Shaquille Thomas was once part of a rising tide of young talent at Paterson (N.J.) Catholic.
Along with Fuquan Edwin, Jayon James and Jermaine Peart, Thomas was a member of a quartet that was supposed to have “Next.”
The group was supposed to challenge St. Anthony and St. Patrick for supremacy in the New Jersey Non-Public B [...]

LaQuinton Ross, the No. 9 small small forward in the Class of 2011, has transferred to Burlington (N.J.) Life Center from Jackson (Miss.) Murrah High School.
Ross enrolled in classes Monday and will be eligible to play alongside Syracuse commit Dion Waiters Friday.
“We’re going to confirm that he does go to Burlington Life Center. We’re not [...]

The curious case of Enes Kanter gets more curious every day.
Kanter, a 6-foot-10 Turkish citizen born in Zurich, Switzerland, is now at his third American school in the span of two months.
Kanter has surfaced at Simi Valley (Calif.) Stoneridge Prep after brief stops at Findlay (Nev.) Prep and Beckley (West Va.) Mountain State.
“He legitimately wants [...]

Michael Gilchrist, the consensus No. 1 player in the Class of 2011, is making an unofficial visit to Villanova this weekend.
The 6-foot-7 Somerdale, N.J., native, who plays for Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick, also visited Villanova’s campus last year.
“What we are hoping to get out of this visit is more of the academic side,” Cindy Richardson, Gilchrist’s mother, [...]

NEWARK, N.J. — On his first day at school last week, Sidiki Johnson walked the halls wearing a maroon sweater, button-down shirt, slacks and a backpack slung over his shoulders.
 
Johnson, a 6-foot-9 junior from the Bronx who has verbally committed to Arizona, was familiarizing himself with his new surroundings.
At St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark.
“It was [...]

Harrison Barnes, a 6-foot-6 wing who is the No. 2 player in the Class of 2010, has set the dates for the remainder of his visits.
Barnes has already visited North Carolina and will also visit:
Oct. 2 – Oklahoma
Oct. 9 – UCLA
Oct. 16 – Kansas
Oct. 23 – Duke
Nov. 6 – Iowa State (unofficial)
Duke has long been [...]

St. Patrick High school just got a little more dangerous.
The Celtics, who already feature two of the top players in the nation in senior guard Kyrie Irving and junior wing Michael Gilchrist, will officially add 6-8 brothers Julian and Chris Washburn, the sons of troubled former NBA star Chris Washburn.
“Those guys are in school today,” [...]

Enes Kanter, the 6-foot-10 Turkish product who opted to play high school ball in the U.S. instead of accepting money to play professionally in Europe, is once again on the move.
After initially enrolling at Findlay (Nev.) Prep, Kanter is now at Mountain State in Beckley, West Va., according to reports.
“He’s left [Findlay],” Findlay assistant Todd [...]

St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley and Rutgers women’s coach C. Vivian Stringer were both nominated for the Naismith Hall of Fame on Friday.
Oh, and a guy named Mike was also among the 16 finalists announced.
Michael Jordan, John Stockton and David Robinson headlined the class.
NBA coaches Don Nelson and Jerry Sloan, former NBA stars Dennis Johnson, [...]

NEW YORK − After sitting out the first part of the high school basketball season, Kyrie Irving is ready to make his debut Thursday with St. Patrick of Elizabeth, N.J., which is ranked No. 6 in the RivalsHigh 100.
“I want to fit in with the chemistry at St. Patrick’s,” Irving said last week at [...]