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          The black stretch limo pulled into the driveway in Dix Hills late yesterday afternoon, the motor running. The Harris family was in a hurry to get started on a traffic-filled drive into Manhattan. One journey began and another was about to end. Tobias Harris, the 6-8, 220-pound senior forward from Half Hollow Hills West, after a busy fall that included visits to seven major universities, announced his college choice last night at the ESPN Zone in Times Square. At about 6:20 p.m., Harris, Newsday’s reigning Player of the Year and a two-time All-Long Island selection, looked directly into the TV cameras and, in his typically soft voice, said to a live audience on ESPNU, “I’ll play my college basketball at the University of Tennessee.” For Harris, it was a grand entrance into big-time college basketball. He’ll be playing for a coach, Bruce Pearl, who has a reputation for being passionate and emotional, and, most importantly for Harris, playing a fast-paced, up-and-down style that was a prerequisite for any team recruiting the 17-year-old. “I established a great relationship with Coach Pearl,” Harris said. “I could talk to him about anything. He promised me he’d put me in spots that suit my game. He knows I like to get up the court and finish or shoot the three. He’s seen me play a lot and he knows my game.”
      So did the coaches of the other six schools that were finalists in the Harris Sweepstakes: Syracuse, Louisville, West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia Tech and Kentucky. “The other schools were all 9s. But I thought Tennessee was a 10,” said Harris, who visited all seven schools, but made an extra trip to Tennessee on Tuesday as he neared his decision.