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K-State has sights set on 2020 prospect Ty Berry

Kansas State recently had Newton's Ty Berry on campus.
Kansas State recently had Newton's Ty Berry on campus.

Bruce Weber and Co. are excited about how far ahead they are in the recruiting process, focusing virtually all of their attention on 2019 and beyond. They had been playing catch-up in most cases because of some program turmoil they had to remove a few years ago.

However, they aren’t just using it to recruit in the 2019 class.

They have used the time and energy to peek into the 2020 class as well, and an in-state prospect has emerged as one of the best in the nation already. Newton sophomore guard Ty Berry is lighting it up early in his high school career and has already accrued offers from K-State, Nebraska, Creighton and Colorado.

He’s been to Manhattan for a visit a couple of times already and he was at a recent game not long ago, witnessing West Virginia's victory at Bramlage Coliseum.

“Yeah, I visited Kansas State a few weeks ago,” he said. “It was a good visit, and I had a good time at the game. It was cool and was a good atmosphere.”

No schools have nudged ahead early on for Berry, but the Kansas State staff has put in much more work than the average school for a sophomore recruit at this stage.

The Wildcats will likely be adding a point guard in the 2019 class, but they’d certainly make room for Berry in the 2020 class as well.

He knows that and has established a strong relationship already with the Wildcat staff.

“I talk the most with Chester Frazier,” he said. “I wouldn’t say they are standing out, but we do have a solid relationship already. I talk to him a lot about what I need to work on, and he always gives me good feedback. I’ll be up there again for sure."

“I just like the coaches and the atmosphere at K-State,” Berry added.

The four-star high school sophomore will certainly have a bevy of schools to choose from, and he’ll likely be able to go wherever he wants for the most part. That will make it tough for any school to sign him because the competition for his services will be enormously high.

However, the Wildcats are definitely putting in the work now to lessen the load later. Recruiting is a lot about relationships and comfort, and it’ll be tough for anyone to top what he has developed in that department with KSU.

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