NCAA Basketball Recruiting: 10th-rated PG Milos Uzan releases top 8 list
By Ian Mumm
4. Utah Utes
It’s been a tough stretch for the Utes over the last couple of seasons trending downwards after producing numerous NBA players under Larry Krystkowiak’s tutelage. Stuck in the conference’s 8th place, Utah is really struggling to keep players within the program to develop. Losing seven members via transfer this offseason, the 2021-22 group will again be a bit “ragtag”. Both Gach returns to the Utes after a 1-year loan at Minnesota and is hoping he can mesh early with UNLV transfer David Jenkins Jr. to help the program gain some momentum.
With the program in a bit of no man’s land at the moment, seeing Uzan join would be extremely positive. Joining the Utes gives the Las Vegas native ample opportunity to steer the team in a new direction and help it to regain some of the success it had earlier in the decade. Uzan’s ability to affect all areas of the game, both offensive and defensive, would go a long way towards helping to recruit other talents to the Utah program and hasten the development of the Utes current roster.
3. Oklahoma Sooners
The Sooners may have only finished 6th in the conference, but they were a tough out last season despite suffering through injury troubles. Head coach Lon Kruger steered the program well throughout the year before falling short in the NCAA Tournament. His retirement this offseason has the program experiencing a slight hiccup, but incoming coach and former Loyola-Chicago head man Porter Moser has already done a great job on the recruiting trail.
Keeping the 2021 class together was his first big accomplishment as Oklahoma’s coach, but Moser has already made big in-roads with several top recruits across the nation. With a rebuild on his hands, Moser has quickly and repeatedly reached out to Uzan to form a strong relationship. The connection has begun to build in earnest and Uzan is impressed enough with the staff he plans on taking a visit to campus soon.
Uzan has noted the Sooners “showed how bad they really want me. I have seen their roster and they do not really have a point guard. I know I can come down and play right away from them.” While Oklahoma’s incoming recruiting class does have some talented guards in it, Moser’s track record of using guards at a high rate provides optimism for all parties involved to thrive together. The only hesitation in not having the Sooners higher are Uzan’s prior statements indicating he wants to play on the West Coast.