Remaining recruiting options limited for Arizona Basketball

As Dalen Terry opts to stay in the NBA Draft, that leaves Arizona Basketball with more recruiting needs and fewer recruiting options for 2022-23.  

Well, this off-season has been a rather challenging one for Arizona Basketball. After a season in which the Wildcats finished 33-4 (18-2), won the Pac-12 Regular Season Title and the Tournament Title, as well as advanced to the Sweet 16, the Wildcats find themselves in rebuild mode.

That 2021-22 team was a special one, so naturally, just as any off-season goes for Arizona, the Wildcats subsequently lose their best athletes/players and now they are scrambling for answers.

Granted, Tommy Lloyd has brought in highly-touted European commits Henri Veesaar and Filip Borovicanin, as well as 2022 big man Dylan Anderson, but outside of that, this is a group that is severely lacking in the backcourt.

So far, a few of Arizona Basketball’s recruiting targets did not pan out, and with their options dwindling, we look at a few players reportedly linked to the Cats.

For starters, there is former Texas guard Courtney Ramey. Courtney had entered the NBA Draft but recently withdrew and instead has decided to transfer from Texas.

So far, Arizona has reportedly been linked to him along with Duke, Houston, and Louisville among others.

Now 22, he could very much be similar to how Justin Kier was for the Cats. He’s played in 128 collegiate basketball games, starting in 106 games for Texas, and in his career, he has averaged 10.0 points, 2.8 assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game.

Now, granted he is not a long-term solution; however, he would be a great one-year stop gap for the Cats who are in desperate need of backcourt depth.

Next, you have Keion Brooks. A former wing from Kentucky, Brooks also recently withdrew from the NBA Draft and instead has decided to transfer.

So far, Arizona, Washington, and Notre Dame seem to be the big schools targeting him the most, and like Ramey, he would add a lot of experience.

Having played in 80 games for the Wildcats, Brooks started in 42 of them. Keion finishes his career at Kentucky having averaged 8.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per game, and also came off his best season in which he averaged 10.8 points and 4.4 rebounds.

Again, he is not a long-term solution, and at this point, with Arizona loading up in the class of 2023, the Wildcats just need a short-term solution now to help for next season.

Options are dwindling, and there’s no guarantee Keion or Courtney come here, but so far, it appears that those might be the Wildcats’ biggest targets.