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Tristan Spurlock averaged 13.5 points last season at Montrose Christian.

Now that Tristan Spurlock has decided where he's going to college in 2009, he can start zeroing in on a high school for 2008.

"I guess I'm doing things a little backwards," said Spurlock after making a commitment to Virginia men's basketball coach Dave Leitao. "It sounds kind of crazy, but I have no clue where I'm playing this year."

Spurlock has met NCAA academic requirements, "which is why I can wait a little bit," he said.

Spurlock, a 6-foot-8, 215-pounder, played at Woodbridge High School as a freshman in 2005-06 before spending the past two seasons at Montrose Christian School in Rockville, Md.

Spurlock said he averaged 13.5 points and nine rebounds last year for Montrose Christian, one of the nation's premier private-school programs.

"I'm still enrolled at Montrose," Spurlock said, "so, that's always an option."

Spurlock, rated one of the nation's top 50 prospects by Scouts, Inc., picked the Cavaliers over Georgetown. He also had offers from Clemson, Wake Forest, North Carolina State, Florida State and Florida.

"I woke up Wednesday morning and it just felt right," Spurlock said. "My mother and I had been going back and forth between [Virginia] and Georgetown for about two or three weeks. I was supposed to take a visit to Georgetown, but that got canceled.

"When that got canceled, I was like, 'Georgetown is a very good school academically and, of course, basketball-wise.' But, UVa is where my heart is at."

Spurlock joined Jontel Evans, a point guard from Bethel High School in Hampton, who committed to Virginia in July. Evans and Spurlock have been teammates this summer on the Boo Williams AAU team that won the Peach Jam in Atlanta earlier this summer.

"We call him 'Bub,'" Spurlock said. "That's his nickname. Bub was the second person I called after Coach [Dave] Leitao. I've seen a lot of guards and he's [Evans] the best defensive guard I've seen. He's got that football mentality."

Injuries required Spurlock to play in the post at Montrose, but he envisions himself as a shooting guard in college, particularly if incoming UVa freshman Sylven Landesberg can play the point. More than likely, Spurlock and Landesberg could man the two wing spots.

"He can defend his position, he's a great athlete and a great competitor," Williams said of Spurlock. "That's a good get for Coach Leitao."