Babbitt cuts list down to 10 schools

Galena High's Luke Babbitt has narrowed his list down to 10 schools he's considering to continue his basketball career.

The 6-8 forward has made an unofficial trip to one of those school, Texas, and will watch tonight's football game between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Texas set for 5 p.m.

The other schools still being considered by Babbitt are Duke, Kansas, Illinois, Washington, UCLA, Arizona, Stanford, the University of Nevada and Gonzaga. Babbitt is among the nation's top players in this year's junior class and is rated as high as No. 5 in this year's junior class by one scouting service.

Babbitt has already eliminated several elite programs from his list, including North Carolina, Louisville, Indiana and Georgetown. Babbitt personally called all those programs to tell them he was no longer considering them.

"I'm proud of him," said Galena coach Tom Maurer on how Babbitt has handled the process. "I was really glad it's down to 10. It was pretty crazy."