Devon Collier, the 6-foot-8 forward from St. Anthony, has opted to play for Oregon State of the Pac-10.
“He called [head coach] Craig Robinson and committed,” said New Heights director Kimani Young. “That’s where he felt most comfortable.”
Collier, a Bronx native ranked No. 134 in the Class of 2010 and No. 25 among power forwards by [...]

Syracuse already has Brandon Triche to play point guard for the next few years, but that didn’t stop the Orange from loading up at the position.
Michael Carter-Williams, a 6-foot-4 1/2, 175-pound senior point guard from the St. Andrew’s School in Barrington, Rhode Island, verbally committed to Syracuse Sunday night.
“Yes,” Williams, a native of Hamilton, Mass., [...]

Villanova continues to dip into the rich recruiting waters of the New York metropolitan area for talented guards.
Achraf Yacoubou, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound junior shooting guard from Long Island Lutheran, committed to the Wildcats on Wednesday, the same day Villanova was anointed as the preseason No. 1 team in the Big East Conference for the 2009-10 [...]

Hit the Video Player at right for my interview with Kimani Young, the former St. John’s assistant and current AD at New Heights Youth.
Kimani has been on both sides of the college recruiting game and knows it as well as anybody. He’s in a unique position to be able to advise young men on their [...]

When Midnight Madness tips off around the nation Friday night, many of the top New York-area prospects won’t be in the Big Apple.
They’ll be taking in the show at Kentucky.
“I’m excited, it should be good,” said Dix Hills (N.Y.) Half Hollow Hills West forward Tobias Harris, who leaves Friday for Kentucky’s “Big Blue Madness.”
“I heard it’s a really great atmosphere [...]

UConn coach Jim Calhoun has found his latest big man.
Michael Bradley, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound forward/center out of Chattanooga (Tenn.) Tyner Academy, called Calhoun Tuesday night to tell him he was choosing the Huskies over Drake.
“He was excited. He was like, ‘Welcome to the family’ and stuff like that,” Bradley said Wednesday by phone.
Bradley, who owns a [...]

Devon Collier’s list is now down to four schools, with Maryland out of the mix.
“The schools that have been recruiting him the hardest are St. John’s, Seton Hall, Providence and Oregon State,” said New Heights coach Adam Berkowitz.
Maryland will get visits from Collier’s St. Anthony teammate, Ashton Pankey, Oct. 16 and Long Island forward Tobias [...]

C.J. Leslie’s high school coach says Leslie has a list of about 11 schools and that there is no clear leader at this point.
“C.J. is still wide open with his recruitment. He doesn’t have a strong leader,” Raleigh (NC) Word of God coach Erasto Hatchett said Friday. “He’s still entertaining about 10 schools as of right [...]

Memphis head coach Josh Pastner continues to stockpile talented guards from the Class of 2010.
Memphis Sheffield shooting guard Chris Crawford chose Memphis Thursday over Tennessee. The 6-foot-4, 185-pound Crawford is the No. 66 prospect and No. 16 shooting guard in the nation.
“I thought long and hard with my mom and prayed on it,” Crawford said at [...]

I caught up briefly this morning with Raleigh (NC) Word of God forward C.J. Leslie before he headed into school.
The 6-foot-8, 205-pound Leslie had an in-home visit Wednesday night with Seton Hall head coach Bobby Gonzalez and assistant Dermon Player.
“It was good. It was real good,” Leslie said.
Asked if he was planning an official visit [...]