First Contact as 2026’s Get D1 Calls and Texts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>PICTURED: [player_tooltip player_id='1919180' first='Dorien' last='Lyles']</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>June 15th is a special day in the recruiting calendar. On the 15th junior-to-be's are allowed to receive direct phone calls from D1 programs for the first time. This also applies to text messages. These are some of the First Contacts!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1660040' first='Louis' last='O'Keefe']</strong> (Ensworth / Hoop City 16u) added an offer from Columbia University, which is a program he expected to visit in the next 9 months. The reason? His older brother will be a freshman hooper for them this upcoming season and O'Keefe is also a high-academic guard. Miami (Oh) extended an offer to him last month. It was his first.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Further, Yale's head coach, Belmont, Western Kentucky's head coach, and Stony Brook all reached out to O'Keefe since midnight.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2345556' first='Daniel' last='Patton']</strong> (Centennial / Team Mookie 16u) took a call from the Northern Iowa. "I've received texts from Murray State, Trevecca, and Radford."</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1508978' first='Jarron' last='Talley']</strong> (Pope Prep / Team Mookie 16u) was contacted by Belmont, UAH, and Trevecca Nazarene. UAH and Trevecca are D2. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1959160' first='Trey' last='Thompson'] </strong>(Greeneville / Team Impact 16u), in addition to getting an Appalachian State University offer this week, heard directly from: Tennessee, Clemson, Virginia Tech, Liberty, Ohio, Belmont, Rice, Murray State, Appalachian State, Columbia.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>App State: HC FaceTime offer (full) @ Midnight Rice: AC called Murray State: AC text Clemson: AC text, call later today Belmont: AC called Ohio: HC called Columbia: AC text App State: AC called VA Tech: AC text Liberty: AC called UT: AC called Ohio University offer (full) HC Tusculum University (full) HC</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1919180' first='Dorien' last='Lyles']</strong> (Siegel / BMaze 16u) heard from Trevecca Assistant Coach Nate Moran.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2166129' first='Alexander' last='Leeth']</strong> (Knox Webb / [program_tooltip program_id='2393604' first='Tennessee' last='Impact'] 16u) was contacted by Xavier, Ohio, Liberty.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='2367403' first='Aiden' last='Bolden']</strong> (PCA / Team Mookie 16u) maintains offers from California, UIC, Tennessee State University, and Grambling. Further, Creighton, Eastern Michitan, Old Dominion, Oakland (MI), and Mizzou are recruiting him.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Tyshaun Poore </strong>(Cane Ridge / [program_tooltip program_id='2440918' first='Club' last='51']) heard from Trevecca Nazarene Assistant Coach Nate Moran.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->