Glancing at the box score, though, revealed how easy Watts, who went 16-for-24 from the floor in front of Izzo, Martin and Louisville’s Chris Mack, made it all look. The scoring tally alone was enough to draw attention. In an otherwise nondescript pool game for the Peach Invitational Tournament, an event for EYBL programs that don’t qualify for the more illustrious Peach Jam, Watts racked up 43 points against to help The Family advance in bracket play. “They want him to be the scorer that he is.” A volume shooter?Įarly on July 15, a flurry of tweets ferried word of Watts turning the sparely filled gym at Westside High School into a microwave. “Their main thing is they want him to be who is,” Covington said. Their pitch has been equally straightforward. Securing a commitment after would serve as a breakthrough for coach Cuonzo Martin and assistant coach Cornell Mann in Michigan. Liddell, and Tray Jackson - will come to Columbia next month. Over the last week, Mizzou’s been buoyed by learning three of its prime targets - Watts, E.J. On Sunday evening, we learned Louisville, Florida State and, indeed, Missouri would receive official visits. Instead, Watts seems poised to venture far from home. ![]() Yet Sparty hasn’t been bestowed an official visit. ![]() And Michigan State? The Spartans and coach Tom Izzo have hosted Watts six times in East Lansing. Michigan, which deemed an early frontrunner, was nixed when the guard unveiled his list of nine finalists. ![]() When that’s the case, it’s often assumed that luring a Michigan prospect past the state line is a fool’s errand.īut that’s where Watts’ courtship gets interesting. So it comes as little surprise that Watts is a coveted commodity among the sport’s upper crust.
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