During the best years of Tulsa basketball the program was known for its superior guard play and many Tulsa fans believed that the only missing piece was a true center who could dominate the middle. Well, thanks in large part to the impressive development of Jerome Jordan who entered Tulsa as an unknown project and will leave as a first round draft choice, Tulsa continues to bring in promising center prospects with relative ease. 6'9" Blondy Baruti from Mesa, Arizona who played last year with Tulsa freshman Donte Medder, becomes the latest big man to join the Golden Hurricane and the first commit of the 2010 class for Doug Wojcik.
Baruti was named MVP of the "For the Love of the Game" tournament on July 4th averaging 13 points, 12 rebounds, and 6 blocks per game. His team most recently was 4-1 at the Adidas Super 64 in Las Vegas where Blondy put up 11 points, 13 rebounds, and 4 blocks against the Dallas Mustangs, hit a game-winning 15-footer in the next game, and then put up 8 blocks in the 1st half of his final game. Joel Francisco of Scouts, Inc. had this to say about himi: "Baruti is a physical specimen that is raw and explosive at both ends."
Baruti was declared ineligible in January of his junior season at Mesa High School due to transfer rules, but despite rumors that he would head to prep school for his senior season, Blondy has decided to return to Mesa High and hopes to be reinstated for his senior season. He was drawing interest from Missouri, Georgia Tech, and a number of Pac-10 schools before committing to Tulsa.
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