I can't remember a more confusing recruitment for USU basketball in recent memory than this one, but it looks like it'll have a happy ending after all!
Tony Jones is reporting that Marvin Jean looks like he will indeed play for the Aggies this year, now coming as a walk-on to the team.
This is the most recent swing in this whole saga, and hopefully the last twist. Things all started with rumors of USU's interest in Jean this past spring, followed by Jean spilling the beans on Twitter that he'd committed to USU. That was followed up with conflicting reports stating that the USU coaches hadn't yet made a formal offer. Whether that's exactly the case, we'll probably never know. They could have had the offer out there, but for the sake of controlling the news, didn't want that news out there just yet.
Without presuming any more about the chronology of things back then, Jean did indeed end up with a scholarship offer, which he accepted.
Then, earlier this month, after a summer of workouts with the team, it appeared that Jean wasn't going to qualify academically because of a junior college class holding him up.
And here we are today, with things apparently having been cleared up, and Jean now walking-on. His re-addition to the team adds some serious athleticism to the wings for this season, and should make it an easy choice to redshirt both Quincy Bair and Riley Bradshaw, which will serve both of them well in the future.
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