Boys’ basketball: Is Avery still bound for Kentucky?

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The firing of Kentucky basketball Coach Billy Gillispie today raises the question of whether Encino Crespi freshman Michael Avery will still have a scholarship awaiting him in 2012. He committed to Kentucky and Gillispie as an eighth-grader.

Howard Avery, Michael’s father, said Gillispie’s dismissal would not change anything.

‘Everything I know, they’re committed and we’re committed,’ said the elder Avery, who will wait to talk with Kentucky’s athletic director and new coach.

Michael Avery averaged almost 10 points a game for Crespi this season.

-- Eric Sondheimer