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Dior Johnson Teases Commitment Decision

An elite guard that put Pitt in his top three last night hinted at where he's leaning ahead of an official commitment.
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Dior Johnson Teases Commitment Decision
Dior Johnson Teases Commitment Decision

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PITTSBURGH -- All eyes are on Dior Johnson, one of the few elite and uncommitted 2022 basketball recruits and the Pitt Panthers, who landed on a list of top-three schools that the four-star guard revealed Sunday night, are following his decision closely. 

Various reports from national recruiting insiders claim that Johnson is going to announce his decision today but on Monday afternoon, he teased where he's leaning. Johnson replied to a Tweet from a Syracuse fan who said the Orange and Oregon, who Johnson decommitted from earlier in his high school career, "dodged a bullet". 

Mississippi State and Washington State made up the other two-thirds of Johnson's top three and neither of them are scheduled to visit the Carrier Dome this coming season. Pitt, however, has played a home-and-home series with Syracuse every season since the 2013-14 campaign. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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