The Arizona Wildcats’ recruiting is back among the nation’s elite. The nation’s top 2019 point guard, Phoenix Pinnacle’s Nico Mannion, announced he will play for the Wildcats in 2019-20, giving Arizona its first five-star commit since its projected powerhouse 2018 class was severely compromised by a federal investigation into college basketball.

The 6-foot-3, 180-pound Mannion chose the Wildcats over Marquette, having eliminated North Carolina and Villanova on Sept. 7. He had an Oct. 5-7 visit scheduled for Marquette, but told 247 Sports that he decided to come to Arizona within a day or two after UA coaches visited his Phoenix home last Sunday, the first day in-home visits could be made.