Andy Kennedy was emphatic earlier this week about how much The Pavilion would help recruiting, and it didn't take long for Ole Miss hoops to start reaping the rewards of the state-of-the-art new arena. Four-star forward Jatrious Smith has verbally committed to the Rebs, according to Evan Daniels of Scout, becoming the first member of AK's 2017 class.
Smith, a 6'4, 200-pound native of Florida who currently plays prep ball in Georgia, has also received offers from Georgia, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech and drawn interest form Georgetown, Maryland, N.C. State and Wake Forest. Ranked the No.