USC just offered DC-area hoops recruit. He’ll visit this week with a commitment possible

South Carolina basketball coach Lamont Paris has three commitments for the 2025 class and could soon add a fourth.

Grant Polk of Haymarket, Virginia and his dad will arrive in Columbia on Thursday for an official visit that will last through Saturday.

Paris and assistant coach Will Bailey have been recruiting the 6-foot-7 Polk for the past couple of months and now he’ll make his first visit to the USC campus. And Paris had an inside contact to help get the ball rolling with Polk.

“If I’m not mistaken, my high school coach coached Coach Paris,” Polk said. “Coach Will (Bailey) came up to watch me work out and he loved what he saw. A couple of weeks later, I got in touch with Coach Paris, and they seemed really interested, and then Coach Paris came up and watched me work out. He said he loved what he saw, and he offered me that night.”

Polk reported the Gamecocks offer through a social media post Sept. 18.

He plays for St. Albans in Washington, D.C. Last season he averaged 19 points and six rebounds per game. Most impressively, Polk knocked down 87 three-point shots.

“Not being cocky or anything, but I think I’m one of the best shooters in the country,” Polk said. “I’m really good at knocking down shots efficiently. And also, being 6-7, that helps.”

All Polk knows about the Gamecock basketball program is what he’s seen and read from afar, and from what he’s learned from Paris and Bailey.

“It’s a winning culture, that’s for sure,” he said. “I like how he lets his players play the game. He lets them do what they are good at and doesn’t disturb that.”

Polk visited Florida Gulf Coast last weekend and has no other visits scheduled at this point. This trip to South Carolina could lead to an end to his recruiting.

“I don’t really know yet,” Polk said. “If I like what I see in the people at South Carolina, then I’ll probably end up committing there, but I’m not sure yet.”

Polk also has offers from Fairfield, Morehead State, Iona, Canisius, Youngstown State, George Washington and New Jersey Tech.