From Detroit Pistons guard Ben Gordon to Rutgers players Jonathan Mitchell and Mike Coburn to West Virginia sophomore Kevin Jones, Mount Vernon High School coach Bob Cimmino has turned out one star after another.
The next in that line is junior point guard Jabarie Hinds.
The 6-foot, 166-pound Hinds is ranked No. 18 among point guards in [...]

NEWARK, N.J. – Seton Hall’s dancing dreams remain alive.
Pirates coach Bobby Gonzalez talked boldly before this season began about how making the NCAA tournament was a goal — and a realistic possibility — for this team.
After a 1-4 start in Big East play, that dream seemed to be fading fast.
But Jeremy Hazell, Jordan Theodore and [...]

After losing four starters from last year’s Elite Eight team, Pittsburgh was picked ninth in the Big East Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
Yet two weeks into the Big East season, the Panthers (14-2, 4-0) are one of just two unbeaten teams in the league, Villanova (15-1, 4-0) being the other.
“It’s all these predictions,” said Syracuse coach Jim [...]

Today marks one of the biggest days in college hoops in a long time, with a full slate of critical games, none more interesting than the Louisville-Kentucky tilt that features a battle between old rivals Rick Pitino and John Calipari.
Here’s a column from Rick Bozich on the relationship between the two coaches.
After his admissions of marital infidelity and a [...]

After his 22-point, 17-rebound, 7-assist performance in West Virginia’s 90-84 OT victory over Seton Hall Saturday, Devin Ebanks was named the Big East Player of the Week.
The 6-foot-8, 205-pound Ebanks, who sat out the first three games of the season because of “personal” reasons, averaged 18 points and 15 boards in wins over Mississippi and Seton Hall [...]

Derrick Caracter was planning on continuing his basketball career at Long Beach State when his mother received a phone call last December that changed his life.
 
Randall Dickey, an assistant coach at the University of Texas at El Paso, called Winnie Terry and said he was interested in recruiting her 6-foot-9, 275-pound son after he had [...]

Derrick Caracter on Saturday was academically cleared to play at UTEP and the 6-foot-9, 275-pound Fanwood, N.J. native will suit up Sunday when the undefeated Miners (5-0) face New Mexico State.
“He made it,” UTEP coach Tony Barbee wrote by text.
Barbee had previously said if Caracter’s grades were certified,  ”I expect him to have a big role.”
“He’ll bring [...]

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 [...]

Russ Smith, a 6-foot-2, 170-pound postgraduate point guard from Brooklyn who plays for South Kent (Conn.), officially committed to Louisville on Sunday.
“Yes,  Sunday night at about 9 o’clock,” Russ Smith Sr. said. “We had dinner with Coach [Rick] Pitino, Coach [Ralph] Willard and Coach [Steve] Masiello.”
Smith Sr. said his son chose Louisville over offers from Wake [...]

 J.J. Moore is headed to the Big East.
The 6-foot-5, 190-pound wing from Brentwood, N.Y. and South Kent (Conn.), verbally committed to Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the first day of the NCAA early signing period.
He chose Pitt over Big East rivals Louisville and St. John’s. He also considered Providence and Florida before trimming his list. Moore is ranked [...]