Wisconsin Lands Commitment From 2011 Point Guard

January 19, 2010

11:59 P.M. CST

Illinois Prep Bulls-eye has confirmed through multiple sources that George Marshall, the 5'11 class of 2011 point guard from Brooks College Prep in Chicago has verbally committed to the University of Wisconsin.  Marshall chose the Badgers over offers from DePaul, Baylor, and Illinois State and strong interest from plenty of others.

From the moment that head coach Bo Ryan extended a scholarship offer to Marshall last November, there was no question that the Badgers were the strong leader for Marshall's services. In that respect the factors behind Marshall's decision are quite similar to those that enabled Wisconsin to sign 6'7 forward Duje Dukan from Deerfield High School in Deerfield, IL as a member of their 2010 recruiting class.

Simply put, landing a point guard was one of the Badgers' top priorities with respect to their recruitment of players in the class of 2011 and Marshall is yet another prospect who undoubtedly fits the mold of what they were looking for. Marshall sees coach Ryan's offensive system as being one that is perfect for his style of play. Add in the fact that Marshall is also a top-of-the line student and there is no question that Wisconsin is a perfect fit both from a basketball and academic standpoint.

Marshall is a pure point guard who is at his best when he has the ball in his hands and is able to run the show. While he is extremely quick and is able to consistently attack the basket, he plays under control, makes good decisions and does a great job of getting all of his teammates involved offensively. In addition, Marshall has also shown that if you back off of him, he is more than capable of nailing shots from beyond the 3-point arc.

An added bonus that weighs in Marshall's favor is that Chris Head (Marshall's high school coach at Brooks) is one of the best coaches in the Chicago Public League when it comes to producing top-flight point guards. Kiwane Garris, David Bailey and Martell Bailey were all among the floor generals that Head was instrumental in helping to develop while he was a coach at Westinghouse Career Academy in Chicago.

Marshall becomes the Badgers' second recruit from the class of 2011, joining yet another Chicago area product--6'7 forward Devon Hodges from Bolingbrook High School in Bolingbrook, IL. Kudos once again goes out to assistant coach Howard Moore, who was the point man behind Marshall's recruitment.

With Marshall now in the fold, there will probably be some speculation concerning where Wisconsin may stand with their recruitment of another top 2011 guard in Illinois--6'2 combo guard Chasson Randle from Rock Island High School in Rock Island, IL. Hopefully we can lay that to rest when we say that the Badger coaching staff continues to go after Randle extremely hard and there is no doubt that they would take both Marshall and Randle as members of their 2011 class.

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