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and then committed to another UA. Now he's jilted Arizona for an overseas professional career (albeit, it's going to be a short time in Australia before he applies for the NBA draft). So...I guess it wasn't as all as bad as it looked...

Terrance Ferguson going pro internationally

Terrance Ferguson going pro internationally
  • By JEFF BORZELLO via ESPN
Jun 30, 2016, 12:00 PM ET
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Five-star recruit Terrance Ferguson will not enroll at Arizona and will instead head overseas to play professionally.

"Terrance Ferguson informed me earlier this week that he has decided to pursue professional opportunities instead of attending the University of Arizona this fall," Wildcats coach Sean Miller said Thursday in a release. "I hope this next chapter of his basketball career goes well, and his goal of one day becoming an NBA player is realized."

Ferguson had long been rumored to be considering a move overseas, following in the footsteps of Emmanuel Mudiay, who played for one season in China before entering the NBA draft. Ferguson attended Dallas' Advanced Prep International, formerly known as Prime Prep -- where Mudiay also went to high school.

There hasn't been an official announcement on where Ferguson will play, but reports over the past few weeks have him pegged for Australia.

Expect Ferguson to be in the lottery mix for the 2017 NBA draft. A long, athletic wing with deep range on his outside jumper, Ferguson also impresses with his ability to defend multiple positions.

The 6-foot-7 Ferguson was ranked No. 11 in the ESPN 100 and named a McDonald's All American. He was the highlight of Miller's No. 3-ranked recruiting class -- a group that also included five-star point guard Kobi Simmons, five-star small forward Rawle Alkins and five-star Finnish power forward Lauri Markkanen. Without Ferguson, Miller still has more than enough wings for his rotation, with Alkins joining Allonzo Trier and Ray Smith.
 
I missed that news. Thanks
Softball in the WCWS, Baseball in flux with the coaching search, then we add your Baylor, Tennessee, Ole Miss, and a few other stories ... it was one of those blurbs that came through that was overshadowed by all the other stories running.

The last I heard API was planning on appealing which I found a little odd. If it was 'Zona appealing it would make sense. Based on a cursory view, it seems both 'Zona and Ferg didn't see any way the NCAA would rule differently.

I've seen a few situations where the NCAA's ruling on schools like this was a complete overstep because some of these "prep schools" do offer a better education. This one? It certainly doesn't appear so.
 
Softball in the WCWS, Baseball in flux with the coaching search, then we add your Baylor, Tennessee, Ole Miss, and a few other stories ... it was one of those blurbs that came through that was overshadowed by all the other stories running.

The last I heard API was planning on appealing which I found a little odd. If it was 'Zona appealing it would make sense. Based on a cursory view, it seems both 'Zona and Ferg didn't see any way the NCAA would rule differently.

I've seen a few situations where the NCAA's ruling on schools like this was a complete overstep because some of these "prep schools" do offer a better education. This one? It certainly doesn't appear so.

Probably appealing in hopes of not creating a perception that athletes shouldn't go there because they cannot qualify and their classes won't meet standards of the NCAA. Doubt they are doing it in behalf of Ferguson himself.
 
Surprised that more of the one and done types don't do this. Pick up more money than they have ever seen before with no risk to their NBA dreams.

A few years back we signed a kid out of one of these type schools, under Gottfried I believe, and he did not make it into school either.
 
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