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GADDY BACK WITH WILDCATS; OLSON COMMITS POSSIBLE VIOLATION
Sep 15, 2008 | 7:26PM | report this
Abdul Gaddy is re-committed to Arizona.

The Bellarmine Prep (Wash.) point guard, who had decided to re-open his recruitment in the wake of the staff changes at Arizona this past offseason, has decided to stick with Arizona, according to GOAZCats.com.

"He just gave his verbal commitment and we're really excited about it," Abdul Gaddy, Sr. told the web site. "It was made this afternoon in the last hour. He came back from his official visit yesterday and he told me, 'dad, I really think Arizona is the right place for me.'

Gaddy was pursued by just about everyone after re-opening his recruitment, but ultimately chose Arizona over Pac-10 rival UCLA following this past weekend’s official visit to Tucson.

Gaddy's pledge wasn't the only news for the Arizona program on Monday as the program may have committed a violation after a letter was sent to the Rebounders Club board of directors from Lute Olson's office in an effort to get them to donate to a local AAU tournament called the Cactus Classic.

"A 'personal and confidential' letter was sent to Rebounders Club board of directors over the electronic signature of Lute Olson, requesting that they provide financial assistance to Jim Storey's Cactus Classic AAU Tournament," Livengood said in a July 2 letter to Ron Barker, Pac-10 associate commissioner in charge of governance and enforcement. "The letter expressed how important this tournament is to the Arizona basketball program's recruiting. The letter also stated (correctly) that 'The athletics department can't assist in any way.' Which would include requesting that donors make financial contributions."

Olson denied knowledge of the letter.

"Others inside and outside of the department stated that they thought that he had requested that the letter be sent," Livengood told the conference.

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