Tyus Jones narrows his list: Minnesota one of eight schools

The Apple Valley high school basketball star tweeted a list of eight colleges on his list.

November 4, 2012 at 2:21PM
Apple Valley junior point guard Tyus Jones, one of the nation's top recruits in the Class of 2014.
Apple Valley basketball star Tyus Jones (Star Tribune file/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Tyus Jones 15, worked on his jump shot during tryouts at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Co.
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Tyus Jones, the star junior guard from Apple Valley, used Twitter on Saturday night to announce the list of eight schools where he's considering playing college basketball.

Minnesota is one of them. You can speculate for yourself whether that's a courtesy.

Here's the tweet:

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For the record, Upload isn't even thinking in these terms about the Gophers being on the list:

Where do you think Jones will end up.

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Howard Sinker is digital sports editor at startribune.com and curates the website's Sports Upload blog. He is also a senior instructor in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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