Hunter Dickinson will announce his NCAA Basketball commitment this week. What can his four finalists offer him and how do they stack up against each other?
Hunter Dickinson is one of the most coveted centers in the 2020 NCAA Basketball recruiting cycle and announced that he is planning to make a commitment in the coming days before Christmas.
The 7-2, 255-pounder from DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, MD named Duke, Florida State, Michigan, and Notre Dame as high four finalists, and all of them could use his skill set.
Dickinson is not a great athlete, which isn’t a huge surprise given his size. He’s a dominant traditional big who excels down low on both ends, whether that’s with his post moves and mid-range jumper on the offensive end or with this shot-blocking and rebounding on the other end.
Notre Dame has recruited him the longest but the Blue Devils, who are succeeding with a traditional big man this year in Vernon Carey Jr., were thought to be in the lead for Dickinson earlier in the process, and he took an official visit to Durham in October. However, many believe that Michigan has surged in front recently thanks to new head coach Juwan Howard’s recruiting efforts.
Dickinson’s skills will be very valuable for whichever program he ends up picking. But what will each of these four NCAA Basketball programs provide him? Here are the pros and cons of each of Dickinson’s finalists.