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There's an interesting article re Johnson making his choice in the LA Times. Sorry, I can't link it.

Here you go; https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/stor...ylan-andre

It's pretty much what we suspected:

Johnson said UCLA’s blend of winning academics and basketball gave it the edge over Stanford, which had some heavy star power in its corner after Johnson spoke with Cardinal alumna Condoleezza Rice, the former United States Secretary of State.

“Hats off to Stanford,” Johnson said. “That was probably one of the best pitches I’ve had in a long time, but at the end of the day, it just came down to what I’m really looking for in grad school. … I’ve always been balancing academics and basketball my whole life, so UCLA, I feel like, has a greater balance of the two.”

[burger]

There's an interesting article re Johnson making his choice in the LA Times. Sorry, I can't link it.

Here you go; https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/stor...ylan-andre

It's pretty much what we suspected:

Johnson said UCLA’s blend of winning academics and basketball gave it the edge over Stanford, which had some heavy star power in its corner after Johnson spoke with Cardinal alumna Condoleezza Rice, the former United States Secretary of State.

“Hats off to Stanford,” Johnson said. “That was probably one of the best pitches I’ve had in a long time, but at the end of the day, it just came down to what I’m really looking for in grad school. … I’ve always been balancing academics and basketball my whole life, so UCLA, I feel like, has a greater balance of the two.”