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Pankey to Announce Today on SNY.tv; Knight Denies Report He Has Top Three

St. Anthony forward Ashton Pankey will announce his college choice on Monday afternoon in the SNY studio.
Check back later today on SNY.tv and ZAGSBLOG.com for his decision.
The 6-foot-9, 225-pound Pankey visited Houston this past weekend and will announce for either Houston or Maryland.
“Making my decision today .. It was tough but I’m ready ; should [...]

C.J. Leslie May Wait Until Spring

C.J. Leslie is still plotting out his official visits and my not sign until the late signing period in the spring.
“He probably won’t sign until the spring. I can’t say for 100 percent sure,” Lisa Leslie, C.J.’s mom, said Saturday in a phone interview.
The 6-foot-8, 205-pound Leslie out of Raleigh (N.C.) Word of God Academy [...]

Dontae Johnston To N.C. State

Dontae Johnson, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior safety at The Pennington (N.J.) School, has verbally committed to North Carolina State.
Johnson chose the Wolfpack over Maryland and UConn.
“I called N.C. State today and told them,” Johnson said Sunday night. “I had a gut feeling from sitting down and visiting and talking to the coaches. I just felt comfortable there.”
Johnson visited the campus twice, [...]

C.J. Leslie in No Hurry to Cut List; ‘Clinic to End All Clinics’ on Saturday

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 [...]

Truck Bryant Suspended Indefinitely; Recruiting News & Notes from Philly & Akron

Darryl Bryant, a West Virginia guard and Brooklyn native who starred at St. Raymond’s in The Bronx, has been suspended indefinitely.
Bryant was suspended because of his involvement in a traffic accident outside of Morgantown early Wednesday, after which he left the scene, according to the Charleston Gazette. He was charged with four misdemeanors, including leaving [...]

Painter to N.C. State

DeShawn Painter, a 6-foot-9, 210-pound center from Chatham (VA) Hargrave Military Academy, chose N.C. State over Maryland and Virginia Tech on Wednesday.
“He’s going to N.C. State,” Hargrave coach Kevin Keatts said. “I just think he had two really good visits [to Maryland and N.C. State]. Both places were great. I think he just felt a [...]

Sources: John Wall Down to Two Schools; Fordham Releases a 3rd Player; Recruiting Notes

John Wall is down to two schools — Kentucky and Miami — according to multiple sources close to the situation.
“It’s down to the two of them, no question about it,” one source said. “It is Kentucky and Miami. The kid is leaning toward Kentucky. There is a little bit of a concern with the [...]

Wall Still Considering Kentucky; Recruiting Notes; Legends Classic Field

To the surprise of absolutely no one, John Wall is still considering Kentucky even after Eric Bledsoe committed to the Wildcats on Wednesday.
“Yea,” Wall wrote in a text message Thursday.
The 6-foot-4 Wall is the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2009 and is considering Baylor, Duke, Florida, Kentucky, Memphis, Miami and N.C. State.
He said [...]

Calm Before the Point Guard Storm

Call it the calm before the storm.
Things are quiet on the point guard front right at this moment.
Eric Bledsoe, John Wall, James Beatty, Malcolm Armstead….even Jio Fontan.
No one honestly knows where these guys are going to end up, but the dominoes are on the brink of falling…and falling quickly.
The 6-foot-2 Bledsoe (pictured) is due to [...]

Wall Charged with Misdemeanor; Baskin Visiting Manhattan

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 [...]