Words. Kevin Smith
After months of deliberation, Kyle Anderson, a top-five player in the nation, has decided to attend UCLA. Passing on schools such as Florida, Georgetown, St. John’s, and Seton Hall, the New Jersey native from St. Anthony High School (Jersey City, N.J.) plans to turn around a school that hasn’t had much success since making three-straight Final Fours from 2006-08. MORE >
Words. Kevin Zimmerman
Looking to keep the legacy of his point guard factory going, UCLA head coach Ben Howland learned Sunday that 2012 point guard Dominic Artis verbally committed to his basketball program. The 5-11, 165-pound floor general from Richmond, Calif., could be next in a long line of the Bruins’ recent point guard success stories, one that begins and ends with names like like Jordan Farmar, Darren Collison and Russell Westbrook. MORE >
Words. Aron Phillips
When you go to high school at Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) and play your AAU ball for the Atlanta Celtics, you could say you put yourself in the position to be very successful. And that’s exactly what Class of 2012 standout Jordan Adams did. So with Memphis, Georgia, Miami, UCLA, Georgetown, and Tennessee all in the mix, the 6-5, 215-pound wing from the ATL chose his next home: He’s headed to Westwood. MORE >
Words. Jason Jordan
Jefferson (Portland, Ore.) forward Terrence Jones isn’t just holding out on picking a college because he doesn’t know where he wants to go. That’s only part of it. The other reason is because he wants his teammates to get the exposure they’ll need to land scholarships.
“It’s only right,” said Jones, ranked No. 31 in the HSH national top 50. “Coaches may like what they see while they’re coming to look at me. We all help each other out like that.” MORE >
Words. Harrison Barnes
While navigating through the hectic recruiting process, HighSchoolHoop’s top-rated player, Ames High (IA) swingman Harrison Barnes, agreed to chronicle his thoughts for us during each of his five official visits. First was North Carolina, followed by Oklahoma, Kansas and Duke. Now Barnes reflects on his last official visit to UCLA last weekend…
First, I would like to say that the UCLA trip was outstanding! When I visited there unofficially this summer, I got a chance to tour the athletic facilities, meet with academic advisors and attend a class, so we didn’t focus on that for this trip. MORE >
Words. Jason Jordan
Jason Jordan has fielded all of your e-mails and tackles each of these questions and more in this installment of “Mail Day with JJ.” MORE >
