Cassidy’s Takeaways: Tuesday at Peach Jam

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – The 2024 Peach Jam continued on Tuesday, as some of the best high school players on Earth continued to test themselves against each other inside Augusta’s Riverview Park Activities Center. Rivals national analyst Rob Cassidy was also on hand in the Peach State and shares some of his takeaways from the day that was.

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ILLINOIS WILL LOOK TO LOCK UP BRANDON LEE ON UPCOMING VISIT

Illinois appears to be in the early driver’s seat when it comes to four-star guard Brandon Lee. The New Jersey-based star is slated to visit Champaign in August and already seems high on both the program and the coaching staff that runs it.

“They’ve been the teams with the most wins in the Big Ten over the last few years,” Lee said of Illinois on Sunday. “I love coach [Brad] Underwood. He’s a great guy. I feel like he is really going to be able to help me with all the things I need to improve about my game. He’s a hard-nosed coach that is going to push me every day.”

Seton Hall and Pitt are also heavily involved with Lee, who hopes to visit the campus of each down the road. Still it seems as though the Illini could wrap up Lee’s recruitment in August should things go well on the visit as mutual interest seems to be growing quickly.

It’s worth noting, however, that current Seton Hall head coach ​​Shaheen Holloway coached Lee’s brother, Matthew Lee, when Holloway was the coach at St. Peter’s. For that reason, the Pirates must be treated as a serious threat to snatch the New York-based guard away from the Illini.

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USC ALREADY MAKING HEADWAY WITH DYLAN MINGO

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