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2011 target Chasson Randle has been busy
Updated: Friday, 03 Jul 2009
Brian Neubert (GoldandBlack.com)



WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (GoldandBlack.com) - It's been a chaotic past month for Chasson Randle .

But for the top Purdue 2011 recruiting target, that's been a good thing.

The guard from Rock Island, Ill., committed the bulk of his June to playing for USA Basketball's 16-and-under national team in the FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship, where Team USA went 5-0 in the tournament, played in Mendoza, Argentina, to win the gold medal.

"I loved it," Randle said last week, after helping his Rock Island High School team to the championship game of Purdue's fifth and final team camp session in West Lafayette. "It was the greatest thing I've experienced in my whole career."

Randle hopes to return to USA Basketball next summer to play for the 17-and-under team that'll compete in 2010 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Hamburg, Germany.

For the 6-foot-1 guard, the experience was worth the demands that came with it.

He left June 5 for the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for USA Basketball's Men's Developmental Team training camp, held June 6-12.

After making the team, Randle traveled straight to Argentina for the tournament, which was held June 17-21. After playing five games in as many days, with a sore ankle, no less, Randle came home for about 24 hours, then accompanied Rock Island to Purdue's team camp Thursday.

Randle's Team USA involvement obviously left him little time to worry about recruiting, but the trip to West Lafayette did give him a chance to make a return visit to one of the schools he's heavily considering.

Purdue's just one of many major schools to have already offered the rising junior, joining the likes of Illinois, Iowa State, Ohio State, Indiana, Wisconsin and a slew of others. Florida State and Miami (Fla.) most recently laid down offers, too.

GoldandBlack.com: Busy June for recruit