The USC basketball program is still actively recruiting high-level players to join the program in future years, despite massive uncertainty about how, and when, the 2020-2021 season will commence.
Their latest target is four-star power forward Ben Gregg from Clackamas, Oregon. Gregg is a top-60 prospect in the country, and he announced on Twitter Thursday afternoon that he intends to commit on September 9 – his mom’s birthday.
Despite a relatively soon commitment date, Gregg still has a huge list of schools he plans to choose from.
The Trojans are joined by a laundry list of west coast schools, including Arizona, Oregon, Cal, Oregon State, Colorado, Eastern Washington, Gonzaga, St. Mary’s, Portland and Utah.
As if that wasn’t enough, Gregg also included Louisville, Virginia, Indiana, Princeton, Virginia Tech, and Texas, good for 17 total schools still on his list.
I will be committing on my moms birthday. She’s always been my biggest fan, and I couldn’t think of a better way to thank her for all she’s done for me❤️ pic.twitter.com/CtOV00TsbE
— ben gregg (@bengregg20) August 13, 2020
Gregg initially picked up an offer from USC back in March, after he was named Oregon’s Gatorade Player of the Year. He averaged 21.1 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.9 steals in the 2019-20 season with Clackamas, helping land him at No. 59 overall on 247Sports’ composite rankings for the class of 2021.
USC will have plenty of tough competition for the star forward’s services, even if he chooses to stay on the west coast, but the team’s recent success of landing and developing big men, namely Onyeka Okongwu and Evan Mobley, could help persuade him to hop down to Southern California.
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