Alabama assistant basketball coach Bryan Hodgson made his way to the West Coast on Tuesday to visit with 2020 five-star small forward MarJon Beauchamp.

The meeting ended with the Seattle (Wash.) Garfield product landing an offer from the Crimson Tide.

“It’s wonderful,” Beauchamp told BamaOnLine of the offer. “It’s a dream come true to have an SEC offer, coming from a big school like Alabama.”

It’s the first SEC tender Beauchamp had added to his list.

“They play basically the best teams, and it’s probably one of the best conferences, if not the best,” Beauchamp said.

The Emerald City standout has never been to Alabama, nor has ties to the state. Hodgson painted picture of the program for the nation’s No. 6 power forward during their time together.

“Just talking about the facility and how it is at Bama,” Beauchamp said of Hodgson’s message. “Setting up a visit.”

Beauchamp says he believes he’ll be on campus at the Capstone for an official visit on May 31, which will give him a chance to get to know the staff better, something the two parties have been working to do over the last week or so.

“It started after I posted that my recruitment is open,” Beauchamp said of the Tide’s interest. “They hit me right after. ‘Cause it kind of seemed on websites like I was going to UW.”

So far, so good when it comes to his thoughts on Hodgson.

“He’s a cool dude,” Beauchamp said. “He keeps it one-hundred. It seems like they really want me. They think I can be a lottery pick.”

Beauchamp is somewhat familiar of the UA program. He recalled the Tide’s recent tournament appearance in 2018. He’s also taken notice of what new head coach Nate Oats did at Buffalo.



“I seen that he made it to the tournament at Buffalo and they beat a good team in Arizona State,” Beauchamp said. “I think he knows what he’s talking about. He’s a good coach.”

Over a dozen schools have offered, and the lone 247Sports Crystal Ball prediction is for the hometown Huskies, but Beauchamp says the Tide is very much in the mix.

“They’ll be in my top (schools),” he said.

Right now the visit to Tuscaloosa is the only official set. A decision timeline is not yet known.

At 6-foot-6, 175 pounds, Beauchamp is rated the No. 21 overall player in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite Rankings.