The basketball signing window opened today and stays open until Nov. 20. Here's who Southern Miss might sign (along with some notes after watching tape/looking over numbers.)
LJ Hackman | Guard | 6-3, 200 lb. | Jones College
With Alvarez and Curbelo in their final year of eligibility, Hackman will be looked to potentially fill the hole left by their absence in 2025-26. He’s a skilled ball handler with the ability to score on his own, but is similar to the aforementioned pair in that he’s not going to be a volume or high percentage three-point shooter.
He was one of the Bobcats’ best his freshman year, averaging 13.2 ppg and 3.8 assists (led the team) and participated in the All-American JUCO Showcase Invitational after last season. Through the first four games of the 2024-25 season in Ellisville, he’s averaged 19 points a game.
Tylik Weeks | Forward | 6-7, 235 lb | Southwest CC
Weeks projects similarly to a Denijay Harris-type (who also started his career at Southwest CC) in physicality and style. If he continues his scoring trajectory, he’s likely a bit more polished than Harris was when he got to Hattiesburg.
Weeks has put some skill from 12 feet and in on tape, as well as an ability to be a volume rebounder and rim defender. He was named a Fab 50 Freshman in the JUCO ranks after his freshman campaign and will be expected to contribute immediately if he signs.
Thiago Sucatzky | Point Guard | 5-11, 190 lb. | Divine Savior Academy (Doral, FL)
Sucatzsky fits the bill of the talented foreign guard reeled in via the Cardona connection. The Argentinian has averaged around 20 points per game in his junior season last year and the beginning of his senior campaign.
Sucatzsky shows excellent ball skills and vision on his high school tape, along with an ability to shoot from deep. But it’s hard to gauge whether he could contribute early in his career due to a lack of size.
Gael Yogev Dalmau Torresola | 6-7, 190 lb. | Prestige Worldwide Sports Academy (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Another international/south Florida prospect, Dalmau looks to be more of a project than anything. But he’s turned heads on the AAU circuit for his raw skill, and he shows some decent range and capacity to finish at the rim looking at his tape.
The good thing about raw, potentially high-ceiling international prospects like Dalmau and Sucatzsky is that they often have a stronger fundamental base of development than other similar players who have grown up in the U.S. circuit.
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