
Over a 44-day stretch, 蜜柚直播 coach Sean Miller went to California four times to watch Brandon Williams play. On Saturday, the point guard committed to UA for the second time.
Sean Miller鈥檚 pursuit of SoCal point guard听Brandon Williams听was so purposeful that Miller flew to California four times in 44听days to watch Williams play: March 6, March 21, April 9 and April 18.
That鈥檚 the prescribed routine in basketball recruiting: Make your presence felt.
But this time Miller was dealing with an unprecedented variable: fallout from an FBI investigation into illegal recruiting. His once-dazzling Class of 2018 was blown to smithereens, leaving him to chase a grad transfer from Samford, of all places, and for lesser known players who probably wouldn鈥檛 have been given any attention by 蜜柚直播 before the FBI intervened.
But Miller鈥檚 persistence was the right formula with Williams, who on Saturday, for the second time, said he will play for the Wildcats in 2018-19.
Why did he choose 蜜柚直播? I think it鈥檚 as simple as believing more shots and more minutes will be available in 蜜柚直播 than at Oregon or Gonzaga.
This isn鈥檛 an absolute fix for 蜜柚直播 basketball. Remember听Josiah Turner?听Mustafa Shakur? A team that has performed three consecutive pratfalls in the NCAA Tournament needs more than a four-star freshman point guard to return to the high standards of 1988-2015.
Many times, uncelebrated recruits like听Steve Kerr听补苍诲听T.J. McConnell become the real difference-makers.
But getting Brandon Williams stops 蜜柚直播鈥檚 agonizing eight-month losing streak in off-field events, and it鈥檚 sure better than watching him suit up for the Oregon Ducks next season.