Tommy Lloyd and Arizona are about to find out whether the Wildcats can still land a headline-making prize in the 2027 class.
Adan Diggs, a 5-star shooting guard and top-10 overall recruit, will announce his college decision on Monday, Nov. 16, according to Joe Tipton of On3. The Arizona native is down to Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky and USC.
Diggs is a 6-foot-4 guard from Gilbert, Arizona, who plays at Millennium High School in Goodyear, the same school as current Arizona freshman Cameron Holmes. That connection matters here, because Holmes and Diggs are close, and Arizona is trying to use every edge it can while going head-to-head with some of the biggest names in the sport.
The Wildcats hosted Diggs for the Red-Blue Showcase, where he was on campus with big-man targets Darius Wabbington and Kamsi Awaka. Both of those recruits ended up elsewhere, with Wabbington committing to Indiana and Awaka choosing Florida. Since that visit, Diggs has also taken trips to Arkansas and Kentucky, while no known visit to USC has been reported.
On the court, Diggs has backed up the hype. The 6-foot-4 guard with a 6-foot-7 wingspan averaged 18.3 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.8 steals this summer on the Nike EYBL circuit. He showed off two-way versatility, a strong pull-up game, an improving outside shot and the kind of passing touch that could let him handle the ball at the next level.
For Arizona, this one carries extra weight because the 2027 recruiting board has not gone the way Lloyd would have wanted. The Wildcats have offered scholarships to seven players in the class, and six of them have already committed somewhere else. Wabbington and Awaka were among the priority names to go elsewhere, and Arizona has also missed on Asa Montgomery, who chose Duke; NaVorro Bowman, who picked UConn; Jason Gardner Jr., who committed to Auburn; and Cherif Millogo, who went to Kentucky on Wednesday.
Lloyd has built a strong recent track record on the recruiting trail, landing Holmes and 5-star Caleb Holt in 2026, Koa Peat and Brayden Burries in 2025, and Carter Bryant in 2024. Diggs would be the kind of answer Arizona needs in this class, giving the Wildcats the No. 1 ranked combo guard and a potential replacement for Holt, who is widely expected to go one-and-done as a lottery pick in the 2027 NBA draft.
Arizona has three games before Diggs makes his announcement, beginning with a home matchup against Cal Poly on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 8:30 PM MST. The game will air on TruTV and stream on HBO MAX.
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