Greg McDermott and his coaching staff broke the seal with the class of 2024 when Ty Davis verbally committed to Creighton on Monday afternoon. Davis announced his decision on Instagram at noon, choosing the Bluejays over his two other finalists in Oregon and Northwestern.
The point guard from Birmingham, Alabama has received a surge in attention after an impressive showing on the Under Armour circuit for his Pro One AAU team. Listed at 6-foot-5 and between 165-175 pounds, 247Sports recently rated him as a 3-star prospect and ranked him as their 25th-best combo guard for 2024. In his recently completed junior season at Mountain Brook High School, Davis averaged 18.2 points, 6.0 assists, and 4.6 rebounds while shooting 37% from 3-point range. For his junior year performance, he was named a finalist for the 2023 Class 6A Player of the Year award by the Alabama Sports Writers Association, along with earning ASWA Class 6A First Team All-State and First Team All-Birmingham honors while playing for his father, Tyler.
He held scholarship offers from 17 Division 1 programs prior to committing to Creighton. His most recent wave of offers after standing out on the Under Armour circuit this spring came from Belmont, Loyola-Chicago, Murray State, Richmond, Marshall, Northwestern, Oregon, Creighton, and Davidson. He took official visits to Oregon in mid-May, Creighton during the opening weekend of the Men’s College World Series, and Northwestern a few days after leaving Omaha before making his decision.
As for the tools, he’s listed as a point guard, but his size and scoring ability are going to land him on a lot of combo guards lists for the class of 2024. He has incredible range for someone his age and his makes are clean thanks to a quick release and repeatable rotation and mechanics. He’s dangerous with the ball in his right or left hand. This is normally associated with finishing around the basket, which is present in his game, but the really impressive component of his ambidextrous abilities comes in his passing. He processes the action in front of him quickly and can deliver the ball accurately and on time with either hand.