Arkansas Hawks head coach Bill Ingram is not afraid of jumping on the hype wagon when it comes to Little Rock Christian sophomore point guard and 2019 Razorback commit Justice Hill.
“He is extremely good,” Ingram said. “He is probably the best pure point guard that we have ever head. “(Mississippi State’s) I.J. Ready was really good for us, but I am comparing them at (this) age. When I.J. was 15, he was good, but he wasn’t as good as Justice.
“So this kid is talented and the sky is the limit. He has all the potential in the world. A great commitment for them to get him this early because you don’t want to start tussling at the end with some of these other guys and the earlier you get these type of guys the better.
Hill (5-10, 160), the son of former Arkansas assistant football coach Fitz Hill, committed to the Razorbacks back on Feb. 14 during the latter end of a freshman season in which he averaged 14.9 points, 3.9 assists and 2.6 rebounds.
He is now working on trying to land commitments from a pair of Hawks teammates – Little Rock Parkview’s Ethan Henderson (6-8, 190) and Thomasville, Ga., standout Reggie Perry (6-9, 225) – two 2018 prospects that have Arkansas offers.
“I talk to all of them like every day everyday, especially Reggie and Ethan,” Hill said. “Coach (Anderson) told me to stay hard on them. I talk to them about every day.”
The Hawks attended an Arkansas workout on Monday allowing Hill a chance to see the current Razorbacks, including former Little Rock Parkview star Daryl Macon.
“They have got some good juco players, especially Daryl,” Hill said. “We have worked out a couple of times together and we were up there watching practice yesterday and they are helping out a lot.”
Hill, who attended the prestigious Pangos camp earlier this summer, is known for attacking the rim, but is working hard to improve a specific part of his game.
“My shot because once you get that shot down, you could really be unguardable” noted Hill, who is also a standout football player, but will only play basketball from this point forward.
The Hawks are 20-3 in AAU action this summer heading into July with the Adidas Gauntlet Championship July 7-10 in Spartanburg, S.C. up first.
“We want to win the nationals, especially South Carolina and these next three tournaments,” Hill said. “We are 20-3 now and the three games we lost, we shouldn’t have lost, but we are going into nationals pretty confident that we can win it all.”