Texas Tech basketball: The significance of Micah Peavy’s commitment

Last week, the Texas Tech basketball program picked up a huge verbal commitment from 4-star guard/forward Micah Peavy.  Let’s look at some of the ramifications of that decision.

It’s been a week since Chris Beard and the Texas Tech basketball program landed a commitment from 4-star guard/forward Micah Peavy.  The Duncanville, Texas product was teammates last year with current Texas Tech freshman Jahmi’us Ramsey, and many believe he could be an even better player.

Ramsey might remind many people of former Red Raider Zhaire Smith, who was the program’s first one-and-done player in 2017-18.  Like Smith, Ramsey is the most explosive athlete on the team and possesses a jaw-dropping leaping ability and quick-twitch reflexes that make him a potential lock-down defender who can guard multiple spots on the court.

However, Ramsey is far more developed as a basketball player at this point in his career than Smith, a former low-rated 3-star prospect, was when he stepped on campus.  Still, because he’s the closest we’ve seen to Smith in terms of athleticism, the comparisons are easy to see.

Meanwhile, Peavy has a game that many are comparing to last year’s Big 12 Player of the Year, Jarrett Culver.  At 6-foot-7, he averaged 20.8 points, 8.9 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game on the Nike EYBL circuit this summer proving that he has an all-around game.

Smooth with the ball in the open floor and having tremendous knowledge of the game as a coach’s son, Peavy seems to remind many fans of Culver, the hometown kid who led Tech to its first Big 12 regular-season title and Final Four before being picked No. 6 overall in this summer’s NBA Draft.

While he isn’t as explosive of an athlete as Ramsey, he’s more than explosive enough to get to the rim and finish with authority.  But he’s also a steady outside shooter, a heady passer, and a smothering defender thanks to his sizeable wing-span.  We were saying the same of Culver throughout his career at Tech and now we may be ready to see another do-it-all wing in Peavy who can be the best player in the Big 12 and a potential All-American.

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Some scouts have said that Peavy is a player with no holes in his game.  While others may be better shooters or better athletes, few recruits in the county have the all-around game to match his.

According to 247Sports, the tandem of Ramsey and Peavy are the top two recruits to ever commit to the Red Raiders.  It was monumental to land both and it sets this program up to continue to compete at the highest levels for the foreseeable future.

We didn’t have time to get to it last week when Peavy announced his decision but it’s worth looking at what it means for the program.  Because landing a player of that caliber is something that the Red Raiders needed to do on a regular basis in order to become an elite program.