A tidbit on Muhammad's new home?

Talk about eyestrain in reading the tea leaves...

Watch to see if Rashad Muhammad partners up with University of South Florida because there might be an interesting connection to such a move: from this March 2013 article which primarily focused on Shabazz Muhammad (Rashad's brother) and father (Ron Holmes):

"...Another important source of travel funds was a 34-year-old financial planner named Ben Lincoln.

The son of a high school coach and a former student manager of the University of South Florida basketball team, Lincoln runs his own wealth management firm in Charlotte, N.C. A basketball fanatic, he travels the country watching games. His client list includes former college coach Brad Greenberg.

Through his brother, an assistant coach at Muhammad's high school, Lincoln met Holmes. He now calls him a close friend. Starting in March 2010, Lincoln paid for at least three visits to the University of North Carolina and Duke, covering airfare and hotel bills for Holmes and his son.

Lincoln was in L.A. this month to watch UCLA play. In an interview, Lincoln said he couldn't remember exactly how much he spent, but that he paid for the trips because the family was tight on funds, something Holmes denies.

"Ben offered to pay, so I let him," Holmes said..."

Plus this:

"...Then, on Nov. 9, 2012, hours before UCLA's opener against Indiana State, the NCAA ruled [Shabazz] Muhammad ineligible for accepting travel and lodging from Lincoln that it later valued at $1,600. That sidelined him indefinitely while the NCAA and the university negotiated an appropriate penalty..."

Of course heading to the Land of Sunshine may have zero, zip, nada meaning as correlation doesn't necessarily imply causation vis-a-vis the Ben Lincoln affiliation. Even if so, that likely couldn't have been the sole factor in any future decision to play at USF.