Ending arguably the most highly anticipated recruitment in recent memory, Andrew Wiggins committed to Kansas this afternoon.
Andrew Wiggins will be attending Kansas— Grant Traylor (@GrantTraylor) May 14, 2013
Duke basketball will play Kansas in November's Champions Classic in Chicago, the hometown of Duke's top recruit Jabari Parker.
Wiggins, the No. 1 recruit in the nation according to ESPN, was also considering Florida State, Kentucky and North Carolina. Wiggins did not hold a press conference and signed with classmates, family and friends. The 6-foot-7 swingman's recruitment has been extremely private throughout as experts struggled to get info on which way he was leaning.
Although Wiggins may be the most highly touted recruit in the country—and that hype only grew with his late decision date—Parker got some praise on Twitter today from Sports Illustrated senior writer Pete Thamel:
Some NBA people I've talked to think Parker ends up better than Wiggins. They see a drama-free Melo.— Pete Thamel(@SIPeteThamel) May 14, 2013
Wiggins joins a stacked Kansas recruiting class that also has: Joel Embiid (No. 6 recruit in the nation), Wayne Selden (No. 14), Conner Frankamp (No. 46) and Brannen Greene (No. 47).
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