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!

Verdell Jones could stay in Champaign

Verdell Jones was on campus for the big win against Penn State yesterday, and is probably on campus often, since he goes to high school at Champaign Central. Even though there are not many who think Verdell will stay in Champaign, I would not be surprised to see things work out that way. Jones is being looked at by a long list of major basketball programs, including Kansas and Kentucky, and the Illini have not landed anyone from the class of 2008, so don't be surprised if Verdell Jones stays in town.

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