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Pitt Basketball 2025 Target Announces Commitment Date

The Pitt Panthers have a Class of 2025 basketball target who announced his commitment date.

Dominic Campbell

Mar 2, 2024; Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA; Pittsburgh Panthers head coach Jeff Capel reacts to game action against the Boston College Eagles during the second half at Conte Forum. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images
Mar 2, 2024; Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA; Pittsburgh Panthers head coach Jeff Capel reacts to game action against the Boston College Eagles during the second half at Conte Forum. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-Imagn Images / Eric Canha-Imagn Images

PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers basketball team worked hard to land some of the best talent in the Class of 2025 and one of their targets just announced their commitment date.

Travis Branham of 247Sports announced that Four-star guard Isaiah Denis, who put Pitt in his top 10 schools on Aug. 2, will make his commitment decision on Nov. 2.

Denis put Pitt in his top 10 schools, along with ACC schools in Miami, North Carolina and Wake Forest, Big Ten schools in Michigan and Ohio State, Big 12 schools in rival Cincinnati and Kansas and SEC schools in Mississippi State and Tennessee.

The graphic that 247Sports put out only has seven schools, with Cincinnati, Michigan and Mississippi State missing out.

Pitt offered Denis at the end of May and the coaching staff has made him a priority. Denis told Jamie Shaw of On3 in an interview in June that the way Bub Carrington operated last season is what stands out to him about Pitt and that he would also like to function in that role.

“I really liked the way they let Carlton Carrington play this year," Denis said to Shaw."I feel like I could come in and play like him. Coach (Jeff) Capel sees me filling the same role that he did. So he feels like I could come in and play that way. He has shown that he is not afraid to play freshmen, and I want to go somewhere I can play right away. I really like the system they had last year, and I feel like I can play in that type of system.

“My relationship is good with Coach Capel, we are steadily building. At first, I was talking with Coach Milan (Brown), and then Coach Capel reached out and offered me and we have been building that relationship ever since.”

Denis made his official visit to Pitt on Aug. 30, which helped him put them in his final seven schools. He took official visits to Ohio State on Sept. 7 and Miami on Sept. 13 and will take four more to North Carolina on Sept. 28, Wake Forest on Oct. 5, Tennessee on Oct. 12 and Kansas on Oct. 18.

He previously took unofficial visits to ACC schools Clemson and NC State, plus Virginia Tech. 

Denis played last season for Davidson Day School in Davidson, N.C. He helped his team to a 24-7 record and the NCISAA (North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association) Class 2A State Title, scoring a team-high 18 points in the 74-64 victory over Greenfield School.

His performances for Team CP3 on the Nike EYBL (Elite Youth Basketball League) Circuit serve as a large reason why Pitt and a number of other schools have paid attention to him recently.

Denis is a versatile guard, that has a beautiful shot and long arms that make it difficult for defenders to contend with. He also possesses great speed, that allows him to blow by defenders for baskets at the rim, as well as good vision to find teammates for easy scoring opportunities. 

His play is a result of him rising up the recruiting rankings, as sites generally had him as a three-star. 

247Sports, Rivals and On3 rank Denis as a four-star. 247Sports has him as the No. 2 recruit in North Carolina, the No. 8 combo guard and the No. 47 recruit in the nation in the Class of 2025m, Rivals ranks him as the No. 30 shooting guard and No. 62 in the country, while On3 has him as the No. 2 recruit in the state, No. 15 point guard and No. 92 in the U.S. 

Denis is one of three Pitt targets that has a commitment date. Four-star guard Derek Dixon out of Gonzaga High School in Washington, D.C. will pick between Pitt, North Carolina, Vanderbilt and Virginia on Sept. 27 at 3:00 p.m. and four-star wing Amari Evans, who played for Bishop Canevin in Pittsburgh and is now with Overtime Elite in Atlanta, will pick between Pitt, Tennessee and Xavier on Nov. 1.

Pitt is also in the top schools for five-star guard Meleek Thomas (Top seven) and four-star forward Niko Bundalo (Top eight).

The Panthers have one commitment in the Class of 2025 in four-star guard Omari Witherspoon from St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C.

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