6′-9″ post player Ivan Rabb of Bishop O’Dowd (CA) will play college basketball close to home, as the nation’s No. 9 prospect nationally picked his local California Golden Bears over the Arizona Wildcats on Monday night.
Rabb immediately provides a centerpiece to Cal’s 2015-2016 team, and will start from day one on the interior. Assuming Cal’s guard Tyrone Wallace doesn’t enter the NBA draft, the Golden Bears have enough talent in place to be a pre-season Top 25 team going in to the 2015-2016 season, which is impressive given head coach Cuonzo Martin’s short tenure as the program’s leader in Berkeley.