Teague commits to Cats

One point guard leaves, another commits.

On the same day John Wall formally announced his intentions to enter the 2010 NBA Draft, class of 2011 point guard Marquis Teague gave UK head coach John Calipari and the UK basketball team a verbal commitment.

Teague is regarded by Rivals.com as the No. 2 player in the country and the top point guard. Teague, brother of former Wake Forest star Jeff Teague who now plays for the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, will be yet another highly ranked point guard to commit to Calipari.

Calipari has now coached in succession, Derrick Rose, who was the NBA’s Rookie of the Year in 2009, Tyreke Evans, who is the favorite to be the 2010 NBA Rookie of the Year, and Wall, who is favored to be the top pick in this summer’s NBA Draft. Calipari has also landed a National Letter of Intent from the class 2010′s No. 1 player, Brandon Knight.

Teague is a 6-foot-2 guard from Indianapolis who many believed months ago would commit to Louisville. The Cats and Cards were the final two schools Teague was deciding between.

The Cats now have verbal commitments from the top two prospects in the class of 2011, having already received a verbal commitment from Michael Gilchrist on April 14.