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Gill-Caesar knows his decision day is nearing

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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. – Montaque Gill-Caesar knows he’s going to have to make a decision in the next couple of weeks.

The Huntington Prep standout has been thinking about reclassifying to 2014 for nearly a year, and that choice would mean he’d be playing college basketball this coming season.

If that’s what he wants to do, he’ll need to pick a school and enroll in the very near future. He’s been getting questions about it for months, but he claims he’s no closer to a decision.

“I’m not trying to focus on it right now,” Gill-Caesar told the Herald-Leader. “I’ve just pushed it aside and focused on what’s in the present.”


The 6-foot-5 small forward from Toronto played his final AAU game with the CIA Bounce program Saturday at Peach Jam. The next step is to return home to Canada and talk over his future with his family.

The most popular prediction is that Gill-Caesar will end up at Missouri for the 2014-15 season, and there’s a very clear reason why.

New Tigers coach Kim Anderson recently hired former Huntington Prep coach Rob Fulford to round out his team of assistants. Fulford was the man who brought Gill-Caesar to West Virginia and coached him the past two years.

Three weeks ago, he hosted his former player in Columbia for an official visit.

“It was cool,” Gill-Caesar said. “I liked the fan base; it’s a basketball town. I liked the new coach, Kim Anderson. He’s from Mizzou so the town really respects him.

“He seems very level-headed. He’s very calm. He looks like he trusts his players.”

Gill-Caesar also used the word “trust” several times to describe his relationship with Fulford, both on and off the court. The Missouri assistant arrived at Peach Jam on Friday night, and he made sure to be at Gill-Caesar’s game during that session.

Anderson was front and center for his entire contest Friday morning.

Kentucky – a school that has been recruiting him for nearly two years – is apparently no longer in the picture. He said he hasn’t heard from anyone on the Wildcats’ staff in a while, so even if he stays in the class of 2015 it seems unlikely he’ll end up in Lexington.

Fulford told him throughout the season that he was ready for college. Gill-Caesar turned 18 in January and has long been considered a top-50 recruit.

But he openly acknowledges – as do those around him — that he’s been struggling with a decision. When asked if it would be made “in the next month or so,” he replied: “Possibly.”

When it was pointed out that college enrollment dates meant time was getting near for the decision, whether he liked it or not, Gill-Caesar showed a little grin.

“Yeah, I guess I’m going to have to,” he said.

Montaque Gill Caesar

Scout.com Class of 2014 Rankings
1 Jahlil Okafor, C Duke
2 Emmanuel Mudiay, G SMU
3 Stanley Johnson, F Arizona
4 Karl-Anthony Towns, C Kentucky
5 Myles Turner, C Texas
6 Cliff Alexander, C Kansas
7 Kelly Oubre, F Kansas
8 Rashad Vaughn, G UNLV
9 Tyus Jones, G Duke
10 Justin Jackson, F North Carolina
11 Trey Lyles, F Kentucky
12 Justise Winslow, F Duke
13 D'Angelo Russell, G Ohio State
14 Isaiah Whitehead, G Seton Hall
15 Kevon Looney, F UCLA
16 Devin Robinson, F Florida
17 Thomas Welsh, C UCLA
18 Chris McCullough, F Syracuse
19 Theo Pinson, F North Carolina
20 Tyler Ulis, G Kentucky
21 Daniel Hamilton, F UConn
22 Grayson Allen, G Duke
23 Kameron Chatman, F Michigan
24 Keita Bates-Diop, F Ohio State
25 Jonah Bolden, F UCLA


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Scout.com Class of 2015 Rankings
1 Diamond Stone, C Uncommitted
2 Ben Simmons, F LSU
3 Ivan Rabb, F Uncommitted
4 Jaylen Brown, F Uncommitted
5 Cheick Diallo, C Uncommitted
6 Malik Newman, G Uncommitted
7 Henry Ellenson, C Uncommitted
8 Stephen Zimmerman, C Uncommitted
9 Chase Jeter, C Uncommitted
10 Skal Labissiere, F/C Uncommitted
11 Carlton Bragg, F Uncommitted
12 Caleb Swanigan, C Uncommitted
13 Elijah Thomas, C Uncommitted
14 Justin Simon, G Arizona
15 Allonzo Trier, G Uncommitted
16 Isaiah Briscoe, G Uncommitted
17 Jalen Brunson, G Uncommitted
18 Deng Adel, F Uncommitted
19 Luke Kennard, G Duke
20 Antonio Blakeney, G Uncommitted
21 Chance Comanche, C Uncommitted
22 Ray Smith, F Arizona
23 Thomas Bryant, F Uncommitted
24 Malachi Richardson, F Syracuse
25 Tyler Dorsey, G Uncommitted


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