The St. John’s basketball coaching staff is highly pursing two Class of 2021 recruits after virtually meeting with them both over the last week.
A line is being drawn in the sand of who St. John’s truly wants on its 2021-22 basketball roster.
Mike Anderson and the rest of his coaching staff recently completed two virtual meetings with Class of 2021 prospects Jordan Riley and Franck Kepnang.
The first meeting was with Riley on Saturday, as first reported by the Twitter account ‘JohnniesNews‘, and the Brentwood, New York native has been a high priority for the Red Storm for quite a while.
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However, as Riley continues to emerge as a star at Brentwood High School, more colleges are taking notice as his recruitment heats up.
The 6-foot-3 guard has most recently picked up an offer from Wake Forest and new head coach Steve Forbes while seeing offers from Kansas State, Pittsburgh, and Georgetown come in over the last couple of weeks.
Riley is also holding offers from Rutgers, Seton Hall, and Virginia Tech.
As for Franck Kepnang, St. John’s has much more stiff competition for then Cameroon native as the four-star prospect holds offers from Kansas, Maryland, Georgetown, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, UCLA, and many others.
Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog reported that Kepnang recently had a virtual meeting with St. John’s, Ohio State, and Pittsburgh while he will meet with Miami on Thursday.
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Kepnang is the No. 25 overall recruit in the Class of 2021, and the No. 6 center, according to the 247 Sports Composite Rankings.
The 6-foot-11 standout for Westtown High School (PA) and the PSA Cardinals recently broke down his recruitment to Eric Bossi of Rivals and went into detail on how he will be handing his recruitment as well as the unofficial visits he took to Georgetown, Maryland, and St. John’s.
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On paper the Red Storm will be losing LJ Figueroa and Rasheem Dunn after the 2020-21 season so head coach Mike Anderson will be looking to fill those roles with some more big time playmakers in Queens.
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Neither Jordan Riley nor Franck Kepnang has given a target date when to expect a decision or a top list of their schools.