The University of Massachusetts basketball team already had the best 2016 recruiting class in the Atlantic 10 Conference an, according to most outlets, one of the top-25 best classes in the nation overall.

Monday night, that star-studded class got even better.

According ESPN recruiting analyst Adam Finkelstein, the Minutemen received a verbal commitment from 3-star forward Tyrn Flowers, a 6-foot-7 forward from Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury, Connecticut and New Renaissance AAU in New York.

Per Finkelstein, UMass assistant Adam Ginsburg spearheaded Flowers' recruitment along with coach Derek Kellogg.

Flowers joins a 2016 recruiting class that already features 4-star, top-100 guard DeJon Jarreau, 3/4-star forward Chris Baldwin, 3-star forward Brison Gresham and 3-star guard Unique McLean. Luwane Pipkins, the Chicago guard and 3/4-star recruit from the Minutemen's 2015 class, will also enter next season as a freshman after sitting out the year as an academic non-qualifier.

Incidentally, Baldwin and Gresham, both of whom play for Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, and Jarreau, who was up visiting from New Orleans to watch them play, were all at UMass practice at the Mullins Center earlier in the day Monday.

Breaking - Sacred Heart (CT) & @RENShoops 6'8 F Tyrn Flowers tells me he has committed to UMass. Another major coup for Minutemen in '16. — Adam Finkelstein (@AdamFinkelstein) January 12, 2016

Flowers: "fell in love with campus & facility, thought of players as brothers & had great relationship w/ @CoachKellogg & @Adam_Ginsburg" — Adam Finkelstein (@AdamFinkelstein) January 12, 2016

Flowers joins DeJon Jarreau, Chris Baldwin, Brison Gresham & Unique McLean to form best UMass class in a long time. Tops in A10 thus far. — Adam Finkelstein (@AdamFinkelstein) January 12, 2016

Flowers, who according to Finkelstein was deciding between Providence and Maryland, as well, really pushes the team's 2016 class over the top in terms of quality depth. He could easily redshirt once he gets to campus, which might be best for his continued development.

Here's what ESPN had to say about Flowers before the current high school season (and remember, he's only gotten better):

Back in June, CoxHub.com went into some detail on Flowers' growth, calling him a "late bloomer":

The future was already sweet for UMass basketball fans. A trip to the dentist might be in order now that Flowers has become the cherry on top.

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