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Saturday / April 20.
  • Jones is the Face of the Mountaineers

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    NEW YORK — Mount Vernon (N.Y.) senior point guard Jabarie Hinds was recently on an official visit to West Virginia, where he traveled across campus with his former high school teammate, Kevin Jones.

    Hinds was so impressed with the reception Jones received, he compared his popularity to that of LeBron James.

    “Everywhere he goes, he’s getting stopped, signing his signature,” said Hinds, who committed to West Virginia on SNY.tv.

    Click here to read the full story at SNY and watch the video above.

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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