Recruiting Report: Mekhi Biffle (2016)
The landscape is always changing in the world of recruiting and over the last few weeks it has also changed for Mekhi Biffle. The 6'1 Lawrence Central guard was looking at heading to Marian, the local NAIA school, next year.…
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Continue ReadingThe landscape is always changing in the world of recruiting and over the last few weeks it has also changed for Mekhi Biffle. The 6'1 Lawrence Central guard was looking at heading to Marian, the local NAIA school, next year. Now, he's backed off and opened things up.
The change is a combination of things. Lots of prospects like to get committed before the start of the high school season but sometimes that can be a quick decision. For Mekhi, he felt like he might have rushed things and has now taken a step back.
“Feel like I've rushed into my decision and hearing from some DI schools,” Biffle said of his position. “Just want to wait until after the season to commit.”
New schools are opening up new opportunities for him and during the dead part of the year like we are in, things don't always come as quick as you want them to. The new schools, as well as the old schools recruiting Biffle will use this time at the beginning of the season to evaluate and continue to recruit. Teams like Indiana Wesleyan, Southern Indiana, and Maryville will probably pick up where they left off before he committed to Marian.
They will be joined by some new schools this winter. DePaul, Texas Southern, and IUPUI have all been in contact with him recently and are in the mix. Biffle said he's going to take it slow but may look to take visits during the college season.
Right now, Mekhi and Lawrence Central look to get off to a better start than last year where they opened up with seven straight losses to begin the year. They got on track late and won six of their final seven and with basically the same team, they should have as much momentum as anyone else.
“I expect championships in every tourney we play in,” Biffle said. “Even a state title. Coming out of our Sectional will be hard but I feel that our teams competitiveness will be our success.”