Under Sean Miller Arizona has become one of the more dominant basketball programs in college basketball in recent years. Arizona has been able to pick up big time recruits and develop them, making for a lot of success in the Pac-12 and NCAA tournament. Arizona's incoming 2015 class is ranked as the fourth best in the nation, but they have yet to get a commitment from anyone in the 2016 class. That could all change very soon as four-star shooting guard Andrew Jones is visiting Arizona's campus in the coming days, according to Evan Daniels of Scout.com.
Jones has been considered one of the breakout performers of the summer in the high-school ranks, as he has risen from the low 100's, in terms of ranking, all the way to top 50 in just two short months. ESPN has Jones ranked as the 35th best overall prospect and the ninth best shooting guard in the 2016 class.
Jones is a 6-foot-4 guard from Irving, Texas who is athletic and said to be good at everything. His strengths lie in scoring in transition and defending among other things while he will need to work to improve his ball-handling and his jump shot. Overall, Jones has improved so much in so little time that it's easy to expect that improvement to continue in his senior year of high school heading into college.
As of right now, Jones has only taken unofficial visits and is in the process of taking officials. Arizona is first up and, according to 247 sports, they are one of the favorites to land him when he makes his college decision. Jones' hometown team Texas is another favorite to land the shooting guard, but he is also considering Baylor, Louisville, Oklahoma State, SMU, Texas A&M, and Virginia.
The lack of recruits committed to Arizona for 2016 shouldn't be a concern yet, as there are still a lot of top players that haven't committed but getting a commitment from Jones would be a great start to their 2016 class. Jones has really caught scouts eyes this summer with his play and because of that has jumped way up in the rankings, so who knows how good he will be by the time he actually plays his first college game.
