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Andrew Wiggins will make a decision sometime soon on whether to jump to the class of 2013.
“He does understand that when he makes the jump into the college world, everything changes. Life changes,” Wiggins’ AAU coach Mike George said. “It’s not just a basketball decision. It’s a life decision. You have to do what makes the most sense for your life.”
Wiggins will consult with his family and coaches over the next few weeks before making a decision.
Amid talk of reclassification, John Calipari traveled to Brampton, Ontario on Saturday to catch the 6-foot-7 small forward at the Caribana Classic Basketball camp.
“It’s who’s recruiting him hardest. That’s what counts. That’s what he wants to see,” George said. “If he’s playing, you better have a coach there front and center. And it better be the head coach. And if it’s not – you have a problem.”
Tyler Dorsey plans to transfer to Las Vegas Findley Prep from Ribet Academy in Los Angeles.
"I want to be on that big stage, play that national schedule," Dorsey said. "I'm just ready to play all the top players and teams in the country."
Dorsey, a 6-foot-4 combo guard who is rated as a top-15 prospect in the class of 2015, has scholarship offers from Connecticut, USC, Oregon State and Arizona.
"My strengths are playing overall, being a triple-double guy and (to) do everything on the court," Dorsey said.
Mike Krzyzewski will continue to be involved with USA Basketball after stepping down as the team’s head coach.
Krzyzewski has said that the London Olympics will be his last coaching the United States.
“Let’s win and then figure that out,” Krzyzewski said. “I’ll be involved. It would be not a real smart thing to have someone who has been involved in this for seven years not to have some input in the future.
“I’ve lived this. I have a feel for it. I know the international community, the international game. Just going through the experience of doing this for seven years with the practices, the media, the culture differences, you want to make sure that you don’t just bury historic and institutional knowledge about those things. Jerry is going to keep on. My relationship with him is as close as it can be. I’ll be involved in some way.”
Jerry Colangelo, who will stick around after the London games, said the decision is easy.
“It’s pretty simple,” Colangelo said. “He can be involved as long as he wants to be as long as I’m involved. I don’t have another thing to take up my time. I would be hard-pressed not to have some involvement from Coach K going forward.
“We’ve grown so much over these last eight years and what he’s done in terms of developing this culture, it would be really hard to see us going forward without some involvement on his part.
Anthony Bennett has been cleared by the NCAA eligibility center to play this fall, UNLV coach Dave Rice confirmed Thursday.
“We are excited for Anthony and for our team,” Rice said. “(Senior Associate Athletics Director/Compliance) Eric Toliver and (Director of Student-Athlete Academic Services) David Jackson worked very hard on the waiver.”
Bennett should be a full participant when the Rebels open their regular season on Nov. 12.
Cliff Alexander recently received a scholarship offer from Kentucky, adding to his list of Michigan State and Ohio State.
"I talked to (Calipari) the day before the offer and he said he wanted to coach me," Alexander said. "The next day I got a text from Coach Orlando (Antigua) that I have a scholarship offer. It is something I've been waiting for a long time."
The 6-foot-9 Alexander, who is considered a top-10 prospect in the class of 2014, is believed to be favoring Kentucky and Michigan State.
"That is not the case," Alexander said. "I just like the coaching staffs (at Michigan State and Kentucky). That's it."