By ADAM ZAGORIA
Prolific Prep big man Frank Anselem is currently on an official visit to Arizona through Thursday, he told ZAGSBLOG.
The 6-foot-10 big man from Suwanee, Ga. is currently the No. 9-ranked center in the Class of 2021 per 247Sports.com but has the option of going to college in 2020.
“Frank has the option to go 2020,” Phillippe Doherty of Prolific Prep said recently. “Frank is looking at potentially setting up visits to USC and Arizona during the season but has not decided yet if he will visit both officially but both USC and Arizona are recruiting him hard and are looking to get him on campus officially.”
Arizona coach Sean Miller and an assistant were recently at Prolific Prep while ASU head man Bobby Hurley, USC’s Andy Enfield and Oregon’s Dana Altman have also been through.
“Sean Miller is looking for a mobile, athletic big that can run, switch out on defense and move, rebound, defend, and be a presence inside,” Doherty said. “Frank fills a lot of the above boxes.”
Since June, Anselem has picked up offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Rutgers, USC, New Mexico, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, DePaul, Nebraska, LSU, TCU
He has taken officials to LSU and Nebraska.
“The LSU visit was really good, I enjoyed it,” he said. “The campus is great, facilities are good. It’s a very good academic school and they are one of the best in SEC basketball. Overall I liked it a lot. The coaches are great, coach [Will] Wade is a great guy and also Bill [Armstrong] is my guy!
2020/21 @ProlificPrep big man @the2kfranky visited LSU this weekend after previously visiting Nebraska pic.twitter.com/ggRHsp9Goc
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“I think my versatility on both sides of the floor can greatly change any college program,” he said recently. “On offense, I can operate from the high and low post and I’m also working to expand my game beyond the arc.
“Defensively, I can switch and contain smaller guards, chase wings around and also guard the post, so I can do a lot of things.”
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