After last weekend’s unofficial visit to Missouri, Rodney Purvis is now listing just three schools.
Duke, N.C. State and Missouri.
“Those are my three now,” Purvis told Jody Demling of the Louisville-Courier Journal.
Purvis, who decommitted from Louisville, told Demling he “probably won’t” add any other schools and that Kentucky and Louisville are “no longer on my list.” (more…)
Rodney Purvis is a free agent on the recruiting front and he took his latest unofficial visit to Missouri over the weekend.
“It was great, had a great time,” Purvis said Wednesday by text. “The players are great people and it’s a great atmosphere. The people and the coaches are very good people.”
The 6-foot-3 Purvis, the No. 1 shooting guard in the Class of 2012 out of Raleigh (N.C.) Upper Room Christian, maintains a close relationship with Tim Fuller, an assistant to new Mizzou coach Frank Haith.
Fuller was a major reason why Purvis initially committed to Louisville, only to decommit after Fuller departed. (more…)
HOUSTON — Former Miami coach Frank Haith is the new coach at Missouri, according to multiple reports.
Haith, 45, replaces Mike Anderson, who departed last month to take the Arkansas job.
As of late Sunday night, Haith had not informed his staff of his decision to move to the Big 12 from the ACC.
Haith went 129-101 in seven seasons at Miami, 43-69 in the ACC. (more…)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ben McLemore will announce his college choice during the NeXt All-American Classic on April 3 at Sears Centre in suburban Chicago.
The 6-foot-5 McLemore is now at Humble (Texas) Christian Life Center after having been kicked out of Oak Hill Academy for a violation of team rules.
WILLIAMS TO WAGNER
Wagner coach Dan Hurley got a commitment from Jon Williams, a 6-5 guard out of City College of San Francisco.
Williams was the CO-MVP of the Coast Conference and could be Wagner’s best player next season.
Since leaving Oak Hill Academy and enrolling at Humble (Texas) Christian Life Center, Ben McLemore remains in a holding pattern.
The No. 4 shooting guard in the nation is attempting to get qualified while still considering the same two options.
“It’s just still basically a two-horse race between Kansas and Missouri,” Christian Life coach Carlos Wilson said Friday by phone. (more…)
NEWARK, N.J. — Keon Lawrence remembers the games as if they were yesterday.
He was a sophomore at the University of Missouri and the Tigers played a pair of Big 12 contests against perennial national power Kansas.
In the first game in Columbia, Mo., Lawrence managed just four points in a 76-70 loss.
“I played real bad and I heard [Kansas coach] Bill Self was talking in the press,” the 6-foot-2, 177-pound Lawrence, now a senior guard at Seton Hall, recalled in a recent interview.
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Oak Hill guard Ben McLemore will wait until the spring to name his college, according to one of his AAU coaches.
“Ben stated he’s waiting to [the] spring,” said Roy Pierce of the St. Louis Eagles. “That’s the last word.”
McLemore previously told Kansas reporters he would verbally commit Saturday to either Kansas or Missouri.
The 6-foot-5 McLemore is the No. 4 shooting guard in the Class of 2011.
Oak Hill Academy coach Steve Smith has coached a few pretty good point guards in his day.
Rajon Rondo, Ty Lawson, Marcus Williams and Brandon Jennings have all come through the Virginia powerhouse in the last decade or so.
The latest stud point guard at Oak Hill is Quinn Cook, who transferred from DeMatha (Md.) Catholic for his senior year but is now rehabbing from torn meniscus cartilage in his knee.
“He’s comparable [to the other Oak Hill guards],” Smith said Friday in a phone interview. “I saw him play this summer and spring. He hasn’t played at all this off-season. I’ve never coached him. From what I saw of him earlier at DeMatha his freshman and sophomore years, he’s a very, very good player. He has a great IQ. I like the way he runs the team. He has a great feel for the game. He’s got all the tools.” (more…)
Just got back from the Federer-del Potro U.S. Open final and I’m still a little shocked at what transpired…also a little sad that the Open is over. I’m a big tennis guy and these are two of my favorite weeks of the year.
Props to my boy Chris Chaney, the former Patterson (NC) School coach, who predicted del Potro earlier Monday (maybe before that). Someday I plan to cover Wimbledon and maybe even the Australian Open. So stay tuned for that…
Anyway, here are the hoops highlights of the night:
**Dallas Episcopal point guard Phil Pressey confirmed to me via text tonight that he committed to Missouri.
“Yes, I did,” he said.
The 5-foot-10 Pressey is ranked No. 13 among point guards in the Class of 2010. He chose Mizzou over LSU, Baylor, UCLA and Arizona. (more…)
NEW YORK – Four of the most sought after players in the Class of 2010 are C.J. Leslie, Josh Selby, Roscoe Smith and Phil Pressey.
Leslie, a 6-foot-8 small forward out of Raleigh (N.C.) Word of God Academy, listed North Carolina, Kentucky, Florida and Maryland as the schools recruiting him the hardest.
“I haven’t made [any] dates” to visit yet,” said Leslie, the No. 14 player in the Class of 2010.
“I’ve been to UNC a couple of times because they’re right in my back yard. I haven’t been to Florida or Kentucky yet,” he said.
Asked if he had a favorite, Leslie said, “No, I don’t.”
What kind of player will he be? (more…)
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