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Top rated Point guard Brandon Jennings of Oak Hill Academy will be an Arizona Wildcat. He declared his intent to sign with Arizona after visiting the campus today, a month after decommiting from the University of Southern California. Last season as a junior, Jennings averaged 15.2 points and 11.5 assists. Jennings cannot sign his national letter-of-intent until November.

On the academic situation at Arizona:

“The players, especially the ones in the NBA, come back to finish classes and graduate”

On playing college ball at Point Guard U:

“The system is well suited for guards; it’s a program that produced great guards like Gilbert Arenas, Mike Bibby and Jason Terry.”

On his official visit:

“I had a chance to really see things on my visit on Monday, I got to play with the guys and their cool. I met with Coach Olson and the staff, and they made me feel that I was more than just a player in their program, that I would be a person. But it was the AD, the academic advisor and other people I met on the visit and over the weekend that sold me on Arizona being the right place to further my career academically and in basketball. I knew I would have the right support group to succeed there.”

On why he chose Arizona over schools like Connecticut:

“It’s closer to home than some of the programs, like Connecticut and others. Sometimes things get tough, or aren’t working like you’d like, so its great to be close to family. Arizona is close to home. My family can be there for me if they’re needed. That’s really important to me.”

On his message to Arizona Wildcat fans:

“Yeah, I want them to buy their tickets now, cause I want to be part of putting them in the big show and head back to the Final Four. I think we’ll have the squad to do that.”

Brandon Jennings finished with 21 points and nine rebounds for the Belmont Shore AAU team in a 102-96 loss to the New York Gauchos in the championship game of the Cactus Classic AAU tournament. Jennings averaged a tournament-leading 28.4 points a game.

Arizona and Connecticut have been mentioned as his top choices for college and a decision is to be made in July.

Brandon Jennings scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds in Belmont Shore’s 98-91 victory over Larry Drew and the Pump-N-Run Elite at the Arizona Cactus Classic. Jennings was a late addition to the team borrowed from the Oakland Soldiers.

Former Arizona Wildcat Salim Stoudamire chatted with Jennings afterward, and Jennings agreed to stay for an unofficial visit on Monday.

“I want to see the fans, and the campus for the first time,” Jennings said. “I want to see how the players live and all that.”

Why is Arizona among the finalists for Jennings decision in July?

“It’s a point guard school,” Jennings said. “The top three point guards in the league went here—Gilbert Arenas, Mike Bibby and Jason Terry. They like to play my style of basketball, too, up and down.”

Check out this video of Brandon Jennings from Rivals.com where Jennings talks about the 5 schools he is considering: Arizona, Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky, and Southern Cal. Jennings is ranked #12 overall for the class of 2008 and #2 among point guards behind Jrue Holiday.