Before this season began I accepted a gig covering Knicks home games for NBA.com.
Initially, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to handle covering both the Knicks and Big East basketball for SNY.tv. But aside from being out of the house and away from my family several nights a week, things have worked out pretty well [...]

If you believe every crazy rumor you read on the old Interweb, Bob Knight will be the next head coach at Rutgers and Kevin Boyle will come in as an assistant and the coach-in-waiting.
It never ceases to amaze me how something that starts as a post on a messageboard can graduate into a blog post by [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Coming out of St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, N.J., Dominic Cheek was one of the most highly recruited players in the nation.
Nearly every major program in America wanted the long and lanky 6-foot-5 McDonald’s All-American from Jersey City.
But in a story first reported by ZAGSBLOG.com, Cheek ultimately chose Villanova over [...]

With all the uncertainty surrounding the Rutgers basketball program, speculation has run rampant that Mike Rosario and/or Dane Miller could opt to leave after the season and go elsewhere.
But Mickey Walker, Miller’s AAU coach with Upstate Basketball, says he doesn’t see the 6-foot-7, 210-pound Miller going anywhere after his freshman season.
“In terms of transferring that [...]

Of all the basketball players at this weekend’s Spalding Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass., Devon Collier may be the only who has met President Barack Obama.
The 6-foot-8 Collier, a senior forward at Jersey City (N.J.) St. Anthony, signed to play at Oregon State, which is coached by Craig Robinson, the President’s brother-in-law.
He attended a Nov. [...]

Ashton Pankey, a 6-8 senior forward from St. Anthony who signed with Maryland, will miss the remainder of the season with a stress fracture in his left leg.
“It’s unfortunate but I’m [going] to still show my support for my team and work out my upper body till my leg gets better,” Pankey wrote by text.
St. [...]

St. Benedict’s Prep coach Dan Hurley is not happy with how point guard Eugene Harvey is being treated at Seton Hall.
A senior from Brooklyn, Harvey lost his starting job three games ago and was singled out on a Big East conference call by head coach Bobby Gonzalez for his penchant for turnovers.
“It shows a [...]

Former Rutgers forward Gregory Echenique is headed to the Midwest.
The 6-foot-9 Echenique has decided to transfer to Creighton, choosing the Omaha, Neb., school over Miami, Maryland and Indiana. Some 20-30 other schools, including Duke, Arizona and Oklahoma, also called with interest.
“It’s going to be a change, but I’m exited to go to Creighton and make [...]

Editor’s Note: On the same day he was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the week, Chris Gaston poured in a career-high 32 points and grabbed 15 boards Sunday as Fordham lost to St. John’s, 73-56, at Carnesecca Arena.
Here’s my story on him from Saturday…
Three years ago, St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley had a team that [...]

One of Jared Grasso’s first orders of business after taking over as the interim basketball coach at Fordham University Thursday was to meet with disgruntled point guard Jio Fontan.
Grasso, 29, met with Fontan for about an hour Friday afternoon to discuss his future and hopes the former St. Anthony star returns to practice Friday afternoon. The [...]