Mesa's Jaron Hopkins committed to Colorado, after having taken a visit to Oregon State and planning visits to Auburn, Washington State and UNLV.
Hopkins' father, Brian, told the Republic that Jaron was impressed with the "whole school" in Boulder.
Arizona offered Hopkins a scholarship in April, the third in-state player that Sean Miller has offered (Daniel Bejarano, Nick Johnson and Matt Korcheck all accepted theirs). But there appeared to be reduced interest on one or both sides lately...
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Upon arriving in Hungary, Josiah Turner says he wants to be a better basketball player.
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(And if you don't understand the automated translation on the above link -- I didn't -- there's still a photo of Turner in his new Albacomp uni.)
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A few other notes of possible interest from the long weekend if you didn't see them:
--Â Craig Robinson found another long, strong-shooting Dutchman, Olaf Schaftenaar, the brother of former Beaver Roeland Schaftenaar.
--Â USC will have to live without 5-7 guard Maurice Jones, who pretty much did everything for the depleted Trojans last season, though Kevin O'Neill has brought in enough replacements that his minutes were going to be cut significantly.
--Â Abdul Gaddy is scoring for Washington in Europe but is having turnover issues.
