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Cameron Jones was one of two more official visitors I caught up with late last night.

His relationship with RB coach DeShaun Foster is a pretty strong one at this point. While he’s still playing coy about his recruitment, it feels very much like UCLA is at the top of his list.

The big Section 7 recruiting event is currently underway in Arizona and Matt is out there

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UCLA assistant and key international recruiter Ivo Simovic is reportedly headed to the NBA as a new member of the staff in Toronto. He wasn’t on the road with the other Bruins coaches this weekend yet Mick Cronin had another staffer there in Arizona, and this certainly explains that.

It will be interesting to see what happens with UCLA’s international recruiting moving forward since Cronin has leaned into that this offseason and it has looked like it will be a big part of the plan moving forward.

I went to game 1 of the CWS which was a great close game won by LSU. Game 2 went to a massacre by Florida breaking CWS record - 24 runs!
Tonight it was ALL LSU with Thatcher Hurd on the mound for LSU. (Former UCLA pitcher)

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A lot of early chatter in the new 2025 rankings:

So far, David Singleton has reportedly agreed to an “Exhibit-10” contract with the Atlanta Hawks. They are generally worth up to $50K in guaranteed money and a franchise can convert it into a two-way deal between the NBA and G-League.

No word yet on whether Tyger Campbell has found a spot.

The story:

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Robert Booker II, a three-star 2024 TE from Waunakee, Wisc., de-committed from Wisconsin yesterday.

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The Tucson (Ariz.) Salpointe product was the highest-rated recruit on an official visit to Westwood over the weekend and he went in-depth on a number of areas, including his thoughts about playing away from home and a meeting with DC D’Anton Lynn that was one of the more “unique” he’s had with any college coach at this point in his recruitment.

OLB/D-line coach Ikaika Malloe made up for lost time quite well in his recruitment of Rushing, who he originally had contact with while coaching at Washington.

Pretty confident he gets picked late in first round since he’s been invited to the Green Room for the NBA draft.
Hoping Amari also gets taken in first round but mid second round is more likely.
Crossing fingers and toes for Jaylen.

Jovani Ruff, ranked 28th in the class of 2025, picked up an offer from UCLA today.

The Long Beach Poly shooting guard has a smooth game, from what I saw covering one of his team’s games back in late December. Watched him score 16 points that night.

His recruitment has started to go national, of late, with programs like Kansas and Kentucky getting involved.

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Zacharyus Williams, a three-star receiver in the 2024 class, picked up a UCLA offer today.

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Local Corona-Centennial guard Eric Freeny is beginning an official visit with UCLA today as he squeezes in the trip between two big high school events. He just helped Centennial earn a championship in its division at the California Live event down in OC, and this weekend he will head out to Arizona for the Section 7 event. UCLA watched him last weekend and will have coaches in attendance this week in Arizona as well.

The Bruins are clearly a leader for Freeny, but he says he plans to hold off on announcing a commitment until December. We'll see if that holds, but regardless UCLA heads into the official visit in a good spot. Cal and Colorado State are two other programs pushing for visits while he already took an official visit to UNLV this spring.

Hit the link for a look ahead to his official visit as it gets underway and he discusses why UCLA has emerged as a top contender in his recruitment.

UCLA obviously signed Devin Williams from Centennial for the 2023 class, so there is a connection there plus Rod Palmer is one of the founders of Freeny's travel ball program, Compton Magic. Those relationships have certainly been influential. He has also grown to get to know Mick Cronin, who is someone he feels a connection with already.

"He reminds me of coach [Josh] Giles a little bit," Freeny said comparing the UCLA head coach to his current coach at Centennial. "I feel like they run a system just like Centennial does. I feel like it's good to fit into."

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Can UCLA be followng their example??

According to ESPN, 6-foot-7 guard Jan Vide from Slovenia has committed to UCLA

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Both Matt and myself have spoken to Marcelles Williams since he visited UCLA during the final week of spring camp.

He sees a big difference in the connection between the current coaches on defense compared to how they recruited him last season.

It’s essentially down to UCLA and Stanford for 2024 QB Elijah Brown, who is going to the Elite 11 camp that starts tomorrow.

The most recent news is Brown decided against taking an official to USC after this past weekend’s OV to Stanford.

That leaves UCLA and Stanford as the only true contenders. He’s said that he is open to the idea of coming in and learning behind a QB, so the depth chart is not something that scares him off.