On paper, Curtis Jones looks like exactly what the Indiana basketball program needed.
He’s a shooting guard that is somewhere between 6-2 and 6-4 who is also skilled at the point guard position.
He played last year at Huntington Prep where he averaged 15.3 points and 3.9 assists.
In announcing on Twitter Saturday morning that he had verbally committed to play basketball at Indiana, Jones chose the Hoosiers over a final four that included Georgetown, Cal and Oklahoma State.
Check out some of the other schools that had offered him and it’s an impressive list: Schools like Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina State, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Virginia, VCU, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and West Virginia.
Jones, from Highland Springs, Va., is an important piece because Indiana will lose Yogi Ferrell, Nick Zeisloft and most likely James Blackmon Jr. after next season.
The Hoosiers are going to need a combo guard who plays at a high level. He’s ranked No. 55 in ESPN’s Top 100 recruits in his class and he’s also a four-star recruit by both Rivals and Scout.
The big question with Jones is will his commitment have any influence on his Huntington Prep teammate Miles Bridges who is expected to announce his decision in the next few weeks. Bridges has announced a final three of Kentucky, Michigan State and Indiana and sources indicate he’s a Michigan State lean.
However, you just wonder if Jones’ decision to attend IU could have any impact on Bridges.
This is the second player in the 2016 class that has committed to IU. The other is 6-6 Grant Gelon, a two-star recruit.
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