McAdoo Withdraws From Norfolk Christian

Unless your head has been in the sand over the past two weeks (if it has, I sincerely apologize), you have heard about the grumblings of James McAdoo enrolling a year early at Carolina. McAdoo is officially a rising senior, and is ranked as the #2 PF in the class of 2011, and was scheduled to enroll at Carolina after he graduated from high school this upcoming school year. But, it seems that McAdoo only needed three courses to graduate from high school and make the leap, which lead to some speculation that he would graduate early and aid Carolina's ailing front court after the surprise transfer of the Wear twins to UCLA.

Today, it was announced, by Norfolk Christian, that McAdoo had withdrawn from the school, increasing speculation that he will indeed enroll early to play for the Tar Heels. According to the article on nbebasketball.com, McAdoo would need three courses from Norfolk Christian, but only needs one English class to qualify for a GED, which would gain him acceptance into North Carolina in the fall. Keep in mind that McAdoo is a huge cog in the USA U-17 national team wheel, and taking three classes as opposed to only one, would leave little time for him to travel this summer with the national team. The move to withdraw and obtain a GED seems to have been made to open up space in his schedule to complete the required course and play USA basketball.

I'm not sure if this is good or bad for the kid, but I am happy that Carolina's front court depth issues seemed to have been solved by Justin Knox's addition (which is still pending), and McAdoo's apparent decision to make the leap.

Remember how things looked just a couple of weeks ago? Have a look at the new kid on the block: