Nassir Little Wins McDonald’s MVP as West tops East
By JACOB POLACHECK After scoring a game-high 28
Nassir Little, the 6-foot-7 small forward from Orlando Christian Prep who committed to North Carolina last Wednesday and then competed this past weekend at a USA Basketball minicamp, remains unconcerned about potential NCAA sanctions against his future school.
Little said Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams told him the team — which won the NCAA championship in 2017 — won’t receive significant punishment relating to an academic scandal covering the period 2002-11.
“It’s not necessarily an athletic thing,” Little said Williams told him, according to Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports. “It wasn’t just the basketball team involved in it. They’re not going to be penalized as people suggest.”
On Thursday, North Carolina announced that the NCAA’s final report would not be released on Friday, as initially reported, due to “scheduling circumstances.
Nassir Little, the 6-foot-7 small forward from Orlando Christian Prep and the Adidas-sponsored 1Family AAU team, committed to North Carolina over Georgia Tech on Wednesday.
According to 247Sports, Little is ranked as the No. 9 overall player in the Class of 2018 and the No. 2 player from the state of Florida.
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— Nassir Little (@2ez_nassie) October 4, 2017
Little will got his decision out of the way before he heads to a USA Basketball minicamp this weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Little is projected as the No. 7 pick in the 2019 NBA Draft (to the Knicks) by ESPN.com. He previously considered Arizona, Duke and Miami as well.
By JACOB POLACHECK 1Family, the AAU team of
Nassir Little, the 6-foot-7 small forward from Orlando Christian (FL) Prep, has now set official visits to all five of his remaining schools: Miami, Arizona, Duke, Georgia Tech, and North Carolina.
Little has set visits to Georgia Tech (Aug. 25-27), North Carolina (Sept. 8-10), Miami (Sept. 15-16), Arizona (Oct. 20-22) and Duke (Nov. 10-12).
According to 247Sports, Little is ranked as the No. 23 overall player in the Class of 2018 and the No. 5 player from the state of Florida.
Playing with 1Family on the Adidas Gauntlett this summer, Little averaged 18 points per game.
