With Josh Primo and Keon Ambrose-Hylton heading to Tuscaloosa, Alabama is becoming 'Canada South'
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00:00 Hey everyone, Aaron Rose here from Sports Illustrated.
00:03 There was some big Canada basketball news late last week when Canada's top ranked high
00:07 school prospect Josh Primo committed to play at Alabama.
00:12 Primo is the second Canadian basketball player heading to Tuscaloosa, joining Keon Ambrose
00:17 Hilton in the class of 2020.
00:20 The two boys are part of Dwayne Washington's AAU program Uplay, and there's an interesting
00:25 back story creating this new pipeline for Canadian basketball players to Alabama.
00:30 Crimson Tide assistant coach Brian Hodgson actually played for Washington back in 2002.
00:36 The two have been friends for nearly two decades, but it wasn't until recently when Hodgson
00:40 moved to Alabama that their relationship turned to recruiting.
00:52 Now with Alabama's number three ranked scoring offense, Washington and his players are eager
00:57 to join the Tide.
01:11 If Josh and Keon find success, there could be plenty more Canadians heading down to Alabama.
01:17 That's something basketball coach Nate Oates would be more than happy to see.
01:28 The fans have already joined in.
01:30 Oh Canada, our home and native land.