Chase Jeter will make his college decision this week but won’t announce until sometime in the next two weeks — possibly at the Adidas Nations event in early August.
“I think I’m going to make my decision this week,” the 7-foot Jeter, who has helped lead his Dream Vision AAU club into the Adidas Super64 semifinals, told Jeff Borzello of CBSSports.com in Las Vegas. “And then I’ll probably announce in two weeks or so.”
Dream Vision director Clay Williams told SNY.tv in May that Jeter might announce at Adidas Nations, which runs Aug. 1-5.
“We had discussed that, it’s an option,” Jeter previously told SNY.tv.
Jeter is officially listing six schools, but told SNY.tv four of them are recruiting him the hardest at the moment.
“At this point, the ones that have gotten on me the hardest since I’ve cut down my list are UNLV, Arizona, Duke and UCLA,” the 7-foot, 225-pound Jeter out of Las Vegas Bishop Gorman told SNY.tv last month before he helped the USA U18 team win a gold medal in the FIBA Americas Championship. “Those are the schools I talk to the most.”
Jeter also lists Kansas and Oregon, and says he’s still considering both of those as well.
Here are his thoughts on the other four:
Duke: “Coach K is a great coach. It would be awesome to play for him. I took one of my visits out to Durham and it’s a great spot, a great basketball school, a great academic school. I have great relationships with all the coaches there and I feel like they’re a great program.”
UNLV: “UNLV is obviously real close to my home and right in my back yard. I’ve got a great relationship with Coach [Dave] Rice and Coach [Stacey] Augmon. Their staff has done a great job recruiting me and showing me love and being at my games.”
Arizona: “Arizona, I like the location, I like how close to home it is. Coach [Sean] Miller has done a great job with the program. I have a great relationship with Coach Book [Richardson] and also their facilities are top of the line and their strength and conditioning programs are out of this world.”
UCLA: “Another thing with location. Great spot, Westwood. I’ve got a great relationship with Coach [Steve] Alford] and coach [David] Grace. I talk to them frequently and we talk a lot about how I would fit in and the brand of UCLA and they do a good job of selling their brand.”
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