Alabama transfer picks Tar Heels

Submitted by kentysiac on 05/24/2010 - 21:12

Losing David and Travis Wear to an unexpected transfer became less of a problem for North Carolina on Monday night when Alabama transfer Justin Knox committed to the Tar Heels.

Knox, who's played three seasons for the Crimson Tide, is a 6-foot-9, 240-pound forward who plans to graduate from Alabama this summer and enroll at North Carolina as a graduate student. Under the NCAA's graduate student waiver program, he should be eligible to play for the Tar Heels immediately if he chooses a degree program that Alabama does not offer.

"Everyone in the family is excited," said Darien Knox, Justin's uncle, who announced the commitment. "Everyone in the family is looking forward to Justin becoming a Tar Heel."

Justin Knox plans to make a statement to the media Tuesday explaining his decision. Darien Knox said both finalists, North Carolina and Georgia Tech, made Justin feel like family on his visits, and said North Carolina assistant coach Steve Robinson did an outstanding job recruiting Justin.

Knox averaged 6.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in 19.8 minutes per game last season for Alabama, but decided to transfer in part because he didn't feel like he was fitting into the system after coach Anthony Grant's first season.

By providing immediate, experienced help in the low post, Knox should give the Tar Heels' fortunes a huge boost next season. The Wear twins' departure had left North Carolina with just two scholarship players - John Henson and Tyler Zeller - as true low-post players.

Comments

Hope he gets there soon enough...

Tue, 05/25/2010 - 09:30 — dupackr1

...to partake in all the summer boat festivities with all of his other teammates. It'd be a shame if he missed out on that :(

Yup

Tue, 05/25/2010 - 11:23 — Heels20

It would be.

Now that it has actually happened

Tue, 05/25/2010 - 00:43 — JPDOhio

it's seems to be kind of anti-climactic.

6.3 points and 3.7 rebounds in 19.8 minutes per game

Mon, 05/24/2010 - 22:12 — TheMambaSTRIKES

hey, for 1 year.......it's better than an empty chair and an unused scholarship....like the one in ol Roys desk drawer last year...when he was too stubborn or worse..... to even OFFER JWall.....and thus sealed the Tar Holes fate in the ACC OUThouse.

bucky-beaver-aka ol roy!!!!

Wed, 05/26/2010 - 20:29 — bluecat69bluecat69

MAMBY, REMEMBER J-WALL DID NOT FIT OL ROYS LOSING SYSTEM, EVEN THOU HE HAD A 3.5 GPA AND WAS A MODEL CITIZEN AT UK, GO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT!!! GO DUKE-CHAMPS!!!!!

SNOOOOORE

Tue, 05/25/2010 - 22:37 — unc098

Shnuk@&(()!!@*.... What did you say something???

selling out

Tue, 05/25/2010 - 10:40 — hojo1230

apparently you dint read about all the trouble 'jwall' continued to get in to or you dont care... recruiting him would have been selling out.

as a tarheel fan, i myself, would have rather seen the tarheels go winless last season than have that poor excuse on my team

lo-jo1230--aka dumb-ass!!!

Wed, 05/26/2010 - 20:16 — bluecat69bluecat69

john wall had a 3.5 gpa this year, and he was a model citizen, and he will be the no1 draft pick in the nba draft, so what in the he-l are u talking about, get youf facts correct or dont ever get on this site again- if u want to be critical of any one it should be-- ol-roy, ok u red neck, go duke-champs!!!!!!!!!!!!!