Tyrone Johnson, the 6-foot-2, 170-pound junior point guard from Plainfield (N.J.) High, has long been a target of the Georgetown Hoyas.
Coach John Thompson III’s staff was among the first teams involved with the powerful and skilled floor general.
But it wasn’t until last week that the Hoyas actually offered him a scholarship.
“They’ve been on him for a [...]

NEW YORK — In the final minutes of West Virginia’s 79-60 victory over St. John’s Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, Da’Sean Butler drained another 3-pointer — his seventh of the day — over St. John’s forward Sean Evans.
All he could do was flash a smile and slowly backpedal down the court.
After struggling to [...]

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 [...]

Doron Lamb dropped 29 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals Monday to lead unbeaten Oak Hill (Va.) Academy to an 80-67 victory over Oregon City in the Les Schwab Invitational in Hillsboro, Ore.
In Sunday’s 94-66 win over Sunset, Lamb had 16 points and 3 assists, while teammate Roscoe Smith put up 12 points and 13 [...]

NEW YORK — Syracuse, Villanova and West Virginia all won high-profile tournaments around Thanksgiving to stake early claims as the beasts of the Big East.
 
Georgetown didn’t play in a holiday event but can join that elite group this week with victories over two Top 25 teams.
 
Sophomore center Greg Monroe notched career-highs with 24 points and [...]

Rakeem Christmas has cut his list to five schools from eight.
Florida International, Florida, Georgetown, Oklahoma and Texas are still in the running for the No. 1 center and No. 4 overall prospect in the Class of 2011.
Baylor, Villanova, Indiana and Ohio State were cut from the old list, and Florida International, coached by Isiah Thomas, was added.
“Since [...]

Oak Hill teammates Roscoe Smith and Doron Lamb may commit early but sign late, according to David Borges of the New Haven Register.
The 6-foot-8 Smith told me during a recent interview that he had decided where he wanted to go from among Georgetown, UConn and Duke and he then told Borges he had a frontrunner.
He’s not saying [...]

By MIKE VORKUNOV
NEWARK – Seton Hall was 3.6 seconds away from adding insult to an already injurious week. Then Eugene Harvey saved them the trouble.
After Wesley Jenkins hit an elbow jump shot to put St. Peter’s up 51-50 with the few remaining seconds left, the Pirates ran their desperation play. Jeremy Hazell inbounded to [...]

C.J. Leslie is still plotting out his official visits and my not sign until the late signing period in the spring.
“He probably won’t sign until the spring. I can’t say for 100 percent sure,” Lisa Leslie, C.J.’s mom, said Saturday in a phone interview.
The 6-foot-8, 205-pound Leslie out of Raleigh (N.C.) Word of God Academy [...]