The No. 26 player in the class of 2016, 6-foot-9 big man
De'Ron Davis looks to be finding his way. At least, he has been very good during his time in Southern California with the Colorado Hawks during the second live evaluation period of July.
Playing at the Cream of the Crop Challenge, Davis looked comfortable with his own strengths and weaknesses.
A big, strong kid, Davis looks a bit like Johnny O'Bryant at the high school level. He is best around the rim taking his time, moving around defenders and scoring deep in the post. After establishing himself down low, Davis has the skill to face up and make some jumpers.
That kind of game at his size draws a lot of attention and there was no shortage of eyes on Davis on Saturday.
Colorado coach
Tad Boyle tracked him and so did assistants from
Indiana,
Arkansas,
Purdue and
Oklahoma State. They've all offered, along with
Wake Forest,
Arizona,
Oregon and
UCLA while
Kansas,
Duke,
California and
Louisville are taking a look.
"They like how I pass the ball and get teammates involved," said Davis of the college interest. "I like to get my teammates going early and then I can do my thing on offense."
In the past, Davis has sometimes settled for jumpers, but he has made a good effort to play from inside out and his game is now about patience and playing to his strengths.
"I think that I'm really patient," Davis said. "With my patience, I can feel things out in the post and make good decisions. I'm trying to be more focused on playing from inside to out."
The trip to SoCal has produced a lot of under-recruited options on the perimeter and 2015 combo guard
Kyle Leufroy of Earl Watson Elite falls into that category.
The strong and confident scorer has offers from Lehigh, UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara, but frankly he should have more.
Leufroy has good strength, handles the ball well and is a dangerous shooter from deep. He can run the point, doesn't force too much and makes good decisions. It probably isn't fair to call him a late bloomer because he has been playing at a pretty high level for a while now.
However, Leufroy's recruitment hasn't quite taken off as much as one might expect. More performances like Saturday night against the Northwest Express, though, and the offers should begin to pour in.
For most of the last three months, Idaho shooting guard
Malek Harwell has been sidelined after having a meniscus injury surgically repaired.
Playing with the Utah Basketball Club at the Cream of the Crop, the 6-foot-3 three-star shooting guard looked like he is well on his way to recovery.
Harwell shot the ball from deep, showed some bounce in his step and effectively used the dribble to create his offense. He isn't at full strength just yet, but he didn't look to be too far away.
"This is just my second tournament back from injury," Harwell said. "I'm getting there. I'd say I'm probably at 80 percent, but I feel better every game."
So far, Harwell has been good enough to draw offers from Colorado,
Boise State, San Francisco, Portland, Utah State, Lehigh, Weber State, Toledo and LMU. He has additional interest from
Stanford, Harvard,
California,
Kansas State and
Memphis with more soon to follow.
"I think they see me as a combo guard," said Harwell. "I can pass well and I can score well off the dribble. My strength is shooting."
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