Four-star prospect Alex Tchifou committed to the Alabama Crimson Tide over the St. John’s basketball program and others on Sunday afternoon.
The expectation became a reality on Sunday afternoon as four-star prospect Alex Tchifou committed to the Alabama Crimson Tide over St. John’s and others.
Tchifou announced earlier in the week that he would reclassify from the Class of 2021 into the Class of 2020 and named a Top-9 of Oregon, Alabama, St. Mary’s, Mississippi State, Arizona, Southern California, Florida State, Illinois, and St. John’s.
Listed as a 6-foot-11 forward, Tchikou stars at Dream City Christian and included the Red Storm in his final list of schools days before his teammate, Arthur Kaluma dropped the Johnnies from his group of finalists.
Alex Tchifou is ranked as the No. 58 prospect in the Class of 2020 as well as being the No. 11 power forward and No. 4 player in the state of Arizona, according to the 247 Sports Composite Rankings.
Tchikou made the announcement via a statement on his Twitter page.
https://twitter.com/tcalex0/status/1279852584195383296?s=20
St. John’s head coach Mike Anderson and his staff held a virtual meeting with Tchikou approximately a week ago but to no avail as many expected and predicted the Nevada native to land in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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St. John’s offered Tchikou, who is originally from Paris, France, back on April 15.
The Red Storm still have one open scholarship that was created by the surprising transfer of rising senior wing LJ Figueroa who recently committed to the Oregon Ducks.
Mike Anderson will bring in a five-man recruiting class headlined by JUCO All-American Vince Cole and Our Savior Lutheran star Posh Alexander and his teammate Dylan Wusu.
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St. John’s also will bring in JUCO star Isaih Moore and George Washington graduate transfer Arnoldo Toro.
The recruiting class is ranked as the No. 78 best in the country and No. 7 in the Big East by 247 Sports.