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Tyler Honeycutt, a 6-foot-8 senior forward from Sylmar who emerged over the spring and summer as one of the most improved high school basketball players in the nation, announced Wednesday that he would sign with UCLA. Honeycutt averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds as a junior, but he had no scholarship offers. Then he joined the Pump 'N Run club team and saw his stock soar. UCLA Coach Ben Howland and USC Coach Tim Floyd singled him out as a top recruit, and both went all-out trying to recruit him. Last weekend, Honeycutt attended the sold-out Ohio State-USC football game at the Coliseum in Floyd's final attempt to woo him.

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September 18, 2008  10:24 AM ET

Gee a basketball star picking UCLA over USC......shocking. Next thing you know, some star LA football recruit will opt for USC over UCLA.........

September 18, 2008  11:10 AM ET

Better babes at UCLA, better business contacts at USC, what's more important to ya?

September 18, 2008  12:24 PM ET
QUOTE(#1):

Gee a basketball star picking UCLA over USC......shocking. Next thing you know, some star LA football recruit will opt for USC over UCLA.........

I could not have said it better

September 18, 2008  01:15 PM ET

I love how Basketball coaches are sending players to Football games to woo them. As if 90,000 are going to show up at a USC basketball game

September 18, 2008  01:50 PM ET
QUOTE(#2):

Better babes at UCLA, better business contacts at USC, what's more important to ya?

Girls are definitely better at USC. He made the right choice if he's planning on being on campus for more than a year. UCLA has a constant stream of talent filtering into Pauly Pav.

September 18, 2008  02:58 PM ET

Girls at USC are all the same. If you like variety and hotness....UCLA is unmatched.

If you can't get a job on your own and want to work for your buddy's dad...USC is the place to be!

September 18, 2008  03:04 PM ET
QUOTE(#1):

Gee a basketball star picking UCLA over USC......shocking. Next thing you know, some star LA football recruit will opt for USC over UCLA.........

He can play ball at UCLA and watch football over USC. Kinda makes sense to me.

September 18, 2008  04:22 PM ET
QUOTE(#6):

Girls at USC are all the same. If you like variety and hotness....UCLA is unmatched.If you can't get a job on your own and want to work for your buddy's dad...USC is the place to be!

haha, you can get a sales job on your own or you can get a real job through networking and the strongest alumni network outside of ND... if by "variety and hotness" you mean, homily and middle-class... UCLA puts USC and ASU to shame.

September 18, 2008  04:38 PM ET

How is this big news in LA? Reverse the football and men's basketball and then it's a story.

September 18, 2008  06:35 PM ET

How could he pick either over any ACC team? What a booger-eating moron!!!

September 18, 2008  07:06 PM ET

Regardling of who USC get, the TARHEEL will wipe the floor with them. U Heard me.

September 19, 2008  12:41 AM ET

"Then he joined the Pump 'N Run club team..."

Am I the only one to find this quote amusing....

September 19, 2008  02:54 AM ET

Ok, so I lived around USC for a significant amount of time and attended UCLA...I have seen the girls on both campuses and I must say that the girls at UCLA are hotter. That was one of many reasons why I chose UCLA over USC. USC only has football and price of attendance (more expensive) over UCLA; other than that UCLA is scholastically, athletically, and aesthetically superior than USC. Those comments are based on fact, not opinion.

September 19, 2008  03:56 AM ET

"How could he pick either over any ACC team? What a booger-eating moron!!!"

Is "booger-eating" considered witty in the ACC region? Need I say more. I must.....

If not for a college with better history, he probably didn't want to hear Dick Vitale **** and kiss ACC butt for his whole college tenure. Go Bruins!!!!!

September 19, 2008  03:57 AM ET

Before anyone questions my typing skills, it was meant to say "hear Dick Vitale kiss ACC butt."

September 19, 2008  11:00 AM ET
QUOTE(#14):

"How could he pick either over any ACC team? What a booger-eating moron!!!"Is "booger-eating" considered witty in the ACC region? Need I say more. I must.....If not for a college with better history, he probably didn't want to hear Dick Vitale **** and kiss ACC butt for his whole college tenure. Go Bruins!!!!!

I'm pretty sure that "booger-eating" probably isn't considered witty anywhere outside of the 7th grade. Since he was dumb enough to pick UCLA over any ACC school, I figured I would try to speak down to his level. Dickie V kisses ACC butt because he recognizes that it is the superior conference.

And let's not pretend like Steve Hartman doesn't try to give the NCAA championship to UCLA (or USC, depending on who is doing better) within the first month of the season. That goes for football as well...

September 25, 2008  04:45 PM ET

UCLA = BUENO, el U$C = el Diablo

September 28, 2008  06:32 PM ET

ACC=ESAD

October 31, 2008  06:50 AM ET

Or maybe he wanted to attend a school where he can walk off campus and not get mugged> Or maybe the westcoast fits the lifestyle he wants, Or maybe he already knows the women in L.A. overall are hot! He can go to any college or high school game for some "eye candy"

 
October 31, 2008  06:54 AM ET

Why would a recruit want to take a chance in a Hurricane/Typhoon area? With country backwood women? What kind of recreation is in North Carolina? Fishing, Square Dancing, Boating, Bar Hopping, what?

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