Mike Taylor was among the talented local players who spent this week at the Rutgers Skills Development Camp.
The 6-foot-3 rising junior shooting guard out of Brooklyn Boys & Girls is a star on the rise and holds a slew of major offers.
“It was good, it was a nice workout,” Taylor said by phone. “We didn’t [...]

Rutgers’ offensive line is getting bigger by the moment.
Jorge Vicioso, 6-foot-6, 300 pound offensive lineman from Passaic (N.J.) High School, has verbally committed to Rutgers and will enroll in 2010
“That place is the perfect fit for him,” Passaic coach Billy Curry said. “The thing about Rutgers is, they’re going to take care of him academically. [...]

Fuquan Edwin, one of the most athletic wings in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, is getting close to a college decision.
The 6-foot-6, 190-pound Edwin, a rising senior at Paterson (N.J.) Catholic, will choose between Big East programs Seton Hall and Providence, perhaps as early as next month.
Edwin, who helped the Cougars win the Passaic [...]

Three weeks after winning the Bob Gibbons U17 Tournament of Champions, Team Final added the Rumble in the Bronx championship to its resume.
The Pennsylvania-based AAU team beat Cali Supreme 73-58 on Sunday to win the U17 Gold bracket at Fordham University, according to Jeff Borzello of the NBE Report, who is all over this tournament.
St. [...]

Latavious Williams says he’s still committed to Memphis, but the latest allegations against the program may cause him to end up elsewhere.
“I’m still committed,” he said Friday by phone. “Right now they’re looking into that [allegations that someone else took the SAT for former point guard Derrick Rose]. I’m going to take my time and [...]

Paterson (N.J.) Catholic freshman guard Kyle Anderson and Seton Hall Prep sophomore guard Sterling Gibbs were among those named to the inaugural USA Developmental National Team.
The 6-foot-7 Anderson is a star on the rise at Paterson Catholic, which this past year won the Passaic (N.J.) County championship and beat St. Anthony of Jersey City in [...]

Latavious Williams, a 6-7 wing from Humble (Texas) Christian Life Center ranked the No. 6 power forward in the nation, pushed his college announcement until Tuesday in Houston.
“About 2  o’clock [Central Time]. I didn’t do anything today,” he wrote in a text.
Williams will decide between Georgetown, Memphis, Oklahoma, Kansas State and Florida International. He previously [...]

No matter what happens with point guard Jio Fontan at Fordham, Chris Gaston and Lance Brown say they will honor their commitments.
“No matter what happens I’m committed to Fordham, the 6-foot-7 Gaston said Thursday by phone from New Hampton prep.
“I can’t wait to play with Lance Brown and all the other kids that committed and [...]

Paterson Catholic proved it was good enough to knock off one national power this year.
But downing a second proved to be too much to ask.
Behind North Carolina-bound guard Dexter Strickland’s 18 points and George Mason-commit Paris Bennett’s 17, St. Patrick beat Paterson Catholic 79-54 in the North Non-Public B title game at the Rutgers Athletic [...]

(Photo courtesy Jersey Journal)
Paterson Catholic went into Jersey City and made history Monday night.
Behind 21 points from sophomore guard Myles Mack, 19 from junior forward Fuquan Edwin and some clutch play from  junior guard Jayon James, the No. 3-seeded Cougars knocked off defending national champion and No. 2 St. Anthony 60-55 in the Non-Public North [...]