Thursday, October 21, 2010

Quincy Miller, Deuce Bello, and LeBryan Nash all headed to the Big XII

Scott Drew struck gold on the recruiting trail once again.

First it was Perry Jones, a top five recruit in the class of 2010 that is currently at Baylor preparing for his freshman season. Then over the summer came the commitment from Isaiah Austin, a versatile seven-footer that will likely end up somewhere in the top 10 in the class of 2012 when it is all said and done.

This afternoon, it was Quincy Miller and Deuce Bello. Miller, a Chicago native that plays his high school and AAU ball in North Carolina, is a 6'9" small forward and the No. 4 player in our consensus recruiting rankings. Bello, Miller's high school and AAU teammate and the consensus No. 38 recruit, is a two-guard with out-of-this-world athleticism that confirmed the recruiting world's worst kept secret that these two would be attending college together.

I guess its here that I should mention that Miller and Bello played for the D-One Sports AAU program, the same program that produced John Wall. D-One Sports is run by Brian Clifton, who is the brother of Dwon Clifton. If you remember, Dwon Clifton is who Scott Drew hired to try and woo Wall into becoming a Bear.

The Bears weren't the only Big XII team to receive good news today. LeBryan Nash, the consensus No. 8 player in the country, is a 6'7" combo forward that's built like a tight end and may be the most impressive athletic specimen in the class. His decision came down to Kansas, Oklahoma State, and Baylor and ... well ... the picture says it all:




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