Sports Blog — November 15, 2009
Reports: highly-rated recruit commits to MU basketball
According to reports, Missouri bolstered a solid recruiting class today by getting a commitment from Tony Mitchell.
Gabe DeArmond of powermizzou.com confirmed this afternoon Mitchell gave a verbal commitment to play for the Tigers.
Mitchell is ranked as the No. 15 recruit in the class of 2010 by rivals.com and has a five-star rating from the site. ESPNU 100 ranked him at No. 57.
The six-foot-six-inch forward comes out of Pinkston High School in Dallas and had also considered Georgetown and North Texas, according to espn.com.
Mitchell attended Missouri’s exhibition finale against Northwest Missouri State on Friday. The commitment comes at the end of a busy week for Missouri basketball. On Friday Missouri announced the signings of Kadeem Green, Rick Kreklow and Phil Pressey.
Pressey is listed as the No. 31 recruit in the class of 2010 by espn.com.
