Alabama point guard sensation JD Davison switches announcement date to Saturday
JD Davison, a 6-foot-3, 180-pound senior point guard from Calhoun High School in Letohatchee, Alabama, has decided to switch his announcement date from Halloween, 2020 to Saturday, various recruiting Websites reported Wednesday.
Davison on Sept. 21 narrowed his list of schools to KU, Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Memphis and Michigan. At that time he also indicated he’d reveal his choice Oct. 31.
In August, Davison, the No. 13-ranked player in the recruiting Class of 2021 by Rivals.com, eliminated Arkansas, Georgia, Louisville and Florida State from his list of schools.
Davison averaged averaged 30.4 points, 12.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists his junior year of high school. He was named the Gatorade Alabama Boys Player of the Year, the Class 2A Player of the Year and the AL.com Super All-State Player of the Year.
“It seems like he’s won almost every award, and he’s certainly deserving,” Calhoun coach Ervin Starr told AL.com. “He’s a very well-rounded player, a very intelligent player. A lot of people see the athleticism, but they don’t understand his basketball IQ is phenomenal. He makes it look easy, but he puts a lot of work into learning his craft.”
Alabama and Auburn have been mentioned as his possible leaders. He also might head straight to the NBA G League and bypass college.
Alexander nearing decision?
Trey Alexander, a 6-3 senior shooting guard from Heritage Hall High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, told Zagsblog.com on Friday he will choose a school “before the year is over.”
Alexander has released a final seven of KU, Oklahoma, Grambling State, Arkansas, Georgia, Auburn and Mississippi.
Of KU, he told Zagsblog.com: “It’s Kansas. They send guys to the league. That’s my main goal, getting to the next level and finding a way to be successful at the next level because as a player I want to be great at the highest level I can be great at. Coach (Bill) Self has talked to me a lot. I’ve talked with coach (Kurtis) Townsend a lot. They need a point guard after this next coming year, so I feel like I could be that guy to come in at the 1 or the 2. I could be a guy that scores and facilitates to help lead the team.”
Recruiting analysts believe Oklahoma is the favorite.
“OU is my hometown school.I love coach (Lon) Kruger. Coach Kruger has recruited me very well. He makes sure he keeps in contact with me and let’s me know that they need me,” Alexander, the No. 72-ranked player in the recruiting Class of 2021, told Zagsblog.com. “I always say I want to go somewhere that I’m needed and wanted. That’s definitely a good place to go.”
Alexander averaged 26.6 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.8 steals a game as a junior at Heritage Hall.
“I play hard the whole time,” he told Zagsblog. “Whatever team I’m on, I’m going to be very vocal, telling guys where they should be and anything like that. Mainly I’m a winner and a scorer. Whatever it takes to win, that’s what I’m doing.”
This marks the second straight year KU is recruiting the top player in Oklahoma high school basketball. Bryce Thompson, a 6-5 combo guard out of Tulsa’s Booker T. Washington High School, signed with KU in November of 2019 and is a freshman on the 2020-21 KU team.
This story was originally published October 1, 2020 at 10:11 AM.
