Vernon Carey, the No. 2 basketball prospect in the country for 2019, announces which college he'll attend on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, in Davie, Fla. Chris Nelsen, Special to Detroit Free Press
DAVIE, Fla. — Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo was relentless in his pursuit of 2019 5-star big man Vernon Carey Jr., battling Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski for the nation’s No. 2 high school prospect.
Thursday afternoon, however, those efforts were not rewarded.
Carey, a 6-foot-10, 260-pound senior at Fort Lauderdale (Fla.