels.

Those three prospects are [autotag]Jarin Stevenson[/autotag], [autotag]Cam Scott[/autotag], [autotag]Tre Johnson[/autotag] and most recently [autotag]Ian Jackson[/autotag]. All three are top-30 players and all are five-stars.

The latest offer to Jackson was a ‘very big’ one for the New York native, according to On3.com.

“UNC, I want to get out there too. That was almost the same as Kentucky, really,” Jackson said of the UNC offer. “Just watching that team as I grew up, being a fan of Michael Jordan, and just knowing the history of the school and everything that comes with it, it’s very big for me.”

Jackson is a five-star prospect and consensus top-3 player in the class of 2024. He is ranked No. 2 in the 247Sports rankings and the On3 rankings. He is No. 3 in the Rivals rankings.

The 6-foot-5 guard was named to the U17 USA Basketball men’s national team that will compete in the 2022 FIBA U17 World Cup in Málaga, Spain on July 2-10.

According to Joseph Tipton of On3.com, Jackson has three programs that he wants to visit: UNC, Kentucky and Oregon.

Jackson already holds additional offers from UConn, Kansas, UCLA, Seton Hall, St. John’s, Oklahoma State, Pitt, Kansas State and Nebraska.

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UNC basketball offers five-star shooting guard

The UNC basketball program has officially offered this five-star shooting guard in the 2024 class after contacting him last week.

[autotag]Hubert Davis[/autotag] and the UNC basketball program are starting to build their 2024 recruiting board as this Summer continues on. After the open contact period began last week, Davis and the staff have been busy contacting 2024 recruits and now they have another offer out.

Five-star shooting guard [autotag]Tre Johnson[/autotag] is the latest prospect to earn an offer from UNC as the Tar Heels officially offered him on Tuesday. The Dallas, Texas native was recently contacted by the Tar Heels last week and now has his official offer, the 16th in his recruitment.

With the offer to Johnson, UNC has now offered four prospects in the 2024 class as Jarin Stevenson, Cam Scott and Ian Jackson previously held offers from UNC.

The 6-foot-5, 180-pound Johnson is ranked No. 3 overall, No. 2 shooting guard, and the No. 1 player in the state of Texas per the 247Sports recruiting rankings.

In addition to UNC, Johnson has offers from Duke, Kansas, Auburn, Baylor, Illinois, Texas, LSU, Tennessee and Oklahoma State among others.

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UNC reaches out to 2024 five-star prospect

The UNC basketball program has reached out to this five-star shooting guard in the 2024 class as the contact period has begun.

Wednesday marks a big day for the 2024 class in terms of college basketball recruiting as coaches across the country are allowed to contact prospects in that class.

And as soon as the clock strikes midnight, the phones are ringing.

Among the prospects that North Carolina has reached out to on Wednesday is five-star shooting guard [autotag]Tre Johnson[/autotag]. The Texas native heard from North Carolina right away in the contact period as the Tar Heels continue to push to land some big prospects in that class.

Jake Weingarten of StockRisers reported that it’s been a busy start to the period for Johnson, hearing from a number of teams so far:

Hubert Davis and his staff currently do not have a commitment for the 2024 recruiting class but they do have several prospects on their recruiting board and some offers out.

Johnson is a prospect that fits UNC’s need of a wing player for the 2024 cycle, so making a run at him is a good idea for the program.

The 6-foot-5, 180-pound Johnson is ranked No. 3 overall, the No. 2 shooting guard, and the No. 1 player in the state of Texas per the 247Sports recruiting rankings.

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