St. Anthony forward Ashton Pankey will announce his college choice on Monday afternoon in the SNY studio.
Check back later today on SNY.tv and ZAGSBLOG.com for his decision.
The 6-foot-9, 225-pound Pankey visited Houston this past weekend and will announce for either Houston or Maryland.
“Making my decision today .. It was tough but I’m ready ; should [...]

Sometime after 4 o’clock Eastern Friday afternoon, Harrison Barnes is going to make some college basketball program very happy by announcing on ESPNU.
We don’t know which program because Barnes is keeping his cards very close to the vest.
Barnes, ranked No. 2 in the Class of 2010 by Rivals and out of Ames (Iowa) High, will [...]

Brandon Knight, the top prospect in the Class of 2010, may well wait until the late signing period next spring.
“Looks that way,” Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Pine Crest coach Dave Beckerman wrote in a text.
The early signing period runs Nov. 11-18.
The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Knight took an official to Kansas last weekend and Beckerman confirmed that Knight [...]

Long Island wing J.J. Moore has cut his list to three Big East schools after a weekend official visit to Louisville.
“The list is three schools: Louisville, Pittsburgh and St. John’s,” said Gary Charles, Moore’s AAU coach with the New York Panthers. Moore made the trip with Charles and Moore’s mentor, Hunt Bresky.
Charles said Moore, ranked [...]

When Midnight Madness tips off around the nation Friday night, many of the top New York-area prospects won’t be in the Big Apple.
They’ll be taking in the show at Kentucky.
“I’m excited, it should be good,” said Dix Hills (N.Y.) Half Hollow Hills West forward Tobias Harris, who leaves Friday for Kentucky’s “Big Blue Madness.”
“I heard it’s a really great atmosphere [...]

C.J. Leslie’s high school coach says Leslie has a list of about 11 schools and that there is no clear leader at this point.
“C.J. is still wide open with his recruitment. He doesn’t have a strong leader,” Raleigh (NC) Word of God coach Erasto Hatchett said Friday. “He’s still entertaining about 10 schools as of right [...]

I caught up briefly this morning with Raleigh (NC) Word of God forward C.J. Leslie before he headed into school.
The 6-foot-8, 205-pound Leslie had an in-home visit Wednesday night with Seton Hall head coach Bobby Gonzalez and assistant Dermon Player.
“It was good. It was real good,” Leslie said.
Asked if he was planning an official visit [...]

A source close to UConn coach Jim Calhoun says the coach is shocked at how long it has taken the school to begin negotiating terms of a new multiyear deal.
“They have not been in a rush to get it done,” the source said, referring to UConn officials.
UConn spokesman Kyle Muncy said Tuesday that the two sides [...]

I checked in this morning with Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick coach Kevin Boyle and he provided the latest news on his star players, Kyrie Irving and Michael Gilchrist.
The 6-foot-2 Irving loved his visit to Duke this past weekend but still plans to take his next scheduled official visit to Texas A&M Oct. 9. After that, Irving is [...]

Fresh off a Wednesday workout for some of the top schools in the nation at Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest, Brandon Knight is headed to UConn this weekend for his second official visit.
“They’re going to Connecticut this weekend,” said Pine Crest coach Dave Beckerman, referring to Knight’s family.
UConn head coach Jim Calhoun will be busy this [...]