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It's official. J'Mison Morgan will be playing basketball next season for UCLA. Bruins Coach Ben Howland confirmed Thursday that the school has received signed grant-in-aid paperwork from the 6-foot-10, 248-pound center from South Oak Cliff High in Dallas. Morgan had signed a letter-of-intent to play at Louisiana State, but after Tigers coach John Brady was fired and replaced by former Stanford coach Trent Johnson, Morgan decided to reconsider.

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June 6, 2008  11:21 AM ET

One of the best recruiting classes in the history of the program! Now let's see Ben work his magic. If he can turn Russell Westbrook into a lottery pick, he can take these kids all the way!

Go Bruins!

June 6, 2008  01:12 PM ET

yeah, scary class.

June 6, 2008  01:42 PM ET

Final Fours are not enough in Westwood. Ben's on the hotseat.

June 6, 2008  03:41 PM ET

Is he really a transfer? I think this headline is wrong.

June 6, 2008  03:45 PM ET

Holy smokes, with him on board and if he's cleared to play along with a top 3 recruiting class and the ever talented senior point guard we're looking no worse than Sweet 16 and possibly even more. This coming year won't be as high of a seed and will likely include 8 to 10 overall losses, but once we're in the seasoned freshmen will step it up and dazzle the opposition. If 2 or 3 of the declared remain agent free and return to Westwood than Final Four # 4 in a row becomes a very tangible goal.

Go Bruins!

June 6, 2008  05:55 PM ET

No. 1 recruiting class in the nation + Ben Howland + playing in one of the toughest conferences in the nation = deep run in the tournament

He wasn't a scorer in high school, but...I don't know, I feel like Ben Howland found his dream center, cause this guy can play D!

June 6, 2008  08:17 PM ET

Oh well.. there's always football.

June 6, 2008  10:39 PM ET

good move if you like playing on a team that scores 50 pts. a game. howland should have stayed in the big least.

June 7, 2008  12:41 AM ET

Spelling bee finals report...

JAMESON....... J - APOSTROPHE - m - I - s - o - n...... Jameson.

June 7, 2008  01:21 AM ET

De-commit to UCLA and come East as in BIG EAST -Keno wants you really bad at PC !!!

June 7, 2008  12:18 PM ET

Were gonna be young and scary. Don't see Luc Richard and Shipp getting drafted so they'll be back too.

 
June 8, 2008  04:41 PM ET

Can't have too many trees on the team !

UCLA will still lose the "Big Game" !



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