Jahii Carson, the No. 10 point guard in the Class of 2011, is off the board.

The 5-foot-11, 170-pound Mesa (Az.) point guard verbally committed to Arizona State.

“Yes, I did,” he said by text. “It’s my hometown school and there’s a great opportunity to come in and get great minutes.”

The news was first reported by Eric Bossi.

Carson also considered Arizona, Washington, Oregon State, UNLV and St. John’s.

Carson, who averaged 23.5 points and 7.2 assists last season at Mesa, wants to bring an uptempo style to the point guard spot.

“I’m gonna try and bring an uptempo style,” he said. “I like to push the ball and play pressure defense. That’s the type of style I like to bring.”

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6-foot point guard Marcus Burton from Charlotte (NC) Butler committed to Dan Hurley and Wagner…Ky Madden, No. 4 PG in 2011 from Arkansas, will visit UConn Oct. 8-10…Former Michigan State guard Chris Allen transferred to Iowa State….Team New York beat Team New Jersey, 109-104, at the Golden Hoops event in Brooklyn. Omar Calhoun (19 points) and Kamari Murphy (13 pts, 11 rebs) were named Co-MVPs….Queens beat The Bronx, 76-74 in OT, in the Battle of the Boroughs final at the Gauchos Gym. Kadeem Jack scored 16 points, Jordan Washington 14 and Jevon Thomas 12.

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One of the hottest prospects in the month of July was Henderson (Nev.) Findlay Prep guard Nick Johnson.

Johnson led the Drew Gooden Soldiers to wins at the Fab 48 tournament in Las Vegas and at the Pumps event in Anaheim, Calif. He is ranked the No. 13 shooting guard in the Class of 2011, but can play both guard positions well.

Wherever Johnson and the Soldiers went last month, a slew of high-profile head coaches followed.

Now, Johnson is narrowing his list and a decision is coming closer.

An Arizona native, Johnson will take unofficials to Arizona and Arizona State followed by officials to Louisville and Kansas.

And he could make a decision soon after. (more…)

Jahii Carson has four official visits in mind — and one of them is St. John’s.

The 5-foot-11, 170-pound Carson out of Mesa (Az.) High said he plans to take officials to Arizona, Washington, Oregon State and St. John’s.

He plans to leave one official open and said he would probably take it to Alabama or North Carolina.

He has already visited UCLA, Oregon State, Arizona and Arizona State unofficially. (more…)

Former Monmouth forward Travis Taylor is now back on the market and won’t attend Boston College.

I’m hearing BC wasn’t aware that Taylor had been suspended for seven games last season for “violating team rules.” Really? How do you not know that?

Anyway, the 6-foot-7 Taylor, a Union, N.J. native, will visit Xavier Tuesday and is also considering Miami, Cincinnati and Arizona State. (more…)

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Shortly after 9 a.m. Monday, a Who’s Who of college  coaches assembled in Gym 1 here at the Riverview Park Activities Center to watch the Oakland Soldiers 17U AAU team.

Sitting courtside were Roy Williams (North Carolina), Bill Self (Kansas), Gary Williams (Maryland), Paul Hewitt (Georgia Tech), Ben Howland (UCLA), Fran McCaffery (Iowa), Craig Robinson (Oregon State), Tony Bennett (Virginia), Tony Barbee (Auburn), John Beilein (Michigan), Jeff Capel (Oklahoma), Kevin O’Neill (USC), Mike Montgomery (Cal) and Dana Altman (Oregon), among others.

“It’s pretty good,” said Nick Johnson, a senior guard with the Soldiers and Findlay (Nev.) Prep. “Just coming from LeBron [James Skills Academy], that was the big stage. All of them were there so I kind of got used to it. It takes some getting used to, but I think I’m used to it now.” (more…)

Remi Barry is waiting.

Waiting for the NCAA to decide his fate.

A French native who is enrolled at Loomis (Calif.) Del Oro High, Barry cannot make his next move until he is cleared by the NCAA.

He is considering St. John’s, UCLA and Arizona State but cannot enroll until he hears from the NCAA.

“I’m waiting on the NCAA on everything,” the 6-foot-7 Barry said Thursday night by phone.

“Basically, there’s a lot of things they don’t know. They don’t know if I’m eligible. They’re trying to figure it out.” (more…)

After what he called an “amazing” 48-hour official visit to St. John’s, Remi Barry says he will make a college decision “maybe like next week.”

The 6-foot-7, 220-pound Barry, a rising senior at Loomis (Calif.) Del Oro High, will choose from among St. John’s, UCLA and Arizona State.

“They are all equal,” Barry said Tuesday night. “I’m going to choose my school based on basketball, not the city, the life, the fans, all of that.

“The school that I’m gonna choose is gonna be based on basketball. Everything [else] is an extra.” (more…)

Remi Barry lives in California but he’s rooting for the Boston Celtics to win the NBA championship on Thursday night.

“I just want them to win because they have Rajon Rondo,” Barry said Wednesday night by phone.

By the time the 6-foot-7, 220-pound Barry boards a plane to New York on Saturday, he will know whether the Celtics or Lakers are world champs.

Barry also hopes to know after his visit whether he will pick St. John’s, UCLA or Arizona State as his college destination.

“I still have no idea,” Barry said. “I’m not going to Arizona State for sure, I’m not going to UCLA for sure. It depends on what’s going to happen this weekend and where I feel most comfortable.” (more…)

Arizona State scored twice on Saturday by landing two quality frontcourt players who took recent visits.

The Sun Devils got commitments from 6-foot-7 forward Kyle Cain of Hampton (N.H.) Prep and 6-6 wing Carrick Felix of the College of Southern Idaho.

Cain chose the Sun Devils over West Virginia, Alabama and Illinois after an official visit to the school June 2-4.

“Yeah,” said the New Hampton (N.H.) combo forward. “I like the coaching staff and the facilities they had and I always liked the campus.” (more…)

The future of the St. John’s basketball program could take a major turn later this month.

Remi Barry, a 6-foot-7 French national from Loomis (Calif.) Del Oro High, will visit Arizona State the weekend June 11-13 and St. John’s June 18-20.

Barry said he was looking forward to the St.  John’s visit to “see if I like the campus, the people, the city. See if I feel like home or not, if I’m comfortable or not.”

He will then make a decision between those two programs and UCLA sometime later this month.

Arizona State is also in the mix for Kyle Cain, a 6-7 wing from New Hampton (N.H.) Prep, who is also considering West Virginia, Illinois and Alabama. Cain is currently visiting ASU. (more…)