For those keeping track of Dominic Cheek’s every movement, the St. Anthony senior spent last weekend on an unofficial visit to Villanova.
Cheek has listed Villanova among his favorites, along with Wake Forest, Kansas, Memphis, Tennessee, Rutgers, Seton Hall and, most recently, Indiana because of Tom Crean’s hiring of former St. Anthony star Roshown McLeod, the brother of [...]

Sylven Landesberg, a Virginia freshman from Queens Holy Cross who spurned St. John’s last year, has lifted the Cavaliers to two exhibition victories during the team’s trip to Montreal.
Landesberg scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as five Cavaliers scored in double figures in a 107-60 rout of St. Lawrence College in the morning. Then, [...]

Good read in today’s Daily News on Lincoln’s Lance Stephenson, including his comments about getting cut from the USA U18 National Team earlier this summer.
“When I got cut, I was just told I wasn’t what they were looking for, I wasn’t a good fit,” Stephenson says. “But to find out that they thought I’m a [...]

If it seems that every day brings a Tobias Harris update, well, that’s because it does.
The 6-foot-8 Harris is at the Syracuse Elite Camp this weekend after seeing Maryland, Georgetown and Virginia last week.
“Tobias had a excellent meeting with the Coaching staff,” his father, Torrel, wrote in an email. “Tobias was impressed that the business [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Kordell Young almost never suited up for the Rutgers football team.

As a junior at West Deptford (N.J.) High School, he initially committed to the University of Virginia because that school had made him an offer and Rutgers had not.
“I was committed to Virginia for like six months my junior year going into [...]

Herb Pope is returning to New Mexico State, ending his flirtation with transferring to Seton Hall, according to Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com. Parrish cites no quotes but says he spoke with NMSU head coach Marvin Menzies, who told him Pope was returning.
Seton Hall had hoped to land the 6-foot-8 Pope, a talented but troubled big [...]

Givon Crump will visit Oregon State, Michigan and Rutgers, although no dates have yet been set.
Crump is a  6-foot-6, 210-pound small forward ranked No. 26 among small forwards in the Class of 2009.
“Currently there is no leader but Oregon State seems to be mentioned the most, probably because he’s intrigued by the Pac 10, (Barack) Obama’s brother-in-law, Coach [...]

St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley says Indiana is now in the picture with Dominic Cheek because of the hiring of former Friars star Roshown McLeod, the older brother of current St. Anthony guard Devon McLeod.
“Indiana might move into the group now because of Roshown McLeod working there at Indiana,” Hurley said. “He knows Dominic real [...]

Several local players are headed to Syracuse this weekend for Jim Boeheim’s Elite Camp.
Tobias Harris, a 6-foot-8 combo forward from Long Island, will hit Syracuse after visiting Maryland, Georgetown and Virginia this week. After Syracuse, he goes to the Kentucky-Louisville football game on Sunday.
Torrel Harris, Tobias’ father, also said the family will announce by Tuesday [...]

Former Rutgers star Essence Carson of Paterson, N.J. scored a career-high 19 points Thursday but the Liberty lost to the Chicago Sky, 69-60.
I’m doing a story for next week on Carson and former RU teammate Matee Ajavon of the Houston Comets and I found it interesting that both players will be going overseas after the [...]