Early March Recruiting Report

<p>March is a wild month in the basketball community, and for all the excitement on the court, insane amounts of machinations are going on behind-the-scenes, including college transfers, coaching changes, scholarship offers, portals, official visits, etc. </p> <p>Nobody collects this information, curating it just for you like <a href="https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsTN">@PrepHoopsTN</a>.<em> If you have recruiting news to share, please DM <a href="https://twitter.com/PrepHoopsTN">@PrepHoopsTN</a> anytime of day or night.</em></p> <p><br /> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1012002" first="Joshua" last="Scretchen"]</strong> (University School of Nashville) took an official visit days after his illustrious high school career concluded at the Division II-A State Tournament. He visited Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, just next to Dayton, Ohio. Scretchen is a point guard all day, and that is a competitive position at which to be recruited. His character, on-court success, and willingness to work at his game make him a wonderful recruiting target.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1404455" first="Ryan" last="Neal"]</strong> (Farragut) verbally committed to Tusculum University. </p> <p>"Thank you to the Farragut and B-Maze [AAU] family for shaping me into the persona I am today, along with family and friends that have believed in me my whole life," shared [player_tooltip player_id="1404455" first="Ryan" last="Neal"] Tuesday, March 8th.  "I’m blessed to announce I will be pursuing my academic and athletic career at Tusculum University."</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1241383" first="Eddie" last="Ricks III"]</strong> (Clarksville Academy) earned an offer from Tennessee Tech, within an hour of his game on Tennessee Tech’s home floor, the site of the TSSAA State Tournament.</p> <p>Tennessee Tech also offered [player_tooltip player_id="1236443" first="Joshua" last="Heard"] late in February. Heard plays for Cookeville High School, and enjoyed a breakout year for a young, ascending program.</p> <p>In February, Tusculum offered <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1404454" first="Walker" last="Kyle"]</strong> (Bearden).</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="996074" first="DJ" last="Starr"]</strong>, a wildly-overlooked combo guard, earned a Columbia State (JuCo) offer.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1369168" first="Cannon" last="Hale"]</strong> picked up a Cumberland University offer.  He plays for Gallatin High School.</p> <p><strong>Q Martin</strong> (Columbia Central) added a Cleveland State Community College offer.</p> <p>Tusculum University offered <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1006439" first="J.J." last="Wheat"]</strong> (Clarksville). </p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1176677" first="Dillon" last="Stakely"]</strong> (Sequoyah) picked up an offer from Tennessee Wesleyan and Bryan College is consistently in touch.</p>