In the end, JayVaughn Pinkston went with his first choice.
Pinkston on Thursday committed to Villanova head coach Jay Wright, the initial choice for the 6-foot-6, 230-pound combo forward from Brooklyn Bishop Loughlin High School.
“I’m very excited to be committing to Villanova,” Pinkston said. “It’s one of the top programs in the country. I want to play with and against the best players in the country and playing for Villanova will afford me that opportunity. I’m excited and thankful.”
Villanova regards itself as something of an academically oriented regional school. How do they get kids like Dom Cheek, Corey Fisher, and now the notoriously poor student, JayVaughn Pinkston, into that school and keep them eligible?