Dexter Akanno Commits To Marquette

On Thursday afternoon, we got our first major recruiting news for Marquette men’s basketball and their 2019 recruiting class. Dexter Akanno, a California native that is attending Blair Academy this year, made a verbal commitment to play for MU and announced that commitment on Instagram.

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Marquette officially made a scholarship offer to the 6’4”, 200 pound guard back in late July, and he recently made a visit to Milwaukee to see things for himself. Virginia Tech had recently made an offer as well, and it seemed like other high major programs were starting to circle. Akanno had been drawing attention from Ivy League…