Tyus Battle

Tyus Battle
Personal information
Born (1997-09-23) September 23, 1997
Wayne, New Jersey
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Saint Joseph High School
(Edison, New Jersey)
Position Shooting guard
Medals
Men's basketball
Competitor for the  United States
FIBA U17 World Championship
2014 Dubai National team

Tyus Battle (born September 23, 1997) is an American high school basketball player due to graduate in 2016. He earned a gold medal with USA Basketball at the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. A prospective target of many college basketball recruiters, he committed to the 2016–17 Michigan Wolverines in May 2015, but reopened his recruitment in June and committed to Syracuse in July.

Early life

A native of the Edison/Gladstone, New Jersey area,[1][2] Battle first became a nationally ranked basketball player in sixth grade.[3] He played for Gill St. Bernard's School freshman, sophomore, and junior year but then transferred to Saint Joseph(Metuchen) High School to follow in the footsteps of former standouts of the school Jay Williams and Karl-Anthony Towns. Tyus has earned high rankings among the national class of 2016.[4] Although he endured a wrist injury during the season,[5] Battle had averaged 22.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2 steals per game as a 2013–14 sophomore.[6] As a junior, Battle missed the first six weeks of the season with a foot injury after being named the Somerset County, New Jersey player of the year as a sophomore. He returned to the lineup at the end of January 2015.[7] He only appeared in 9 games during his junior season, as a result.[8] His average fell to 16.9 points in his limited junior campaign.[6]

Michigan made Battle a scholarship offer in June 2014.[9] Kentucky head coach John Calipari visited Battle on Halloween 2014.[10] After receiving 24 scholarship offers, Battle narrowed his list of schools to 11 on November 3, 2014, via Twitter: Connecticut, Syracuse, Duke, Ohio State, Louisville, Florida, Kentucky, Miami, Villanova, Virginia, and Michigan.[10] He narrowed his list of candidate schools to seven on February 23, 2015: Connecticut, Syracuse, Duke, Ohio State, Louisville, Michigan, and Notre Dame.[11] Michigan head coach John Beilein visited Battle in New Jersey in February 2015.[6] Battle took official visits to Duke and Louisville in April 2015 before visiting Michigan and had planned to visit Syracuse in late May 2015.[12] Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim had an in-home visit with Battle.[6] Battle had also visited a Michigan camp during the summer of 2014.[6]

At the time of his May 11, 2015 verbal commitment, he ranked no. 14 as a 5-star member of the ESPN 60 for the class of 2016.[4] He was also ranked no. 14 by Rivals.com,[1] no. 10 by Scout.com,[13] and no. 12 by 247Sports.com.[14] He was the no. 4 shooting guard in the class according to 247Sports.[2] Battle had taken his official visit at Michigan on May 7.[15] At the time of his signing, Michigan had the top 2016 recruiting class with Battle and a pair of 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m) centers (Jon Teske and Austin Davis).[16] Although at the time of Battle's signing, the entire set of scholarships for the class of 2016 seemed to be allocated,[17] some sources reported that Michigan was expected to continue to lure point guards like Cassius Winston and Devearl Ramsey to play with Battle.[16][18] Battle was Michigan's most highly regarded commitment since Mitch McGary,[18] who committed to Michigan in 2011.[19][20][21] On June 19, Battle decommitted from Michigan and scheduled an official visit to Syracuse.[22] On July 13, he committed to Syracuse.[23]

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tyus Battle
SG		 Edison, NJ Saint Joseph High School(Metuchen) (NJ) 6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m) 185 lb (84 kg) May 11, 2015 
Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 10, 4 (SG), 1 (NJ)   Rivals: 14, 8 (G), 1 (NJ)  ESPN: 14, 4 (SG), 1 (NJ)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

International play

In 2013, Battle was cut early in the process of determining the United States team for the 2013 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship. However, he was one of three players selected to the 12-man team for the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship that had not been named to Team USA the year before.[24] Three seconds before the end of the first period, Battle scored the basket that put USA Basketball ahead for good in the U17 championship game against Australia as Team USA went on to win the gold medal.[25] On June 2, 2015, Battle was announced as an attendee at the 24-man June 12–26, 2015, USA Basketball Men's U19 World Championship Team training camp to select the 12-man roster for the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.[26] However, on the eve of the training camp, Battle announced that the effects of injuries that limited his junior season would keep him from trying out for the team.[27] Thus, he was not among the 21 players who attended the training camp on June 12.[28]

Personal

Battle is the son of Daniella and Gary Battle. Gary was an All-American at University of New Haven (of the Division II New England Collegiate Conference) and his stepmother (Tanya Battle, née Wood) played basketball at the University of Miami.[29] His brother is Khalif Battle, who also attends St. Joseph's, and his sister is GiGi Gibbons.[29]

References

  1. 1 2 Dauser, Rob (2015-05-11). "Michigan lands commitment from top 15 recruit Tyus Battle". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  2. 1 2 Chiari, Mike (2015-05-11). "Tyus Battle to Michigan: Wolverines Land 5-Star SG Prospect". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  3. ↑ Wiedeman, Reeves (2014-07-30). "In Search of the Next Andrew Wiggins". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  4. 1 2 Borzello, Jeff (2015-05-11). "Tyus Battle commits to Michigan". ESPN. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  5. ↑ Schneider, Jeremy (2014-02-03). "Boys Basketball: With Tyus Battle sidelined, Gill St. Bernard's battles against St. Peter's". NJ.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Quinn, Brendan F. (2015-05-11). "Five-star surprise: Michigan lands major coup as 2016 guard Tyus Battle commits to Wolverines". MLive.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  7. ↑ Schneider, Jeremy (2015-01-30). "Boys Basketball: Tyus Battle to make season debut for Gill St. Bernard's on Saturday against Ridge". NJ.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  8. ↑ Schneider, Jeremy (2015-05-11). "Boys Basketball: Gill St. Bernard's guard Tyus Battle commits to Michigan". NJ.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  9. ↑ Quinn, Brendan F. (2014-07-31). "Michigan target Tyus Battle lands on U.S. U17 team, other basketball recruiting notes". MLive.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  10. 1 2 Landis, Bill (2014-11-03). "Five-star 2016 SG Tyus Battle trims college list to 11, includes Ohio State: Buckeyes recruiting". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  11. ↑ Phillips, Scott (2015-02-23). "Elite five-star Class of 2016 shooting guard cuts his list to seven". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  12. ↑ Waters, Mike (2015-05-05). "2016 recruiting target Tyus Battle schedules official visit to Syracuse". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  13. ↑ Daniels, Evan (2015-05-11). "Tyus Battle Commits To Michigan". Scout.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  14. ↑ Norlander, Matt (2015-05-11). "Michigan lands 2016 five-star talent Tyus Battle". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  15. ↑ Thomas, Colleen (2015-05-11). "Five-star guard Tyus Battle commits to Michigan". Sporting News. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  16. 1 2 Lorenz, Steve (2015-05-11). "Wolverines Currently Have Top 2016 Class". 247Sports.com. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  17. ↑ Manzullo, Brian and By Perry A. Farrell (2015-05-11). "U-M gets commitment from 5-star guard Tyus Battle". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  18. 1 2 Beard, Rod (2015-05-11). "Five-star Tyus Battle a 'huge get' for Michigan". Detroit News. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  19. ↑ "Brewster's Mitch McGary chooses Michigan". ESPN. 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  20. ↑ Grimala, Mike (2011-11-03). "McGary commits to Michigan". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  21. ↑ Jordan, Jason (2011-11-03). "Mitch McGary commits to Michigan". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-11-18.
  22. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (2015-06-19). "Tyus Battle decommits from Michigan". ESPN. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  23. ↑ Goodman, Jeff and Jeff Borzello (2015-07-13). "Tyus Battle commits to Syracuse". ESPN. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
  24. ↑ "Tyus Battle: Anxious To Embark On First USA Basketball Experience". USA Basketball. 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  25. ↑ "USA U17 Men Hold Off Australia 99-92, Capture Third-Straight FIBA U17 World Championship Gold Medal". USA Basketball. 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  26. ↑ "2015 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Championship Team Training Camp Roster Features 24 Players". USA Basketball. 2015-06-02. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  27. ↑ Quinn, Brendan F. (2015-06-12). "Michigan commit Tyus Battle passes on USA U19 team invite, return to court remains on hold". MLive.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  28. ↑ "2015 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Championship Team Training Camp Roster Features 24 Players". USA Basketball. 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  29. 1 2 "Tyus Battle". USA Basketball. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
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