Texas' Miller gets first commit in top-50 Ogden

Top-50 tiny guardant Bo Ogden committed to Texas connected Tuesday, giving Sean Miller his archetypal precocious schoolhouse enlistee since taking implicit the Longhorns past spring.

Ogden is the lad of Texas wide manager Chris Ogden, who was the Longhorns' squad skipper successful 2002-03 and spent 8 years arsenic an adjunct manager nether Rick Barnes successful Austin. But it wasn't ever a fastener that Ogden would extremity up pursuing successful his father's footsteps; Tennessee was considered a morganatic menace for astir of the past fewer months and Purdue besides made Ogden's last database of three.

His narration with Miller won out.

"Coach Miller was the eventual crushed I picked Texas. I watched his practices, and helium is simply a large teacher, which I value," Ogden told ESPN. "The narration betwixt myself and Coach Miller developed organically. He watched maine play to marque definite I was a bully fit. After helium decided that, helium recruited me. He knows what it takes to make players and has done it astatine a precocious level.

"He is competitive, energetic and a astute coach. He is going to play the astir competitory guys to win, and that's what I americium about."

Ogden's begetter being determination is simply a bonus.

"Texas offers fantabulous resources and has a almighty brand, and being adjacent to my household is an added plus," helium said.

A 6-foot-5 helping retired of Westlake High School (Texas), Ogden was 1 of the champion scorers connected the Adidas 3SSB circuit successful the outpouring and summer. He's ranked No. 42 successful the SC Next 100, a top-20 subordinate astatine his position. Ogden is 1 of the champion catch-and-shoot and question shooters successful the country. He plays with a precocious hoops IQ, toughness and understands however to determination without the shot to make abstraction for his jumper. Defensively, helium demonstrates beardown awareness, applies unit connected the shot and works to enactment successful beforehand of the dribbler with a committedness to help-side defence and rebounding.

Ogden averaged 20.9 points connected the Adidas circuit, ranking ninth successful scoring. He changeable an eye-popping 52.8% from 3-point range, making 3.5 shots per crippled from down the arc, portion knocking down 86% of his free-throw attempts.

Miller present has his archetypal precocious schoolhouse enlistee successful the fold since replacing Rodney Terry arsenic Texas' caput manager successful the spring. He kept top-100 enlistee John Clark, who had committed to the Longhorns nether Terry, past signed 2 planetary prospects and 5 transfers.