Coming off his weekend visit to UNC, 2022 SF Tyler Nickel has picked up a flurry of UNC predictions. Nickel has also cancelled his planned visit to Iowa for this coming weekend and will instead announce his pick tomorrow afternoon. The only other school he has visited in Va Tech. His other finalists are Butler and LSU but I think we can all see where this is headed. I'll give you three guesses where this kid if going and the first two don't count.
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Nickel is a 6-8, 210 small forward with nice outside touch who is not afraid to mix it up on the interior. He's a decent passer too, meaning Nickel can drop some dimes (sorry, I could not resist). 247 ranks Nickel as a 4-star prospect, the #80 recruit in the class.
If he does as expected and picks the Heels, Nickel would be Carolina's 4th recruit in the class of 2022. They already have PG Seth Trimble (#37 ranked), C Jalen Washington (#31), and C Will Shaver (#136).
As you can see, Hubert is taking a very different tack from what Scheyer is doing in recruiting. Hubert seems to be loading up on a lot of 4-star kids who are likely to be multi-year players versus Duke's continued strategy of grabbing Burger Boys who look like future lottery picks. Will be interesting to see how this all plays out as the two new coaches steer their ships over the next several seasons.