After all the flirting with Louisville, and the Tweets to Kentucky coach John Calipari, Tony Wroten is staying home.
The 6-foot-5 senior guard from Seattle Garfield, ranked the No. 8 point guard in the Class of 2011 by Rivals.com, chose Washington over Louisville, UConn, Villanova and Seattle University.
Wroten’s father, Tony Wroten Sr., played football for the Huskies from 1981-84.
Two years ago, Wroten led the Garfield High to the Class 4A state championship game while averaging 18.6 points per game. He then sat out his junior year with a torn ACL in his right knee suffered playing football.
Wroten is Washington’s third commit for 2011, following 6-2 guard Hikeem Stewart of Rainer Beach (Seattle) and 6-10 power forward Jernard Jerreau of New Orleans, whom one Division 1 assistant coach said “has a chance to be a pro because of his excellent skills and athleticism.”
The Huskies are also reportedly pursuing 6-8 forward Angelo Chol of San Diego and 6-8 forward Norvel Pelle of Los Angeles.
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kungpaochicken / October 7, 2010
Let it be known that a verbal to UW is only a “soft verbal” when Calipari is involved. If UK needs another guard come summer, don’t be surprised to see Wroten change his mind.
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BostonCat / October 7, 2010
could happen. uk was wroten’s first choice. he is best friends with gilchrist and teague. but uk might have other options available for a perimeter player come the spring. never know.
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UAWildcat / October 8, 2010
UW’s backcourt will be pretty good in 2011 with Wroten joining Gaddy and Thomas. In fact that backcourt and UA’s (MoMo, Fogg, Turner, Johnson and Bejanaro) will be among the best in the nation.
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