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Communicated this weekend with Francisco Garza, a UA graduate, who is a coach at San Diego Hoover High School — the school that features top-flight Class of 2011 forward Angelo Chol — and he mentioned that Arizona has opened its recruiting for Chol.

“Yes, Coach (Sean) Miller and Book (Richardson) were both at our games, got a chance to meet both to start a relationship with Hoover and San Diego,” Garza said through an e-mail message. “(I) won’t be surprised if the coaches visit San Diego and Hoover in the future.”

Chol and Hoover High competed this weekend in the Bishop Gorman Classic in Las Vegas. Miller and Richardson were on hand to watch Chol and other prospects, including Bishop Gorman’s Shabazz Muhammad, a Class of 2012 point guard who just might be the best of his class.

Chol, 6-foot-8, 200 pounds, is a rebounding monster, averaging 12.3 a game. He also scores 17.1 a game, most of them through put-backs.

The Cats already have a commitment from Class of 2011 power forward Sidiki Johnson of Newark (N.J.) St. Benedict’s Prep, but Miller and Richardson have realized that Chol is too good of a talent to pass on. Practically every Pac-10 program is recruiting him in addition to UConn, North Carolina and Kansas, among others.

Garza, who served in the Navy and graduated in 2004 from the UA, also runs the “Game Theory of Basketball” program in San Diego. It’s an elite-level training program which concentrates on physical training and basketball skill development.

Garza’s association with the UA could help in the recruitment of Chol in the future, although he just became familiar with Miller and Richardson this weekend.

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