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Compton's Kevin Bradley Among
Three Signees At Utah--(Apr. 29, 2000)

Some people say you can never have enough point guards, but Utah's Rick Majerus had better see about changing the rules of the game to allow more than one ball on the court at once, because he's now got more point guards than anyone in college ball should ever have. . . .Seriously, the Ute backcourt is now set for the next two years and beyond with the recent signings. 

While the Utes still have Gary Colbert (6'-1" So. PG) from Etiwanda, this past week, Majerus signed three more legitimate big-time point guards, including two very talented JUCO transfers and one high school player, a dazzlingly talented player  who has also spent some time down in SoCal during the summers.  

The Utes announced this past Wednesday that they have signed Compton City College point guard  Kevin Bradley (6'-0" So. PG),  Salt Lake JUCO standout and Georgia Tech and Iowa State transfer Travis Spivey (6'-2" So. PG), and Utah high school standout Marc Jackson (6'-2" Sr. PG) from Olympus High School.   Jackson will most likely not attend Utah until after he completes his Mormon mission next year.

Bradley signed out of Crenshaw two years ago with Pepperdine, but when former Pepperdine coach Lorenzo Romar left to take the St. Louis job, Pepperdine agreed to release Bradley from his LOI.  He then attended Irvine Valley College and last year attended Compton CC.  Bradley, who is known by the name "Bean," is a great defensive specialist,  and a quick, excellent passer with great decision-making skills on the court.  

Spivey is one of the top JUCO players in the country, and while he's been around a bit, includig Georgia Tech and Iowa State, has tremendous skills.

We haven't seen Jackson since last summer's Pump West Coast All-Star Camp, but here's what we thought of him last summer:

Marc Jackson (6'-1" Sr. PG) Olympus--Another dazzling point guard, he handles the ball extremely well, pushes the break, plays extremely active defense and is a great floor general, who makes excellent decisions. We watched him for a whole game last night and he only turned the ball over once in 20 minutes of floor time. A lot of college coaches could get really excited by this guy, and we'd recommend taking a look. . . 

We could go on and on about these three guys, but rather than do that, here's the official press release from the University of Utah: 

Utes Land Three Men's Basketball Recruits During
Late Period

Two junior college transfers and a Utah high school
standout sign.

April 27, 2000

SALT LAKE CITY - Junior college transfers Kevin Bradley and Travis Spivey, and Utah high school standout Marc Jackson have signed national letters of intent to play basketball at Utah. The announcement came Thursday from Ute head coach Rick Majerus. 

Spivey played this past season at Salt Lake Community College and was named the Scenic West Conference Player of the Year. The 6-2, 200-pound point guard was also named the Utah junior college player of the year by the Utah Tip Off Club. He averaged 18.2 points, 9.3 assists and 8.3 rebounds at SLCC. He also shot 40.0 percent from three-point range and had a 2.2 assists/turnover ratio. 

Spivey had 14 double-doubles and six triple-doubles for the Bruins, who finished 23-8 overall and 13-5 in the conference. The Myrtle Beach, S.C., native started as a freshman at Georgia Tech before transferring to Iowa State, where he sat out the 1998-99 season. 

Bradley averaged 18.5 points, 4.9 assists and 3.9 boards in 28 games for Compton Community College (Calif.) last season. The 6-foot, 175-pound guard made 38.4 percent of his three-pointers and 75.2 percent of his free throws. Bradley graduated from Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, then redshirted at Irvine Valley College (Calif.) due to a broken foot before transferring to Compton. 

Jackson, a 6-2 guard, earned first team all-state honors as a junior and senior at Olympus High School. Jackson averaged 27.2 points a game in 21 regular-season games to lead the state in scoring as a senior. He also posted 7.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game. Jackson was named the 1999-2000 Class 4A MVP by the Salt Lake Tribune and Defensive Player of the Year by the Deseret News. He was also named to the Utah Tip Off Club Terrific Twelve for boys basketball. 

Although his Olympus team lost in the first round of the 4-A tournament, Jackson had 22 points to cap an outstanding prep career. Jackson was a three-year starter in basketball and was the starting quarterback on the Olympus football team last fall. 

During the early signing period last fall, the Utes landed Jon Godfread, a 6-11 forward/center from Grand Forks, N.D. Lance Allred, a 1999 graduate of Salt Lake City East High School, also signed with the Utes after electing not to go on an LDS Church mission. He has been a part-time student at the U. this past academic year and will join the Utes in the fall.

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