Five days after telling SNY.tv “I can see myself at UConn,” Daniel Hamilton made it
a reality.
After a game at the Nike EYBL stop in Frisco, Texas, the 6-foot-6 junior wing out of Los Angeles St. John Bosco verbally committed to head coach Kevin Ollie and the Huskies.
The 6-foot-6 Hamilton is the younger brother of Jordan Hamilton, who plays for the Denver Nuggets, and Isaac Hamilton, who plays at UTEP. Many schools stopped recruiting Daniel after Isaac committed to UTEP, but Ollie never gave up.
“He recruited me and Isaac at Crenshaw,” Daniel Hamilton told ESPN.com. “When Isaac committed he never stopped. A lot of the coaches that recruited Isaac stopped recruiting me.
“It’s an up-and-coming program. Me and Coach Ollie have a great relationship. I knew him before he got the job there. It’s an opportunity for me to come in and step in and do some damage.”
Ranked No. 28 in the Rivals 150 for the Class of 2014, Hamilton also held offers from USC, UCLA, Arizona, Colorado, UNLV, San Diego State, Washington and Arizona State.
He is UConn’s first pledge in the Class of 2014, and will join N.C. State transfer Rodney Purvis, who becomes eligible that season.
