6-foot-11 Finnish center and international NBA prospect Lauri Markkanen has committed to the Arizona Wildcats, per Evan Daniels of Scout.com.
Five-star PF Lauri Markkanen has verbally committed to Arizona, he told Scout.
— Evan Daniels (@EvanDaniels) October 17, 2015
Markkanen’s commitment could not be timed better, as Arizona will lose frontcourt staples Kaleb Tarczewski, Ryan Anderson and Mark Tollefson to graduation in the spring. He picked the Wildcats over North Carolina and Utah.
Coach Sean Miller should be ecstatic at this addition, as Markkanen is a big man who can score. Playing in the FIBA U18 European Championships in Greece over the summer, he led all players with 18.