Remember Trevor Ferguson? A late, sleeper signee with Pitt. 6’6″ player who had good range inside and out. He was released from his NLI with Pitt after showing up for some summer school and workouts, because he was homesick and had family issues — his mother had passed away in the last year or so — so he wanted to stay closer to home in Florida.

Well, not so much (via Section Six):

N.C. State’s newest basketball commitment won’t have to wait long to join the program.

Trevor Ferguson, who was briefly a member of the Pittsburgh program and committed Monday morning, plans to enroll at N.C. State the day after Christmas.

He won’t be able to play or travel until after the 2006-07 exhibition games, but can practice immediately as a member of the scout team, his prep school coach said.

Tony Cole, Ferguson’s coach at New Creations Christian School in Richmond, Ind., said Ferguson chose Pittsburgh without ever visiting there because he was impressed with coach Joe Lombardi.

Cole said Ferguson didn’t realize he didn’t fit into Pittsburgh’s rugged, half-court style until he got there. Ferguson, a 6-6 wing player, left Pitt and enrolled at New Creations instead.

Well, isn’t that interesting. Based on that, one might think the kid pulled a punk move and used a dead mother as an excuse to get out of Pitt without losing eligibility or having to pay his own way for a year because he found out he wasn’t tough enough. This article notes the discrepancy between what was said back in August and now.

Didn’t realize or know about Pitt’s style of play? It isn’t exactly a new shift in philosophy from the last 5 years.

Of course that’s just a knee-jerk reaction. Nothing from the actual kid himself. Love to hear his explanation. Unfortunately, he doesn’t seem to want to talk. Letting his coaches do the flakking for him.

Call it a hunch, but I don’t think Coach Jamie Dixon will be letting a kid out of his NLI quite so easily next time.