Top recruits predict tonight's National Championship

After a thrilling winter of college basketball, the 2021-2022 season will conclude tonight with either Kansas or North Carolina cutting down the nets in New Orleans.

The game, which starts at 9:20 EST on TBS, will watched by basketball fans from all across the country, including many of the nation’s top high school recruits. On3’s Joe Tipton checked in with some of the country’s top players to see who they have winning tonight’s game.

Recruits picking Kansas

SF Gradey Dick
School: Wichita (Kan.) Sunrise Christian
On3 Consensus ranking: No. 15
On3 NIL Valuation: $42k
Status: Signed with Kansas

PF Kyle Filipowski
School: Wilbraham (Mass.) Wilbraham & Monson Academy
On3 Consensus ranking: No. 1
On3 NIL Valuation: $19.9k
Status: Signed with Duke

SF Dariq Whitehead
School: Newark (N.J.) Montverde Academy
On3 Consensus ranking: No. 3
On3 NIL Valuation: $8.9k
Status: Signed with Duke

SF Dillon Mitchell
School: Spring Hill (Fla.) Montverde Academy
On3 Consensus ranking: No. 7
On3 NIL Valuation: $27k
Status: Signed with Texas

SF Chris Livingston
School: Akron (Ohio) Oak Hill Academy
On3 Consensus ranking: No. 10
On3 NIL Valuation: $76k
Status: Signed with Kentucky

Recruits picking North Carolina

SG Nick Smith
School: Sherwood (Ark.) North Little Rock
On3 Consensus ranking: No. 8
On3 NIL Valuation: $9.2k
Status: Signed with Arkansas

SF Brandon Miller
School: Antioch (Tenn.) Cane Ridge
On3 Consensus ranking: No. 14
On3 NIL Valuation: $30k
Status: Signed with Alabama