Top-10 senior Bethea commits to play for Miami

• Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Personnel Author Basketball recruiting expert. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware.Paul Biancardi Close Paul Biancardi Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I

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• ET Top-10 senior Jalil Bethea devoted to the Miami Hurricanes on Wednesday, becoming the program’s highest-ranked recruit in nearly 40

years.Bethea selected Jim Larranaga and the Hurricanes over Kansas and Villanova. He went to the Coral Gables campus previously this month and left impressed.”They revealed me a lot on my check out,”Bethea informed ESPN. “They told me how they will assist my game grow. They showed me analytics about my PPP [points per possession] which it was high.

I liked that. They plan for me to play more in pick-and-roll. “Bethea developed a strong relationship with Larranaga, and his previous connections to assistant coach DJ Irving also contributed in his recruitment.”I trust the personnel. I understand assistant coach DJ Irving well. He was with Team Final,”

he said.”One time Coach L came to one of my games when he did not feel well. He did not have to do that. It implied a lot. They have had a great deal of guards that have actually

done well at Miami and after. “A 6-foot-4 guard from Archbishop Wood High School in Pennsylvania, Bethea is ranked No. 7 in the ESPN 100 for the class of 2024. He shot up the rankings late in his high school profession, establishing himself as one of the elite backcourt players in the country over an efficient summer on the Nike EYBL circuit. Bethea averaged 18.7 points and 3.5 rebounds throughout the spring and summertime, shooting 60 %from inside the arc, 41.2%from 3-point range and 85.7%from the totally free throw line.Bethea has established his capability to score from various areas, including an efficient off-the-dribble game to his consistent border shooting. He is among the more efficient scorers in the 2024 class.”Jalil is a three-level scorer that simply keeps working and getting better every year,”Archbishop Wood coach John Mosco stated.”He is special where he didn’t play as a freshman and came off the bench as a sophomore, however when he got his chance, he has actually run with it all the way to the top of his class. “Bethea ends up being the highest-ranked Miami recruit because the ESPN recruiting database began in 2007 and the program’s highest-ranked hire since at least 1985, when McDonald’s All American Tito Horford picked the Hurricanes. The last five-star to commit to Miami was Lonnie Walker (No. 13 in ESPN 100) in the class of 2017. Bethea is the third 2024 prospect to dedicate to Miami this month, following ESPN 100 guard Austin Swartz and three-star forward Isaiah Johnson-Arigu. Bethea and Swartz were consisted of in ESPN’s list of the best 3-point shooters in the 2024 class.