The Oklahoma football team will be in Miami on Saturday for a huge battle of traditional powerhouses, but a couple of big-time basketball recruits are headed to Norman.

Calvin Lamb confirmed that his son, Doron Lamb, will take his first visit this weekend to Oklahoma.

Harrison Barnes, the No. 2 prospect in the nation, will also be in Norman this weekend, making this a huge recruiting weekend for head coach Jeff Capel and his staff.

Oak Hill coach Steve Smith also told JayhawkSlant.com that Lamb will visit Kansas Oct. 16 for “Late Night in the Phog.”

Kentucky, Arizona, St. John’s and UConn are also in the mix for Lamb, who will visit a third visit the weekend of Oct. 23. (more…)

Josh Selby has cut his list to six schools.

Kansas, Syracuse, Kentucky, Miami, Indiana and Baylor remain in contention for the 6-foot-1, 180-pound guard from Baltimore Lake Clifton who decommitted from Tennessee over the summer.

UConn, which hosted Selby on his first official visit after he decommitted, did not make the cut. Neither did Texas, Oregon or Florida State, which all had in-homes.

“We sat down as a family and discussed all the schools that were recruiting Josh,” Maeshon Witherspoon, Selby’s mother, wrote in a text. “We evaulated every school in depth and composed a list of schools we wanted to further explore. (more…)

Tobias Harris cut his list on Friday and is now enjoying his first official visit to Syracuse this weekend.

“I’m having a great time,” the 6-foot-8 Harris said by text.

Harris watched Greg Paulus and the Orange football team beat up on Maine, 41-24.

According to Harris’ Twitter feeds, he spent time with Syracuse players Wes Johnson, Rick Jackson, Scoop Jardine and Kris Joseph.

He’s also been in touch with Minnesota Timberwolves and former Syracuse guard Jonny Flynn via Twitter.

“J_Flynn lol I knoow man …i’m going to be up all night playing basketball @ w_Johnson and @scoopjardine11 and@krisjo32.. I’am! Lol”

Syracuse would seem in good position to land Harris because his father, Torrel, owns property in Albany and two Orange commits, Fab Melo and C.J. Fair, play for Torrel’s AAU team, the Unique All-Stars.

Harris also plans to visit Louisville and Kentucky, leaving two other officials for the rest of his list.

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Shane Southwell, who recently interviewed LeBron James for BET, took his first official visit this weekend to Kansas State but did not make a commitment.

The 6-foot-6, 205-pound Southwell, a small forward out of Rice High, is ranked No. 123 among players in the Class of 2010 by Rivals and No. 26 among small forwards.

“Everything went well [on the visit],” Southwell said. “The players treated me with a lot of love. Coach Frank Martin treated me with love. The atmosphere was great. I saw a football game [in which Kansas State beat Tennessee Tech, 49-7].” (more…)

Rutgers coach Greg Schiano isn’t shocked that South Florida went into Tallahassee and beat No. 18 Florida State Saturday in the first meeting between the schools.

“It doesn’t surprise me at all,” Schiano said Sunday.

“I think the Big East Conference is beyond having to prove themselves, yet it continues to be in the public eye that the Big East has to prove themselves. Well, again two weeks in a row now the Big East Conference continues to show that we play very good, hard-nosed football in this league and I don’t suspect that’s going to change anytime soon.”

Cincinnati and South Florida are two of the nation’s 13 teams with 4-0 records.

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Achraf Yacoubou is one of the most exciting guards in the Class of 2011. Ranked No. 19 among shooting guards by Rivals, the 6-4, 200 pound Yacoubou is a junior at Long Island Lutheran.

He is set to visit Kentucky for Big Blue Madness Oct. 16 and Villanova for Hoops Mania Oct. 23.

He lists those two schools, along with UConn, as his top three.

“They are all equal. I don’t have a leading school just yet,” he said by text.

Villanova coach Jay Wright is very high on Yacoubou, according to a source.

Yacoubou is an explosive scorer who looks very smooth on the court. When I saw Long Island Lutheran win at St. Anthony last year, Yacoubou was the best player on a court that also included Tobias Harris, Dominic Cheek and Devon Collier.

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Sources say St. John’s assistant Fred Quartlebaum is the favorite to get the Army job…Paterson Catholic sophomore guard Kyle Anderson will visit Miami Saturday for the Oklahoma-Miami football game. After that he heads to Colorado Springs for the USA U17 trials. Read my summer feature on the 6-7 Anderson here.

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Word out of the Kyrie Irving visit to Duke is that both sides feel very good about things but no commitment was made.

“Duke official was great! I enjoyed every single second…everything there fits me and is right for me…you never know what will happen,” Irving said on his Twitter feed.

Think the Cameron Crazies want Irving to pick their school?

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Irving saw Duke beat N.C. Central 49-14 in football and watched as last year’s basketball team was honored for winning the 2009 ACC title. (more…)

Tobias Harris got to work quickly after Thursday’s in-home with UConn coach Jim Calhoun and has now cut his list to seven schools.

Maryland, West Virginia, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky and Syracuse remain in the hunt for the 6-foot-8 Harris, the No. 5 overall prospect in the Class of 2010 and a senior at Dix Hills (N.Y.) Half Hollow Hills West.

Three of the four schools cut are from the Big East — St. John’s, UConn and Notre Dame — as well as Oklahoma. But three — Louisville, Syracuse and West Virginia — remain. (more…)

Corey Chandler might have set a record for getting kicked out of schools.

Just a few weeks after he was dismissed from Rutgers, Chandler and four other Binghamton players were booted out of that school.

D.J. Rivera, Malik Alvin, Paul Crosby and David Fine were the other players released.  The school’s Website shows the players already removed from the roster.

The Bearcats won the America East last year and made the NCAA Tournament.

“It’s important that everyone who is playing for Binghamton University and for me to be on the same page as to what kind of commitment we expect of our student-athletes, both on and off the court,” Binghamton coach Kevin Broadus said in a statement.

“There’s only one captain steering this ship, and that’s me. If any of the young men in our program don’t respect the decisions that have been made or the rules we have in place, then they need to move on with their lives,” Broadus said. (more…)