This will be a solid recruiting class that seems to be flying under the national radar. Good. Pitt has definitely been best when underestimated.

Levance Fields was named NY Newsday’s Player of the Year.

Xaverian coach Jack Alesi was most impressed with Fields’ leadership and his ability to rally his team. “He’s beyond the normal scope of what a great player is,” Alesi said. “He makes others around him better and he knows when he has to take over.”

In the Jordan classic, where he scored 18 points, they all came in the second half. Let the comparisons to Krauser begin.

“I like the light on me,” he said. “I come from Brooklyn, from the Brownsville area. I grew up in a tough neighborhood and when you step onto the court, you have to have a lot of heart and be ready to play to your fullest.”

It is the way Krauser, another New York native, has played the game, and Fields is likely to step in as the heir apparent at the point for Pitt, should Krauser stick in the NBA and not return to the Panthers for his final season.

The other Pitt recruit who stood out in the final high school all-star games was Tyrell Biggs. He feels confident about coming in and making a difference.

Biggs, who is the third consecutive Pitt recruit to earn most outstanding player at the Chicago all-star game, is eager to come to Pitt, where he expects to be joined by the Panthers’ other newcomers in mid-June for summer workouts.

“I can offer a good inside-outside presence. I know that it’s a really big difference between high school and college, but with a lot of hard work and hustle and communication with my teammates, I think we can be a real good team.”

This will be a team high on potential, but short on experience.