It didn’t take Minnesota prep Alan Anderson long to sort out his college finalists.
Anderson, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Minneapolis who visited Kansas last weekend, on Monday verbally committed to Michigan State over KU and Minnesota.
“I had also considered Minnesota and Kansas,” Anderson told Insider’s Report’s Mike Sullivan, “but I felt my relationship with coach Tom Izzo was very good. So I felt this was the best school for me.
“I had a great trip to Kansas,” Anderson added. “But I felt like I fit in more with Michigan State. Hopefully we can win another national championship there.”
Anderson averaged 17 points a game last year. He said Sunday night he had a great time at Kansas, fit in well with the players, and likely would not pick a school until after visiting Minnesota and Michigan State. That all changed Monday.
Meanwhile, Cedric Bozeman, 6-5 from Santa Ana, Calif., says he will cancel this weekend’s visit to Kansas. Bozeman told Tracy Pierson and Greg Hicks of Pac West Hoops he’s orally committed to UCLA.
Bozeman had considered Florida of late. He is a teammate of Jamal Sampson, 6-10 from Santa Ana, Calif., who is to visit KU for Late Night With Roy Williams on Oct. 13.
Football for Miles: Portland, Ore., basketball point guard Aaron Miles has joined his high school’s football team.
The 6-foot Miles, who will play college basketball at either Kansas University, UCLA, Arizona or Oregon, put on the pads last week for the first time since his sophomore season.
Miles, who looked sharp after practicing just two days, was inserted as quarterback halfway through the first half. He threw two TD passes in Jefferson High’s 18-14 loss to Westview High last Friday night.
Miles suffered cramps and was unable to finish.
“I’m not surprised. He’s an athlete. He’s very good at baseball, basketball, all sports,” said Jefferson High basketball coach Marshall Haskins. “It’s his senior year. How do you watch your friends go out there and play and not (join them)? He wanted to play. I’m happy he did.”
Miles, who is a good friend of Jefferson High receiver and fellow college basketball recruit Michael Lee, had a tough time watching two weeks ago as Jefferson dropped its football opener.
“He decided the football team needed help. They weren’t doing well, spirits were down.
“The team needed some leadership. He talked it over with his dad and decided to get out there and help the team,” said Troy Berry, coach of Miles’ Portland Legends summertime basketball team.
“He can throw, run. He has a nice arm. He could be all-state in football. He could play college football, probably as a wide receiver,” Berry added. “He also could be a pro baseball player. I know that for sure. I played pro baseball and he is a pro baseball player.”
Because of football, Miles will not be able to visit Kansas until Nov. 4 for the KU-Emporia State exhibition contest.
He still will be able to visit Arizona for Midnight Madness on Oct. 13 because Jefferson has a football game on Thursday that week.
Miles and Lee, a 6-foot-2 shooting guard, will visit the University of Oregon on Saturday for the Ducks’ football game against UCLA.
Berry said Kansas was not recruiting Lee, who is considering Oregon, Oklahoma and several other schools.
“To my knowledge the University of Kansas is not recruiting Michael,” Berry said. “Aaron is not interested in a school offering Michael to get to him.
“If a school is legitimately interested in him (Lee) as a player, that’s different. That’s the premise of Oregon talking to both. Oregon had its in-home visit with the two of them.
“Aaron really enjoyed his home visit with Kansas. He expressed to me last night how much he likes coach Williams,” Berry added.
