Chaz Cervino was in a math class Thursday morning at Hofstra University when he got an emergency text message telling him to report to Margiotta Field House.
 
When he finally arrived, all of the players on the football team were already assembled outside.
 
“A lot of the guys were crying,” said Cervino, a redshirt sophomore wide receiver [...]

Maurice Harkless, a 6-foot-7 junior wing from Forest Hills High School, will announce his college choice Dec. 9 on SNY.tv.
Harkless is currently considering Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Louisville, UConn, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Providence, Arizona, Florida State, Hofstra, Villanova, and Rutgers.
He has not committed to UConn, despite a published report to the contrary.
“Maurice Harkless is still narrowing down [...]

Hit the Video Player at right for my interview with Kimani Young, the former St. John’s assistant and current AD at New Heights Youth.
Kimani has been on both sides of the college recruiting game and knows it as well as anybody. He’s in a unique position to be able to advise young men on their [...]

Memphis head coach Josh Pastner continues to stockpile talented guards from the Class of 2010.
Memphis Sheffield shooting guard Chris Crawford chose Memphis Thursday over Tennessee. The 6-foot-4, 185-pound Crawford is the No. 66 prospect and No. 16 shooting guard in the nation.
“I thought long and hard with my mom and prayed on it,” Crawford said at [...]

***Read the feature on Ashton and Sterling Gibbs here.***
I’m working on a feature story on brothers Ashton and Sterling Gibbs of Scotch Plains, N.J., both of whom are playing for USA Basketball teams this summer.
Check back later for the full story, but I’m posting this college update first.
Sterling, a 6-foot point rising junior guard out [...]

Here are a few recruiting and hoops notes from the local New York/New Jersey area…
**Louisville has offered Jabarie Hinds, a 6-foot, 160-pound point guard from Mount Vernon (N.Y.). Hinds teamed with George Mason commit Sherrod Wright to win the SNY Invitational this year and could be the next great player out of “Money Earnin’ Mount [...]

Lance Stephenson dropped 20 points on 5-of-14 shooting to lead the New York Panthers to an 80-71 semifinal victory over New Heights in the 2009 Is8/Nike Spring High School Classic in Queens, N.Y.
The Panthers will meet the Playaz sophomores in Sunday’s final at 11.
Stephenson, who did not speak with reporters about his college plans, added [...]

Here are a few quick Saturday hits…
Former Fordham wing Mike Moore committed to Hofstra on Friday night.
“I did it last night,” Moore, a New Haven, Conn., native, said by phone. “I just liked everything. It was a good fit for me. I felt comfortable making the decision. I know the administration cared about basketball. I [...]

The high school careers of Lance Stephenson and James Padgett came to an end Saturday…and Maryland coach Gary Williams was there to watch it.
“I was surprised to see him,” Stephenson told the New York Post.
James Stukes, an uncommitted 6-5 small forward, had 22 points and Miami-bound guard Durand Scott added 16 as Rice crushed two-time [...]

Sherrod Wright, the 6-foot-4 wing out of Mount Vernon (N.Y.), will visit Central Florida the weekend of April 9, according to a source.
Marcus Jordan, the son of Michael Jordan, will also visit UCF this weekend.
Wright is headed on an official visit this weekend to George Mason. He is also considering Seton Hall, South Florida, Manhattan, [...]