Interest Picking Up For McCaffrey

This past summer will be one that Cameron McCaffrey won't soon forget. The sneaky 6-foot-1, 160-pound point guard from Century High School in Hillsboro not only got a chance to play some elite AAU basketball against some of the top players in the country, he held his own as well. And while the month of July unfortunately didn't go as well for McCaffrey from a team perspective, he did enough to prove to college programs that he'll be worth watching closely his senior season.

"I thought I played pretty solid when I could. I showed the ability to be a true point guard instead of just a combo guard."

Team Jones did play one more tournament after Las Vegas, the Best of Summer Tournament in Los Angeles, but McCaffrey instead went with his high school team to Gonzaga team camp where he helped the Jags finish in second place.

"Recruiting is going pretty good - I've gotten some more guys who have jumped on board," McCaffrey said. "Navy is probably the number one school right now in how interested they are - they kind of came out of nowhere. Also, Pacific in Stockton (California) is coming on stronger now as is American on the East Coast. With Navy I've started talking to them about a visit and with Colgate too."

McCaffrey definitely appreciates the increased interest and is open with all of his options. With the Midshipmen really coming on strong, he's started thinking about the possibility of going the military school route. "I kind of want to be an officer when I'm done playing and they told me that they'd make me one," McCaffrey said. "I would like that, but I just don't want to sit on a boat for four years."

As recruiting starts to heat up, McCaffrey believes that he'll stick to his original plan of signing in the spring as opposed to the fall. "I think I'm going to wait," McCaffrey said. "I don't want to rush into anything."