Class of 2018 point guard and top-100 recruit James Akinjo has officially been released from his National Letter of Intent to UConn, according to his aunt on Twitter. The de-commitment comes as no surprise as the Richmond, CA native cited former head coach Kevin Ollie as one of the top reasons he picked the Huskies over the likes of Iowa State, Virginia, Maryland and Cal.
“I can’t even explain it,” Akinjo told the Hartford Courant. “When I was on my visit, it was like I felt him, I felt where he was coming from, I believed everything he was saying.