Bohannon commits to UNI

Linn-Mar guard Matt Bohannon gave a verbal commitment Friday to play college basketball in 2011-12 to the University of Northern Iowa.

Bohannon is a 6-foot-4 guard who will be the third member of his family to play D-I basketball. Oldest brother, Jason, just finished a fine career at Wisconsin and brother, Zach, will be a sophomore at Air Force.

Their father, Gordy, played quarterback at Iowa.

“I talked to both of my brothers during the recruiting process,” Matt said. “They've both gone through it, obviously. They told me just to make the decision that was best for me. They told me ‘You'll know when it's right.'”

Bohannon is in the midst of a hectic week in which his AAU team is playing games in Chicago, Milwaukee and Orlando, Fla. He said his recruiting had picked up recently, with an offer coming in the other day from the University of San Diego.

But his final two schools were UNI and Missouri Valley Conference rival Creighton. Bohannon helped Linn-Mar to a third-place finish at the 2010 Class 4A state tournament by averaging a team-high 17.9 points per game.

Known as a good outside shooter, he had a team-best 128 3-pointers.

“There had been a lot more interest coming in lately,” Bohannon said. “But I just knew UNI was the right place for me.”