“He has not made a decision yet,” said Chattanooga (Tenn.) Tyner Academy coach Gerald Harris.

The 6-foot-10 Bradley is considering UConn, Drake and Georgia, Harris said.

“I think the date was yesterday and he decided to extend it,” Harris said.

Bradley has only been playing ball for four years and averaged 8 points last season.

“A lot of people see  his upside more than anything else,” Harris said. “What people see in him is what kind of what player he’s going to be. He’s a coachable kid, a real hard worker. He’s only been play basketball for about four years.”

MORGAN TO VISIT UCONN

Jesse “The Takeover” Morgan will visit UConn for First Night festivities Oct. 16, according to his Godfather, Fred Snead.

Morgan had initially said he would visit Louisville that weekend.

He is tentatively set to visit Seton Hall this coming weekend.

The 6-5, 180-pound Morgan is a Philly native playing at South Kent (Conn.). He said he’s considering Seton Hall, UConn, Rutgers, Louisville and UMass.

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Rosario had 13 after one quarter, 28 at the half, 37 after three quarters and scored 17 fourth-quarter points to carry his team back after France had taken an 83-76 lead with 3:20 remaining in the game.

“I knew today was do or die for us,” said Rosario, whose team plays the U.S. on Tuesday. “That was a team we played in France and they beat us by one at the Douai Tournament, and I just knew that this game meant so  much to me, my country and my teammates.

“I just told coach that I was going to go out and give it everything I had, and I went out there and I prayed last night, and I prayed before the game and everything went right for me today. I am just so happy.”

Trailing by 11 at the half, the French made their move late in the third quarter, finishing the quarter on a 14-2 run to tie the scores at 63-63.

The last quarter was a classic, with France hitting five three pointers to establish their 7 point lead. But Rosario came back to life to hit three baskets, including a two pointer to tie the score at 89-89 with 40 seconds to play.

Andrew Albicy (28 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steal) was outstanding for France all night, but missed an open three point shot to win the game with three seconds to play. Raymond Cintron grabbed the rebound and rushed down the court, finding Kevin Young under the basket, who was fouled with 0.6 seconds remaining.

Young missed the first but made the second and, fittingly, Rosario stole the inbounds pass to secure an incredible win for his country.

Puerto Rico’s three wins may be enough to qualify them for the quarter finals, but a win in their remaining games against the USA and Egypt will make it a certainty.

With two wins on the board, France must win at least one of their games against Lithuania and Greece to move on to the knockout round.

USA DOWNS GREECE

Georgia forward Howard Thompkins scored 22 points on 10 of 14 shooting to lead the USA over Greece 85-69.

“I decided today that I was going to be very, very aggressive” Thompkins said. “I heard that Greece like to bump and bang, I decided I was going to be the guy to initiate it first.

“Greece, they move the ball well, they play as a team. It seems like they use ball screens a lot, and they know how to penetrate and dish and they know how to create. They’re a good team and it wouldn’t surprise me if we saw them again.”

Gordon Howard had 9 points and 5 rebounds and John Shurna, Tyshawn Taylor, Seth Curry and Ashton Gibbs scored 8 points apiece.

LEBRON JAMES HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE ROSTER OUT

COLLEGE:

• Cole Aldrich (Kansas)
• Jeff Allen (Virginia Tech)
• Al-Farouq Aminu (Wake Forest)
• Patrick Christopher (California)
• Dwayne Collins (Miami)
• Jordan Crawford (Xavier)
• Malcolm Delaney (Virginia Tech)
• Devin Ebanks (West Virginia)
• Yancy Gates (Cincinnati)
• Manny Harris (Michigan)
• Jerome Jordan (Tulsa)
• Kalin Lucas (Michigan State)
• Larry Sanders (VCU)
• Iman Shumpert (Georgia Tech)
• DeShawn Sims (Michigan)
• Kyle Singler (Duke)
• Edwin Ubiles (Siena)
• Greivis Vasquez (Maryland)
• Willie Warren (Oklahoma)
• Chris Wright (Dayton)

HIGH SCHOOL

42 Daniel Alexander 6-8 192 78 2010 Dripping Springs/Austin, TX
59 Justin Anderson 6-4 208 82 ½ 2012 Montrose/Rockville, MD
55 Harrison Barnes 6-8 209 84 ½ 2010 Ames/Ames, IA
31 Will Barton 6-6 161 81 ½ 2010 Lake Clifton/Baltimore, MD
32 Daniel Bejarano 6-3 ½ 204 77 2010 North/Phoenix, AZ
33 James Bell 6-5 ½ 217 80 ½ 2010 Montverde/Orlando, FL
56 Wayne Blackshear 6-5 205 82 ½ 2011 Morgan Park/Chicago, IL
8 Jamal Branch 6-3 163 75 ½ 2011 Atascocita/Humble, TX
18 Taran Buie 6-1 ½ 172 76 ½ 2010 Bishop Maginn/Albany, NY
57 Reggie Bullock 6-5 ½ 190 80 ½ 2010 Kinston/Kinston, NC
26 Russell Byrd 6-7 189 79 2010 Blackhawk Christian/Fort Wayne, IN
47 Travis Carroll 6-9 219 80.5 2010 Danville/Danville, IN
48 Rakeem Christmas 6-9 222 88.5 2011 North Catholic/Philadelphia, PA
79 Cameron Clark 6-6 184 78 2010 Sherman/Sherman, TX
94 DaJuan Coleman 6-8 281 85.5 2012 Jamesville-DeWitt/Syracuse, NY
34 Gerard Coleman 6-5 168 81 ½ 2010 Tilton/Boston, MA
35 Trevor Cooney 6-4 185 75 2011 Sanford/Wilmington, DE
36 Andre Dawkins 6-4 ½ 196 80 2010 Atlantic Shores/Chesapeake, VA
43 Perry Ellis 6-7 206 78 2012 Wichita Heights/Wichita, KS
4 Isaiah Epps 6-1 ½ 159 74 ½ 2010 Plainfield/Plainfield, NJ
27 CJ Fair 6-7 196 77 2010 Baltimore City College/Baltimore, MD
67 Dominique Ferguson 6-8 209 87 2010 Morris/Indianapolis, IN
21 Gary Franklin, Jr. 6-2 183 74 ½ 2010 Mater Dei/Santa Ana, CA
53 Michael Gbinije 6-6 194 75 2011 Benedictine/Chester, PA
49 Malcolm Gilbert 6-11 214 88 2011 Academy of New Church/Smyrna, DE
78 Michael Gilchrist 6-6 216 84 ½ 2011 St. Patrick’s/Elizabeth, NJ
3 Aliun Guo 6-3 ½ 170 76 ½ N/A Liaoning, China
51 Tobias Harris 6-8 210 83 2010 Half Hollow Hills West/Dix Hill, NY
17 Crandall Head 6-3 186 80 2010 Crane/Chicago, IL
5 Kyrie Irving 6-2 172 75 ½ 2010 St. Patrick’s/West Orange, NJ
No. Name Hgt. Wgt. Wingspan Class High School/Hometown
72 James Johnson 6-9 ½ 212 84 2010 Samuel Morse/Mildomar, CA
80 Kevin Johnson 6-8 ½ 250 84 2011 Junipero Serra/Gardena, CA
12 Nick Johnson 6-3 185 77 2011 Highland/Gilbert, AZ
54 Jamail Jones 6-6 200 78 2010 Greenforest Christian/Stone Mtn., GA
91 Perry Jones 6-10 ½ 220 86.5 2010 Duncanville/Duncanville, TX
58 Terrence Jones 6-8 219 84 2010 Jefferson/Portland, OR
20 Myck Kabongo 6-2 160 78 ½ 2011 St. Benedict’s/Newark, NJ
29 Jelan Kendrick 6-6 ½ 186 81 ½ 2010 Westlake/College Park, GA
81 Markus Kennedy 6-8 ½ 268 83 2010 Living Faith Christian/Philadelphia, PA
28 Keala King 6-5 ½ 180 76 ½ 2010 Dominguez/Los Angeles, CA
73 Alex Kirk 6-9 ½ 226 87 2010 Los Alamos/Los Alamos, NM
37 Trevor Lacey 6-1 ½ 187 77 2011 Butler/Huntsville, AL
38 Doron Lamb 6-3 ½ 183 78 2010 Oak Hill/Laurelton, NY
74 Meyers Leonard 7-0 215 87 2010 Robinson/Robinson, IL
52 CJ Leslie 6-8 205 84 2010 Word of God Academy/Raleigh, NC
22 Kendall Marshall 6-4 180 76 ½ 2010 Bishop O’Connell/Dumfries, VA
11 Ray McCallum 6-0 ½ 179 73 ½ 2010 Detroit Ctry Day/Beverly Hills, MI
68 Tony Mitchell 6-7 215 86 2010 Living Faith Christian/Grand Prairie, TX
46 Moses Morgan 6-5 208 81 2010 Palo Verde/Las Vegas, NV
9 Jason Morris 6-4 204 81 2010 Hotchkiss/Lakeville, CT
76 Johnny O’Bryant 6-8 218 86 2011 East Side/Cleveland, MS
93 Adreian Payne 6-9 215 84 2010 Jefferson/Dayton, OH
50 Dwight Powell 6-10 212 84 2010 IMG Academy/Melrose, MA
2 Phil Pressey 5-11 162 73 2010 Episcopal School/Dallas, TX
70 Jereme Richmond 6-7 195 79 2010 Waukegan/Waukegan, IL
15 Austin Rivers 6-4 189 79 2011 Winter Park/Winter Park, FL
16 Josh Selby 6-3 183 76 2010 Lake Clifton/Baltimore, MD
71 Mike Shaw 6-8 208 78 2011 De La Salle/Chicago, IL
13 Reggie Smith 6-1 175 76 2010 Thornton Township/Harvey, IL
60 Roscoe Smith 6-7 ½ 184 85 2010 Oak Hill/Mouth of Wilson, VA
44 Evan Smotrycz 6-9 212 77 2010 New Hampton/Reading, MA
19 Ahmad Starks 5-6 163 71 ½ 2010 Whitney Young/Chicago, IL
14 Juwan Staten 5-10 ½ 169 74 2010 Thurgood Marshall/Dayton, OH
7 Andre Stringer 5-9 ½ 166 71 2010 Forest Hill/Jackson, MS
92 Jared Sullinger 6-9 262 83.5 2010 Northland/Columbus, OH
6 Marquis Teague 6-2 165 79 2011 Pike/Indianapolis, IN
No. Name Hgt. Wgt. Wingspan Class High School/Hometown
40 JT Terrell 6-3 165 81 2010 Cummings/Burlington, NC
61 Adonis Thomas 6-5 204 84 2011 Melrose/Memphis, TN
45 DeShaun Thomas 6-7 221 80 2010 Bishop Luers/Fort Wayne, IN
62 Bakari Turner 6-3 ½ 177 77 2010 Plano West/Plano, TX
41 Ralston Turner 6-5 ½ 193 77 2010 Muscle Shoals/Muscle Shoals, AL
30 Dion Waiters 6-3 ½ 201 78 ½ 2010 Life Center/Philadelphia, PA
75 Okaro White 6-8 180 83 2010 Clearwater/Clearwater, FL
64 Frank Williams 6-5 151 79 2010 Raytown/Raytown, MO
63 Kyle Wiltjer 6-8 221 82 ½ 2011 Jesuit/Portland, OR
65 Cameron Wright 6-3 ½ 192 78 2010 Benedictine/Cleveland, OH
24 Trey Ziegler 6-5 183 81 2011 Mount Pleasant/Mount Pleasant, MI
**Height measured in sneakers and weight measured without sneakers

(Courtesy FIBA)

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“I made my mind up and my decision is ….,” the 6-foot-9 Favors, an Atlanta native, said before putting on a black and gold Georgia Tech hat.

“I want my friends and family to come see me play, for however long I’ll be in college,” he added. “I thought about it long and hard, I made the right decision.”

Georgia Tech coach Paul Hewitt attended Favors’ game Tuesday night, when he dropped 30 points in a blowout, but Favors did not speak to him.

“I just wanted to mess with his head a little bit, make him think I wasn’t interested in him,” Favors said. “But I think deep down he probably knew I would come.”

Favors picked Georgia Tech over Georgia and N.C. State.

“All the schools were good choices for me but I thought about it long and hard and I think I made the right decision,” Favors said.

He joins an impressive recruiting class that includes point guard Mfon Udofia, power forward Kammeon Holsey, shooting guard Glen Rice Jr. and small forward Brian Oliver, who plays for the Paterson-NJ-based Playaz Basketball Club.

Paul Biancardi of ESPNU says Favors, the No. 2 player in the ESPNU 100, is a tremendous two-way player.

“Favors has the ability to dominate a game and make it look easy,” he said. “He’s a dominating player in the post. He’s aggressive in the low post. He catches the ball deep in the low post and demands double-teams. Surprisingly, he’s an excellent passer out of the low post. He’s added a solid 15-foot jumper to his offensive game but clearly his strength lies in and around the basket. Defensively, he challenges, changes and blocks shots. He cleans up the defensive glass. He reminds me of a young Alonzo Mourning, Amare-Stoudemire type player.”

“I just feel a relief about it,” Favors told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I’m happy to get it over with so I don’t have nothing else to think about.”

“I’m pretty sure his mind’s made up. That’s why he’s ready to announce it now,” Hulio Smith, Favors’ AAU coach, said by text.

The 6-foot-9, 220-pound Favors recently cut his list to Georgia Tech, Georgia and N.C. State.

He recently told Alex Schwartz of the Northstar Basketball Blog that “Being able to play in front of my friends and family” was a major factor in his decision.

Our guess is Georgia Tech, but we’ll have to wait and see. Paul Hewitt was in attendance Tuesday night when Favors scored 30 points in South Atlanta’s blowout victory.

On Thursday night, Favors and South Atlanta will play against Mobile (Ala.) LeFlore, whose team features top power forward DeMarcus Cousins. Tip-off is set for 9 p.m. on ESPN2.

Lance Stephenson

Pittsburgh is the No. 1 college team in the land.

Could the two be destined for a match?

Pitt associate head coach Tom Herrion watched Stephenson drop 37 points last week on Brooklyn Boys & Girls in a loss and a source close to the situation says Stephenson has “interest” in the Panthers.

Pitt has numerous ties to the metropolitan area, including current senior guard Levance Fields of Brooklyn. The Panthers have done well recruiting New York and New Jersey and just landed a verbal commitment from Isaiah Epps, a junior point guard from Plainfield (NJ) High.

Stephenson has mentioned St. John’s, Kansas, Memphis and USC among his suitors but it’s not hard to imagine him ending up at Pitt.

The Big East campus is only about five hours from New York, close enough for his family and friends to watch, but not as far as Kansas or Memphis. Additionally, the Panthers play numerous games in the area at St. John’s, Rutgers, Seton Hall and Villanova, as well as the Big East tournament in March.

“Right now, I’m just worrying about basketball and at the end I’ll do all that college stuff,” Stephenson said previously. “I’m going to do my high school season and after that I look forward to telling everybody what school I should go to.”

**[Check out the SNY video interview with Tom Konchalski where he discusses Lance Stephenson's recruitment.]

**Stephenson and Lincoln have a couple of very high-profile games coming up in the coming weeks:

Jan. 17 — vs. Jamestown-Dewitt, Big Apple Invitational, Baruch College

Jan. 19 — vs. LeFlore (Ala.), Hoophall Classic, Hall of Fame (ESPNU)

Jan. 24 — vs. St. Benedict’s, Newark Invitational, Prudential Center

Feb. 3 — vs. Thomas Jefferson

Feb. 5 — vs. Boys & Girls

FAVORS, GILCHRIST UPDATES

My man Alex Schwartz of the Northstar Basketball Blog has updates on senior Derrick Favors and sophomore MIchael Gilchrist here.

The 6–9 Favors is down to Georgia, Georgia Tech and N.C. State, while the 6–7 Gilchrist lists Syracuse, Villanova, Memphis, UMass and Seton Hall.

***Behind 24 points from junior guard Isaiah Epps, Plainfield beat Paterson Catholic, 73-61, marking the second year in a row Plainfield has downed the Cougars.

Epps, Anthony Baskerville (21 points) and Tyrone Johnson (16 points) combined for 61 of Plainfield’s points. Epps scored 13 in the fourth period.

“Their guards are seasoned guards and they’re good,” PC coach Damon Wright said of the Plainfield guards, who committed 2 turnovers compared with 15 for the PC guards.

Sophomore point guard Myles Mack scored 15 on 6 of 9 shooting to lead PC, Fordham-bound wing Lance Brown added 12 points and nine rebounds and Trevor Clemmings had 10. Fuquan Edwin came off the bench to score 8 points on 3 of 7 shooting.

This game featured four players who were offered by Seton Hall a year ago: Epps (pictured courtesy NJHoops.com) and the PC trio of Clemmings, Edwin and Jayon James.

Epps is also being courted by Maryland and Pitt, while Edwin and James have interest from A-10 schools like Xavier.

In the last three years at this tournament, PC has lost to Linden, St. Raymond’s of the Bronx and Plainfield, all teams with tremendous guard play.

PC leaves Friday for the Beach Ball Classic in South Carolina and plays the home team (Socastee, SC) Friday. They could play St. Patrick of Elizabeth in the second round Saturday in a possible preview of the Non-Public B playoffs.

***St. Anthony pulled out a narrow 37-36 victory over Trenton Catholic despite trailing 23-16 at the half. Villanova-bound wing Dominic Cheek finished with 14 points on 3-for-13 shooting and 7-for-8 from the line and 10 rebounds and was named MVP. Friars coach Bob Hurley was T’d up at halftime for yelling at the officials. Dondre Whitmore paced TC with 15 points.

The Friars — the defending New Jersey Tournament of Champions winners — are lacking for a true point guard and must wait 30 days to get all their transfers eligible: Derrick Williams, Ashton Pankey and Devon Collier.

So you figure we won’t really know what the true St. Anthony team is like until Feburary or so.

Still, it’s St. Patrick’s Tournament of Champions to lose. You heard it here. The Celtics are at the City of Palms, preparing for Monday night’s semifinal against Winter Park (Fla.). They will then appear Tuesday on ESPNU in either the first- or third-place game.

***Neptune rolled over Mendham 76-55 in the first game after it was tied at 32 at the half. Neptune outscored Mendham 27-9 in the third quarter. Dwayne Gutridge and Jabari Joyner scored 17 apiece for Neptune. Joyner hit four 3-pointers.

Columbia University commit Mark Cisco had 17 and 11 for Mendham.

***Seton Hall Prep beat Columbia 66-51 behind 22 points from sophomore point guard Sterling Gibbs. 6-8 senior Tony Peters had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Seton Hall Prep.

***The DePaul-Eastside game was cancelled, which is too bad because it would have given the two Passaic County powers a gauge on where they stand entering the season. Let’s face it, it’s Paterson Catholic’s county tournament to lose.

But DePaul with St. Joe’s-bound Justin Crosgile and Eastside with Robert Morris commit Karon Abraham both could reach the final if things fall their way.

ST. BENEDICT’S REACHES SEMIS AT KREUL CLASSIC

St. Benedict’s Prep is in the semifinals of the Kreul Classic in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Here’s a writeup from our friend Ron Jandoli of St. Benedict’s. The Gray Bees are No. 3 in the USA Today Super 25.

St. Ben’s crushed St. Thomas Aquinas of Florida, 84-59, in the quarters on Saturday after beating Florida’s Cardinal Gibbons 82-52 on Friday.

Rice-bound shooting guard Tamir Jackson scored 18 of his 25 against ST. Thomas Aquinas in the opening quarter, hitting four 3-pointers.

Texas commit Tristan Thompson added 23 points and 8 rebounds, Steve Frankoski scored 12 points and Mike Poole added nine rebounds.

The Gray Bees will play Miramar (Fla.) High at 4 p.m. on Monday in the semis, with the winner to advance to Tuesday’s championship at 9 p.m. Both games can be viewed at: http://kreul.ezstream.com/index.cfm

The 6-foot-9 Favors did not sign in the early signing period and will now wait to sign in the spring. He has taken officials to N.C. State and the two Georgia schools, but his recent visit to Memphis was cancelled because his mother was ill.

He told Schwartz that he won’t necessarily pick one of the in-state schools.

“I think [people have] . . . assumed that,” he said. “[It depends how] comfortable I feel about the school, and how comfortable I feel with the coaches and players.”

Favors is part of a group of talented seniors who have yet to commit. That group includes John Wall, Lance Stephenson, Dominic Cheek, Latavious Williams and REnardo Sidney.

“I just wanted to wait [and] . . . weigh my options, so I could make sure I made the right decision,” Favors said. “I don’t know why [the others are waiting]. . . . They probably [are] just waiting so they can weigh their options too. I don’t know why.”

The NCAA early signing period begins Wednesday.

The 6-foot-9, 220-pound Favors, the No. 3 prospect in the Class of 2009 according to Rivals, is down to Georgia, Georgia Tech and N.C. State.

Hulio Smith, one of Favors’ AAU coaches with the Atlanta Celtics, sent me a text message Monday night saying that Favors would “probably [sign] in the late period.”

“It’s whenever he feels that he’s ready,” Smith added. “It may be the spring. It may be next week. It’s not a big deal to us so none of us are pressuring him one way or the other.”

Earlier, Smith had said Favors could commit “any day now.”

South Atlanta coach Michael Reddick seconded Smith’s appraisal.

“He’s not going to sign Wednesday, so it’s probably going to be a little bit later,” Reddick said by phone. “He could change his mind anytime.”

Meantime, Latavious Williams, a 6-8, 205-pound three man from Humble (Texas) Christian Life Center, also says he will wait.

“All signs point him toward him focusing on his academics and trying to do something in the late period,” Humble coach Carlos Wilson said by phone.

Williams, the No. 15 prospect in the Class of 2009, is considering Baylor, Florida State, Kansas State and Memphis.

Already, numerous top 25 prospects have said they will wait until the spring, including No. 1 John Wall, No. 3 Xavier Henry, No. 9 Lance Stephenson, No. 16 Dominic Cheek and No. 31 Keith “Tiny” Gallon.

“I guess that’s the trend right now,” Wilson said.

Williams said he wants to go to college, but would consider Europe a la Brandon Jennings depending on what happens.

“I prefer to go to college, but if that don’t work out I will take that route,” Williams said.

“Looks like he may go in the early period now,” Smith wrote in a text message Tuesday morning. “Hopefully any day now. Everyone will find out at the same time as he will do it live on ESPNU.”

The 6-foot-9, 270-pound Favors out of South Atlanta High is the No. 1 center in the Class of 2009. He will choose from among Georgia, Georgia Tech and N.C. State, Smith said.

Memphis and Florida State are apparently no longer in the mix. Favors had planned to visit Memphis but that visit did not take place.

In-state schools Georgia and Georgia Tech have long been the favorites to obtain Favors, but he and John Wall, the top recruit in the Class of ‘09, both recently visited N.C. State.

Favors initially said he may wait to commit until during the season, but his coach wants him to choose a school by the early signing period this month.

“It just depends on how comfortable he feels after….the visits,” South Atlanta coach Michael Reddick said. “I would prefer he would get it done by the signing date in November. That’s what’s preferable.

“It would take away a little more of the distraction and speculation. He would have that over with.”

Michael Reddick, Favors’ coach at South Atlanta High, told me yesterday that it was uncertain if the 6-foot-9, 220-pound Favors would make the trip.

“I’m not sure [if Favors will visit Memphis this weekend],” Reddick said Friday morning. “He might not be able to go. I’m not sure yet whether it’s going to be this week or the following or the week after.”

Favors, the No. 1 center in the Class of 2009, could possibly visit Memphis in two weeks.

Favors will choose from among Georgia, Georgia Tech, Memphis, N.C. State and Florida State. He and John Wall, the top recruit in the Class of ‘09, both visited N.C. State last weekend.

Favors is on record saying he may wait to commit until during the season, but his coach wants him to choose a school by the early signing period next month.

“It just depends on how comfortable he feels after he takes these visits,” Reddick said. “I would prefer he would get it done by the signing date in November. That’s what’s preferable.

“It would take a way a little more of the distraction and speculation. He would have that over with.”