You Heard It Here First, Harkless to UConn

As Dan told you on Monday, Maurice Harkless will be headed to UConn. It was confirmed today by Zagsblog.net.

NEW YORK — Maurice Harkless has made his college choice.

“I will be going to the University of Connecticut,” the 6-foot-7, 180-pound Harkless, 16, said Wednesday afternoon in the SNY studio in midtown Manhattan.

Harkless, a junior wing at Forest Hills High School in Queens, N.Y., is the No. 12 small forward and No. 50 player overall in the Class of 2011, according to Rivals.

Harkless is coming back from a broken metatarsil bone in his left foot. In his first game back he scored 21 points in Forest Hills’ 60-57 loss to Wings Academy on Sunday.

A year ago, he helped lead his high school team to the Queens borough crown and the PSAL Class AA quarterfinals.

Harkless chose UConn over Seton Hall, St. John’s, Kentucky and Fordham.