One of the country’s top high-school junior point guards includes KU on his list of six
Elliot Cadeau, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound junior point guard from Link Year Academy in Branson, Missouri, has narrowed his list of prospective colleges to six. They are: Kansas, Texas, Texas Tech, North Carolina, Louisville and Syracuse.
He made the announcement on Saturday on Twitter.
Cadeau, who is originally from West Orange, New Jersey, is ranked No. 8 in the recruiting class of 2024 by 247sports.com, No. 11 by ESPN.com and No. 15 by Rivals.com. Cadeau and Johnuel “Boogie” Fland (of Archbishop Stepinac in White Plains, New York) are regarded as the top two point guards in the entire junior class.
Cadeau eliminated Baylor, Tennessee, Oklahoma State, Georgetown, Maryland and others from his list of schools. According to 247sports.com, Cadeau has made official visits to North Carolina, Louisville and Texas Tech.
Of KU, he told On3.com: “Kansas is a winning program that is always elite. Their style of play is nice and their coach is great.”
He told 247sports.com: “They’re a winning program that won a national championship last year and that’s one of my goals in high school. I want to win a national championship in college as well and I believe Kansas can give me a platform to do that.”
On3.com’s Jamie Shaw wrote this of Cadeau: “The speed is what jumps off the page immediately. He is a jet-quick, paint-touch point guard who gets into the paint when he wants. Cadeau is a confident jump shooter with deep range off the bounce and the catch. His size will be the question mark with him. He has good floor vision and a crafty handle to get his spots on the floor, but he does look to shoot first at times. He is a savvy floor general who exudes confidence throughout his team.”
According to the Springfield News-Leader, Cadeau “became the first American high school athlete to sign an international Name, Image and Likeness deal that will earn him five figures. He is represented in the NIL space by Roc Nation Sports which is a sports management company founded by Jay-Z.”
McCullar is fifth best transfer, CBSsports.com says
Kansas senior guard Kevin McCullar has been listed the fifth best transfer in college basketball this season by David Cobb of CBSsports.com.
“Kansas is getting a hard-nosed three-year veteran of Big 12 battles in McCullar, who should be an impact defender on the perimeter for the Jayhawks. McCullar’s career 29.9% three-point shooting mark is unremarkable, but his distribution and defense packaged into a 6-6 frame make him a great pickup for the reigning national champions,” Cobb wrote of the former Texas Tech Red Raider.
The top transfer according to CBSsports.com is Kendric Davis (Memphis from SMU), followed by Nijel Pack (Miami from Kansas State); Tyrese Hunter (Texas from Iowa State) and Isaiah Mosley (Missouri from Missouri State).
“Mosley helped coach Dana Ford turn Missouri State into a force in the Missouri Valley during his three seasons with the program. The 6-5 shooting guard led the league in scoring at 20.4 points per game in the 2021-22 season and did it while shooting an efficient 50.4% from the floor,” Cobb wrote. “He turned in 40-point outings against MVC powers Northern Iowa and Loyola-Chicago during the regular season and also flashed his offensive prowess against high-major opposition with an 11 of 20 showing against Oklahoma in the NIT. He played his high school basketball in Columbia, Missouri, so his decision to join the Tigers under first-year coach Dennis Gates is a homecoming.”
McCullar, Mosley on West watch list
KU’s McCullar and Missouri’s Mosley are is two of 20 players named to the 2023 Jerry West shooting guard of the year award watch list, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced last week. Baylor’s Adam Flagler also was on the list. … KU junior forward Jalen Wilson is one of 20 players named to the Julius Erving small forward of the year award watch list. Other Big 12 players on the list: Timmy Allen, Texas; Kevin Obanor, Texas Tech. Wilson also made the Erving watch list a year ago.
