Arizona has emerged as the early leader for Kadeem Jack, a 6-foot-9 senior forward from Manhattan Rice.
“Yeah, pretty much. I don’t see why not,” said Damian Leslie, Jack’s mentor.
“Aside from it being in a nice environment and having a winning tradition, he visited the school so you would have to say that’s what it is.”
Jack visited Arizona in January and then came home and led Rice to the SNY Invitational title at LIU-Brooklyn.
Coaches from Providence, St. John’s and Miami came to watch Jack in that event, when he earned MVP honors.
Leslie also listed Arkansas, UCLA, UConn, Florida and Seton Hall and said Jack would take additional visits after the season ends.
“After the season,” Leslie said.
Jack and the Raiders play Xaverian Friday in the Catholic League playoffs and are aiming to defending their New York State Federation Class AA championship.
“Right now he’s just focused on ball,” Leslie said.
The Arizona Daily Star reported that the Wildcats have just one scholarship remaining for 2010 and 2011, yet they are involved with Jack, Baltimore’s Josh Selby, New York’s Doron Lamb and Michigan’s Ray McCallum.
A source close to the Arizona program said Selby, Lamb and Jack remain the program’s “highest priorities.”
(Photo courtesy Daily News)
I guess Selby is gonna lead UA to the national title, just one problem he hasn’t commited yet! Talk to me in April when he Is somewhere else.
How can a guy named PaulPierce not promote Rock Chalk Jayhawk? Jusk kidding–hey, I’m just glad the west coast guys are done attacking me for saying I think Selby is a KU lean.
Okay, back to the fireworks.
LOL good point, He is an obvious fan of Paul Pierce but Is a Big East fan and didnt even mention KU at all!
First of all before you try to make a valid argument use spellcheck please. Big East is not a decent conference Its the best, and yes If “K Jack” gets offered from Seton Hall I would expect him to eventually land with us. I notice you keep bringing up this eastcoast thing listen, I didnt say every eastcoast player will play for a eastcoast school I said the westcoast schools mainly the Pac-10 will suffer because they will not attract the eastcoast recruits they used to due to the downtrot In competition. Eastcoast guys just play ball they could careless about the history of Arizona, or how nice the weather Is in July out there. Half of the Eastcoast guys choose a westcoast school due to lack of playing time they would get at a eastcoast school, If Knight would land at UConn you think Selby would go there too, NO. Its all about whos gonna play and how soon, not because Sean Miller Is supposedly the next Lute Olson (Yeah Right) or because Arizona Is just the place to be.
Never said Selby would sign with UA just that UA is on his final list and Syracuse and Louisville are not. Side note I am a student at UA but I was a fan long before I moved to Tucson.
“you think a kid would actually turn down a scholarship and a starting role from Jim Boeheim or Rick Pittino to play for Ben Howland?”
hmmmmm…lets see; play in redneck Kentucky, or stay in the snow and shitty weather in Connecticut, OR go to L.A. with the nice weather sandy beaches and hot ass women? EASY CHOICE if you ask me!
Oh and by the way, UCLA is STILL the most dominate team of all time with 11 national championship and is a history rich school with a great basketball tradition. Not to mention, the greatest basketball coach of all time in John Wooden still attends every UCLA basketball game.
“Hallball, for a supposed law school graduate, you’re surprisingly terrible at putting together either a coherent argument or sentence.”
^^^^^THIS^^^^^
HallBall, the moment you said you hope UCONN gets Selby was the moment you lost all cred. Look, it would be like if a huge Zona fan like me would go off and say I hope that UCLA get’s Terrence Jones. That would make me and my school look like a total loser. That is what you are, and Seton Hall=toilet seat.
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HallBall, the moment you said you hoped UCONN gets Selby was the moment you lost all cred. Look, it would be like if a huge Zona fan like me would go off and say I hope that UCLA get’s Terrence Jones. That would make me look like a total loser. That is what you are, Seton Hall=toilet seat.
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