Four-star wing Rayvon Griffith trimmed his list down to a final five of Alabama, Cincinnati, Kansas, Ohio State and UCLA on Sunday. He spoke with Rivals.com about what he sees in each of his finalists.
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2022 Rankings: Rivals150 | Team | Position
2023 Rankings: Rivals150
2024 Rankings: Top 40
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IN HIS OWN WORDS
On Alabama: “I just like their coach and I just like the way that they play. Their staff is a great coaching staff and I just love the tempo they play at. I feel like I could fit there.”
On Cincinnati: “It’s the hometown. It’s possible to be the hometown hero. Coach Wes Miller just did an excellent job of recruiting me ever since he came in. I really like his personality.”
On Kansas: “Kansas, you know, that’s a big-time school. Just them going to get one (a championship) this year, that’s somewhere I possibly want to be at.”
On Ohio State: “Ever since my freshman year, they’ve just been recruiting me tough. They’ve done a good job of keeping a relationship with me.”
On UCLA: “Coach (Mick) Cronin, he was the coach at Cincinnati. He was recruiting me there when I was young. He went to UCLA and it was the same thing, so we just kept that relationship.”
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RIVALS' REACTION
All of these programs make sense for the four-star guard in terms of fit. There’s a connection with all of the programs and they’ve all done a great job of recruiting him as well. However, in the era of NIL, I keep coming back to how Cincinnati and its “hometown hero” pitch could be a major factor here.
