AT THE MOMENT : 2025 PG JJ Mandaquit lands offer from Louisville basketball for ….
Pat Kelsey has been on the job for two weeks as the University of Louisville basketball coach.
He’s been focused on the now – trying to hire a staff and is scouring the transfer portal trying to put together a roster for next season. But now Kelsey and his staff are also starting to look ahead to the future recruiting efforts of the program as well.
Utah Prep 2025 point guard JJ Mandaquit confirmed on Thursday night via social media that he has landed a scholarship offer from Louisville. The 6-foot-1, 190-pound four-star prospect is the first public offer for a prospect in the high school ranks by Kelsey.
Mandaquit is a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, who has a bunch of USA Basketball experience and was solid in his season at Utah Prep in Herriman, Utah. He is ranked as the No. 54 player overall by 247Sports in the ’25 class and checks in at No. 49 in the 247Sports Composite Rankings.
Last summer, Mandaquit helped Team USA to the gold medal in the FIBA Americas U16 Championship. He was also a member of the USA Men’s U16 national team.
“There haven’t been many major developments in the 2025 class that I have seen thus far but one guy I think will get a bump while more notably seeing a big uptick in his recruitment is JJ Mandaquit.
We already have him roughly Top 50 but the recruitment hasn’t lived up to it but it is starting to after how he played at USA Basketball and the Border League. He’s proven himself to be one of the best floor generals in the class while also being a threat as a scorer, particularly in ball screens. The upside isn’t too exciting with Mandaquit, but he continues to prove how reliable and trustworthy he is on the ball to be a four-year player at the high major level.”
Louisville is the ninth offer on the board for Mandaquit, including Tennessee, Washington State, Hawaii, Utah, Utah State, San Diego State, and Santa Clara. He has had interest from Arizona, LSU, and UCLA among others.
247Sports national analyst Travis Branham called Mandaquit one of the biggest stock-risers during the early part of the high school season in the ’25 class.
