O.J. Mayo to commit to USC

Informational:
The #1 ranked prospect in the class of 2007 isn't going to be playing his (one year of) college ball at West Virginia, where he is from. He won't be the face of the 07-08 Hugginsless Cincinnati Bearcats, who play their home games not too far from North College Hill, the phenom's present school. He may not even be following Huggins, who apparently has a very good relationship with the 6'4," 190 lb. guard, to Kansas State. O.J. Mayo will announce within the next few days at the ABCD camp that he will be playing his college basketball at the University of Southern California - a school not exactly famed for its achievements on the hardwood.

O.J. apparently factored this into his decision; he does not want to be just another player going to a school with a big name (in basketball, that is). O.J. says that he wants to turn a program around, and after 4 years of being told that he is the best player in his grade (he is a year older than most 2007 grads), he has the hubris to believe that he can accomplish such a feat.

Mayo does, however, remind us that he reserves the right to change his mind. "A verbal's just a verbal... I still want to visit Florida and Kansas State before I make a final decision"