Anthony Bennett is down to two schools.
UNLV and Oregon.
The 6-foot-7 Findlay Prep forward has eliminated Kentucky and is expected to make a decision within a week or so.
“He really likes Kentucky,” CIA Bounce coaches Tony McIntyre and Mike George told SNY.tv. “He loves what they’re doing there. But Anthony feels it would be a better fit at UNLV or Oregon.
“He likes Oregon and UNLV better. He has a chance to be an immediate impact” at those schools.
The coaches said Bennett is expected to announce by the “end of this week.”
Bennett on Friday eliminated Florida and cut his list to three, also indicating that he wanted a chance to play major minutes and that Bradley Beal’s departure for the NBA Draft played a role.
Now, he’s down to two.
Bennett visited UNLV last week with his mother and thoroughly enjoyed the visit.
“He loved the staff,” Findlay assistant Todd Simon told SNY.tv. “He connected well with them. His friend Khem Birch is on the team.”
Bennett and Birch are both Canadian and would give UNLV a potential future pro frontcourt should they team up.
Bennett also took an unofficial to Oregon around the Nike Hoop Summit and his Findlay Prep teammate, Dominic Artis, is headed there to play point guard.
Oregon is also involved with Chris Obekpa, who is also considering Cincinnati, St. John’s, Providence and DePaul.
The Ducks hope they land at least one of these forwards soon.
GanjahLuv / May 6, 2012
PLease. LIkes oregon better? Theres way more going on here
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UofA BJ / May 7, 2012
Ya he’s teammates with dOm artis and he’s been in Vegas and likes it.
Win win 4 the westcoast
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UK2K / May 7, 2012
Anthony – I am disappointed to here you will not be a Kentucky Wildcat next year. I wish you well where ever you land. It is a pity we will not see you in the Final Four in ’13.
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AGinNYC / May 7, 2012
If the rumors are true, AB won’t be playing anywhere other than prep school next year.
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fearthephog25 / May 7, 2012
Nike Money < PayPal cal money.
Mizzou is the clear favorite in their first season in the SEC. Must be nice getting out of the shadow of the Kansas Jayhawks, after all these years.
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creature / May 8, 2012
Yes, now if only the Kansas Vajayhawks could get out of that shadow. They say you play like you practice, so I guess they must run crying drills at Kansas. There’s the lip bite, the watery-eyed stare, the towel over the head. The hand-holding on the bench, the lying-motionless-on-the-court-until-your-teammates-come-and-drag-you-off-like-a-sack-of-beans thing, the restrained sobs even several minutes afterward, in the INTERVIEW ROOM.
It’s a wonder somebody hasn’t put a mixtape up on YouTube – “My Vajayhawk Weeps” “Slime Trail In The Locker Room” “Why O Why The Morri Cry” “Cole Butt On Pro Pine” “Withey Weep For Me” and many others. Synched to clips of the streaked cheeks, the bombed-out expressions, the total collapse of self-esteem that continues on into private life.
By the way I was privileged to see the Rock Chalk cliffs on Bing today. Looks like a prehistoric tire tread test. I love how it’s just on some guy’s farm, you are asked by the state of Kansas not to cause problems, once you get there I’ve seen bigger piles left by a snowplow, and if that’s not enough, people from Kansas, the type that keep records on the Pick 3, act like you can get somewhere looking through one cliff at another cliff. Dude, it’s not Stonehenge! The ancient Indians did not build the Rock Chalk cliffs – one of the eight wonders of Kansas.
If you screw around too much or try to paint red and blue on the cliffs, the farmer will come out, and he won’t cry, he’ll shoot you. That’s the way people are in Kansas: not that into crying, which is why I’ll never understand why they seem to like it when the players do.
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fearthephog25 / May 8, 2012
Love to see kentucky fans mad, especially when they know someone else is better than them. LOL All that rambling means nothing but reveals your sour grapes. Your whole fan base just ruined it with Wiggins. LOL Why is cal losinging out on so many recruits after a national title? Do they know something that we don’t? Sleep well Sweet pea.
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creature / May 13, 2012
Yes, taking advantage of your ability to provide one gilt-edged punchline after another is a sure sign of my “anger”. And of course, beating the piss out of Kansas twice a year is a sure sign that Kansas is better than UK. No doubt. And “all that rambling” – well, let me just say, I’m thinking now that as long as I write in “English” I won’t have to worry about you reading my posts.
“losinging” – really, queerthefrog25? Were your little fingers trembling like Aldrich’s lower lip after a defeat? Do other people know something you don’t? Apparently.
To conclude, I’m wondering about your standard salutation. Since you project almost everything else, could “Sleep well sweet pea” be a reference to your bed-wetting? I mean, crying, pissing the bed, it’s all part of leaking and leaving a slime trail on the floor, which is certainly a characteristic of Kansas players, so why not fans?
You might want to cut down on the sugar though. You risk diabetes.
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