Top basketball recruit and Michigan State target Josh Jackson told Rivals.com in a Sunday evening interview that he knows his college choice, but he also said he probably won’t announce it this week.
“It’s probably gonna be later on,” Jackson told the recruiting site during an interview from Chicago, where he is taking part in McDonald’s All-American Game festivities this week.
And it was supposed to happen Thursday, Jackson said – which coincides with heavy rumors on recruiting sites that night that he was about to announce. But he said there were some “family members and close friends” who couldn’t be with him, so he held off.
Those rumors also had Jackson picking Kansas that night, over finalists MSU and Arizona. But Jackson isn’t tipping his hand right now.
He told Rivals.com that, of the three head coaches, he probably has the closest relationship with Arizona’s Sean Miller. He said he was impressed on his official visit to Kansas.
“It was the loudest gym I’ve ever been in, in my entire life,” he said of Allen Fieldhouse. “And I was just the whole time thinking, ‘Man, I’d hate to be the opposing team right now, but I would love to be playing for Kansas right now.’ Just one major thing is their fans, their fans are amazing, probably the best fans in college basketball. And the coach, coach (Bill) Self, he’s a great coach. He coaches players really hard, pushes them, makes them better.”
And MSU? Jackson – a 6-foot-7 wing ranked the No. 1 prospect in the nation by some services – wasn’t asked by Rivals.com specifically about the Spartans. But when asked which other McDonald’s All-Americans are recruiting him hardest to join them, he was quick to answer.
“Definitely Miles,” Jackson said of MSU signee Miles Bridges. “By far. By far. Daily, constant.”
Bridges, of Flint and now Huntington (W.Va.) Prep, has long been friends with Jackson, who is from Detroit and is now a senior at Prolific Prep in Napa, Calif.
Jackson and MSU signee Joshua Langford will play for the West team during Wednesday’s McDonald’s All-American Game (9 p.m., ESPN), and Bridges will be on the East team.
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