Despite the loss of one future scholarship due to a recruiting violation, Arizona is still ”battling at the highest level” for 2010 prospects Doron Lamb, Josh Selby and Kadeem Jack, a source close to the Arizona basketball program said. 
The source said Arizona would lose the scholarship for the 2011 class and would still theoretically have enough room [...]

Rice coach Maurice Hicks can hardly keep track of the revolving door of high-major coaches flocking to see 6-foot-9 senior big man Kadeem Jack.
After Jack returned Friday night from an official trip to Arizona, he proceeded to lead Rice to the title at the 3rd annual SNY Invitational with back-to-back wins over Boys & Girls [...]

NEW YORK – After a whirlwind trip to Arizona earlier this week, Kadeem Jack finally got enough rest Friday night.
He slept until 1 on Saturday afternoon and then came to play in the SNY Invitational championship game.
The 6-foot-9 Jack capped a comeback from 19 points down in the third quarter by draining two clutch foul [...]

NEW YORK — Kadeem Jack woke up at 5 a.m. Arizona time, boarded a 7 o’clock flight and landed at Kennedy International Airport at 5 p.m.
After taking a two-day official visit to the Arizona campus, the 6-foot-9, 210-pound senior was on the basketball court at Long Island University-Brooklyn by 8 p.m.
He still had enough energy [...]

Kadeem Jack enjoyed his Arizona visit and is flying back to New York Friday afternoon to compete in the SNY Invitational at LIU-Brooklyn.
“It was great,” the 6-foot-9 Rice High School senior said by phone from the airport. “We saw the campus. We went to the [Stanford] game [won by Arizona, 76-68, on Thursday]. I stayed in [...]

Click the Video Player at right for my interview from Wednesday with Rice senior guard Shane Southwell and senior center Kadeem Jack, seen here throwing down a dunk courtesy of the Daily News.
Rice plays in the SNY Invitational this weekend at LIU-Brooklyn and will open up against Boys & Girls on Friday night. The championship [...]

Brandon Knight took his final official visit to Miami this weekend and the nation’s No. 1 prospect is set to decide this spring.
“There’s a lot of pressure on him [to go there] because it’s in Florida,” one source close to the situation said.
Knight, who did not immediately return a phone message, lists Kentucky, Kansas, Florida, [...]

Look out for Kadeem Jack.
A 6-foot-9, 210-pound senior big man from Manhattan Rice High School, Jack will visit Arizona Wednesday night and return Friday in time for the SNY Invitational beginning Friday at Long Island University in Brooklyn.
“I’m going to get back on Friday morning,” Jack said by phone.
Jack plays on a loaded Rice team [...]

Oak Hill Academy guard Doron Lamb has cut his list to four schools.
The 6-foot-4 Lamb, a Queens, N.Y. native ranked No. 3 among shooting guards in the Class of 2010, is considering West Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas and Arizona.
UConn and Oklahoma had previously been in the mix.
The news was first reported by BlueGoldNews.com.
Lamb scored 20 points  [...]

With its 65-64 victory over Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick Saturday night in the Coalition to House the Homeless Classic in Elizabeth, St. Benedict’s has thrust itself into contention for a high school national championship.
Texas-bound guard Myck Kabongo, pictured at left courtesy The Star-Ledger, went coast-to-coast and scored on a layup with 5 seconds remaining to [...]