Daquan Davis is coming to Friartown
See Davis against the likes of Duke, Louisville, and North Carolina.
From the moment it was announced earlier this winter that Florida State head coach Leonard Hamilton was retiring, it was impossible not to wonder if a reunion between Daquan Davis and Providence was in the cards.
Once upon a time, not that long ago, Davis was the first player in the class of 2024 to commit to Kim English and the Friars. A Baltimore native like English, Davis did nothing but win in his terrific (and well-traveled) high school and AAU career.
He led Team Takeover to the Peach Jam 16U title in 2022, burying four 3-pointers and scoring a team-high 19 points in a win over a NY Rens team featuring Dylan Harper and Tyler Betsey.
After transferring from St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) to St. John’s College High School in Washington D.C., Davis led St. John’s to a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference tournament championship victory over a St. Paul VI team ranked in the top five in the country at the time. He scored a team-high 21 points in the title game, including a layup with three seconds left to cap a 65-63 win his junior year.
His final year of high school was one of transition. Davis left Nike’s best grassroots program in Team Takeover to join Derik Queen and Team Thrill on the Under Armour Circuit. Thrill made it to the UAA semifinals before falling to Ryan Mela and the Middlesex Magic, but enacted a measure of revenge by taking home the title at the Sportradar Showdown in Nevada a few weeks later — gaining wins over New England clubs Middlesex Magic and Mass Rivals along the way.
Davis was set to return to St. Frances for his final year of high school, but pivoted to Overtime Elite where he made a big impression at their fall workouts in front of college coaches and NBA scouts.
Shortly thereafter, Davis flipped from Providence to FSU, where he just wrapped up a freshman season in which he averaged 8.8 points per game in 25 minutes a night. He started 20 of their 31 games, but struggled to find consistency from the floor (36% from the field, 28% from deep).
Breaking down Daquan Davis: In Davis, English adds a potentially dynamic scorer to the backcourt. He’s been compared to former Friar Luwane Pipkins in this space, as he’s a bit undersized (6’1, 176), but brings similar fearlessness and the potential to go on scoring binges as Pipkins did during his college career.