Luke Neff, middle with ball, is pictured during practice with his basketball team at Arvada West Feb. 23, 2015. Luke and his older brother Thomas, who both play on the team, are averaging a combined 34 points a game for 18-5 Arvada West. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
Arvada West’s verbally committed on Tuesday to the University of Denver to play men’s basketball.
Neff’s basketball club, Billups Elite, announced the news via Twitter.
The best shooter in the state verbally committed to DU. Congratulations to Luke Neff
— billupselite (@billupselite)
He will join his brother Thomas Neff at Denver for the 2016-17 season, which will be a lethal shooting force for the Pioneers. Splash Brothers, but actually related.
Thomas recently graduated from A-West, and is part of DU’s 2015 signing class.
, averaged 11.9 points, 3.7 assists and 3.1 rebounds per game last season. He will be a senior in the fall.
Luke Neff is one of the best shooters in the state, and hailed by many as the No. 1. He hit 44.4 percent of 3-point shots last season, and has made 178 of 422 over his high school career.
The Wildcats finished with a 19-6 mark last season, after falling to Fossil Ridge in the second round of the Class 5A basketball state tournament.
We’re proud & honored to announce that AWest SR guard Luke Neff has verbally committed to play hoops at DU next year!
— Arvada West hoops (@AWest_hoops)
