Words. Jason Jordan

Garfield High School (Seattle) guard Tony Wroten Jr. said his interest from colleges hasn’t fallen off as a result of the knee injury that could cost him his entire junior season.

Wroten tore his ACL in September, in his first game with Garfield’s football team. (He also caught a touchdown and intercepted two passes in that game.) He’s been sidelined ever since, and the reigning Class 4A state runner-up Bulldogs has struggled to stay in Washington’s Top-10 ranking without him. MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

Garfield High (Wash.) will be short one big piece to their basketball team’s puzzle with star guard Tony Wroten Jr., the No. 8 rated prospect in the HighSchoolHoop top 50, sidelined with a torn ACL.

“I’m gonna have surgery next week,” said Wroten, who was injured while playing in Garfield’s season opening football game, where he doubled as a receiver and a safety. 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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Today’s Philadelphia Inquirer has a story about St. Patrick’s (N.J.) super-recruit Michael Gilchrist and his top college choices.

The list of suitors for Gilchrist is a long one - Kentucky, Villanova, Rutgers, Louisiana State, North Carolina, Duke, Oklahoma State, Seton Hall, Florida, Florida State, Oregon, Indiana, West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia Tech, Southern Cal, and Connecticut are apparently all in the mix.

But even though Michael says he’s “wide open,” Kentucky and ‘Nova look like they are in the driver’s seat. MORE >

Words. Andrew Katz

Just as Florida went from being completely out of the picture to center stage about a month ago, there’s a new school rumored to be at the top of Lance Stephenson’s wish list. According to Adam Zagoria (ZAGSBLOG), Lance’s commitment to the Bearcats could happen as early as Tuesday, if his outstanding trial for sexual assault is adjourned today. MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

Chapel Hill, N.C. –

One hundred and twenty-eight teams played in nearly every gym on Tobacco Road vying for the Tournament of Champions crown. In the end, Philly-based Team Final’s backcourt duo of Dion Waiters, the tournament’s MVP, and Mike Gilchrist was too much for CP3 of Winston Salem, N.C.

Waiters and Gilchrist were just two of the many prospects who caught our eye during the weekend. Here’s a breakdown of who turned in impressive showings… MORE >