Cole Anthony visiting UCLA; Georgetown, Villanova, Miami up next

By ADAM ZAGORIA

Cole Anthony, the No. 1-rated guard in the Class of 2019, took an unofficial visit to UCLA on Monday following his appearance last week at the Nike Skills Academy in Los Angeles, a source confirmed.

Anthony, who previously took unofficial visits to Wake Forest and North Carolina while at the Chris Paul Elite Guard Camp, also plans to visit Georgetown, Villanova and Miami, sources confirmed. The Miami visit is set for Aug. 21. The Georgetown and Villanova news was first reported by the New York Post.

Following his appearance at the Nike Skills Academy, 2019 PG @The_ColeAnthony is currently visiting UCLA, source confirms. Also working on visits to Georgetown and Villanova.

First by @NYPost_Brazille pic.twitter.com/5vfTqOgoko

— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) August 13, 2018

Anthony recently announced he will transfer to national power Oak Hill Academy (VA) from Archbishop Molloy (N.Y.), and has repeatedly said he won’t pick a college until the spring of 2019.

Anthony averaged  26.9 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 3.5 assists for the PSA Cardinals during the Nike EYBL regular season.

In June, Anthony helped lead the USA U18 team to a gold medal at the FIBA U18 Americas Championship in Ontario, averaging 14.3 points and 4.2 assists.

“He’s tough, he can really shoot the basketball, he can score,” Kansas and U18 coach Bill Self said. “He can certainly make plays for himself in the paint and I think he’s really getting better and trying to make plays for others, too. He was really close to having a lot of assists in the second half and for whatever reason, he was just a little bit off. But I think he’s really trying to be aggressive and still be a point guard. I think he’s got a pretty good balance of that.”