Rawle Alkins is a crazy talented five-star hoops recruit from New York, with offers from Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina and many more. On Friday, those who follow college basketball recruiting were shocked to see Alkins tweet he had committed to the University of Buffalo. The Bulls did make the NCAA Tournament last season, but were never previously mentioned as a serious suitor for Alkins.
This confused a lot of people.
Proud to say that I have Committed to play my college basketball at the University of Buffalo #GOBULLS ⚫️ pic.twitter.com/ZLp09gL0mw
— Rawle Alkins (@Iam_RawleAlkins) October 9, 2015
Alkins hopped on Twitter minutes later to confirm that his friends hacked his phone to play a joke on him.
Sorry guys people at my school was playing with my phone ain't nothing wrong with buffalo great program but no i am not really committed
— Rawle Alkins (@Iam_RawleAlkins) October 9, 2015
Bravo to the friends, though. No harm done -- except for this poor Buffalo assistant coach.
Aye, don't be playing with us like that!!!
— Julius Hodge (@Follow24Hodge) October 9, 2015