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Top 2020 Point Guard Recruit Daishen Nix Commits to UCLA

Daishen Nix, the top-rated point guard in the 2020 recruiting class, verbally committed to UCLA on Tuesday, according to multiple reports.

Nix's decision comes just a day after the five-star guard announced his top five schools, which also included Kentucky, Kansas, Maryland and Alabama. He recently took an official visit to the Bruins' campus.

The 6'5" Nix is the No. 14 overall recruit in the 2020 class on the 247Sports composite ranking. He attend Trinity International Schools in Las Vegas but was born in Alaska and raised in Anchorage.

Nix is the first commit of new UCLA coach Mick Cronin's 2020 class and Cronin's first major get since taking over the program after a drawn-out coaching search in April.