Miami Basketball: 5-star priority recruit Jalil Bethea put Hurricanes in top 5
Long-time Miami basketball 2024 recruit Jalil Bethea from the Philadelphia area revealed his top five on Wednesday night, and the Hurricanes made the cut.
The 6-foot-4 guard disclosed a top five of Miami, Alabama, Kansas, Syracuse and Villanova, per an article from On3 national analyst Joe Tipton.
Bethea, a five-star, consensus top-20 national prospect in the rising-senior class, is arguably the fastest-rising prospect in his cycle. When the Hurricanes coaching staff offered a scholarship to Jalil Bethea in September of 2022, some recruiting services had him inside the top 100.
Bethea averaged 23.2 points for Archbishop Wood this high school season en route to Pennsylvania Sports Writers’ All-State 6A team. On3 is higher than the industry on the four-star who is ranked No. 39 in the 2024 On3 Industry Ranking, an equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media services.
When it comes to what type of player Bethea is, he is a defense-first player who thrives when playing in transition. On the offensive side, Bethea is best off the ball, coming off of screens. coach Jim Larranaga has shown so far that athleticism is one of the things he is looking for. Bethea seems like the type of player who would fit right in at Miami.
“The whole recruitment process was like a dream come true for me,” Bethea told 247Sports. “As a young kid I always looked up to people in the pros that went to the schools I dreamed of going to. Now I’m basically living that life of becoming one of them.”
“Miami made it because of the relationship I have with Coach L (Larrañaga) and DJ (Irving). The love they’ve shown me shows they really care for me. Coach L is a really good dude. People see him on the court yelling at his players but off the court he’s a really cool dude. With DJ Irving I have a good relationship with him being from Philly and Team Final.”
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