The top center recruit in the nation has narrowed his recruitment to five schools and Virginia is among them. Arafan Diane, the No. 1 center recruit in the country per 247Sports, is down to Virginia, Houston, Indiana, Kentucky, and Arkansas.
NEWS: 2026 Top-10 overall recruit Arafan Diane is down to five schools, source tells @Rivals. The 7-foot big man is the No. 1 ranked center in the country. He has official visits set to each of his finalists: https://t.co/zl8rRw86g9pic.twitter.com/K4RNe5rr2s
— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) September 5, 2025
Ryan Odom and the Cavaliers are in the thick of one of the top recruitments in the country. Can Odom find a way to beat out four high-level programs that? It would be a tremendous sign for the future if he can.
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This would be a home run for Odom in his first full recruiting class with the program. The Cavaliers are in the mix for a number of the top prospects in the country, but can they land them? Odom and his staff will have to beat out some of the top programs in the country, but don’t count them out. So far, the Cavaliers do not have any prospects committed for the 2026 class.
The 7’1 260 LBS propsect plays at Iowa United Prep and is the No. 15 overall player in the country…