Jahii Carson, the No. 10 point guard in the Class of 2011, is off the board.
The 5-foot-11, 170-pound Mesa (Az.) point guard verbally committed to Arizona State.
“Yes, I did,” he said by text. “It’s my hometown school and there’s a great opportunity to come in and get great minutes.”
The news was first reported by Eric Bossi.
Carson also considered Arizona, Washington, Oregon State, UNLV and St. John’s.
Carson, who averaged 23.5 points and 7.2 assists last season at Mesa, wants to bring an uptempo style to the point guard spot.
“I’m gonna try and bring an uptempo style,” he said. “I like to push the ball and play pressure defense. That’s the type of style I like to bring.”
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6-foot point guard Marcus Burton from Charlotte (NC) Butler committed to Dan Hurley and Wagner…Ky Madden, No. 4 PG in 2011 from Arkansas, will visit UConn Oct. 8-10…Former Michigan State guard Chris Allen transferred to Iowa State….Team New York beat Team New Jersey, 109-104, at the Golden Hoops event in Brooklyn. Omar Calhoun (19 points) and Kamari Murphy (13 pts, 11 rebs) were named Co-MVPs….Queens beat The Bronx, 76-74 in OT, in the Battle of the Boroughs final at the Gauchos Gym. Kadeem Jack scored 16 points, Jordan Washington 14 and Jevon Thomas 12.
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JessieWildcat / August 21, 2010
Good Stuff AZ.
Jahii will be a good PG.
Another verbal before the visits are taken.
Any comment on Turner?
Maybe taking official visits are over-rated.
Will Turner give the verbal and cancell the official visits……???
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RockChalkWoody / August 21, 2010
Official visits are only “over-rated” if you’ve lost half of them due to probation.
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UAWildcat / August 21, 2010
I’m not knocking Carson here, but I will rip asWHO and Sendek, Carson’s commitment to asWHO seems to be more of his 1st choice (Arizona) passing on him and making his’ mind up for him.
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ZonaWildcat / August 23, 2010
It’s pretty funny EVERY TIME JessieWildcat posts you can guarantee you’ll see a post from RockChalkWoody.
Hey RockChalk, if you can’t stand Jessie than why do you always respond and play his childish games? You’re almost as bad as he is.
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