On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine: Cincinnati takes commanding lead for 4-star Rayvon Griffith

When Cincinnati head coach Wes Miller first got the job, Cincinnati (OH) William H. Taft small forward Rayvon Griffith was one of his first calls. And today, at 6:00 PM EST, On3’s Recruiting Prediciton Machine (RPM) predicts that hard work will pay off for the Bearcats.

Griffith has been on unofficial visits to the hometown program numerous times for games, practices, and campus tours. He has not taken an official visit yet, and Cincinnati has their in-home visit intact.

Griffith announced yesterday that he would be making his decision on May 1 at 6:00 PM EST. On3’s RPM gives the Bearcats a 96.2-percent chance to land the 2023 On3 Consensus No. 47 prospect. Dayton and Louisville trail Cincinnati with 1.2-percent and 1.0-percent chances, respectively.

RPM was released to the public in December. The On3 engineering group teamed up with Spiny.ai to create the industry’s first algorithm and machine and machine learning-based product to predict where athletes will attend college. It factors machine learning, expert predictions, social sentiment, visits, and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.

Driving these percentages was my expert prediction for Cincinnati. Also, Rayvon Griffith has visited the Cincinnati campus more than double any other program and the school’s proximity to Griffith.

Griffith on Cincinnati

“I could be the hometown hero there. I have been rocking with them since I was younger,” Griffith told On3’s Jamie Shaw.

“It’s a great program,” Griffith said. “They’ve been riding me real hard, people in the city and stuff because I’m from Cincinnati. And you know, I’m like a top-level kid, so they definitely want to do everything they can to try to keep me in the city,” Griffith told On3’s Joe Tipton.

Griffith’s take

“I want to go to a brotherhood,” Griffith told Jamie Shaw. “See what the schools have to offer me as a student and an athlete once I get there. How they play me is going to be important. I want to see how they break down my game and hear how they are going to develop me in the long run.”

Somewhere that fits my style of play,” Griffith told Joe Tipton. “Their consistency of recruiting me, showing what they have to offer me, what they can do for me in the future, and how they will support my future of what I’m trying to do…if I’m going to be a one-and-done or a four-year player at that program. Just showing me the plan they have for me if I go to that school.”

The report

Rayvon Griffith is a length and explosive wing prospect out of Cincinnati, Ohio. He has a smooth jump shot that he gets into off the catch or off the bounce. Griffith has comfort on the ball in the half-court, and he plays unselfishly. There is upside on the defensive end with his length and athleticism, and he does have instincts in the passing lanes. We would like to see him get downhill more aggressively, more consistently, and he will need to continue adding strength. The talent is apparent, as are his natural physical gifts.

“I can score the ball, pull up, shoot, get to the rim,” Griffith told Jamie Shaw. “I bring energy and play good defense. Whatever the coach needs me to do. The jump shot has come along; I have worked on it. When I was young, I was bigger than a lot of the other kids, so I would just get dunks. My jump shot is becoming a weapon now.”