Brandon Randolph, the 6-foot-6 shooting guard from the Westtown (Pa.) School and the PSA Cardinals, committed to Arizona on Wednesday, giving head coach Sean Miller a strong scorer going forward.
Ranked No. 40 in the Class of 2017 by ESPN.com and No. 38 by Scout.com, Randolph was coming off an official visit to Arizona. He also considered Syracuse, Oregon and Wake Forest.
“After taking all my visits and obviously they were my last visit, I just had a good feeling going into it,” Randolph told Scout.com. “It was a great atmosphere there with great academics and I guess it was just the best fit. It had everything we were looking for.”
Randolph joins a blockbuster class that includes 7-footer DeAndre Ayton and Alex Barcello.
“Going into everything and looking at everything that wasn’t my main focus,” Randolph told Scout. “Obviously I have to know who I’m going to be surrounded by. But first we tried to see which system fits best for me. Once I looked at the players that are going to be around me and see who I’m going to be replacing that just shows I can definitely fit into their system.”
Arizona remains involved for several high-level prospects, including Brandon McCoy, Jarred Vanderbilt, Brian Bowen, Nick Richards, Hamidou Diallo and Lonnie Walker.
“If Brandon keeps working as hard as he can for the next couple of years, he has a real chance to be an NBA player,” Westtown coach Seth Berger said.
