Social media reactions: Arizona Wildcats recruit Stanley Johnson chosen U18 MVP

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Arizona Wildcats high-profile recruit Stanley Johnson had 19 points and five rebounds in the FIBA Americas U18 gold medal game tonight against Canada in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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USA 113, Canada 79 Gold Medal * Justise Winslow: 20 pts, 10 rebs, 4 stls * Stanley Johnson: 19 pts, 5 rebs Isaiah Briscoe: 14 pts, 5 rebs

— Chip Miller (@BLUEChip_Miller) June 25, 2014

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A full-game replay provided by FIBA. Chants of “U of A! U of A! U of A!” were heard when Johnson was announced as the MVP. Last season, former Arizona Wildcats forward Aaron Gordon was named MVP of the FIBA World Championships in Prague, Czech Republic. Billy Donovan was also the head coach for that team. Sean Miller was part of Donovan’s staff this summer.

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And big congrats to my boy @StanMan_5 on winning the MVP of the tournament !

— Austin Miller (@austinmiller_3) June 25, 2014

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More celebrations with Miller and Johnson to come?

To be named MVP with amount of talent Team USA has is quite an achievement for Johnson.

ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He also writes articles for Bleacher Report and Lindy’s College Sports.