Lute Olson saw this one coming.

I spoke to the Arizona coach on Monday afternoon at the LeBron James Skills Academy and he was prepared for the fact that his top recruit and also arguably the nation’s top recruit, Brandon Jennings, was going to head overseas instead of playing college basketball.

Jennings took the test for the first time while back at Compton Dominguez (Calif.) and made a significant jump in his second attempt, which caused the NCAA to red-flag him and take the test a third time recently.

Jennings and his camp continued to maintain that the results of the most recent test were delayed, when in fact, it may have just been a way to protect any bargaining power to negotiate an overseas deal.

Jennings move to Europe will be an interesting test case for future kids who could explore the overseas market instead of going to prep school.

I don’t expect an influx of players to go this route, because frankly, there’s only a couple of kids each year at the highest level who would even explore this avenue.

As for Olson, this is a huge hit for a program that returned Chase Budinger and could have paired Budinger with Jennings and Jordan Hill. Now the Wildcats go from a legitimate Top 25 club to a team that is in danger of extending their active NCAA tournament streak.

Don’t be surprised to see Jennings sign with agent Bill Duffy, the same guy under scrutiny for his alleged involvement in the O.J. Mayo saga.