Pitt Basketball Recruiting: Panthers Now in Five Top-School Lists

College basketball recruits all over the country tend to use this time between AAU ball in the summer and the high-school season beginning in the fall to take visits to college programs and narrow their recruiting lists.

Many prospects are currently doing so, including several players that Pitt is after.

Here are the lists that Pitt is currently on.

OMARI WITHERSPOON – TOP TEN

On Monday, Witherspoon included the Panthers in his top ten list just one week after receiving an offer from the program. Witherspoon is a 6-foot-4 guard.

He is down to the following schools: Pitt, Clemson, Butler, George Mason, Vanderbilt, Maryland, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Xavier.

DAVION HANNAH – TOP NINE

Pitt, Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Louisville, NC State, Cincinnati and Xavier are in the mix with Hannah, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard/wing prospect out of Wisconsin. He will take an official visit to Pitt on Oct. 19.

CJ INGRAM – TOP TEN

Pitt, Kansas, Michigan, Texas A&M, Florida, Oklahoma, Georgia, Vanderbilt, Georgetown and Mississippi State are in the mix for Ingram. He is an ultra-athletic 6-foot-6 guard.

AMARI EVANS – TOP TEN

Evans, the Pittsburgh native, is considering Pitt, Mississippi State, Georgetown, TCU, Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Villanova, Tennessee, Illinois, and Xavier. On3’s Joe Tipton also reported that Evans has scheduled four new official visits: Tennessee, Ole Miss, TCU, and Xavier. He has already taken an official trip to Pitt.

MELEEK THOMAS – TOP SEVEN

Thomas cut his list to the following schools: UConn, Kansas, Alabama, Pitt, Auburn, Kansas State, and Arkansas. The Pittsburgh native and five-star prospect now plays for Overtime Elite.

MORE RECRUITING NEWS

In addition to this group, the Panthers are also in on Derek Dixon and Isaiah Denis, among others. Dixon took an official visit to the program this past spring and recapped his time in the Steel City on The Pittsburgh Basketball Show here. 

Denis will take an official visit to Pitt starting on Aug. 30 through Sept. 1.

Check out the Pitt basketball 2025 recruiting board for all of your Pitt basketball recruiting information.

Check it out here or at the link below.

Check out the latest episode of The Pittsburgh Basketball Show on PSN, in which I break down each of the five prospects and talk recruiting.