Huc Gives Princeton Two Early Commitments
New Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson has already made inroads into the New England prep school scene in his early recruiting work. Most recently, he got a verbal commitment from Max Huc, a 6’2″ point guard at Wolfeboro (NH) Brewster Academy earlier in the week.
Huc took an official visit to the school last weekend and liked it enough to make the commitment about as soon as he was back in Wolfeboro. He also had interest from Columbia, American, Dartmouth and New Hampshire. Huc is a native of Rosemont, Pennsylvania, which is just down the road from Villanova and about an hour from Princeton, so he won’t be playing far from home.
Huc is one of three future Division I point guards at Brewster Academy this year. He will likely back up Ohio State-bound Anthony Crater at the point and Xavier-bound Mark Lyons, although Lyons could see time at shooting guard as well since he can score the ball.
Johnson now has two players from prep schools in New Hampshire committed for next year. Almost a month earlier, Patrick Saunders, a 6’7″ wing at New Hampton Prep, pledged for the school. As was the case with Huc, several fellow Ivy League schools were recruiting Saunders, so Johnson has scored a couple of early victories in recruiting before coaching a single game. For good measure, Saunders also had scholarship offers from programs in conferences like the Atlantic 10.
The Tigers have had a rough go of it the last few years, capped off by last season’s last-place finish in the Ivy League. Johnson, one of the program’s great players in the 1990s, is hoping to restore the program to the success it has enjoyed for much of its existence. The combo of Saunders and Huc gives the Tigers two perimeter players to build around for the future and gives Johnson a good start in getting good recruits to the storied program. With New England producing its fair share of future Ivy League players this year and likely to continue doing so in the future, this would appear to be a good sign for Princeton going forward as well.
