NEW YORK – Midway through the fourth quarter in the PSAL championship game at Madison Square Garden, Leroy Isler approached his teammate Michael Taylor during a timeout.
“Yo, work hard to get open. You’re not working to get open,” Isler told him.
Before Taylor could utter a single word of protest, Isler added: “We need you to [...]

Former Fordham guard Jio Fontan plans to visit Alabama after he trips to USC and Tennessee.
The 6-foot-1 Fontan leaves Friday for USC and will see the Tennessee-USC game Saturday.
He goes to Tennessee Tuesday and will visit Alabama sometime before the New Year. 
“I spoke with Coach [Anthony] Grant in Alabama,” said Jorge Fontan, Jio’s dad. “We’re probably going [...]

Trevor Releford, a 6-foot, 180-pound point guard from Shawnee Mission (KS) Bishop Miege, committed to Alabama Friday over Oklahoma.
“Yes. I liked the campus, the players and the coaches,” he said by phone.
Releford, the younger brother of Kansas guard Travis Releford, previously said he likes Alabama because of his relationship with new head coach Anthony Grant.
“Alabama [...]

Long Island wing J.J. Moore has scheduled several in-home visits with Big East schools.
Coaches from Pittsburgh will visit Sept. 10, Providence comes Sept. 11 and Louisville and Marquette arrive on Sept. 12.
The 6-foot-5 Moore will be at South Kent (Conn.) during the visits, so the coaches will meet with his mother, Monique Ballard, New York [...]

J.J. Moore is on the move.
The 6-foot-5 senior wing from Long Island visited Providence last week and will hit Pittsburgh on Tuesday and potentially St. John’s on Thursday.
“I think J.J. was really impressed with the new coach [at Providence, Keno Davis] and what they’re trying to build over there and he’s also impressed with the [...]

A slew of players committed on Monday…here’s a brief rundown:
**Nimrod Tishman, a 6-6 point guard from Israel who averaged 18.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists at the Under-18 European Championships in France last month, has been admitted to Florida. Tishman must pass through the NCAA Clearinghouse and could enroll at Florida Aug. 24, [...]

Trevor Releford sat down Sunday night with his mother and uncle and cut his college list to nine schools.
Releford, the younger brother of Kansas shooting guard Travis Releford, said he’s considering Alabama, Arizona, Oklahoma, Tennessee, USC, UCLA, Texas A&M, Minnesota and Missouri State.
He said all of those schools have offered except UCLA.
The 6-foot, 180-pound Releford [...]