Before this season began I accepted a gig covering Knicks home games for NBA.com.
Initially, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to handle covering both the Knicks and Big East basketball for SNY.tv. But aside from being out of the house and away from my family several nights a week, things have worked out pretty well [...]

Fordham interim coach Jared Grasso continues to reel in recruits.
Grasso landed a double-dip of guards Monday night when Jayon James, a 6-foot-5 guard from Paterson (N.J.) Catholic, and 6-2 guard Sean Armand, a Brooklyn native spending a postgrad year at Central Jersey Each One Teach One (CJEOTO) in Jersey, both orally committed to the Rams.
“I feel I had [...]

The latest version of the National Prep Poll is out and three of the Top 15 teams in the nation are once again from North Jersey.
St. Patrick (6-0) is No. 2, Paterson Catholic (6-0) No. 9 and St. Benedict’s (7-1) No. 15.
St. Patrick won the MaxPreps Holiday Classic in San Diego behind a combined  47 points [...]

Today marks one of the biggest days in college hoops in a long time, with a full slate of critical games, none more interesting than the Louisville-Kentucky tilt that features a battle between old rivals Rick Pitino and John Calipari.
Here’s a column from Rick Bozich on the relationship between the two coaches.
After his admissions of marital infidelity and a [...]

Ater Majok is a 6-foot-10 forward who just joined Jim Calhoun’s rotation at UConn and could make a major impact during the second half of the season.
His cousin, Majok Majok, is a 6-8 1/2, 230-pound senior big man with a 7-2 wingspan who plays for John Carroll at Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.).
He has visited Fordham [...]

Jio Fontan is headed from the Atlantic 10 to the Pac-10.
The former Fordham guard committed to USC Monday morning after a weekend visit to the school.
“Yeah, I committed early this morning,” the 6-foot-1 Fontan said Monday afternoon. “I just came back last night.”
He must sit out a year as per NCAA transfer regulations before he can suit [...]

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 [...]

**Click the Video Player at right for Parts 2 and 1 of my interview with Fordham interim coach Jared Grasso, who, at 29, is the youngest Division 1 coach in America***
NEW YORK — Back in September, Villanova coach Jay Wright sent Jared Grasso a text message offering his support.
“Keep doing a great job at Fordham. Make [...]

Maryland is the latest team to express interest in former Fordham point guard Jio Fontan, according to those close to the player.
Todd Washington, an advisor to Fontan, said the Maryland staff reached out about the 6-foot-1 Fontan, who received a conditional release from Fordham that prevents him from playing in the Atlantic 10 or the tri-state [...]

John Calipari has sent back-to-back guards to the NBA lottery and is working on a third.
Is Brandon Knight next in line at Kentucky?
The 6-foot-3 Knight, the top prospect in the Class of 2010, has narrowed his list to four schools — Kentucky, Kansas, UConn and Florida — and will sign in the spring.
Considering Kentucky freshman John [...]