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Pike High (Ind.) star guard Marquis Teague said that he “wasn’t moved at all” by Bobby Knight’s comments about Kentucky head coach John Calipari during a fundraiser for the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame last week.
Teague, a Top-10 player in the Class of 2011, is UK’s top target in recruiting as they look for John Wall’s eventual replacement. MORE >
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Will they sign during the Early Signing Period (which runs through Nov. 18) or keep us in suspense another five months and sign in the spring? Here’s a look at the top five unsigned seniors and what they will likely do.
1. Harrison Barnes (Ames High, Iowa), 6-6, SF We can all recite the schools on Barnes’ list by now — North Carolina, Duke, Kansas, Iowa State, UCLA and Oklahoma — but come Friday we won’t have to. Barnes, HighSchoolHoop’s top prospect, will announce his decision live on ESPNU at 4 p.m. EST. “Everybody’s making a big deal about me announcing on Friday the 13th,” said Barnes. “It’s crazy to me… I don’t get into all of that spooky stuff.” MORE >
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Louisville coach Rick Pitino may be fighting for his professional life, but he still found time to make a key addition to his staff.
Shabaka Lands, who was hired as a special assistant to Pitino this week, won’t help the Cards win the Big East this season. But what’s that matter? He’s connected to Pike High (Ind.) star guard Marquis Teague, priority No. 1 for Pitino in the class of 2011. MORE >
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The Class of 2011’s Rakeem Christmas has had a long summer of outstanding performances at some of the most coveted basketball events. With the AAU basketball season drawing to a close, one of the nation’s best defensive players has garnered attention participating in the NBA Players Top 100 Camp, as well as the Amar’e Stoudemire and LeBron James Skill Academies. Before wrapping up his summer events next week at the Boost Mobile Elite 24 game at Rucker Park, the rising junior and his family decided on the schools he plans on looking closely at for options of attendance in 2011. MORE >
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As a bona fide posterizer it makes sense that Marquis Teague could see it coming from a mile away.
That’s why when Xavier sophomore Jordan Crawford came off of a pick during a scrimmage at the LeBron James Skills Academy in Akron, Teague jumped out of his courtside seat and his eyes widened.
But what happened next was something even Teague, a rising junior, couldn’t have anticipated. MORE >
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Louisville’s Loss Will be Someone Else’s Huge Gain
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After de-committing from Louisville in late May, Justin Martin, a small forward who hails from Lawrence North High in Indianapolis, is wide open.
Before he chose the Cards in early November, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan State, Purdue, Cincinnati, Dayton, Miami, Valparaiso and Xavier were all courting Martin. Most have jumped back into Martin’s recruitment in some capacity, and it’s easy to understand why. MORE >
