Angelo Chol is headed to the desert.
The 6-foot-9, 210-pound Chol out of San Diego Hoover announced for Arizona over Kansas and North Carolina Thursday at 12:45 local time at his high school.
The native of the Sudan joins point guard Josiah Turner of Quality Education (N.C.), shooting guard Nick Johnson of Findlay Prep (Nev.) and power forward Sidiki Johnson of Oak Hill (Va.) in Sean Miller’s 2011 haul.
Chol is the No. 8 center in the Class of 2011, per Rivals, and should help the Wildcats replace Derrick Williams if he heads to the NBA.
In 28 games this season, Chol is averaging 23.4 points, 14.8 rebounds, and 8.1 blocked shots. He stands 10 points shy of 2,000 for his career.
Chol scored 40 or more points twice this year including a high of 41 vs. St. Joseph (Santa Maria).
Against El Centro (Calif.) Southwest, he put up 40 points, 19 rebounds and 15 blocks.
His 337 blocked shots in 2008-09 is the national record for a single season, according to his coach, Ollie Goulston.
“Angelo is a long and athletic shot blocker and rebounder who can change the game in the paint on both ends of the court,” recruiting guru Van Coleman told the Tucson Citizen. “He averages near a triple-double every night in high school versus double- and triple-team schemed defenses.
“But, what has really started to come into focus for him this season is his offensive game, where he has learned to use his length to score over opponents on the block with a solid jump hook and use his quickness to beat defenders to the rim and finish with highlight dunks or kiss off the glass. No doubt, he will compliment the face-up talents of Sidiki Johnson with his ability to catch and finish around the basket.”
Arizona’s class is currently ranked No. 9 nationally by Rivals but could move up to No. 5, according to national recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer. That jump, in part, is due to the improved play of Nick Johnson, who is averaging 17.5 points, 4 assists and 2.7 steals for Findlay.
Where is RockChalkDumbF*ck?! Where is he? Hiding in his closet like a true you-know-what?
Good get for Zona, adding to an already impressive class put together by Miller.
very bitter for a guy who’s school just added a pretty good recruit. personally, i just cant wait for Jesse to chime in.
Husky, why in the hell would you say something so stupid? Nobody wants or needs Jessie to ever chime in.
Very excited about next season. The bench gets even deeper and a true PG coming in. Oh how I pray for an NBA lockout.
Woody and Chalk are hiding away.
Tough week- Get Blown Out as the No.1 and then get ripped by ARIZONA. AGAIN!
Shabazz is looking at ARIZONA.
With Sidiki coming to ARIZONA, they have a good opportunity at Winning the National Championship.
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May want to get a quote from Rosco.
Noise coming from Vegas.
The Arizona recruiting class is clearly TOP5 ranking.
All four of the players are TOP50.
And BEAST of ballers.
Arizona is TOP3, in my Book….
The 2012 class is being to look even better…
(5,6,7 rated players.)
jessie,
who won head to head this year? would your team know what it’s like to be #1 in the polls? recruiting isn’t everything. move along
There is no question that we lost to Kansas during a “rebuilding” year following almost 5years of turmoil at the end of coach Olson era; A team which was dominated by the sophomore class. But what will be the outcome by the end of the season during the tournament, if we meet? How confident are you of the outcome?
well if we’re gonna play the what if game i will say very confident since the teams already played and won on a neutral site. if both teams played their “A” game, i ask you who would win? i’m not even going to give my opinion on that being i don’t see much of a game. regarding “rebuilding,” is that when a team loses players to the nba or overseas each year yet always make the tournment, win their conference, and hang around in the top 10 year in and year out? kansas has been rebuilding every year i guess.
With all due respect, the whole state of Kansas is a dump.
i’m from kc and don’t consider it a dump but to each their own. i guess you have no basketball argument. by the way, why are all the talented teams in the west not in the pac-10. ku holds a so-so record against your conference. colorado pac-12 2-0, ucla 1-0, cal 1-0, usc 1-0, and lets not forget ua 1-0. get a clue!
Just to clarify Mike, even though the game was in Las Vegas it was far from a “neutral site”. I’m not sure what the total attendance was for the game, but if there were 7000 people there, approximately 5500 – 6000 were KU fans (yes I was there so I’m not making this up). Yes, KU did win that game, but it was very early in the year. I would love to see a rematch of those 2 squads very soon…
thanks paul, i was aware of the pro ku crowd but again it was a neutral site. isn’t vegas much closer to the ua campus than eastern kansas? again, ua is doing what they should do, beat a poor pac-10 conference. they play who’s on their schedule. i beleive they’ll get a 4 or 5 seed. good luck!
There is no question that KU is the better team this year, even though I expect them to fold like a paper napkin come tournament time, I am seeing a better Arizona team from here on out. It seems like Sean Miller has locked up the best talent on the West coast for this year and that is not about to change any time soon. KU is not going to be coming West, only to have their rear end handed to them in recruiting, just as it did this year twice in Turner and Chol.
Now what is going on in that dumpy state of Kansas today?