Ware commits to Georgia State

Kevin Ware, former guard for Louisville, will transfer to Georgia State as he committed Saturday during his visit to the university.

After committing, Ware quickly updated his bio on his twitter account @5Juice to “2013 National Champion. Georgia State Guard.”

Ware was likely to sign after he took to Twitter at 11:58 p.m. Friday and tweeted “GSU” with two emojis of the number 100 next to each other. The tweet received more than 100 retweets and favorites.

PantherTalk was reporting soon after the tweet they had sources that confirmed Ware would be committing to Georgia State.

The Georgia native told the AJC Saturday that Georgia State is a “perfect fit” and is glad he will be closer to home. He said he will petition to the NCAA for immediate eligibility.

Ware picked Georgia State over Auburn, another school he reportedly had interest in. Before signing to Louisville, Ware committed to Tennessee under the direction of Bruce Pearl, but Pearl was fired soon after. Ware then de-committed and signed with Louisville.

Pearl is now the new head coach of the Auburn Tigers, and many thought Ware would pick Auburn to get the chance to play under Pearl like he originally planned.

Ware announced he would be transferring from Louisville on March 29, the day after Louisville lost to Kentucky in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

Ware is famous for a terrible injury he sustained in the 2013 men’s basketball tournament where be broke his leg on a 3-point shot. He only missed the last few games of the Louisville’s National Championship run in Atlanta, but then only played nine games of the 2013-14 season after sustaining another injury.

Ware is 6-2, 175 pounds and averaged 3.1 points per game at Louisville. In the 2013 season, Ware scored 167 points shooting 45 percent from the floor, 41 percent from 3-point range.

Ware has two years of eligibility remaining.

Ware is a Georgia native and graduated from Rockdale County High School.