***Read the feature on Ashton and Sterling Gibbs here.***
I’m working on a feature story on brothers Ashton and Sterling Gibbs of Scotch Plains, N.J., both of whom are playing for USA Basketball teams this summer.
Check back later for the full story, but I’m posting this college update first.
Sterling, a 6-foot point rising junior guard out [...]

Tevin Baskin, a 6-foot-7 forward out of Stamford (Conn.) Trinity Catholic, committed to Quinnipiac on Wednesday, choosing that school over Manhattan and New Orleans.
Baskin said he chose Tom Moore’s program because of its proximity to home and because of the size of the school.
“It’s big, but it’s not huge,” Baskin told his hometown Stamford Times. [...]

Great story out of Manhattan College where coach Barry Rohrssen has signed Kevin Laue, a 6-foot-10 center born without a left hand.
“For all the right reasons, Kevin deserves this chance,” Rohrssen told The New York Times. “He’s someone who won’t take this for granted.”
Laue is part of a three-man recruiting class that also includes 6-4 [...]

John Wall, the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2009, has been charged with breaking and entering by Raleigh police, according to WRAL in Raleigh.
Authorities said Wall, 18, was charged with misdemeanor breaking and entering in connection with an April 27 break-in at an unoccupied home in Raleigh.
An officer saw Wall leaving from the [...]

John Calipari continues to bring former Memphis players to Kentucky
Kentucky on Thursday signed Miami-Dade College wing Darnell Dodson, who was recently let  out of his letter of intent at Memphis.
The 6-foot-7 Dodson, originally from Greenbelt, Md., initially signed with Pittsburgh and was taking classes there in the fall of 2007 before he ran into NCAA [...]

Seton Hall has high hopes that either Ferrakohn Hall or Cliff Dixon will announce soon and add to is frontcourt depth.
Hall, 6-8, 210-pound forward from Memphis White Station High School , will announce his decision on Friday at his school. Jerry Meyer of Rivals says Hall will select either Baylor, Seton Hall or UAB.
Dixon, a [...]

Former Manhattan guard Chris Smith lists Louisville at the top of his potential landing spots and will visit the Big East school later this spring.
“Louisville is probably the main one,” said Earl Smith, Chris’ father. “He’s still got classes at Manhattan. He’s going to wait till he finishes up there. [He'll probably] visit in the [...]

In perhaps the most significant development on the basketball front since Kevin Garnett jumped from high school to the pros in 1995, Jeremy Tyler announced that he will skip his senior year – of high school — to play professionally in Europe.
“This is what I want to do,” Tyler, a 6-foot-10 17-year-old from San Diego [...]

Chris Smith is transferring from Manhattan.
The 6-foot-3 former St. Benedict’s Prep guard and younger brother of Denver Nuggets guard JR Smith will end up somewhere else and will have to sit a year.
“Chris has asked for his release and our athletic department has granted this request,” Manhattan coach Barry Rohrssen said. “We appreciate his contributions [...]

Sherrod Wright, the 6-foot-4 wing out of Mount Vernon (N.Y.), will visit Central Florida the weekend of April 9, according to a source.
Marcus Jordan, the son of Michael Jordan, will also visit UCF this weekend.
Wright is headed on an official visit this weekend to George Mason. He is also considering Seton Hall, South Florida, Manhattan, [...]