Kansas State basketball no longer in running for 5-star recruit Julian Phillips

Kansas State basketball's recruiting momentum from the past few days appears to have hit a snag.

New coach Jerome Tang was on a roll after landing high school guard Dorian Finister and junior college forward Nae'Qwan Tomlin to start the week. But the biggest coup was securing a recruiting visit from five-star forward Julian Phillips, the top-rated unsigned high school prospect in the Class of 2022.

That visit will no longer take place as Phillips named a list of finalists Monday on social media that does not include K-State. On May 12 he will chose between Auburn, Florida State, South Carolina, Southern California and Tennessee, or opt instead to join Overtime Elite or G-League Ignite.

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Phillips, a 6-foot-8 forward from Link Year Prep in Branson, Missouri, originally signed with LSU, but reopened his recruiting when the Tigers made a coaching change.

The loss of Phillips notwithstanding, Tang and his staff have several irons in the fire, most notably with Detroit Mercy fifth-year transfer Antoine Davis and four-star high school prospect Shawn Phillips from Dream City Christian in Glendale, Arizona. Both have visited K-State.

And on Wednesday, Wichita State transfer Dexter Dennis listed the K-State as one of his six finalists, along with Georgia Tech, Clemson, Indiana, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. Dennis, a 6-5 wing who will have one year of eligibility remaining, averaged 8.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per game this past season for the Shockers.

Davis, a 6-1 guard, first took consecutive recruiting trips to Maryland, Georgetown and K-State, and on social media rated his visit to Manhattan the best of the three. He visited BYU last week and has not commented since.

He is already one of the top scorers in NCAA history, averaging 24.6 points, 4.3 assists and 3.2 rebounds over four seasons while playing for his father, Mike, at Detroit Mercy. In addition to the four schools he visited, he listed a return to Detroit Mercy as a fifth option.

Shawn Phillips was in Manhattan last weekend along with Tomlin, but posted Monday on social media that he will take two more visits and narrow his choices to a top six before committing on May 17.

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With the addition of Finister and Tomlin this week, K-State now has seven players on its 2022-23 roster after only two players — point guard Markquis Nowell and forward Ismael Massoud — remained from last season. Since Tang took over as coach in late March, he has also added LSU transfer forward Jerrell Colbert and Mississippi State transfer guard Cam Carter, while forward Taj Manning reconfirmed his commitment after signing with former coach Bruce Weber in November.

This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Julian Phillips crosses Kansas State basketball off recruiting list