Villanova lands Lewis, leading readily available PG recruit

• Jonathan GivonyMay 1, 2025, 09:44 AM ET Close NBA draft analyst and author Signed Up With ESPN.com in July 2017
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Acaden Lewis, the top available point player in the 2025 class, told ESPN that he has devoted to Villanova.

“The staff I eventually had one of the most trust in was Nova,” Lewis told ESPN on Thursday. “We developed a relationship considering that my sophomore year, when I initially moved to Sidwell. Kevin Willard and his personnel were amongst the very first high-major coaches to hire me at Maryland. I have built an excellent relationship with them and have enormous trust that I will thrive and they will let me be me.”

Lewis selected Villanova after likewise visiting St. John’s, Georgia and Miami. He was previously devoted to Kentucky before electing to reopen his recruitment on April 10.

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1 Associated”I wish to play, and I desire the pressure on me and my colleagues’shoulders to browse and step up to a difficulty,” Lewis stated. “Nova is a historic program developed on winning, and I want to belong of the revival.”

Washington D.C.’s Gatorade player of the year in 2024, the Sidwell Friends School item is ESPN’s No. 7-ranked point player in the 2025 high school class. Considered among the best pick-and-roll operators in the class, Lewis finished third in assists in the Nike EYBL last season with 6.1 per game, adding 16.7 points and 4.9 rebounds for Team Durant.Lewis is a significant addition for Villanova at a position of significant requirement. He signs up with transfers Devin Askew (Long Beach State), Bryce Lindsay (James Madison), Zion Stanford (Temple), Malachi Palmer (Maryland ), Duke Brennan (Grand Canyon )and Braden Pierce (Maryland) along with inbound freshman Nico Onyekwere. Villanova kept power forward Matthew Hodge, a four-star hire in the 2024 high school class, who was required to redshirt this past season due to academic ineligibility.Eight players from last season’s lineup got in the NCAA transfer portal, and the team’s leading 2 scorers tired their eligibility in Eric Dixon and Wooga Poplar.Willard took over as head coach of Villanova on March 30 after an effective season at Maryland that ended with a Sweet 16 loss to eventual nationwide champions Florida. He changed Kyle Neptune, who was fired after missing out on the NCAA competition in his very first three seasons.Jonathan Givony is an NBA draft expert and the creator and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a private searching and analytics service utilized by NBA, NCAA and global teams.