First Contact as 2026’s Get D1 Calls and Texts
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PICTURED: Dorien Lyles Dorien Lyles 6'3" | SG Siegel | 2026 State TN 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…
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Dorien Lyles
Dorien
Lyles
6'3" | SG
Siegel | 2026
State
TN
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!
Louis O’Keefe
Louis
O’Keefe
6'3" | PG
Ensworth | 2026
TN
(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.
Further, Yale’s head coach, Belmont, Western Kentucky’s head coach, and Stony Brook all reached out to O’Keefe since midnight.
Daniel Patton
Daniel
Patton
6'6" | SF
Centennial | 2026
State
TN
(Centennial / Team Mookie 16u) took a call from the Northern Iowa. “I’ve received texts from Murray State, Trevecca, and Radford.”
Jarron Talley
Jarron
Talley
6'4" | SG
Pope Prep | 2026
State
TN
(Pope Prep / Team Mookie 16u) was contacted by Belmont, UAH, and Trevecca Nazarene. UAH and Trevecca are D2.
Trey Thompson
Trey
Thompson
6'8" | PF
Greeneville | 2026
State
TN
(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.
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
Dorien Lyles
Dorien
Lyles
6'3" | SG
Siegel | 2026
State
TN
(Siegel / BMaze 16u) heard from Trevecca Assistant Coach Nate Moran.
Alexander Leeth
Alexander
Leeth
6'7" | SF
Knox Webb | 2026
State
TN
(Knox Webb /
Tennessee Impact
16u) was contacted by Xavier, Ohio, Liberty.
Aiden Bolden
Aiden
Bolden
6'5" | SF
Providence Christian Academy | 2026
TN
(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.
Tyshaun Poore (Cane Ridge / Club 51 ) heard from Trevecca Nazarene Assistant Coach Nate Moran.