{"id":360376,"date":"2024-01-16T19:53:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T20:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=360376"},"modified":"2024-01-16T21:01:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T21:01:34","slug":"braylan-ritvos-hoophall-classic-performance-leading-to-a-recruitment-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=360376","title":{"rendered":"Braylan Ritvo&#039;s Hoophall Classic performance leading to a recruitment boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, Braylan Ritvo stole the show at the Hoophall Classic. He did so with a five-star guard as an opponent and a four-star forward teammate on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Ritvo&#8217;s 27 points (along with four rebounds and a block) keyed Archbishop Stepinac (White Plains, New York) in their 74-67 win over No. 11 Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, New Jersey).<\/p>\n<p>A three-star guard, Ritvo&#8217;s strong outing came on Sunday night on ESPN2. Don Bosco was led by five-star guard <a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/tag\/dylan-harper\">Dylan Harper<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/rutgerswire.usatoday.com\/\">Rutgers basketball<\/a> commit and a five-star recruit, who scored 22 points in the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, <a href=\"https:\/\/n.rivals.com\/content\/athletes\/braylan-ritvo-312577?view=pv\">Ritvo has offers from<\/a> Lincoln (Missouri), N.J.I.T. and Quinnipiac.<\/p>\n<p>He said that following his Sunday night performance, several new programs came into his recruitment including Bryant, Central Michigan, Colgate and Vermont. A total of 11 programs reached out following the game or re-started their contact with him.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I do think I opened eyes with my performance because I showed what I was able to do against nationally ranked teams and players,&#8221; Ritvo told USA TODAY High School Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And how effective I can be in these competitive games and environments on both ends of the floor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ritvo partnered with teammate Boogie Fland,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/xn--%3Cblockquote%20class=&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;%3E%3Cp%20lang=&quot;en&quot;%20dir=&quot;ltr&quot;%3Efinal:%20archbishop%20stepinac%20wins%20by%207%20over%20don%20bosco%20prep%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3Earchbishop%20stepinac-%2074%20%7C%20don%20bosco-%2067%3Cbr%3E-%3Ca%20href=&quot;https-gz263w\/\/twitter.com\/HoophallClassic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%22%3E@HoophallClassic%3C\/a%3E%20%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EStats%20Powered%20by%20%3Ca%20href=%22https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegitSportStats?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%22%3E@LegitSportStats%3C\/a%3E%20%F0%9F%93%8A%20%3Ca%20href=%22https:\/\/t.co\/xzPhT3qiaX%22%3Epic.twitter.com\/xzPhT3qiaX%3C\/a%3E%3C\/p%3E&amp;mdash;%20Legit%20Sport%20Stats%20(@LegitSportStats)%20%3Ca%20href=%22https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegitSportStats\/status\/1746687951495381340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%22%3EJanuary%2015,%202024%3C\/a%3E%3C\/blockquote%3E%20%3Cscript%20async%20src=%22https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js%22%20charset=%22utf-8%22%3E%3C\/script%3E\">a four-star guard in the 247Sports Composite,<\/a> who had 17 points on 6-of-15 shooting in the upset win.<\/p>\n<p>But it was Ritvo who performed well on both ends of the court who really stood out from the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;My recruitment is still fully open and I am in talks on planning visits right now to Cornell, Long Beach State and Lemoyne,&#8221; Ritvo said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do not have a timeline in signing right now. But I am hoping to sign once I see a school, check out their campus and program and (I) feel like it will be a perfect fit for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With the win, Archbishop Bishop Stepinac almost cracked t<a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/usa-today-high-school-sports-super-25-boys-basketball-rankings-week-of-jan-15-2024\">he USA TODAY High School Sports Super 25<\/a>. They are listed as a team &#8216;On the Rise.&#8217;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Huge statement, competing at the highest level versus a top 10 (caliber) team,&#8221; Ritvo said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And coming out with the win is always great. We also got a chance to show that our roster is battle-tested and that we can compete with anyone in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Braylan Ritvo is seeing his recruitment on the rise following a win against Don Bosco Prep.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=360376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360377,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360376\/revisions\/360377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=360376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=360376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=360376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}