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On Friday evening, multiple sources on Twitter began reporting that Maryland had received their fourth basketball commitment of 2014 in the form of center Trayvon Reed (Shiloh High School, Snellville, GA). Josh Stirn of DMVElite.com/Inside Maryland Sports was the first to report Reed's commitment. But shortly after announcing it on twitter, Jeff Ermann announced that Reed hadn't committed:
UPDATE on Trayvon Reed: he has not committed to Maryland, per a source close to him. Was close to doing so, but it is NOT a done deal.
— Jeff Ermann (@insidemdsports) August 17, 2013
But then Rachel Klein of Fox Sports said she confirmed that Reed had committed:
Just got off the phone with Trayvon Reed...he committed Wednesday, more details http://t.co/DoVQ3mULhz
— Rachel Klein (@RKleinFOX) August 17, 2013
But shortly thereafter...
UPDATE on Trayvon Reed: he has not committed to Maryland, per a source close to him. Was close to doing so, but it is NOT a done deal.
— Jeff Ermann (@insidemdsports) August 17, 2013
And shortly after that:
Despite the fact I have confirmed it with Reed and he spoke to Turge, it appears that he is in fact not an official commit
— Rachel Klein (@RKleinFOX) August 17, 2013
Wait, what? It appears that Reed is pretty set on committing to Maryland, but nothing is official yet. So while he seems prepared to join Maryland's 2014 class, he jumped the gun a little in announcing that decision Friday evening.
Jeff Ermann tries to clear everything up for us:
Here's the accurate story on Trayvon Reed and the #Terps, to clear up all confusion (He's not committed. Free read): http://t.co/2tJOSCa4sw
— Jeff Ermann (@insidemdsports) August 17, 2013
Everyone got that? The takeaway from all of this is that Reed seems like he is ready to commit to Maryland, but is holding off for right now, possibly because he has yet to take an official visit to the school. In the meantime, Maryland will continue pursuing other 2014 targets, such as Chananu Onuaku and Martin Geben. Hopefully we'll know soon who will become the fourth player in Maryland's 2014 class, but we're not going to find out tonight.