SeaTown Sports Brew - An Early Look at UW Basketball's Top 2025 Recruiting Targets
SeaTown Sports Brew - An Early Look at UW Basketball's Top 2025 Recruiting Targets
Dive into the latest recruiting news for UW Basketball
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The Leadoff - An Early Look at Some of UW Basketball’s Top 2025 Recruiting Targets
*CORRECTION* The original version of this article stated that Tounde Yessoufou, Jordan Scott, and Semetri Carr have a visit scheduled for September 22nd. This was wrong. Scott Carr do not have visits scheduled. I am working to confirm whether Yessoufou and Carr have visits scheduled.
New University of Washington Head Basketball Coach Danny Sprinkle and his staff will host four-star SF Jasir Rencher on October 5th. Five-star guard Darryn Peterson will reportedly visit Washington in September.
Here is a rundown on the recruits:
Darryn Peterson (Huntington Prep - Huntington, WV) - G, 6-5 / 195 lbs
Sprinkle and his staff have already set their sights on one of the most high-profile recruits from the Class of 2025. 247 Sports ranks Peterson as their No. 3 overall recruit from the class. Peterson has cut his list down to eight schools: Washington, Kansas, Louisville, Ohio State, Kentucky, Kansas State, Arizona State, and USC.
Adam Finkelstein from 247 Sports provides this scouting report on Peterson:
Darryn Peterson possesses a combination size, length, strength and skill which allows him to smoothly score and make plays for himself and others. He's a versatile threat, who can operate from multiple spots on the floor, and has a way of making it look effortless in the process.
Tounde Yessoufou (Saint Joseph - Santa Maria, CA) - PF, 6-5 / 211 lbs
Yessoufou has cut his list of schools to ten, and has already visited USC and Arizona. What could Washington’s appeal be to Yessoufou? At least one website suggests that Yessoufou could be Washington’s best player as a true freshman. Yessoufou is an athletic wing who can finish above the rim consistently. He thrives at attacking the basket in transition. He has a good spot-up jump shot in the half-court that extends to three-point range.
Semetri Carr (Archbishop Riordan - San Francisco, CA) - PG, 6-0 / 165 lbs
Carr has received offers from over a dozen schools. According to 247 Sports, Carr visited Washington last fall and was recruited by Mike Hopkins’ staff.
A July scouting report from nothing but net said this about Carr:
Carr has the court vision to make plays off the drive and kick pass, plays with pace and feel for the flow of the game that allows him to keep constant pressure on his defender, and can light it up from beyond the arc off the dribble or the catch. High IQ point guard that has the strength to finish through contact, as well as the skill to break his opponent down. One of the top players in attendance all weekend.
Jasir Rencher (Archbishop Riordan - San Francisco, CA) - SF, 6-5 / 195 lbs
Ranked as a top ten player in California from the Class of 2025, Rencher has over 15 offers. He is set to visit Washington on October 5th, when the football team hosts Michigan. Rencher also has visits scheduled to Oklahoma and LSU.
Rencher has a nice burst of speed both in transition and in the half-court offense. He likes to attack the basket off of the dribble and can finish through contact.
Winners and Losers
Winner - Seattle Mariners (59-54) - The offense is alive! Your Mariners are back in first place after dropping two of three to the Boston Red Sox, but then took two of three from the Philadelphia Phillies. The winning scores: 6-5, 10-2, 10-6.
Loser - Seattle Sounders FC (10-8-7) - The Sounders’ League Cup play continued last week. They defeated Minnesota United 2-0 in a group stage match of the 2024 Leagues Cup, and then lost 3-1 to Liga MX side Club Necaxa.
On-Deck
The Mariners start a nine-game road trip in Detroit, to face the Tigers (53-60), and then head to Pittsburgh for three games against the Pirates (56-55).
The Sounders advance to the Round of 32 of the Leagues Cup and will take on the LA Galaxy on Thursday, August 8th. The match will be at Lumen Field but a game time has not been set yet.
This Week in Seattle Sports History
On August 7, 2016 Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro became the 30th member of the 3,000 hit club. Ichiro ended his career with 3,089 hits in the major leagues, with 2,542 as a Seattle Mariner (14 seasons). He led the American League in hits seven times and in 2004, broke the single-season record for hits in a season with 262.
Fast Break
Ranking the top 25 MLB players of the 21st century [ESPN]
The iconic Ichiro's hits started with the pull of the sleeve in the batter's box, the bat held high in front of him, then outracing the ball to first base. "No single number could ever explain a human as thrilling, as unusual, and as wonderful as Ichiro," Joe Posnanski wrote.
NFL training camp 2024 live updates: Latest on roster battles [ESPN]
The most interesting observation from Saturday's Seahawks practice came after the final whistle, and it had nothing to do with football. Mike Macdonald spotted a group of young players heading inside in apparent defiance of previous instructions to sign autographs for fans in the time between when practice ends and meetings begin.
Macdonald wasn't pleased, and he sternly let one undrafted rookie hear it.
"Mike does not play," another player was overheard saying.
The incident was an example of what people within the Seahawks organization have cited as one of the differences between Macdonald, Pete Carroll and their respective assistants. There's more attention to detail in the way Macdonald and the new staff teaches, and there's a willingness to rebuke players that stands in sharp contrast to the more gentle, parental style in which Carroll strongly believed.
Former Husky Jack Westover faces familiar climb to make Seahawks roster [Seattle Times ($)]
“I would say it’s very similar,” Westover said of the system they’re installing with the Seahawks. “There’s definitely a lot of things you have to adjust to the NFL game. The offense is still progressing as camp goes along. NFL defenses play a completely different way than college — different bodies, and different things you can get away with in college. It’s cool to learn all the changes and all that.”
Even so, the 25-year-old tight end added that the Seahawks are also using much of the same verbiage — which “has been very helpful for me, just coming in from day one and being able to hit the ground running. I’m able to go to bed at night pretty smooth [without having to stay up studying], so that’s nice.”
House long-form settlement challenges future of NIL collectives [On3]
Beyond “commensurate” payment, the settlement says all third-party NIL deals of $600 or more must be approved by a clearinghouse that will vet contracts. If not approved, the settlement says a new third-party arbiter could deem athletes ineligible or result in a school being fined. The filing also stated athletes who enter into multiple NIL agreements or receive NIL payments from the same third parties with an overall value of $600 or more will need to submit contracts or payments.
Athletes can appeal to a neutral arbitrator, which will be quicker than the current NCAA process. An arbitrator must rule within 45 days, however, but extensions are allowed. Rulings are “final and binding.”