Ron Holland, No. 10 recruit in ’23, stays residence, picks Texas

Texas has landed its first recruit for the category of 2023, and it’s a large one. Ron Holland, the No. 1 prospect within the state of Texas and the No. 10 general participant within the ESPN 100, is staying residence.

Holland, who additionally visited Arkansas and UCLA along with Texas, stated, “I can accomplish all my targets at residence.”

Holland has a behavior of successful. The 6-foot-8, 195-pound energy ahead has gained a number of state championships at Duncanville Excessive (Duncanville, Texas) and just lately gained his second medal on the U17 U.S. males’s basketball crew that gained gold in Spain.

Ultimately, it got here right down to his love for the state of Texas, his relationship with coach Chris Beard and the assets of the brand new state-of-the-art Moody Middle.

“I’ve grown up in Texas and I need to be loyal to my residence state,” Holland stated. “I’ve accomplished a number of successful within the state of Texas and plan to proceed these successful methods at The College of Texas with Coach Beard and his workers.”

In the course of the recruiting course of, Holland made a robust reference to Beard, not solely as a coach however as an individual.

“What makes Coach Beard particular is how locked in he’s together with his gamers,” Holland stated. “He needs his gamers to not solely be nice as basketball gamers however as males. He’s large on caring for others which exhibits rather a lot about his character, which means he’s keen to assist others it doesn’t matter what”

“On my go to every thing felt proper,” Holland stated. “I watched the crew observe and their particular person exercises. They had been intense and aggressive. That’s the manner I need to be coached. I imagine Coach Beard will probably be with me not solely through the good instances however throughout any adversity. The brand new Moody Middle offers you every thing you should succeed.”

This 12 months’s Longhorns crew options six seniors and Dillon Mitchell. A freshman, Mitchell completed No. 4 within the ESPN 100 and ought to be a one-and-done participant together with his lottery-type expertise. All of which implies Holland may have a direct probability to influence this system in 2023.

Holland is a real matchup headache on each ends as a result of he’s one of the best change defender in his class and might guard each place. Offensively, he possesses the scale and creating talent to influence each in and out.

Texas is probably not accomplished bringing in top-tier expertise. The Longhorns are nonetheless pursuing No. 24 Andrej Stojakovic, who will announce Monday, and No. 25 A.J. Johnson, who’s taking a look at Texas and LSU Tigers earlier than deciding his vacation spot in November.