Well, here’s that additional confirmation I was hoping that top player Michael Beasley might cast his roaming eyes towards Pitt.

To complicate matters further, David Cox, Beasley’s former AAU coach and longtime friend, was recently named director of basketball operations at Pittsburgh. Reports have surfaced that Beasley might end up at Pitt, and he did not completely deny them.

“It’s complicated,” Beasley said. “I’m committed to Kansas State but Pittsburgh could be an option.”

I don’t think the irony would be lost given that many feel Huggins has been using his relationship with J.O. Stright to get Herb Pope.

Of course, for Beasley, the immediate issue is picking a new prep school for this fall.

The 6-6 Walker was recently declared ineligible by the Ohio High School Athletic Association after an investigation determined he had exhausted his eight semesters of eligibility. He could end up spending a post-graduate year at someplace like Winchendon or The Patterson (N.C.) School.

Beasley, 17, was similarly declared ineligible at Oak Hill, Carmelo Anthony’s alma mater, and could also be on the move.

Byrnes — who also briefly coached former Paterson Catholic and Passaic star Jeremiah King and former Passaic Tech standout Hashim “Big City” Bailey and now coaches Don Bosco’s Trevor Harris – said he would love to have Beasley.

“I’ve talked to Michael about prep schools and about the possibility of him coming to The Winchendon School and Michael has an interest,” Byrnes said this week at the Reebok Summer East Classic at FDU. “We have very few beds left on campus. I’m begging my headmaster to save one more bed.”

Beasley said he wasn’t sure where he would spend the upcoming season.

Yeah, I would guess more than a few prep schools would like to have Beasley for a year.