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Pitt Offers 2025 Four-Star PF

The Pitt Panthers finally offered a player they've been pursuing for months.

Stephen Thompson

Green s Nikola Bundalo dunks against McKinley on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Mckinley Green Boys
Green s Nikola Bundalo dunks against McKinley on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Mckinley Green Boys / Bob Rossiter / Special to The Canton

PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers have finally extended a scholarship offer to a junior power forward that has been on their radar going back to last summer.

Nikola Bundalo, a consensus four-star prospect from Uniontown, Ohio - about a two-hour drive from Pitt's campus in Oakland - has picked up his newest offer from the Panthers this week, adding to an impressive array of schools vieing for his commitment.

Bundalo is considered the consensus No. 1 player in Ohio, the No. 7 power forward in his class and a top-30 overall player in the class of 2025, according to the four major recruiting services. Pitt head coaches have seen Bundalo play live multiple times, dating back to June of 2023 and now the relationship has been formalized.

But the Panthers are facing some stiff competition for Bundalo, who already holds offers from Cincinnati, Georgetown, Illinois, Iowa, Kent State, Louisville, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Syracuse, UCLA and Xavier. And that's before Missouri, Texas, West Virginia, LSU, Alabama, Virginia Tech, Creighton, Texas Tech, Ohio, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Virginia and UCLA all reached out to extend offers on the same day Pitt did.

Bundalo told On3's Jamie Shaw last November that the Panthers had already extended an offer when he was in town for an official visit but his announcement didn't come until now.

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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