re: Arkansas Basketball 2024 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread **TR F Adou Thiero Commits**

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CALIPARI STILL MAKING THE BOOZER TWINS A PRIORITY

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John Calipari has a new office in a new town and wears a new color shirt when he’s on the road recruiting. His strategy and recruiting board seems pretty much unchanged, however, as 2025 five-star Cameron Boozer says the former Kentucky head coach wasted no time reaching out to him once he got settled in as the next head coach of Arkansas.

“Cal called me the other day.” Boozer said on Friday. “He told me that he’s the same coach just moving headquarters. He still wants to recruit us.

“He said it’s like when a big company moved to a new location, that’s the same thing he did.”

Cam Boozer and his twin brother Cayden Boozer, a four-star guard, will now consider Arkansas as the relationship they have with Calipari and members of his Razorbacks staff seem to be as strong as ever and it seems as though the duo is listening to the Arkansas pitch.

Will there be a visit? Well, that seems a bit unclear for the time being … mostly because Cameron Boozer decided to get cryptic when asked about his upcoming visit plans.

“I’m going to take one more visit during the spring and then I’ll be done,” he said.

Asked what the destination for that one final visit will be, and the 6-foot-9 forward flashed a knowing grin before playing coy.

“Ummmm … you’ll see,” he responded.

According to Boozer, the schools most involved in his process are Miami, Duke, Florida, North Carolina and Arkansas. He’s already visited the Hurricanes, Blue Devils and Gators, leaving the Tar Heels and Razorbacks as the most likely recipients of his upcoming trip.

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ACUFF ELIMINATES KENTUCKY, WILL NOW CONSIDER ARKANSAS AMONG OTHERS

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Five-star guard Darius Acuff has been through the ringer this offseason, as two of his assumed frontrunners, Kentucky and Michigan, underwent coaching changes and forced him to reevaluate his process.

On Friday, Acuff said he is no longer considering Kentucky under its new regime, but had a very different response when asked about the new staff at Michigan.

“I talked to Dusty May,” Acuff said. “It’s a great staff at a great school and I’m definitely still looking at Michigan. It’s going to be a process to rebuild the relationship but I’m interested in doing it. That’s Michigan. That’s my hometown school. I grew up rooting for them always.”

Acuff added that John Calipari has been in contact with him since taking over at Arkansas and that he already plans for an official visit to Fayetteville on May 10.

“I’ve never been there but I know it’s a great school. I’m looking forward to getting there," he said. "Cal says it’s a great place and that he’s the same old Cal just at a new school. He told me it’s the same mission.”

Most recently, Acuff visited Kansas, where he said he was most impressed by head coach Bill Self, with whom he managed to form a quick and strong bond on the trip.

“The Kansas trip was great,” Acuff said. “It felt like I knew everyone already. Bill Self is a savage man. He’s a dog. I love Bill Self. He keeps it real with me about everything.”

According to Acuff, Michigan, Kansas, Arkansas. Houston, Rutgers, Texas and Georgia Tech are most involved in his recruitment. He’d ideally like to have a commitment on the books prior to his senior season this fall but says he has not placed a hard deadline on himself.

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FIVE-STAR MALEEK THOMAS EYEING FINAL ROUND OF VISITS

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It feels as though Maleek Thomas is one of the most well traveled prospects in the 2025 class. The five-star guard has already visited Pitt, Auburn, Penn State, Kentucky among others, and he intends to keep traveling right up until his commitment date.

Next up on the docket is a trio of official visits he intends to take prior to his senior season at Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Park High School.

“I want to go to take more official visits,” Thomas said on Saturday. “I’m going to take officials to UConn, Arkansas and Indiana.”

Thomas’ desire to visit Arkansas stems from the relationship he has with new Razorbacks head coach John Calipari, who has been recruiting him for years now. So while the legendary head coach has turned in his Kentucky Blue for Razorback Red, nothing has changed between Calipari and the five-star guard.

“He told me he has been recruiting me for as long as he has for a reason,” Thomas said “He says he wants me with him no matter where he is, and now it’s Arkansas.”

Thomas says he has not yet considered setting a timetable for a college decision, instead saying he’ll announce his choice “when God says it’s time.”

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