Words. Aron Phillips
I told you yesterday that the McDonald’s All American Game Selection Show was happening tonight, as the top 24 high school basketball seniors in the country would be selected to play in the prestigious 2010 Games set to tip off in Columbus, Ohio on March 31. Well the ballots are in, so check out the rosters for both teams. MORE >
Words. Jason Jordan
Everyone has an opinion on what’s going to happen tonight when Duke makes the eight-mile trek down Tobacco Road to face arch-nemesis North Carolina.
But while all the predictions roll in today, how do the Tar Heels and Blue Devils’ stars of tomorrow think it will shake out? We caught up with a few UNC/Duke signed recruits and targets to get their take on who will reign supreme in the most storied rivalry in college hoops: MORE >
Words. Aron Phillips
Featuring top-ranked athletes from throughout the nation, USA Basketball today announced the first nine members and the coaching staff for the 2010 USA Junior National Select Team, which will face off against the World Select Team in the 13th annual Nike Hoop Summit at 7:00 p.m. (PDT) on Saturday, April 10 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. MORE >
Words. Jason Jordan
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — In one of the showcase high school games of the season in the Tar Heel State, Kinston H.S. senior guard Reggie Bullock scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the Vikings past P.J. Hairston and Dudley High, 68-63, Saturday at the Dean Dome. Hairston, a junior guard, managed 24 points in the loss.
Hairston and Bullock, both committed to UNC, played in front of Roy Williams and the entire Carolina basketball team along with more than 500 fans. MORE >
Words. Jason Jordan
Mabry better than Roscoe? Cory Joseph a Runnin’ Rebel? Is the Naismith Award Selby’s to lose? Jason Jordan has fielded all of your e-mails and tackles each of these questions and more in this installment of “Mail Day with JJ.”
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Feeling Mabry over Smith
Great scoop on TaShawn Mabry (Rocky Mount High, N.C.). Do you think he will get a Duke offer soon? Also, what is going on with Roscoe Smith (Oak Hill Academy, Va.)? I actually like TaShawn a little better. - S. Crystal
Most people would call you loony for saying that you like TaShawn better than Roscoe, but most of those people just read and believe what they see on recruiting sites. MORE >
Words. Jason Jordan
GREENSBORO, N.C. — P.J. Hairston sits in a rolling chair inside the cramped Dudley High basketball office, legs sprawled in front of him and leaned back with his fingers interlocked behind his head. He’s stylishly underdressed in basketball shorts, a white T-shirt, and a jogging suit top. He’s the picture of tranquility, as he cuts up with his mother Wendy and three of the Dudley basketball coaches. MORE >
