Tennessee: A full week of recruiting

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Each prospect in the state of Tennessee needed just one coach to pay attention. Well, the first full week of July was the perfect opportunity for prospects to garner interest or pick up an offer from college programs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are prospects from across the state that had some success hearing from coaches:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2024</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sam</strong> <strong>Medalie</strong>, 1 of 1 Elite 2024: The rising senior has heard from Navy, Western Kentucky, Davidson, and Lee University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Murray</strong> <strong>Norman</strong>, [program_tooltip program_id='2080358' first='TNBC' last='Elite']: Norman has heard from Rhodes College, Tennessee State, Union, and North Central University. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ashton</strong> <strong>Hudson</strong>, Hoop City 17U: Hudson has heard from Lee University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Emerson</strong> <strong>Tenner</strong> <strong>Jr</strong>., Hoop City 17U: Tenner picked up an offer from Drake.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Christian</strong> <strong>Alston</strong>, Hoop City 17U: Alston picked up an offer from Murray State. The 6-5 wing has also heard from Central Michigan, Drake, UT Martin, Creighton, Middle Tennessee State, South Dakota State, Jacksonville State, UT Chattanooga, and Loyola Marymount.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Nazir</strong> <strong>Allen</strong>: Allen has heard from Austin Peay, Jackson State University, Columbia State, Southwest CC, Tougaloo, UT Martin, Presbyterian College, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Marquis</strong> <strong>Tunstall</strong>: Tunstall has heard from Alcorn State, Tougaloo, and Dyersburg State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2025</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>King</strong> <strong>Keary</strong>, Georgia Stars 16U: Keary has heard from Memphis, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State, Belmont, Army, Lipscomb and Austin Peay.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tyler</strong> <strong>Jones</strong>, [program_tooltip program_id='2078772' first='Team' last='Thad'] 16U: Jones has heard from Union, Furman, Radford, UT Martin, Memphis, California, and South Carolina.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>2026</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cello</strong> <strong>Jackson</strong>, Pro Skills 15U: Jackson has heard from Florida Gulf Coast, UNLV, Ohio State, and Missouri.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>MJ</strong> <strong>Hayes</strong>, Pro Skills 15U: The 6-foot-4 shooting guard has heard from FGCU, UNLV, and Missouri.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Keeper</strong> <strong>Jackson</strong>, Christian Brothers: Jackson has heard from Belmont and UT Martin.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>BJ</strong> <strong>Brown</strong>, Christian Brothers: Brown has heard from Lipscomb, Lee University, and UT Martin.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Commitment day</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Marcus</strong> <strong>Gray</strong>, P7 Elite 17U: Gray committed to Grand Valley State University on Sunday. I talked to the rising senior via Twitter about his commitment. Gray had great things to say about his pledge to the program.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>“Really, it was the perfect fit for me and my play style,” Gray said. “The program welcomed me with open arms and they have many resources as well. The main reason why is because of the head coach Cornell Mann. Coach Corn was the head assistant at Missouri and Iowa State. He has developed 10-plus NBA players and dozens of overseas players. He made me feel welcome to Grand Valley State.”</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gray is also expected to play at both guard spots once his high school basketball career is over. He has shown his ability to make shots from the perimeter, take his defender off the dribble, push the basketball in transition, and make the right reads. Gray doesn't do anything spectacular. He just plays the game the right way.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->