UVa Continues Push For Star 2012 PG

Marcus Paige

The Contact Period for Division 1 men’s basketball recruiting began on September 9 and University of Virginia head coach Tony Bennett didn’t waste any time heading to Marion, Iowa, to see Linn-Mar High School point guard Marcus Paige . The 6-1, 160-pound junior received an offer from UVa in June and appears to be one of the Cavaliers top targets in the 2012 class.

“Coach Bennett is the guy recruiting me. He is probably my main recruiter there,” Paige said. “He came to my school the first day coaches could go out for open gym. Usually, he stays in contact on the phone. We actually have a good relationship. It goes back to when his sister was recruiting my sister to play basketball at Wisconsin.”

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