Malik Hairston, the nation’s No. 6-rated high-school basketball player according to rivals.com, is on Kansas University’s campus today for an official visit.
It’s Hairston’s third visit of the recruiting season.
Whether the 6-foot-5, 190-pound Detroit native makes a fourth visit is anybody’s guess.
“I’m really not sure,” the guard/forward told theinsiders.com prior to departing for Lawrence.
“I really don’t think it has hit me yet and just said, ‘This is where I need to be,”‘ added Hairston, who has visited Ohio State and UCLA and made unofficial trips to Michigan and Michigan State.
“I need to compare schools and then see if I need to make another visit somewhere else.”
Giles, the son of former KU players Chester Giles and Gail Goodwin, told the Seattle Times he had cut his list of schools to KU, Miami and Arizona.
The Jayhawks, he said, are strong favorites.
“If I like it,” Giles said of next weekend’s visit, “I might end up saying I want to go there.”
Giles, who has visited Miami, will head to Arizona Oct. 17.
Weight changes since last year include Christian Moody — who, at 6-8, 215, put on 10 pounds — and five players adding five pounds — Moulaye Niang, 6-9, 220; Jeff Hawkins, 5-11, 180; Bryant Nash, 6-7, 210; Keith Langford, 6-4, 210; and Stephen Vinson, 6-2, 190. Moody and Nash added an inch to their frames.