Chris Dokish over at Panther Rants posted about a possible verbal commitment from a basketball player visiting the ‘Burgh this weekend. According to the article, he is great as a one-on-one player with the ball who posses great athleticism and he has great size too (6’ 5″ 220 lbs). Did I mention he’s a high school sophomore?

Terrence Boyd sounds like the amazing go-to guy who can easily take over the game that we’ve always wanted. The top 20 sophomore from Oak Hill Academy in Virginia is visiting the city with his mother and coach, and although his verbal isn’t binding at this point it sounds like he loves Pitt.

“I try to watch all of their games,” says Boyd, “and when I can’t, I go on ESPN to watch their highlights and say ‘how did my team do?'”

“They love their basketball there,” Boyd goes on to say. “You can really tell it’s a basketball area. I mean, it’s a lot about football there, too, but it’s really a basketball area now, too, and maybe when I get there and some others, it will be even more of a basketball town.”

Boyd says that if he does commit to the Panthers, that will probably be it. “Unless something drastic happens,” Boyd says, “like the head coach leaving, but I don’t think that’s going to happen.”

His college career is still a long way from beginning and although I think it’s odd that 10th graders are getting recruited like this, it’s a part of the game now. Actually, after seeing some 7th grade football players making websites to assist their chances, maybe Boyd got a late start.