Brandon Knight, the top prospect in the Class of 2010, may well wait until the late signing period next spring.
“Looks that way,” Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Pine Crest coach Dave Beckerman wrote in a text.
The early signing period runs Nov. 11-18.
The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Knight took an official to Kansas last weekend and Beckerman confirmed that Knight [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Army AD Kevin Anderson announced Thursday morning that he was officially firing head  coach Jim Crews.
“There was a series of events that led me down the path to determine that I needed to make a change in leadership of the men’s basketball program and terminate coach Crews’ contract,” Anderson stated. “I am very [...]

Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson says the school’s first priority would be to join the Southeastern Conference — not the Big East.
“Quite honestly, the truth of the matter is the lifelong dream of Memphis is to get in the SEC,” Johnson said Thursday in a phone interview. “We’re surrounded by SEC country. When Arkansas got [...]

With the ACL injury to Memphis sophomore Angel Garcia, the  Tigers are down to eight scholarship players for the upcoming season.
It’s yet another tough blow for first-year head coach Josh Pastner, who has already had to deal with the forfeiture of the 2008 Final Four appearance in the wake of the Derrick Rose SAT scandal.
But [...]

Joe Jackson will commit to Memphis today at 6:30 on the Memphis campus.
“Yes, he is,” Memphis White Station coach Jesus Patino said by phone.
“I think he’s just a home kid. He’s born and raised here. He really likes the city, likes everything about being home. Even when we go on trips he can wait to [...]

The NCAA contact period began Wednesday and runs through Oct. 5, meaning college basketball coaches are on the move all over the nation courting some of the country’s top ballers. Here are some snippets and highlights of what’s going on:
**First off, Frantz Massenat, a 2010 guard from Trenton Catholic, committed to Drexel on Wednesday. Jerian [...]

Here are a list of visits for 6-8 senior wing Rod Odom of Concord (Mass) Middlesex and 6-3 senior point guard Cory Joseph of Findlay (Nev.) Prep.
ROD ODOM VISITS AT MIDDLESEX
Sept. 11 – Georgia Tech (morning)
Sept. 11 – West Virginia (afternoon)
Sept. 11 – Arizona (evening)
Sept. 13 – Harvard (morning)
Sept. 13 – Vanderbilt (afternoon)
CORY JOSEPH HOME [...]

Oak Hill (Va.) Academy boasts two of the top seniors in the nation in 6-4 combo guard Doron Lamb of Queens and 6-7 small forward Roscoe Smith.
Both players and their families will be busy over the next few days hosting home and school visits. Here’s the tentative schedules of both.

ROSCOE SMITH HOME VISITS (per his [...]