Zags Blog: On the day before St. Anthony capped a perfect season by winning the New Jersey Tournament of Champions crown, a single college coach was in the school’s Jersey City gym.

That coach was Tom Moore of Quinnipiac.

Turns out Moore’s persistence paid off as his target, 6-foot-3 guard Tariq Carey, verbally pledged to the Northeast Conference school Friday in the SNY.tv studio.

“The atmosphere was great, it was just a family atmosphere,” Carey said. “I just liked a lot of aspects about the school.”

Carey, who averaged 6.6 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists for the undefeated Friars (32-0), chose Quinnipiac over Missouri State, Boston University, New Hampshire and Siena and interest from Auburn and Clemson.

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