If you see an unfamiliar 6-foot-11 guy roaming around town this weekend, it’s very likely to be Angel Garcia, who verbally committed to play for the Tigers over Labor Day weekend. Garcia, who has already visited Memphis once, is coming this time with his uncle, Israel Rodriguez, who has not yet seen the city or the campus.

Garcia, a forward whose strength is on the perimeter, is now the centerpiece of Memphis’ 2008 recruiting class after the de-commitments of Marcus and Markieff Morris. Though most scouting services rank Garcia somewhere in the 20s or 30s, the Memphis coaching staff believes Garcia has a chance to be the best player in the country simply because it’s rare to find someone so big who has such tremendous skills.

Garcia is a native of Puerto Rico, but he now lives with Rodriguez, who is a police officer in East Chicago, Ind. The big question is whether Garcia will qualify academically for college in 2008, since he was behind the curve when he came to the U.S. We’ll try to catch up with him while he’s here and get an update on his academic progress and his thoughts about becoming a Tiger.