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NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Evaluating Jay Scrubb’s top three schools

By Brian Rauf

ORLANDO, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 25: Penny Hardaway, head coach of the Memphis Tigers, watches the action during the game against the Charleston Cougars at HP Field House on November 25, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 25: Penny Hardaway, head coach of the Memphis Tigers, watches the action during the game against the Charleston Cougars at HP Field House on November 25, 2018 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – MARCH 13: Head coach Chris Mack of the Louisville Cardinals reacts after a play against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during their game in the second round of the 2019 Men’s ACC Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 13, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – MARCH 13: Head coach Chris Mack of the Louisville Cardinals reacts after a play against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during their game in the second round of the 2019 Men’s ACC Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 13, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

Cincinnati, Louisville, and Memphis are the favorites to land the nation’s top JUCO prospect, Jay Scrubb. Here’s how he would fit with each NCAA Basketball program.

Jay Scrubb is the top-rated JUCO prospect in the 2020 NCAA basketball recruiting class, and a number of high majors have put him at the top of their wishlists.

20 Division I schools have already offered Scrubb a scholarship according to 247sports, with 13 of those schools being high-major programs. He didn’t have a D-I offer coming out of Trinity High School in Louisville, but his play during his first year at John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois quickly garnered him plenty of attention.

Scrubb is a versatile 6-6, 220-pound guard who can play anywhere on the perimeter, including the point. Those skills were on full display this past season when he averaged 19.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game in an extremely efficient way, shooting 46.4 percent from three-point range (51/110) and 54.9 percent from the floor.

Those numbers were good enough to earn Scrubb NJCAA first team All-American honors and an invitation to the USA Basketball U19 trials, making him the only JUCO player to earn an invite.

College schools aren’t the only ones monitoring Scrubb’s progress. Given his size, skill set, and efficiency, NBA teams have taken notice – and there’s a chance he jumps straight from JUCO to the NBA.

But, assuming he ends up playing for a college program in the 2020-21 season, how would Scrubb fit in at Cincinnati, Louisville, or Memphis? Here’s a breakdown of his top three schools.

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