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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Recruit visits S. Carolina, but coaches on vacation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Heritage’s Justin Jones will commit to Kentucky tonight, one day following a disappointing recruiting visit to South Carolina.
“Justin went to South Carolina on Wednesday and everybody was gone,” Heritage coach Chad Frazier said this evening. “They had a [graduate assistant] showing him around campus.
“That’s what sealed it for him.”
But Jones, who left a voice mail message with Kentucky assistant coach Joker Phillips today at 7 p.m. requesting a return call so he can deliver his commitment to the Wildcats, downplayed his experience in Columbia on Wednesday.
“All the coaches were on vacation,” he said. “I’ll just try to go back in July to meet coach [Steve] Spurrier.”
The 6-foot-7, 240-pounds Jones, who has scholarship offers from Akron, Delaware, East Carolina, Kentucky, South Carolina and UAB, made the decision to commit to the Cats following a conversation with his mom.
“She and I were sitting down and talking and going over the pros and cons and we decided that [Kentucky] would be the best thing for me,” he said.
“I went to camp there last month and went to junior day, when I got to see them play Florida in basketball. That was pretty cool.”
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