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After Myles Carter was dismissed from Seton Hall last season, the Pirates became one of the only Big East teams without a Chicago-area player on their roster.
They continued to try to fix this last week when they offered 2018 forward Austin Richie of Chicago Heights, IL.
S/O to The Don's Austin Richie picking up an offer from NCAA tourney team Seton Hall of the BIG EAST today ! pic.twitter.com/zq8NpVXV0o
— Bosco Institute (@DonBoscoHoops) September 29, 2017
Seton Hall is the first Big East team to offer Richie, who has offers from Illinois-Chicago, Northern Illinois, and other schools.
With Angel Delgado, Ish Sanogo, Desi Rodriguez, and Khadeen Carrington all set to graduated after this season, the Pirates have a lot of holes they’re going to need to fill, so they’re casting a pretty wide net on the recruiting circuit. Richie is their sixteenth offer of the class.
We generally like to end these types of posts with a highlight video of the player, but there’s not much video out there about Richie, which will certainly change over time. In the meantime, enjoy a song by Lionel Richie, who, as far as I know, is not related to Austin.