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 which school is his leader, but Smith has taken officials to Conn and Georgetown and an unofficial to Duke.

He broke down the pros of all three schools in a recent interview with me.

“I liked the history of Duke, the great players that came through Duke, Carlos Boozer, Grant Hill and Elton Brand,” he said.

“UConn, the same thing, the history. I like Jim Calhoun, the head coach, and his experience of sending people to the NBA and the former players Caron Butler, Ray Allen and Rudy Gaye.

“Georgetown, I like them because of the same thing. [David] Wingate, Allen Iverson [went to the pros]. I like the head coach [John Thompson III].

“All three of the head coaches, I felt a great connection.”

Smith put up 29 points, 10 rebounds and 5 blocks on Friday as Oak Hill routed Winston Salem Prep 100-69.

As for the 6-4 Lamb, he is on UConn’s campus today (Sunday) and is considering Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arizona and UConn. He has visited every school but Arizona.

“I’m just looking for a good coaching staff, a winning school, good players that I can work around,” he told Borges. “A school that’s basketball-first.”

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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 Herb Pope, who found Harvey on the left sideline just prior to halfcourt.

Harvey took off from about 30 feet out, double clutched and let it go with one hand. Then the entire arena watched in momentary silence as it sailed in as the buzzer went off to give the Pirates a 53-51 win.

Read the full story here.

MORE COLLEGE RESULTS

**Corey Stokes scores 17 of his 20 in the 2nd half to lead No. 5 Villanova

**Jerome Dyson’s return helps  No. 12 UConn win

**Rider stuns No. 18 Mississippi State on road

**Greg Monroe scores 18 to lead No. 20 Georgetown

**Rutgers opens Saturday vs. Marist. Read my feature on Muhamed Hasani here.

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“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 is the No. 4 power forward in the nation, according to Rivals.

He took his first official visit to Kentucky Oct. 28 for the Blue/White Scrimmage and was supposed to visit Florida this weekend (Nov. 7-8), but will have to reschedule because his high school team has a scrimmage today (Saturday).

“We thought it would be better if we just totally rescheduled it,” Lisa said of the Florida visit.

Leslie had in-home visits with Kentucky, Maryland, Seton Hall, Arizona State, Georgetown, N.C. State, Georgia Tech, Florida International and Oregon.

He plans to take four more officials — including one to Florida — but all four likely won’t happen this fall. Lisa said the family wasn’t sure which schools would get the three remaining visits.

“As of right now, we don’t know which other three schools he’s going to visit,” she said. “We’ve been so busy with the recruiting and everything that we haven’t had enough time to sit down and complete the schedule.”

Lisa said North Carolina was supposed to come for an in-home visit, but cancelled because they decided instead to focus on Harrison Barnes, the nation’s No. 2 recruit.

“Roy [Williams] must feel pretty comfortable with Barnes because Coach [Steve] Robinson called us and they were saying they didn’t want to hinder C.J.’’s recruiting by putting us on hold to see whether Harrison Barnes was going to take the scholarship,” she said.

“Coach Williams told C.J. he really wanted him, he just wishes he has one more scholarship. That was the turnaround with North Carolina.”

The 6-6 Barnes is due to announce this week and is considering North Carolina, Duke, UCLA, Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa State.

As for Leslie, Lisa said he enjoyed his official to Kentucky but hasn’t proclaimed the ‘Cats his leader.

“He said when he went down there for the visit he really enjoyed it,” Lisa said of Kentucky. “He never said that that was his favorite school.

“He’s still saying that he’s open. I wouldn’t say that that was his favorite school.”

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After talking with both players and their fathers, it appears that neither player has made up his mind about college.

The 6-foot-7 Smith has visited UConn and Georgetown officially and Duke unofficially. The date for his official visit to Duke has not been set yet. He will choose from among those three schools.

“I’m going to think about it for a while,” Smith said.

He broke down the pros of all three schools.

“I liked the history of Duke, the great players that came through Duke, Carlos Boozer, Grant Hill and Elton Brand,” he said.

“UConn, the same thing, the history. I like Jim Calhoun, the head coach, and his experience of sending people to the NBA and the former players Caron Butler, Ray Allen and Rudy Gaye.

“Georgetown, I like them because of the same thing. [David] Wingate, Allen Iverson [went to the pros]. I like the head coach [John Thompson III].

“All three of the head coaches, I felt a great connection.”

As for the 6-4 Lamb, he just returned from an official to Kentucky and after speaking with his father, Calvin, Sunday morning, I caught up with Doron Sunday night.

He has visited Oklahoma, Kansas and Kentucky and said all three schools remain “equal” in his mind.

Lamb, a Queens, N.Y., native, still hopes to visit UConn and Arizona, likely in November since Oak Hill has a game Oct. 30.

“I think I’m going to visit UConn and Arizona,” he said.

Asked if he knew exactly when, he replied, “I don’t know.”

As for the Kentucky visit, Lamb said: “It was good. I enjoyed it. The team was cool, the coaching staff was cool. I watched two practices.

“[Kentucky coach John Calipari] said I would fit in well with the system because of my offensive ability. I have a good flow with my offense.”

As for what comes next, Lamb said he will wait and see.

“I don’t know yet,” he said. “Wait and see how it goes.”

Calvin Lamb told me earlier that his son faced a “tough choice” because all  of the options were so appealing.

“I think it’s going to be a tough choice for him,” Calvin said Sunday morning after he settled into his plane flight home from Kentucky.

“There are so many good systems and universities that are recruiting him. It’s going to be tough.”

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“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 now. He’s completed some home visits. He just had his last visit [Thursday] night with Georgetown. Seton Hall was there the night before.”

Hatchett said the 6-foot-8, 205-pound Leslie is considering Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Georgetown, Seton Hall, Arizona State, Georgia Tech, Oregon, Florida and Florida International.

No official visits have yet been set and the list has not been cut, but Hatchett did say that a few schools have been involved for a long period of time.

“I think everyone is doing a good job,” he said. “There are some that have come in kind of late.  Florida, Kentucky, N.C. State, Arizona State, they’re being very consistent in the recruitment. Those guys have been around for a while and have been very consistent.”

He added:  “We’re going to take it one day at a time. It’s not really a heavy topic between C.J. and I. We’re focusing on getting better and trying to put ourselves in position to win a state championship.

“At some point in time that list of 10 will be cut to five, and then from five down to three and then he’ll make his decision.”

CLINIC TO END ALL CLINICS ON SATURDAY

Manhattan College will again play host to ‘The Clinic to End All Clinics’, an annual basketball coaches’ workshop orchestrated by Howard Garfinkel, the founder of Five Star basketball camp. This year’s clinic is scheduled for Saturday, October 3, 2009 in Draddy Gymnasium from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The event will feature sessions instructed by college basketball’s winningest coach Bob Knight (ESPN), as well as 2009 NCAA National Champion coach Roy Williams (University of North Carolina), and Leonard Hamilton (Florida State University), along with former NBA coaches Don Casey and Mike Fratello.

Schedule of Speakers

9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – Roy Williams

10:10 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. – Leonard Hamilton

11:20 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. – Bob Knight

1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. – Don Casey

3:10 p.m. to 4:10 p.m. –  Mike Fratello

4:20 p.m. to 5:20 p.m. – Don Casey

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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 to South Orange, N.J., Leslie said: “I don’t know yet. I haven’t scheduled any visits yet.”

Leslie said he’s also considering Kentucky, Florida, Maryland and North Carolina.

Georgetown also comes in tonight for Leslie’s final home visit.

Seton Hall also has a home visit Monday with Bishop Loughlin forward JayVaughn Pinkston, who lists Seton Hall, St. John’s, Villanova, Marquette and Tennessee. Gonzalez and his staff met with St. Anthony forward Devon Collier this past Monday and Collier is considering Seton Hall, St. John’s, Providence, Maryland and Oregon State. He plans to set his visit schedule after Oregon State coach Craig Robinson attends an open gym Friday.

JOSEPH CUTS LIST

Findlay (Nev.) Prep point guard Cory Joseph has cut his list to seven, according to a text message from his mother, Connie.

The 6-3, 180-pound Joseph is considering Villanova, Minnesota, UConn, Texas, UNLV, Florida and Mississippi State.

He has already visited Texas, will hit UConn Oct. 16 for First Night festivities and Villanova Oct. 23 for Hoops Mania.

Joseph, whose older brother, Devoe, plays for Minnesota, will visit the Gophers either Oct. 9 or Oct. 30,.

His visit to UNLV will likely be unofficial.

Joseph is the No. 7 recruit in the nation according to Rivals.

TOBIAS HARRIS UPDATE

Torrel Harris, father of Dix Hills (NY) Half Hollow Hills West forward Tobias Harris, says the family is currently trying to set up its next visit to Tennessee.

Torrel did not want to make the visit dates public, but after Tennessee Tobias will tentatively visit Kentucky (Oct. 16 for Big Blue Madness), Louisville, West Virginia, Georgia Tech and Maryland in that order.

“We’re going to do a final visit for all seven schools,” Torrel said.

He took his first official visit to Syracuse this past weekend.

“He had a good visit,” Torrel said. “He definitely liked Syracuse.”

George “The Iceman” Gervin, a family friend, worked out with both Tobias and Tyler Harris on Wednesday at Half Hollow Hills.

Torrel and Tobias will be at the is8 league this weekend in Queens with their Unique All-Stars AAU team. That team will also feature Dion Waiters, Will Regan, Walt Harris, C.J. Fair, Tavon Sledge, Tony Mitchell and Jordan McRae. Syracuse commit Fab Melo is also supposed to play with the Unique All-Stars for the playoffs.

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Kansas, Florida and UCLA are off his list.

Brian Stephens, Roscoe’s father, said there was no leader.

Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski will have a home visit today (Wednesday). Georgetown coach John Thompson III also comes to Oak Hill today to meet with Smith and UConn coach Jim Calhoun was at Oak Hill Tuesday.

Smith may take an official to UConn Oct. 16 for First Night, UConn’s version of Midnight Madness.

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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 slated to visit Kentucky, Georgia Tech and Seton Hall.

“He’s going to Texas A&M Oct. 9 for sure. After that we’ll take it one-by-one,” Boyle said.

Multiple reports surfaced that Irving is close to committing to Duke and although that may well happen, he apparently hasn’t done so yet.

“Duke official was great! I enjoyed every single second…everything there fits me and is right for me…you never know what will happen,” Irving Tweeted after the visit.

GILCHRIST TO VISIT VILLANOVA

As for the 6-7 Gilchrist, the No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2011, Boyle said Gilchrist was planning on visiting Villanova.

“I think he’s going to try to get out to Villanova this wekeend,” Boyle said.

Sources confirmed that Gilchrist will visit this weekend.

“It’s close to his house [in South Jersey] and he wants to get a feeling for how Villanova stands,” Boyle added.

Cindy Richardson, Gilchrist’s mother, previously said that her son talks about Kentucky and Villanova all the time, and Gilchrist told reporters at the LeBron James Academy this summer that those two schools were his top choices.

William Wesley, aka Worldwide Wes, is a John Calipari confidante who grew up across the street in Camden, N.J. from Richardson and remains a close family friend.

As for the Villanova connection, Villanova coach Jay Wright and Richardson have a strong relationship.

Still, Cindy told SI.com that those relationships don’t necessarily mean her son will play for either one of the Wildcats.

“There are no dots,” she told SI.com. “Wes’ relationship with John Calipari, that’s their relationship. Our relationship with coach Calipari is going to be the same relationship we want to extend to every other college coach. The difference is, coach Cal does his job. Coach Cal is actively recruiting Michael, but we want Michael to experience the same thing every other high school athlete has experienced. He has not decided on where he’s going to go.”

Meanwhile, Gilchrist is making a concerted effort to visit other schools.

He spent two days at Rutgers two weekends ago and then took an unofficial to Michigan this past weekend.

“He had an unofficial to Michigan,” Boyle said. “I know he had a good time and enjoyed it very much and got to see them workout. I know he’s impresed with Coach [John] Beilein’s ability. He’s one of the better coaching teachers in college basketball. Mike enjoyed getting to watch them in practice. At this point he’s excited going there.”

DANIELS TO WAGNER

Josh Daniels, a 6-6, 180-pound SF out of St. Patrick, has committed to Wagner. Daniels helped St. Patrick go 30-3 and win last year’s New Jersey’s Tournament of Champions.

“We’re just excited for Josh,” Boyle said. “We think Coach [Mike Deane] is an excellent coach. It’s a great fit for Josh. It’s a program that’s up and coming. He could definitely be a contributor early in his career, so we’re happy for him.”

SMITH SETS OFFICIALS

Roscoe Smith, the No. 6 small forward in the Class of 2010 out of Oak Hill (Va.) Academy, has set his official visits. The 6-foot-7, 185-pound Smith will take five visits beginning with Georgetown this weekend.

Oct. 2 – Georgetown

Oct. 9 – Duke

Oct. 16 – UConn

TBD – Florida

TBD – Kansas

BINGHAMTON COMPARISON INSULTS ZOO

If you haven’t yet read this Letter to the Editor about the Binghamton fiasco, it’s a must read.

As is this column by Gary Parrish on the Bingo situation.

(Photos courtesy Irving family, SI, Rivals)

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Both players and their families will be busy over the next few days hosting home and school visits. Here’s the tentative schedules of both.

ROSCOE SMITH HOME VISITS (per his dad)

Sept. 9 – UConn, Kansas

Sept. 10 – Georgetown

Sept. 13 – Florida

Sept. 16 – UCLA

Sept. 17 – Duke

VISITORS TO OAK HILL

UConn, Duke, UCLA, Florida, Georgetown, Memphis, Kansas

DORON LAMB PLANNING VISITS

Calvin Lamb, the father of Oak Hill guard and Queens, N.Y. native Doron Lamb, said the family is planning the following in-home visits.

Sept. 10 – Kentucky

Sept. 12 – Arizona

“We have a couple in-home visits. We have Kentucky Thursday and Arizona Saturday up here in Queens,” Calvin said.

Kentucky head coach John Calipari is in town and attended the U.S. Open Tuesday night. He will meet with Tobias Harris and his family tonight and Doron’s family Thursday.

As far as officials, Calvin said Doron — the co-MVP of last month’s Boost Mobile Elite 24 game here in New York — would likely visit Kentucky, Kansas and Oklahoma. Reports had surfaced that Lamb would definitely visits Kansas for “Late Night in the Phog” Oct. 16, but Calvin said only, “It  might happen.” Kansas coaches will visit Oak Hill on Thursday.

Calvin also mentioned Arizona and UConn as options.

“I think UConn, Kentucky, Kansas, Arizona, Oklahoma, it’s up to him,” Calvin said. “We got to sit down and talk it over and see whose strongly interested in him and what’s the best situation for him and we’ll take it from there.”

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Roscoe Smith

Thompson said the following schools are recruiting his son and would have in-home visits: UConn, Duke, UCLA, Maryland, Georgetown, Florida and Kentucky.

“I’m going to pick out the school that I’m going to commit to going on the middle of my Oak Hill season,” Roscoe, the No. 31 player in the Rivals150 and the No. 6 SF in the Class of 2010, told me earlier this month at the Boost Mobile event in New York.

He said he transferred to Oak Hill to improve and prepare for college.

“I just wanted to be around great players,” he said. ”I think me going to Oak Hill will step my game up more and get me ready for college life.

“I just want to try and win a national championship for [head coach] Steve Smith and other Oak Hill alumni.”

GASTON ELIGIBLE AT FORDHAM

Fordham got some huge news this week when it learned that 6-7 recruit Chris Gaston had officially qualified. Gaston, who played for both Bob Hurley at St. Anthony and Dan Hurley at St. Benedict’s as well as at New Hampton (N.H.) Prep, could be a major factor for the Rams as they try to rebuild. Gaston had a monster summer on the AAU circuit in 2008 and joins an incoming class that also includes Lance Brown of Paterson Catholic.

Both players opted for Fordham in part because of their relationship with sophomore point guard Jio Fontan, a Paterson native who starred at St. Anthony. After initially saying he wouldn’t return to campus, Fontan is back at Fordham. Fordham will have three St. Anthony players in the fold this year with Gaston, Fontan and Alberto Estwick.

The Rams will also have unofficial visits from a slew of talented local products: Myles Mack, Myles Davis, Jarrod Davis, Jarelle Reischel and Sean Grennan.

COUGARS TRIP TO ‘CUSE

Speaking of Paterson Catholic, head coach Damon Wright took six players to the Syracuse Elite Camp: Mack, Kyle Anderson, Jermaine Peart, Jhamir White, Reggie Cameron and Kavon Stewart.

“They like Myles and will follow him this year,” Wright said of his talented 5-8 junior point guard. “Coach [Mike Hopkins] saw that he has potential for the Cuse.

“Anderson was a stud in the camp. He played all five positions and did it well. Coach [Jim] Boeheim liked him. The rising frosh Kavon Stewart also caught the eye of the coaching staff.”

VARNADO INJURED

Mississippi State star Jarvis Varnado was hospitalized Monday for tests after falling ill during a morning workout, according to the Clarion-Ledger of Miss.

“He’s fine,” MSU coach Rick Stansbury was quoted as saying in a news release from the school. “We expect him back at full speed very shortly. We’re just being very cautious.”

ST. BEN’S HOSTING CLINIC

St. Ben’s coach Dan Hurley has once again put together a tremendous roster of coaches for his Sept. 25 coaches clinic in Newark.

Arizona coach Sean Miller, Villanova coach Jay Wright, Pitt coach Jamie Dixon, Temple coach Fran Dunphy and former NBA coaches Jeff Van Gundy and Hubie Brown will all be on hand.

ERIN ANDREWS TO TALK WITH OPRAH WINFREY

(AP) — ESPN reporter Erin Andrews said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that having secretly videotaped nude footage of her distributed on the Internet was a “nightmare.”

Winfrey’s interview with Andrews will air Friday, Sept. 11, as part of a “Summer Headlines” show that previews the 24th season of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Andrews also tells Winfrey she “opened up the computer [and] could feel my heart pounding.”

Andrews’ attorney has said the blurry five-minute video was shot at a hotel without her knowledge and she plans to seek criminal charges and file lawsuits against whoever shot the video and anyone who publishes it.

The reporter also says she’s excited to get back to work this fall, adding “it’s really going to help me heal my wounds.”

Andrews will be working on air Thursday night for the first time since the video became widespread news. She’ll be the sideline reporter for ESPN’s broadcast of South Carolina at North Carolina State.

It was not clear when the video of Andrews in the hotel room first appeared on the Internet. The person who first posted the video didn’t identify the nude woman, and Andrews’ attorney later confirmed the video was of the 31-year-old reporter.

(The AP wrote the Erin Andrews story)

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