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04-16-2007, 05:52 AM
He will enroll June 1st!
Good news for the Aggies!
Jordan to Stay at Texas A&M
Last Edited: Sunday, 15 Apr 2007, 8:35 PM CDT
Created: Sunday, 15 Apr 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
DeAndre Jordan The Texas A&M basketball program will keep its top signee under former head coach Billy Gillispie.
Seven-footer DeAndre Jordan, from Christian Life Academy in Houston, tells FOX 26 Sports he met with new Aggie head coach Mark Turgeon for 90 minutes Sunday afternoon.
"I've decided I am going to stay at Texas A&M next year and honor my committment and I will be there June 1st for summer school, " Jordan said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.
Jordan says the meeting with Turgeon, which took place in Houston, went a long way toward him deciding to honor his committment to A&M and not ask for his release.
"It was real important because I didn't know anything about Coach Turgeon. A lot of the players at Texas A&M called me and told me all the things he was about, that he was a good guy, but I wanted to see it myself. So I met with him. I liked what he was talking about and where he is taking the program and that convinced me, " Jordan said.
Jordan said it meant a great deal to him that Turgeon would come to Houston and spend an hour and a half with him.
"I kind of felt a little important. That he would go out of his way to come down here and meet with me and my family, " Jordan said. He told me "he was going to continue what coach Gillispie left behind at Texas A&M." Gillispie is now the head coach At Kentucky.
During his senior year at Christian Life Academy Jordan averaged 26 points, 15 rebounds, and 8 blocked shots.
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=2935037&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1
Good news for the Aggies!
Jordan to Stay at Texas A&M
Last Edited: Sunday, 15 Apr 2007, 8:35 PM CDT
Created: Sunday, 15 Apr 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
DeAndre Jordan The Texas A&M basketball program will keep its top signee under former head coach Billy Gillispie.
Seven-footer DeAndre Jordan, from Christian Life Academy in Houston, tells FOX 26 Sports he met with new Aggie head coach Mark Turgeon for 90 minutes Sunday afternoon.
"I've decided I am going to stay at Texas A&M next year and honor my committment and I will be there June 1st for summer school, " Jordan said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.
Jordan says the meeting with Turgeon, which took place in Houston, went a long way toward him deciding to honor his committment to A&M and not ask for his release.
"It was real important because I didn't know anything about Coach Turgeon. A lot of the players at Texas A&M called me and told me all the things he was about, that he was a good guy, but I wanted to see it myself. So I met with him. I liked what he was talking about and where he is taking the program and that convinced me, " Jordan said.
Jordan said it meant a great deal to him that Turgeon would come to Houston and spend an hour and a half with him.
"I kind of felt a little important. That he would go out of his way to come down here and meet with me and my family, " Jordan said. He told me "he was going to continue what coach Gillispie left behind at Texas A&M." Gillispie is now the head coach At Kentucky.
During his senior year at Christian Life Academy Jordan averaged 26 points, 15 rebounds, and 8 blocked shots.
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=2935037&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1