Arizona commit Terrance Ferguson will play overseas next season.
“Terrance Ferguson informed me earlier this week that he has decided to pursue professional opportunities instead of attending the University of Arizona this fall,” Arizona coach Sean Miller said in a statement. “I hope this next chapter of his basketball career goes well, and his goal of one day becoming an NBA player is realized.”
“If he doesn’t clear academically like [Emmanuel] Mudiay, then he’s going to go overseas,” a source told SNY.tv earlier this month.
Mudiay, the onetime SMU commit, attended Dallas (TX) Prime Prep, a school the NCAA didn’t recognize as legitimate, and ended up playing professionally in China for one season before chosen as the No. 7 pick in the 2015 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.
Although Ferguson attended Dallas (TX) Advanced Prep International — the successor school to Prime Prep — he had been taking NCAA-approved online classes, the source said.
After decommitting from Alabama, Ferguson committed to Arizona on April 13. He also considered Baylor, Kansas, Maryland, North Carolina and N.C. State.
Jerry Meyer of 247Sports.com reported earlier this month that Ferguson was expected to spend next season overseas.
