Local Champaign Hoopster Heads to Bloomington (Indiana)

Verdell Jones, a point guard who played for Champaign Central High School, not far from the University of Illinois, committed to Indiana University this week. Jones is rated a three star guard by the Scout.com recruiting website. Local sources indicated that Jones never had an opportunity to play at Illinois, where Coach Bruce Weber has received a number of commitments from talented guards across the State. Instead, Jones was able to attract interest from Kentucky, Minnesota and recently Arizona prior to cancelling his campus visit there. The Indiana opportunity must have presented an opportunity to play right away, as the program has lost several scholarship athletes in recent days. And Coach Crean has coached some excellent guards in recent years. The end result? Verdell Jones will be able to come back home to Champaign and visit as an opponent from Indiana!