More on signee Brandon Clarke

Spoke with Tony Darden, the head basketball coach at Desert Vista High in Phoenix, and he elaborated about his player Brandon Clarke who signed a letter-of-intent with San Jose State University today.

"Brandon is a great student and leader who is going to do big things. He's the best defender in the state and can guard the 1-5 spots. Brandon is a pass-first guy and a good scorer who can take guys off the dribble. He's very athletic and really smart."

He added, "Brandon is very fond of the San Jose State coaching staff" and noted that Tyler Ojanen, who earlier coached high school basketball and played his first two years of college hoops in Phoenix, was instrumental in Clarke's signing.

Northeastern, Lafayette, Columbia, Colgate, Santa Clara among others recruiting the 6-foot-6 Clarke.

Note: Darden, who played collegiately at Coastal Carolina and professionally overseas and in the American Basketball Association, also was an assistant coach at the high school current Spartan guard Jordan Baker attended. That team went all the way to the state championship game one year.