One of the bonuses of being a professional journalist is that you sometimes get advance copies of movies or books for review purposes.
On Wednesday I received a Fedex delivery containing the film, “The Street Stops Here,” which documents Bob Hurley’s 2007-08 St. Anthony Friars, who went a perfect 32-0 en route to the New Jersey Tournament of Champions title [...]

NEW YORK – During his senior season at St. Anthony in Jersey City, Mike Rosario played 32 basketball games and didn’t lose a single one.
During his final year at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, Gregory Echenique won 24 of the 25 games in which he played.
After going a combined 56-1 for coaches Bob and Dan [...]

NEWARK – Villanova coach Jay Wright has so many talented guards this season that he wants to play four out and one in once the season begins.
“When Reggie Redding comes back [from suspension], that gives us an option of really having four experienced guards on the floor,” Wright said at the Garden State Coaches Clinic [...]

Villanova head coach Jay Wright met Tuesday with JayVaughn Pinkston and now the Wildcats have separated themselves in his recruitment.
The 6-foot-6 Pinkston, a senior forward at Bishop Loughlin, is the top player in New York City and the No. 67-ranked player in the Class of 2010 according to Rivals.
“It was a great home visit today,” [...]

J.J. Moore is on the move.
The 6-foot-5 senior wing from Long Island visited Providence last week and will hit Pittsburgh on Tuesday and potentially St. John’s on Thursday.
“I think J.J. was really impressed with the new coach [at Providence, Keno Davis] and what they’re trying to build over there and he’s also impressed with the [...]

The Boost Mobile Elite 24 event has been moved from Saturday Aug. 22 to Friday Aug. 21 at Harlem’s Rucker Park. The game will still be shown on ESPNU on Saturday night.
Also, the second set of 12 players invited to the game was officially released and several New York and New Jersey players are involved:
Cory [...]

NEW YORK — With nearly every major program in the Northeast already on Devon Collier’s list, it comes as no surprise that Arizona is now making a push for the versatile left-handed senior forward from Jersey City (N.J.) St. Anthony.
Arizona, via assistant Emanuel “Book” Richardson, recently  reached out to the 6-foot-8, 205-pound Collier.
“Arizona just gave [...]

ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – Pitt guard Ashton Gibbs knows his team is losing four starters from a year ago, but he says it wouldn’t be wise to underestimate the Panthers next season.
“I think people are definitely underestimating us,” Gibbs, a rising sophomore point guard, said last week at the Joe Brown Memorial tournament. “We’re bringing a [...]

I just finished up a story for the upcoming issue of Basketball Times on Canadian forward Tristan Thompson and thought I’d mention a few things.
I covered the Texas-bound Thompson during his stint at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, when he was listed at 6-foot-8, 215 pounds. He’s now 6-10, 240 with a game that screams [...]

Bob Hurley says two of his former St. Anthony players should explore the NBA Draft after their sophomore seasons in college.
Rutgers shooting guard Mike Rosario and Kansas wing Tyshawn Taylor (pictured at center) are both excelling at the FIBA U19 World Championships in New Zealand and Hurley says they could be ready to go [...]