Terrence Jones will follow his teammate Terrence Ross to college.

At a press conference at Portland (Ore.) Jefferson, the 6-8 Jones reached out to a table holding six baseball hats and picked up a black Washington Huskies hat as the assembled crowd let out a roar.

“I wanted to be close to home. Like I’ve been saying since the eighth grade, I wanted to play with Terrence Ross and I just feel that Coach [Lorenzo] Romar is like a father figure to me,” Jones told the crowd and the more than 25,000 people watching on UStream.

The No. 3 power forward in the class of 2010 and The Oregonian’s two-time Class 5A Player of the Year, Jones chose the Huskies over Kansas, Kentucky, Oregon, Oklahoma and UCLA. He visited Kansas last weekend, giving the Jayhawk fans hope. (more…)

Dan Hurley has been on the job less than a month at Wagner College and he is already boldly reshaping the roster.

Of course, when a team goes 5-26 the previous season, some reshaping is in order.

Having already signed guard Latif Rivers and big man Orlando Parker, Hurley is now taking aim at Naofall Folahan, a 6-foot-10 center from Wilbraham and Monson Academy in Wilbraham, Mass., who is visiting the Staten Island school this weekend.

Folahan visited Tulane last week and is also considering Davidson.

“I think he should know at least a week from now, if not sooner,” Wilbraham and Monson assistant coach Mike Mannix said of Folahan’s decision.

Folahan averaged 8 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks last year at Wilbraham and Monson. He spent the previous year at Fitchburg (Mass.) Notre Dame Prep and at one time was committed to Marist. (more…)

Fran Fraschilla and Mike Rice are the two leading candidates to replace Fred Hill at Rutgers, according to a source with knowledge of the decision-making progress.

“Fran and Mike are 100 percent in the mix. They’re in the mix. They [Rutgers] are speaking to them,” the source said.

Former Philadelphia 76ers coach Eddie Jordan withdrew his name from consideration. Temple coach Fran Dunphy and former Boston College coach Al Skinner have also been in the mix, but do not appear to be leading candidates at this time. (more…)

Former St. John’s signee Ronald Roberts is considering three schools and hopes to decide within about a week.

“He’s leaving today [Friday] for Virginia and he’s going to Georgia Tech either Monday-Tuesday or Tuesday-Wednesday or next weekend. I’m trying to find out if I can get him out of school next week,” St. Peter’s Prep coach Mike Kelly said Friday.

“Then he’s going to make a decision based upon Georgia Tech, Virginia or St. Joseph,” Kelly added.

Asked when the 6-foot-7 Roberts would decide, Kelly said, “Next weekend.” (more…)

Dwayne Polee will take an official visit to Oregon beginning Saturday and says he will probably make a college announcement after the trip.

“Yeah, probably after this visit,” he wrote Thursday by text.

An athletic 6-foot-7 wing who averaged 21 points and 8 rebounds last season at Los Angeles Westchester High, Polee is down to St. John’s, Georgia and Oregon.

He had initially planned to announce this past Saturday at halftime of the Collision all-star game but held off and opted to visit Oregon after Dana Altman was named head coach.

As a freshman, Polee committed to USC, where his father, Dwayne Polee Sr., is the director of basketball operations. He decommitted last December in the wake of Tim Floyd’s resignation.

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Seton Hall issued the following statement on Herb Pope’s condition.

“Seton Hall sophomore men’s basketball player Herb Pope collapsed yesterday afternoon and was taken to the hospital,” said Seton Hall Assistant Athletics Director Matt Sweeney.  “We will release more information as it becomes available.”

For more on Pope, read my post from last night.

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EARLY ENTRY CANDIDATES FOR 2010 NBA DRAFT

(Courtesy NBA and DraftExpress.com)

Solomon Alabi Florida State
Cole Aldrich Kansas
Lavoy Allen Temple
Al-Farouq Aminu Wake Forest
James Anderson Oklahoma State
Kevin Anderson Richmond
Luke Babbitt Nevada
Armon Bassett Ohio (more…)

It is almost May and Moe Hicks does not know where he will be coaching next season, nor is he certain where his top senior will be playing.

The decisions that Hicks, the longtime Rice High School basketball coach, and Kadeem Jack, his 6-foot-9 senior forward, make could impact Division I programs from St. John’s to Miami to Arizona.

Read the full story at SNY.

Also, the New York Gauchos are hosting the King of New York Classic this weekend.

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The Wall Street Journal released a lengthy story Wednesday that indicates the following:

**A source told the paper that NCAA investigators have found violations at the school

**An NCAA report will be issued “in the near future”

**Head coach Jim Calhoun has yet to sign his contract extension

A year ago, Yahoo! Sports chronicled NCAA violations which occurred during UConn’s pursuit of recruit Nate Miles.

The Tampa Tribune later reported that Josh Nochimson, a former UConn student manager who became a sports agent, paid several thousand dollars for Miles to have surgery in December 2007.

“Could I have made a mistake? Sure.” Calhoun told Yahoo! Sports during the 2009 NCAA tournament. “The [rules] manual is 508 pages. Someone could’ve made a mistake.”

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Seton Hall forward Herb Pope was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, N.J., after collapsing during an on-campus workout Wednesday afternoon.

A team source who was with Pope at the hospital said he was uncertain what triggered the collapse.

“A student-athlete has been taken to the hospital,” a university spokesman confirmed to ZAGSBLOG.com.

According to a report from the school newspaper, The Setonian, the 6-foot-8 Pope “was carried out of the Rec Center around 4:10 p.m. this afternoon, according to footage from video cameras at WSOU-FM and eyewitness sources.” (more…)