Tennessee Vols coach Cuonzo MartinKNOXVILLE – Jordan Cornish delivered the good news to Tennessee basketball coach Cuonzo Martin on Monday night.
The 6-foot-6 swingman from Brother Martin High School in New Orleans gave the Volunteers their first commitment for the 2014 recruiting class.
“He actually did [get excited],” Cornish said by phone, “because he really loves my game, and like he told me, ‘I resemble him,’ and he really, really likes me.”
A consensus three-star prospect, Cornish is ranked in the top 150 players by both Rivals.com (131) and 247sports.com (128). He said he had scholarship offers from Oklahoma, Purdue, VCU, Houston, Texas A&M and Wake Forest. Martin and Tennessee have been recruiting Cornish since the summer following his freshman season, and he’s made two visits to Knoxville.
“They’ve been on me the whole way, and they’ve been straightforward with me,” Cornish said. “I just felt at home with those guys – with Coach Martin, Coach [Jon] Harris and the players – and the storied tradition the basketball program has, it was an easy decision for me.