Handful of schools pushing hardest for Tevin Mack

The phone of Dreher standout Tevin Mack’s mother was kept busy Monday as she had conversations with three head coaches who badly want her son.

Paula Mack said Monday night she took phone calls earlier in the day from Shaka Smart of Texas, Mark Fox of Georgia and Bill Self of Kansas.

“They were all telling me how much they can use him and how much they need him,” Ms. Mack said. “They all want him. All three said how bad they needed him, especially Kansas. He (Self) said he needed a big scoring guard.”

UCLA also contacted Ms. Mack on Monday.

As of now, the Macks don’t have any plans to take visits, though they are thinking about riding over to Georgia. Ms. Mack said she did look into airline tickets to Kansas and Texas as well. She said there’s not been much contact between her and USC recently, and she hasn’t heard that much from Clemson either.

Tevin Mack’s 18th birthday is Friday, and his mother would like him to make a decision on that day, but she said he’s given her no indication he’ll be ready to make a decision by then.

Some other basketball notes:

▪ South Carolina has offered 2017 SF Kodye Pugh of Baltimore.

▪ Class of 2017 PG Quade Green from Philadelphia was offered by USC.

This story was originally published April 28, 2015 at 10:41 AM with the headline "Handful of schools pushing hardest for Tevin Mack."