Given that the heart and soul of Cal’s basketball program, guard Jorge Gutierrez will exhaust his eligibility after this season, there will be a huge void in the backcourt in Berkeley, California, next year. Though there is some promising talent on the roster, California struck gold on the recruiting trail today, landing arguably the best available combo guard remaining in the country, 6′-4″ Tyrone Wallace of Bakersfield (CA), a Top 100 prospect.
The rangy and athletic Wallace picked California over Colorado, according to multiple reports. Though he was valued by many as a point guard, the development of players on the current roster may dictate which position Wallace starts out his Pac – 12 career at.
Two players signed letters of intent to Cal last year, and both were relatively unknown. The same can be said for Cal’s other 2012 pledge, Kaileb Rodriguez of ThunderRidge (CO). Wallace will bring some much needed firepower for a team that hadn’t la...
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