They started out wishing Howard a happy birthday.
Listed out his prospective schools [some good ones, including Ohio State, UVa, Georgetown, had an offer from Florida, etc.]
Howard feels blessed to have all of these schools as opportunities. Grateful to have gotten to know these coaches throughout the recruiting process.
Tore his ACL during junior year. Says the injury was bittersweet, because his team won a championship, but he's happy for his teammates and tried to keep a good attitude and learn from the experience.
He says the school he's choosing has a family environment, strong fanbase, and somewhere he'd want to be for four years [GREAT NEWS, after all of the early entrant attrition we've had the last few years]. He's disappointed to have to let coaches from the other four schools in his top 5 know that he's turning them down, but he can only pick one.
After a lot of discussion with his family, he's made the decision to attend... SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY!!!!
Jim Boeheim is a historical coach, and a top 5 program all time. He's excited to play for a legend.
Howard believes he fits into a zone defensive system, and likes zone a lot better than man-to-man.
Announcer mentioned that he's 6-5 now, but is projected to grow as tall as 6-8.
He's from ACC country, excited to play in the ACC--he considers them the #1 conference, and is excited to be able to have the opportunity to compete against players he grew up playing against.
In response to the obligatory joke about winters in CNY, Howard says he plans on going winter shopping before he gets up here.
Let's Go Orange!!!