Indiana coach Tom Crean fired assistant coach Roshown McLeod and McLeod will not be with the team for this week’s Big Ten tournament.
“There is never a good time for something like this, but it is a decision that had to be made moving forward,” Crean said in a statement.
Crean sent McLeod recruiting on Saturday so [...]

Despite a report that the New Jersey Nets were targeting Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski as their top choice to replace interim coach Kiki Vandeweghe next season, Coach K says it isn’t happening.
After Duke beat Maryland on Saturday, Coach K referred to the Nets prospective Russian owner, Mikhail Prokhorov, and said: “The guy’s Russian, right? You [...]

NEW YORK — Rick Pitino blew through the Big Apple one night after a massive snowstorm hit, and he left almost as much chaos in his wake.
On top of his team’s ugly 74-55 loss to St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, Pitino tried to quell questions about his coaching future.
“I’ve been at Louisville nine years, [...]

Kyrie Irving and Michael Gilchrist combined for 46 points Saturday night as Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick hammered Woodland Hills (Calif.) Taft, 91-64, in the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana, Calif.
The Celtics won despite a huge controversy swirling around the program.
St. Patrick will be declared ineligible for the upcoming New Jersey state tournament at a New [...]

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 [...]

St. Patrick forward Michael Gilchrist played Thursday night in the team’s 82-48 victory over The Hun School and should be ready to play Saturday against Christian Brothers in the 2010 Hoop Group Boardwalk Showcase at Monmouth University and Monday against Findlay (Nev.) Prep at the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass.
The top junior in the nation, [...]

NEWARK – Seton Hall had three of the top juniors in the New York metropolitan area on hand Saturday when it beat Cincinnati, 83-76, for its first Big East win of the season.
Sterling Gibbs, a point guard out of Seton Hall Prep pictured at left, Myles Mack of Paterson (N.J.) Catholic and Tyler Harris of [...]

Baltimore (Md.) Lake Clifton guard Josh Selby is currently on his official visit to Arizona and was having dinner with the staff on Saturday night.
The No. 2 point guard in the Class of 2010, Selby is coming off a 27-point outing in his team’s 64-25 victory over Mervo on Friday.
The 6-3 Selby decommitted from Tennessee [...]

Roscoe Smith at the Les Schwab Invitational

Oak Hill forward Roscoe Smith talks recruiting at the Les Schwab Invitational last week in Hillsboro, Ore.
The 6-foot-8 Smith previously said he is considering Duke, Georgetown and UConn but in this interview he mentions seven schools.
“I still have a solid top seven schools. UCLA, UConn, Georgetown, Duke, Florida, Kansas [...]

Terrence Ross, the No. 10 shooting guard in the nation out of Montrose (Md.) Christian, has decommitted from Maryland and is now considering several schools including the Terps.
“He’s going to reopen his recruiting on a limited basis,” Montrose Christian coach Stu Vetter said by phone. “Maryland is still very much in the picture. He’s going [...]