{"id":21628,"date":"2025-07-19T14:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21628\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T14:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:24:16","slug":"updated-2027-rivals-150-basketball-recruiting-ranking-released-tar-heel-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21628\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated 2027 Rivals 150 basketball recruiting ranking released &#8211; Tar Heel Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nPosted Jul 19, 2025<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThis is the third update of the 2027 On3 ranking, and the first of a full 150 names. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/recruitprofile2595.aspx\" title=\"Bruce Branch III Recruiting Profile\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Branch III<\/a>, a 6-foot-7 small forward who recently announced his transfer to Fort Lauderdale (FL) Prolific Prep. Obinna Ekezie, who previously held serve at No. 1, fell to No. 2 in this update. With Branch, you see the physical tools. Someone who has plus size with good length.&#13;<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/news\/spring-travel-ball-and-scholastic-live-periods-lead-to-another-2027-rivals-150-ranking-update\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On3.com<\/a>)&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/college-basketball-recruiting.aspx\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Basketball Recruiting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article159932.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri lands No. 5-ranked Jason Crowe Jr.<\/a><br \/>Jason Crowe Jr., the No. 5 overall recruit in the 2026 class, has committed to the Missouri Tigers. Crowe Jr. is the second-highest ranked recruit&#8230;<br \/>Fri Jul 18, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article159928.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia Basketball signs Belgian forward Thijs De Ridder<\/a><br \/>Virginia basketball has signed 22-year-old Belgian power forward Thijs De Ridder. He is still awaiting clearance from the NCAA to play this season. The 6-foot-8&#8230;<br \/>Fri Jul 18, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article159920.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peach Jam: Live period coaches watch<\/a><br \/>4-Star SG Bryson Howard (Rivals No. 34): UNC\u2019s Hubert Davis, Kentucky\u2019s Mark Pope Tennessee\u2019s Rick Barnes, Houston\u2019s Kelvin Sampson UConn\u2019s Dan Hurley, Texas\u2019s Sean Miller&#8230;<br \/>Fri Jul 18, 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarheeltimes.com\/article159905.aspx\" class=\"ArticleLink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College hoops recruiting: Coaches weigh in on NCAA Tournament size, intel on top prospects and more<\/a><br \/>Coaches and NBA scouts I spoke to agree across the board: When compared to the five-star depth from 2024, 2025 and what&#8217;s percolating in 2027,&#8230;<br \/>Thu Jul 17, 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/C352F9EF-A887-4C83-B29E-D18183456124.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Updated 2027 Rivals 150 basketball recruiting ranking released\" title=\"Updated 2027 Rivals 150 basketball recruiting ranking released\" onerror=\"this.style.display = 'none'\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0; overflow:hidden;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Posted Jul 19, 2025&#13; This is the third update of the 2027 On3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[402,398,400,401,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-21628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-basketball","11":"tag-ncaabasketball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}