Shabazz Muhammad, probably the most sought after recruit in the land for 2012, spoke with CBSSports.com’s Jeff Borzello about his trimmed down list of schools he is considering.
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“Schools are recruiting me as a shooting guard,” he said. “So I’m working on handling the ball. Schools like Kentucky, Duke, Arizona, they have their shooting guards handle the ball a lot. And the most important thing is my perimeter shooting. The athleticism is already there.”
Muhammad has offers from dozens of schools, but he has trimmed some of the fat and is focusing on seven schools: Kentucky, Duke, UCLA, UNLV, Arizona, Kansas and Texas.
While he says he has no favorites, he did go through each school to discuss what he liked about each one.
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Here is what he said about Kentucky.
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Not surprisingly, Kentucky is also on Muhammad’s list. He said it’s different than the other schools on his list because of the location.
“I can be very focused there, since it’s not a city,” Muhammad said. “It’s a good place for a person who is serious about basketball. There are no distractions.”
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He also spoke what interests him in the school the most.
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Nearly every school on his list is a perennial Final Four contender, making Muhammad’s decision even harder. The main factor in his decision will be program success, both past and future.
“The school’s tradition,” Muhammad said. “I’m looking for the school that has the best opportunity for me to win a national championship.”
Despite going on plenty of unofficial visits and knowing exactly what he is looking for in a school, he has no plans to make a decision anytime soon.
Muhammad doesn’t want to rush into anything.
“I’m taking the process slowly. I probably will take all five of my visits,” he said. “I want to make sure I make the right choice.”
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