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UNC Basketball Recruiting Prize Coming to Nearby Showcase

Originally posted on North Carolina Tar Heels on SI
By Matt Giles | Last updated Nov 3, 2024 7:39 PM ET

The 2024 John Wall Holiday Invitational, taking place in Raleigh's Broughton High School, Dec. 26-30, recently released its full list of invited boys' teams. And that group just so happens to feature a player now on board to attend college 26 miles away in Chapel Hill, Davidson Day School (N.C.) four-star guard Isaiah Denis, who announced his UNC basketball commitment on Saturday.

Fittingly, Denis' Davidson Day squad is set to compete in the Day'Ron Sharpe Bracket, named after the 2020-21 UNC one-and-done and former Holiday Invitational standout.

(PART 1) The official Day’Ron Sharpe Bracket of the 2024 John Wall Holiday Invitational ⚡️#TheFutureIsNow #TheJohnWall pic.twitter.com/Ps6sTOyyXe
— Holiday Invitational (@JohnWallHoliday) October 31, 2024

With his pledge this weekend, the 6-foot-5, 175-pound Denis, checking in at No. 62 overall and No. 2 among North Carolina talents on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, joined the only previous 2025 UNC basketball commit in Gonzaga College High School (D.C.) four-star guard Derek Dixon.

Dixon and his school won't be at the Holiday Invitational.

However, a handful of potential Tar Heels will be on hand for the loaded prep event.

They include prime 2026 UNC basketball targets in Caldwell Academy (N.C.) four-star forward Cole Cloer and Reidsville High School (N.C.) four-star forward, also boasting a UNC football offer as the cycle's top-ranked tight end, plus a top-shelf 2027 prospect already popping up on Hubert Davis & Co's radar in The Burlington School (N.C.) guard King Gibson.

Nationally ranked programs, the #1 player in the country, and many more high-rated prospects, the future of basketball is coming to RALEIGH ⚡️Girls teams coming soon. #TheFutureIsNow #TheJohnWall pic.twitter.com/enj17LqnXN
— Holiday Invitational (@JohnWallHoliday) November 2, 2024