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Vols land 2010 point guard
Steve Phillips Updated: 9/16/2009

Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl has had a difficult time finding a point guard for his 2010 recruiting class. That all changed Wednesday night.

Volquest.com is reporting that point guard Trae Golden committed to the Vols during Pearl's in-home visit. The 6-1 guard had been committed to Ohio State during his junior year, but reopened his recruiting some time back.

Golden said a visit to Knoxville last weekend helped him decide where he wanted to play college basketball.

"I really had my mind made up already that I was going to commit tonight," Golden told Volquest.com moments after making the decision. "Coach Pearl didn't really have to give me any big speeches or anything, I was ready pretty much after the visit this weekend."

Tennessee had gotten and lost commitments from point guards Aaron Craft and Josh Selby in the past few months. The Vols had recruited Golden before his commitment to Ohio State, and had a commitment from his AAU teammate, Jordan McRae.

"It's a great opportunity for me at Tennessee," Golden told Volquest of the need at point guard.

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