Kyrie Irving and Michael Gilchrist combined for 46 points Saturday night as Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick hammered Woodland Hills (Calif.) Taft, 91-64, in the Nike Extravaganza in Santa Ana, Calif.
The Celtics won despite a huge controversy swirling around the program.
St. Patrick will be declared ineligible for the upcoming New Jersey state tournament at a New [...]

Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick, the No. 5 team in the USA Today Super 25, will be declared ineligible for the upcoming New Jersey state tournament at a hearing Wednesday because it held illegal preseason practices, according to a source with direct knowledge.
Head coach Kevin Boyle will receive a three-game suspension and the program faces two [...]

The New York metropolitan area will be well represented in this year’s McDonald’s All-American Game.
Four players from New York and New Jersey will play in the prestigious game March 31 in Columbus, Ohio.
Duke-bound guard Kyrie Irving of Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick; Tennessee-bound forward Tobias Harris of Dix Hills (N.Y.) Half Hollow Hills West; Villanova-bound JayVaughn [...]

Two prominent New Jersey basketball programs will donate their upcoming gates to the relief efforts in Haiti.
St. Patrick coach Kevin Boyle, pictured at left with LeBron James, plans to donate the gate from Thursday night’s 8 o’clock game against Elizabeth at Kean University to victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The Celtics are ranked No. [...]

By: Ben Larsen, Content Coordinator | Coaches Aid Massachusetts
Springfield, Mass. — CoachesAid.com announced the 2010 Spalding Hoophall Classic All-Tournament Teams and Most Outstanding Players as voted on by members of the media.

After recording 23 points, nine rebounds and three assists in No. 3 Findlay Prep’s thrilling victory over top-ranked St. Patrick Sunday, Pilots’ point guard [...]

Hoophall Classic highlights: St. Patrick’s Kyrie Irving (Duke) and Michael Gilchrist (Undecided)

In an epic battle of two of the best teams in the nation, Findlay (Nev.) Prep beat Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick 71-70 Monday at the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass.
Duke-bound guard Kyrie Irving had 30 points for St. Pat’s.
Undecided senior guard Cory Joseph scored [...]

Duke-bound point guard Kyrie Irving has done it again.
Irving earned MVP honors by posting 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals to lead St. Patrick to a 70-50 rout of Christian Brothers Academy in the Boardwalk Hoop Group showcase at Monmouth University’s Multipurpose Activity Center.
Irving had 16 points on 7-for-11 shooting in the first half [...]

NEWARK – Seton Hall had three of the top juniors in the New York metropolitan area on hand Saturday when it beat Cincinnati, 83-76, for its first Big East win of the season.
Sterling Gibbs, a point guard out of Seton Hall Prep pictured at left, Myles Mack of Paterson (N.J.) Catholic and Tyler Harris of [...]

Long Island forward Tobias Harris, New Jersey guard Kyrie Irving and two players committed to North Carolina are among the 10 high school seniors headlining the Naismith Trophy Boy’s High School Player of the Year watch list. 
Harris is headed to Tennessee, Irving to Duke and the North Carolina players are Harrison Barnes and Reggie Bullock.
The [...]

I wrote a feature on North Carolina freshman point guard Dexter Strickland that that you can read here on SNY.tv but there were a few items that didn’t make the story.
**First off, how about this loaded schedule that North Carolina has in the next couple of weeks? The defending NCAA champion Heels could play five [...]