A local recruiting war broke out this summer as Seton Hall and Rutgers both made recruiting Christ The King (N.Y.) guard Jose Alvarado a major priority, and both schools made his final list of schools.

But unfortunately for the Pirates and Scarlet Knights, Alvarado went with option number three.

Alvarado, a point guard out of the class of 2017, announced on Thursday that he had committed to Georgia Tech. The announcement came during a ceremony in the gymnasium of the Queens school. Alvarado was last season's New York City Catholic High School Player of the Year.

A 6-foot, 160 pound three-star recruit ranked the No. 131 recruit in the class of 2017 by Rivals.com, he took an official visit to Georgia Tech on August 19 and announced his final three schools on Sept. 8. The next day, he was visited by coaches from all three schools.

Georgia Tech was considered an 82 percent favorite in the 247Sports.com Chrystal Ball predictions, with Rutgers getting 18 percent of the predictions.

This was the first high-profile recruiting battle for new Rutgers coach Steve Pikiell, and many thought it was one he would win. Seton Hall, meanwhile, was looking for some help replacing point guard Isaiah Whitehead, who left for the NBA Draft in June.

Pikiell signed five players for his first recruiting class. C.J. Gettys, a 7-foot grad-transfer center with one year of eligibility, Eugene Omoruyi of Orangville Prep in Canada, Roselle Catholic's Matt Bullock, Texas junior-college forward Candido Sa and Jacksonville, Fla. forward Issa Thiam will contribute to this year's team.

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