Former Top WVU Basketball Commit on Visit with Rival

Could a former top WVU basketball commit land with West Virginia’s arch rival up north?

The Pitt staff will host former West Virginia commit and current high-school prospect Braydon Hawthorne for a visit on Tuesday, a source confirmed to WV Sports Now’s partner Pittsburgh Sports Now. 

Hawthorne had previously committed to the last West Virginia head coach — Darian DeVries. He decommitted when DeVries left for Indiana. Now, he is fielding a crowded recruitment.

Hawthorne recently took a trip to Kentucky, and will take an official visit to Duke this upcoming weekend, as well, according to reports.

The 6-foot-8, 175-pound wing is one of the top-75 players in the nation, according to 247 Sports. He is from Huntington, West Virginia, and is the No. 1 overall player from West Virginia. If you remember, Pitt reportedly hired former West Virginia’s former Director of Recruiting Jay Kuntz, who was on staff at WVU when they landed Hawthorne initially. However, that hire has not been announced officially by the University yet.

Most of this story initially appeared on our partner site Pittsburgh Sports Now.

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For a related story, WVU is still trying to win over Hawthorne again.