Words. Jason Jordan
Benedictine (Richmond, Va.) swingman Michael Gbinije stood courtside at Cameron Indoor Stadium alongside Duke signees Kyrie Irving and Joshua Hairston watching Duke warm up before its big game against North Carolina to finish the regular season. It didn’t take long for the Cameron Crazies to zero in on Gbinije. MORE >
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Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) point guard Brandon Knight has dropped Miami from his list and added Syracuse, according to the Sun Sentinel.
“They’re not in my top five,” Knight told the Miami newspaper. “I like Coach [Frank] Haith, but my family and I felt it probably wasn’t the best place for me.”
To go along with the ‘Cuse, Knight, who is ranked No. 2 in the HSH national top 50 and is considered the best point guard in the country, lists Kentucky, Kansas, Connecticut and Florida. MORE >
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Lake Clifton-Eastern (Baltimore) point guard Josh Selby, ranked No. 7 in the HSH national top 50, will announce his college decision at the Jordan Brand Classic in New York on April 17, according to his mother, Maeshon Witherspoon.
She went on to say that the timing of Josh’s decision had nothing to do with him waiting to see what Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) point guard Brandon Knight is planning to do, a popular rumor on message boards across the country. MORE >
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The Atlanta Tipoff Club released its finalists for the 2010 Naismith Boys High School Basketball Player of the Year Award last week:
* Harrison Barnes, SF, Ames (Iowa): North Carolina
* Tobias Harris, PF, Half Hollow Hills West (Dix Hills, N.Y.): Tennessee
* Kyrie Irving, PG, St. Patrick (Elizabeth, N.J.): Duke MORE >
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If it were up to Pike H.S. (Indianapolis) point guard Marquis Teague, he would’ve picked Louisville a year ago. But his dad, Shawn, wanted the junior point guard to hold off and see what other schools had to offer.
“It was the right decision to wait, I believe,” said Teague, who is ranked 9th in the HSH National Top 50. “Now I’ve looked at everything and I’m about ready to decide.”
Teague said that his list includes Cincinnati, Kentucky, Louisville, Indiana and Purdue. MORE >
Words. Jonathan Marshall
In Dime #54, we wrote a feature on Trevor Cooney, a 6-3 junior from Sanford School in Hockessin, Del. At the time, Cooney was juggling interest from national powerhouses such as Duke, Syracuse, Villanova, Pittsburgh and Maryland, before selecting the Orange late last week. One of the best shooters in the Class of 2011, he’ll be a welcomed addition. Not up on Cooney just yet? Check out the original story below: MORE >
