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UNC Basketball: Don’t expect these 2020 recruits to sign with UNC

By Blake Cockrum

ANN ARBOR, MI - NOVEMBER 28: North Carolina Tar Heels Head Basketball Coach Roy Williams watches the action during the second half of the game against the Michigan Wolverines at Crisler Center on November 28, 2018 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan defeated North Carolina Tar Heels 84-67. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)
ANN ARBOR, MI - NOVEMBER 28: North Carolina Tar Heels Head Basketball Coach Roy Williams watches the action during the second half of the game against the Michigan Wolverines at Crisler Center on November 28, 2018 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan defeated North Carolina Tar Heels 84-67. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /
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LUBBOCK, TX – FEBRUARY 27: Head coach Mike Boynton of the Oklahoma State Cowboys shouts instructions to his team during the second half of the game against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on February 27, 2019 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma State 84-80 in overtime. (Photo by John Weast/Getty Images) /

Cade Cunningham

Cade Cunningham is a player that burst on to the scene when he was just a sophomore, rising to 5-star status all the way back in the winter of 2017. And for good reason, too, what with his tremendous size and versatility.

A 6-foot-6, 215-pound combo guard from Arlington, Texas, Cunningham had scholarship offers from all of college basketball’s blue bloods when he announced his top-10 list earlier this summer. Among the teams on Cunningham’s list of finalists were Duke, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Memphis, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Texas, Virginia and Washington. He trimmed that list in half at the beginning of August, eliminating the Blue Devils, Jayhawks, Tigers, Longhorns and Cavaliers.

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Kentucky or North Carolina would most commonly be considered front-runners on a list that includes Florida, Oklahoma State and Washington, but that’s not the case with Cunningham’s recruitment. This highly sought after 2020 prospect is almost certainly headed to Stillwater to play with the Cowboys.

And why? Well, despite Cunningham’s claims that his brother’s hiring as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State hasn’t made the Cowboys favorites in his recruitment, it has. That’s taking nothing away from Cowboys head coach Mike Boynton, who’s done a terrific job recruiting Cunningham to this point. The addition of the elder Cunningham to his staff, however, put Oklahoma State squarely in the driver’s seat.

Oklahoma State is leading Cunningham’s Crystal Ball with an overwhelming 100 percent of the vote, including that of 247Sports Director of Basketball Recruiting, Evan Daniels. For what it’s worth, Daniels has correctly picked 17-of-17 commitments for class of 2020 players, and nearly 94 percent all-time.

Sorry, UNC basketball fans. Cunningham’s decision to commit to Oklahoma State isn’t a matter of if. It’s a matter of when.

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