Miami Signed Its Two Highest-Rated Recruits in More Than 20 Years on the Same Day

I was excited when A’mire Gill committed. I’d have been thrilled if he were the only guard Miami signed at that level. Then I opened the signing-day announcement and saw Jaylen Gunther’s name right there with his.

According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Gill and Gunther are Miami’s two highest-rated signees by 247Sports Composite since at least 2003. Travis Steele signed both on November 11, along with Cronin and Scholl. All four are set to join Miami for 2027–28.

I had to read that twice. One player would’ve been the story. Miami signed both, then added a 6-foot-7 wing and a 6-foot-8 forward who can shoot.

The four signees are on the Basketball Recruiting Board.

The Backcourt Is the Headline for a Reason

Gunther averaged nearly 30 points a game as a junior and still handed out six assists. I’m already looking forward to seeing what he does when a second defender comes over and Gill is the guy waiting on the other side. Steele said Miami had recruited Gunther since his freshman year. That’s a long time to stay on a player who went on to become his high school’s all-time leading scorer.

Gill is the higher-rated of the two, at .9217 to Gunther’s .9177. He won a state championship at Princeton and was named the state tournament MVP before transferring to Master's Academy International. At 6-foot-3, he gives Miami another creator with the size to play alongside a smaller guard. I want to see what the offense looks like when either one can start the possession and the other can finish it.

Don’t Skip Past Cronin and Scholl

Cronin’s four assists per game are the part of his stat line I keep coming back to. A 6-foot-7 wing who scores and rebounds is already useful. Give him the ball after a defense rotates toward Gunther or Gill, and he has a chance to make the next pass himself. That’s a much more interesting fit than just penciling him in as the tall guy next to two guards.

Scholl is the one I’ll be watching when Miami starts setting ball screens. Miami credits him with 45% from three and three blocks per game. The announcement doesn’t give a three-point attempt total, so I’m more interested in where and how often he shoots than in expecting him to carry that exact percentage into college. If a 6-foot-8 forward can screen for either of those guards and make his defender follow him out to the arc, where’s the help coming from?

What This Says About Miami

Last season, Miami gave people outside Oxford a reason to pay attention to the team on the floor. Signing day gave them a reason to pay attention to who’s coming next. What gets me about this class is that I can picture how the four players might fit together without looking up a single star rating. The ratings just tell you how unusual it is for Miami to get this opportunity in the first place.