As his recruitment heats up, Class of 2025 big man Eric Reibe has scheduled an official visit to the UNC basketball program.
2025 Top-35 prospect Eric Reibe (@eric_reibe), one of the top centers, has scheduled official visits to UConn, Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Indiana, and Oregon, a source tells @On3Recruits.
— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) August 15, 2024
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After officially visiting Creighton (boo!) and Harvard, the Top-35 ranked recruit is setting an impressive schedule of official visits to traditional blue-blood schools (Kansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, North Carolina, Indiana) and Oregon.
The 7-foot, 235-pound center plays his high school ball at the Bullis School, a college prep school in Potomac, Maryland. Reibe is a 247Sports Composite four-star recruit and is the No. 4 ranked center in the country. The size makes him attractive. But it's the shooting that makes him a must-have.
Carolina has shown what it can look like with a three-point threat in the frontcourt. Brady Manek was the most lethal, but Pete Nance was effective when healthy, and even though he was an undersized big, Harrison Ingram had a lot of joy on the perimeter.
Imagine this towering 7-footer launching shot after shot over the frustrated, outstretched hands of help defenders who just can't reach high enough to bother the shot!
The UNC basketball program has a history of success with German recruits that should appeal to Eric Reibe. Henrik Rödl played for Dean Smith from 1989-1993, finishing his career with a national championship. Ademola Okulaja, another German, played under Smith and Bill Guthridge from 1995-1999. He SHOULD have won a national championship in 1997, but we'll not dwell on that.