North Carolina hoops recruit Elliot Cadeau to enroll early - ESPN

Elliot Cadeau, the No. 10 prospect in the 2024 ESPN 100 rankings, will graduate early from high school and enroll at North Carolina next week as a member of the 2023 recruiting class, he told ESPN on Tuesday.

He will now have the option to enter the 2024 NBA draft, should he choose.

«I think I'm ready,» Cadeau said. «I think that I can play in college in a couple of months. There's no reason to stay in high school, because I can hang with college players right now.»

Cadeau is coming off an outstanding season in which he proved to be arguably the best point guard in high school basketball, helping Link Academy win the Geico national championship and then leading the Nike EYBL in assists by a wide margin with 9.3 per game. He's guided his New Heights Lightning team to a 13-4 record, posting 29 points and 15 assists in what proved to be his final grassroots game Monday.

«Winning Geico was one of my biggest goals,» Cadeau said. «To do that as a junior pushed me to reclass for sure. Everything is coming easier for me now in the EYBL since this is my third year playing 17U.»

Cadeau, whose mother is Swedish, has garnered significant experience at the FIBA national team level, playing for their U16, U18 and senior teams the past three summers, playing against men in the FIBA World Cup qualifiers vs. Germany in February.

He says he will enroll at North Carolina on June 10 with other incoming freshmen and will focus on the Tar Heels full-time this summer. Cadeau says the UNC coaching staff told him they want him on the roster and that he expects to play a «big role» this season.

«The ball will be in my hands a lot when I'm on the floor,» Cadeau said. «I will run the team as much as I can as a freshman and think I can really help