Aaron Gordon came in second in the Arizona Wildcats' annual mile run, finishing in 5:22:00.

Gordon finished one second behind Nick Johnson, a 6-foot-3 guard who started all 35 games for the Wildcats last season.

Gordon's conditioning and work ethic have drawn high praise from Sean Miller.

Aaron Gordon’s athleticism and motor have drawn comparison to Blake Griffin.

“I think it’s unfair to put that on Aaron,” said Sean Miller, who will coach Gordon at Arizona this season. “I don’t know if he’s as much of a post player as Blake Griffin is. Aaron might not even be as big physically as Blake Griffin. ... But he does some other things that are much different. He’s much more fluid away from the basket entering his freshman year, I think if you would make that comparison at equal time, than Blake Griffin [was]. The one thing they share is athleticism in and around the basket or in transition.”

Gordon has shown the ability to play both inside and out.

“What he does, he does a little bit of everything,” Miller said. “And he can really handle the ball. He’s an unselfish passer, he’s great in transition. He can rebound at both ends. From a defensive perspective, it’s like he’s an upperclassman. He can guard a variety of players. And he takes that part of his game seriously. ... I’m almost describing an older player and yet Aaron just turned 18 years old.”

Stanley Johnson will take recruiting visits to Kentucky (Oct. 18), Arizona (Sept. 14), Florida (Nov. 30) and USC (Sept. 20).

Johnson said last month that he decided to visit Kentucky for Midnight Madness because “I told (the Cats’ coaches) I want to see them at their best, and they said that’s their best. I’m excited to see what they have to offer.”

Johnson is a consensus top-15 player in the class of 2014.

Arizona received a verbal commitment from Craig Victor, a highly-touted 6-foot-8 forward out of New Orleans St. Augustine.

Victor turned down offers from LSU and Oklahoma State.

“The situation with (head coach) Sean Miller and Arizona as a program is that they are a big-time college basketball program,” said Graegg Holmes, director of Victor’s AAU program, New Orleans Elite. “He’s seen the draft picks that they’ve been having. His ultimate goal, and hopefully it happens for him, is to become a pro.

“(College) is just a stepping stone to what he ultimately wants to do. Oklahoma State and LSU could have prepared him as they’ve had people get drafted too. But how things have happened in the past, that really swayed him.”

Victor is a top-25 prospect in the class of 2014.

Myles Turner has cut his list to eight schools after finishing off a summer in which his stock has risen considerably.

Turner went from unranked to No. 10 in the ESPN 100. Turner has great length and is a skilled shot blocker with a high motor.

Turner is considering Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Arizona, Ohio State, Oklahoma State and Texas. 

"I have done my research and after studying demographics, coaching staffs, head coaches' records and history, these are the schools I have settled on at this point in the process," Turner said. 

John Calipari is unsurprisingly rated as the best head coach in college basketball when it comes to recruiting as he has built a pipeline to the NBA while at Kentucky.

Bill Self of Kansas and Sean Miller of Arizona rank second and third.

Rick Pitino, Billy Donovan, Tom Izzo, Mike Krzyzewski, Steve Lavin, Leonard Hamilton and Scott Drew round out the top-10.