Top hoops recruit Jennings snubs Wildcats

Posted: Wed Jul 9 1:05 AM

Tucson, AZ (Sports Network) - The nation's top high school basketball point guard and fourth-ranked overall prospect, Brandon Jennings, will play in Europe in 2008-2009 instead of attending the University of Arizona, where he originally committed to play, according to the Arizona Republic.

Jennings is a potential lottery pick for the 2009 NBA Draft and will be the first major high school recruit to play overseas since the NBA's one-year rule, which requires players to wait one year after graduating high school before playing in the league, was instituted in 2006.

Jennings is 6-foot, 170 pounds and graduated from national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy. The guard broke an all-time school record with a 63 point outburst in a February 19 game.

He joins Abdul Gaddy of the class of 2009, who orally committed, and Emmanuel Negedu of the class of 2008, who withdrew from his national letter of intent, as players that have backed out of commitments to the Wildcats this year.