Mike Taylor was among the talented local players who spent this week at the Rutgers Skills Development Camp.
The 6-foot-3 rising junior shooting guard out of Brooklyn Boys & Girls is a star on the rise and holds a slew of major offers.
“It was good, it was a nice workout,” Taylor said by phone. “We didn’t [...]

Despite an Internet report saying Tobias Harris had narrowed his list to three schools, Torrel Harris says his son still has a list of about a dozen schools.
“Tobias’ list is open ONLY to his top schools,” Torrel wrote in an email. “My son likes the following schools: Tenn, UCONN, West Virginia, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Maryland, [...]

New York City star Doron Lamb says Kentucky will be among his Final Five when it comes time to take visits.
“I have a good relationship with [assistant] coach [Orlando] Antigua and [Rod] Strickland,” the 6-foot-5 Lamb told Jody Demling of the Louisville Courier Journal. “Coach [John] Calipari called me, and we talked a long time. [...]

Weyinmi Efejuku will play basketball for Jamaica this summer.
And by next fall, he hopes to be playing in the NBA.
Efejuku, a 6-foot-5 forward out of Fresh Meadows., N.Y., who graduated from Providence, is one of several New York-area players who will compete for Jamaica in the Caribbean Basketball Championship June 28-July 4 in the British [...]

Fuquan Edwin, one of the most athletic wings in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, is getting close to a college decision.
The 6-foot-6, 190-pound Edwin, a rising senior at Paterson (N.J.) Catholic, will choose between Big East programs Seton Hall and Providence, perhaps as early as next month.
Edwin, who helped the Cougars win the Passaic [...]

GREENBURGH, N.Y. –If the Knicks decide they want to go big with the No. 8 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, Jordan Hill is ready to play for them.
The 6-foot-10 Hill worked out for the Knicks’ brass all by himself on Tuesday afternoon and then went to lunch with GM Donnie Walsh and head coach [...]

The Knicks will continue their search for a point guard on Monday when they work out Memphis freshman Tyreke Evans and California native Brandon Jennings at their Westchester campus.
Louisville junior forward Earl Clark of Rahway, N.J. will also work out for head coach Mike D’Antoni, as will UConn senior guard Craig Austrie and Gonzaga sophomore [...]

Two more Kentucky players are leaving the program, according to various reports.
Matt Pilgrim and Kevin Galloway are on their way out, leaving the Wildcats at 12 scholarship players.
Pilgrim sat out last season after transferring from Hampton. He never played a game at Kentucky.
Galloway averaged 10 minutes and 1.9 points a game last year after transferring [...]

Holy Cross coach Ralph Willard has decided to join his old friend Rick Pitino on the Louisville staff, ZAGSBLOG reported Wednesday morning.
Willard, who also served as head coach for four seasons at Western Kentucky (1990-94) and five years at Pittsburgh (1994-99), has previously coached with Pitino at two others stops. Willard was an [...]

As first reported here last week, Holy Cross coach Ralph Willard is considering taking a position as an assistant under Louisville coach Rick Pitino.
“I’m just trying to weigh everything,” Willard told the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram Monday night after meeting with his players. “I’m trying to make the best decision for Holy Cross, for our kids, [...]