Detroit guard Antoine Davis was able to hit the road last week to begin his visits and after his first three trips, the high-scoring guard released his top group.
Davis announced a top five of BYU, Detroit, Georgetown, Kansas, Maryland on Sunday afternoon. Davis first unofficially visited Maryland last Wednesday where the staff pitched the need for a scoring guard as head coach Kevin Willard and company look to stabilize the backcourt. Davis stayed local and made the 40-minute trip to Georgetown the following day before returning to Kansas State beginning Friday. His trip to Manhattan, Kansas extended into Saturday and up next, Davis will unofficially visit BYU this week in what’s expected to be the final trip prior to a decision.
The option to return back to Detroit led by his dad, head coach Mike Davis, is an intriguing one but one of the top portal guards will have a chance to make the jump on a larger stage.
Davis already sits 22nd all-time in NCAA history with 2,734 career points and has averaged at least 20 points per game throughout his college career, averaging 26.1 ppg as a freshman, 24.3 as a sophomore, 24.0 as a junior and 23.9 last year as a senior. He also shot 36.4% from deep through his four years at Detroit and should he play elsewhere, would end his Detroit Mercy career with a 40.6% career field goal percentage.
After hitting the transfer portal in mid-April, Davis admitted that NIL played a big hand in his decision to explore his options for the upcoming 2022-23 season.
"If I wasn't his coach, I would tell him to do exactly what he did," Mike Davis previously told The News. "You have a chance to make a half-million to a million dollars in NIL, and you put that money in the bank and you don't spend it ... let it sit for 10 years, that's pretty impressive.”
Davis is far from the only portal guard that Maryland has hosted so far. Former Charlotte guard Jahmir Young unofficially visited Maryland earlier this month before taking trips to Miami and Georgetown, but with him focused on the 2022 NBA Draft, a final decision isn’t expected for a few more weeks. Former South Carolina guard Jermaine Couisnard will officially visit Gonzaga this week while Oregon still looms in his recruitment.
Meanwhile, former Duquesne guard Amir “Primo” Spears will officially visit Maryland beginning on Monday as head coach Kevin Willard and company look to fill the remaining five vacant scholarships.