Auburn's basketball program landed two verbal commitments Wednesday when Niceville (Fla.) Okaloosa-Walton junior college teammates Tay Waller and Johnny Lett announced they would sign with the Tigers.The 6-foot-2, 180-pound Waller, a high-scoring shooting guard, was a teammate of AU junior forward Korvotney Barber at Manchester (Ga.) High. Waller was named All-Conference as a freshman averaging 18.3 points per game and nailing 39.5% percent (117-of-296) from the three-point line."Auburn is a good fit for my position and the way I play because the person at my position is leaving and the coach (Jeff Lebo) said I could come in and pick up where he left off," said Waller.Waller, who also received interest from UAB, Missouri and Kansas, shot 92 percent from the free throw line.The 6-foot-9, 240-pound Lett originally signed with Virginia out of Mobile (Ala.) B.C. Rain. The power forward averaged 2.9 ppg and 4.2 rebounds as a freshman.Lett chose Auburn over Georgia State, Penn State and New Mexico."I know when I go there they'll be running out of big men so I have the potential to play ball right away and get valuable minutes," said Lett.Both Waller and Lett officially visited Auburn the weekend of the New Mexico State football game.Waller and Lett's commitments give the Tigers three for the class of 2008. AU previously picked up a commitment from Uniontown (Ala.) R. C. Hatch point guard Frankie Sullivan. All three plan to sign with Auburn in the early period, which begins Nov. 14.
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