Roberts is a 6-foot-7, 205-pound combo forward out of Bayonne, N.J. who plays at St. Peter’s Prep and for the Playaz Basketball Club. He chose the Johnnies over St. Joe’s.

“I signed to St. John’s today,” Roberts wrote by text. “I loved the coaches, the players, the atmosphere, the facilities and the campus. I had an offer from St. Joe’s but I wanted to fulfill my dream of playing in the Big East.”

Roberts led the Marauders in scoring (17.4 points per game), rebounding (11.0) and blocked shots (3.0) as a junior last season. He was selected as a first team all-county and all-league performer in 2008-09 for a Saint Peter’s squad that finished 23-3 as county champions and ranked seventh in the state.

“Ronald will be a great addition to our program. He is an outstanding young man who will give us versatility at the power forward and small forward positions,” said Johnnies coach Norm Roberts. “Ron has a great upside, and he comes from a terrific basketball family.”

St. John’s had previously tried and failed to land forwards Tobias Harris, Devon Collier and JayVaughn Pinkston. Harris will announce Thursday. Collier committed to Oregon State and Pinkston will wait until the spring.

JOSEPH CUTS LIST

Findlay Prep guard Cory Joseph has cut his list to five schools and won’t sign until the spring signing period.

“I cut it down to UConn, Texas, Villanova, Minnesota and UNLV,” Joseph wrote in a text.

He plans to visit UNLV the weekend of Dec. 11. The Rebels host Kansas State Dec. 12.

Joseph’s older brother, Devoe, is a sophomore guard at Minnesota.

Tristan Thompson, Joseph’s Findlay teammate and fellow Canadian, just signed with Texas, and Myck Kabongo, a junior guard at St. Benedict’s Prep also from Canada, has also verbally committed to play for head coach Rick Barnes.

The 6-foot-3, 180-pound Joseph had previously listed Florida and Mississippi State, but opted to take his fifth and final official to UNLV.

He is the No. 3 point guard in the Class of 2010.

FORDHAM HOSTING RECRUITS

Fordham snapped a 12-game losing streak to Sacred Heart Wednesdsay night with a 76-66 victory at Rose Hill Gym.

Chris Gaston, who played for both Bob and Dan Hurley at St. Anthony and St. Benedict’s, respectively, put up 22 points and 13 boards and former St. Anthony star Jio Fontan added 17 points and 7 assists. Brenton Butler scored 15 for the Rams (1-2) and Alberto Estwick, another former Bob Hurley product, added 12.

Fordham has hosted a bunch of stellar recruits in recent days. 6-5 senior guard Jayon James of Paterson Catholic, Sean Grennan, a 6-foot junior guard from Monsignor Donovan (N.J.), and 6-2 junior guard Xavier Munford of St. Benedict’s were at Wednesday’s game.

James; Paterson Catholic junior point guard Myles Mack; 6-7 PC sophomore guard Kyle Anderson; Jason Boswell, a 6-4 freshman wing from St. Patrick; Tiquan Goodlet, a 6-1 junior point guard from St. Anthony; Emmanuel Andujar, a 6-5 junior wing from Rice; Josh Gomez, a 6-9 junior post from Rice; and Theo Boyomo, a 6-9 senior from Kent (Conn.) School, were all at Fordham last Friday for the game against Maine.

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JayVaughn Pinkston, a 6-foot-6 forward from Bishop Loughlin considered the top prospect in the Big Apple, hasn’t picked a school yet and may or may not sign late.

“We cannot say definitively,” New Heights athletic director Kimani Young said Wednesday morning. “There’s still a possibility that he commits early.

“He’s still going through the recruiting process even as of this week to figure out if he’s decided 100 percent where he wants to go to.”

Pinkston, who recently led New Heights to the is8 championship by scoring a combined 59 points in the semis and finals, will choose from among Villanova, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Tennessee and Marquette.

Villanova appears to be the leader for his services.

“He’s thinking about it,” Young said of the recruiting process. “He’s not taking any more visits.”

***Doron Lamb, a 6-4 shooting guard from Queens who plays for Oak Hill (Va.) Academy, appears as if he will wait until the spring signing period. He has visited Oklahoma, Kansas and Kentucky and will visit UConn Nov. 15-16. He may also visit Arizona, but likely not until after the early signing period ends Nov. 18.

Pinkston and Lamb are among a group of elite 2010 prospects who may not sign until the spring. Guards Josh Selby and Brandon Knight and forwards Roscoe Smith, C.J. Leslie and Terrence Jones also may sign in the spring.

Selby will visit Indiana Nov. 14, while Knight will hit Florida Nov. 13. Leslie is also planning a visit to Florida, but no date has yet been set.

While that group may wait, several elite area players are poised to sign early.

***Tobias Harris, a 6-8 forward from Dix Hills (N.Y.) Half Hollow Hills West, says he will announce on Nov. 19.

Harris has visited Syracuse, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisville and West Virginia and will visit Maryland (Nov. 13-14) and Georgia Tech (Nov. 16-17) due up in the next week.

“When we finish all the visits, Tobias will decide,” Torrel Harris, his father, said recently. “Right now all of them are equal. Every one is better and better.”

***J.J. Moore, a 6-5 wing from Brentwood, N.Y., who plays at South Kent (Conn.), could announce at any time. He will choose from among Pittsburgh, Louisville and St. John’s.

**Russell Smith, a 6-2 shooting guard from The Bronx who also plays at South Kent, will visit Louisville this weekend and is expected to sign with the Cardinals once he receives a formal scholarship offer.

“They love him,” Russell Smith Sr. said. “That’s a good thing. Rick [Pitino's] been following him for a while, watching him play. They said they definitely want him.”

***Rod Odom, a 6-8 wing from Long Island who plays at Concord (Mass.) Middlesex, will sign with Vanderbilt Wednesday. He initially committed to Arizona and then changed his plans.

***Fuquan Edwin, a 6-6 wing from Paterson (N.J.) Catholic, signed with Seton Hall Tuesday night and faxed in his papers Wednesday morning.

**Rutgers recruit Austin Carroll says he will sign Thursday. Was too busy Wednesday with classes and road game 3 hours away.

**Ashton Pankey, a 6-9, 225-pound forward from New York who plays at St. Anthony, will visit Houston this weekend and will then decide between Houston and Maryland, which he visited last weekend.

“He really liked Maryland and I know he wants to be able to compare Maryland to another school,” St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley said.

“He’ll make a decision right after his visit,” Young added.

**Three other St. Anthony players have already committed and are expected to sign early: Devon Collier (Oregon State), Derrick Williams (Richmond) and Eli Carter (St. Bonaventure).

Hurley said the school likely will host a signing event for all four players next Tuesday.

**St. Patrick senior guard Kyrie Irving  signed Wednesday with Duke and his teammate, Derrick Gordon, chose Western Kentucky.

**St. Benedict’s senior guard Aaron Brown will sign with Temple Wednesday, while his 6-8 teammate Gil Biruta will visit Rutgers this weekend.

**As first reported here, Rice senior guard Shane Southwell has committed to Kansas State and will sign Wednesday.

“I just received my papers,” he wrote by text.

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It was the second straight Fall Ball crown for head coach Damon Wright’s Cougars.

The 6-foot-6 Edwin will sign with the Pirates in November and will be on campus Friday night for the team’s scrimmage with Carleton University. He will be joined by New Heights forwards Devon Collier and JayVaughn Pinkston.

Junior point guard Myles Mack added 20 points and senior guard Jayon James tallied 12.

The 6-7 Anderson, a sophomore, was named Playoff Most Valuable Player after dropping 27 points on 6-of-7 from beyond the arc in an 81-74 semifinal victory over C.J.E.O.T.O. Junior big man Derrick Randall added 15 points in the semis.

Anderson, who is being courted by numerous high-major programs, will take an unofficial visit to Seton Hall next week and a visit to George Washington in the “near future,” according to his father, Kyle Anderson Sr.

Emanuel Andujar paced Rice in the final with 16 points.

Rice downed Paterson Kennedy in the semis 61-47 behind 15 points from Jermaine Sanders.

Shondel Stewart paced Kennedy with 17.

HURLEY COMPARES CARTER TO TAYLOR, DEHERE

Legendary St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley compared senior point guard Elijah Carter to a couple of his best guards of all time. Carter recently committed to St. Bonaventure.

“Not a lot of kids you recruit in high school still have an upside, and he’s got a big one,” Hurley told the Olean Times Herald. “If I was going to compare his upside right now as a player, it’s a little bit like Tyshawn Taylor [who played two years ago for Hurley and now plays at Kansas] or Terry Dehere [a St. Anthony product who went on to a successful NBA career].”

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When Jordan Theodore first signed with Seton Hall out of Paterson (N.J.) Catholic High School two years ago, Pirates coach Bobby Gonzalez said he was as good or better than any senior guard in the state of New Jersey.

It was high praise, but not everyone believed it at the time.

After all, Theodore wasn’t a McDonald’s All-American like Rutgers commit Mike Rosario, or a point guard on an undefeated team like the St. Anthony duo of Jio Fontan (Fordham) and Travon Woodall (Pittsburgh).

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Pinkston, a 6-foot-6 forward from Bishop Loughlin, and Collier, a 6-8 forward out of St. Anthony (N.J.), are slated to be on hand when Seton Hall plays Carleton University in an exhibition at Walsh Gym.

2010 Seton Hall commit Fuquan Edwin of Paterson Catholic is also scheduled to attend.

Pinkston and Collier were both at St. John’s this weekend, Pinkston for Midnight Madness, Collier for an official visit.

Pinkston, the top player in New York City, is considering Villanova, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Marquette and Tennessee.

Kimani Young of New Heights said that after the Seton Hall visit Pinkston will either decide to sign somewhere in the fall or wait until the spring.

He said the other day on SNY.tv that Villanova might be the perfect fit for Pinkston and other kids.

As for Collier, he has now visited Oregon State, Providence and St. John’s, and taken an unofficial to Seton Hall.

Collier will huddle with his father, Red, and New Heights coach Adam Berkowitz after the Seton Hall visit to decide his next move.

BARNES TO JOIN IRVING AT DUKE?

(Photo courtesy Chuck Liddy, newsobserver.com)

Harrison Barnes, the 6-6 forward out of Ames (Iowa) High ranked No. 2 nationally in the Class of 2010, took his official visit to Duke this weekend.

The photo above, courtesy newsobserver.com, shows fans with a lifesize cutout of Barnes in a Duke uniform during a scrimmage Saturday at Cameron Indoor. Security guards reportedly collected the cutouts before the scrimmage began because they posed a potential NCAA violation.

“If you’ve got one of these, I’ve got to have it,” a security man said, according to Ken Tysiac of newsobserver.com. “I’ve got to have all of them.”

Could Barnes end up following his close friend Kyrie Irving of St. Patrick to Blue Devil country?

“The process for him has been very methodical,” Ames High coach Vance Downs told charlotteobserver.com. “He’s just very patient, takes his time, looks at all his options and then will eventually find the right fit for him.”

Barnes has already visited North Carolina, Oklahoma and Kansas and is slated to see UCLA next weekend and take an unofficial to Iowa State.

Downs told charlotteobserver.com Barnes plans to announce by the start of the season Nov. 16.

“Harrison, he’s like a big brother to me, and we talk all the time,” Irving told ESPNU. “Mainly, it’s not about Duke. He’s his own man, and he’s going to make his own decision, and whatever decision he makes, I’m going to be happy for him.”

NOVA DRAWS RECRUITS FOR ‘HOOPS MANIA’

According to the Villanova blog VUhoops.com, the Wildcats had several elite prospects on campus Friday night for its ‘Hoops Mania.’ The group included newly minted 2011 commit Achraf Yacoubou of Long Island Lutheran; 2010 commit James Bell; 2011 St. Patrick wing Michael Gilchrist; 2011 Seattle Garfield guard Tony Wroten Jr.; and 2010 guard Cory Joseph of Findlay (Nev.) Prep.

The Philly Inquirer also reported that Gilchrist, Yacoubou and 2010 commit Markus Kennedy of The Winchendon (Mass.) School attended Villanova’s 36-7 football victory Saturday over Rhode Island.

HARRIS HITTING LOUISVILLE NEXT

Tobias Harris and his Unique All-Stars lost to the New Jersey Playaz Juniors 69-63 on Saturday in the is8 playoffs, according to NYCHoops.net.

Harris, who scored 19 points in a losing cause, still plans to visit Louisville next weekend, followed by visits to West Virginia, Georgia Tech and Maryland.

He has already seen Syracuse, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Harris plans to announce on Nov. 19.

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Traveling around the Eastern seaboard watching recruits, that’s hows.

Schiano was in Florida Friday night and back in New Jersey Saturday afternoon.

“You have to love high school football,” Schiano told The Associated Press Friday night.

Rutgers (3-1, 0-1 Big East) is off this week and hosts Texas Southern for Homecoming Oct. 10.

On Friday, Schiano took an eight-seat chartered plane to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. to watch the top two teams in the nation, No. 1 St. Thomas Aquinas of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., against No. 2 Byrnes High of Duncan, S.C.

Rutgers commit Chas Dodd threw for 416 yards and three touchdowns for Byrnes (5-1), but Aquinas won the game 42-34.

“South Florida football has been a big part of our program,” Schiano told The Associated Press. “And it always will be.”

Florida coach Urban Meyer and Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops, whose team lost at Miami Saturday night, also attended the game.

Schiano and Rutgers cornerbacks coach Chris Hewitt then went to Lodi, N.J., on  Saturday afternoon to watch Paterson Catholic senior defensive end Trevor “T.J.” Clemmings.

The 6-foot-6, 263-pound Clemmings had eight tackles, four for loss, as the Cougars beat Lodi 22-12.

Schiano’s appearance at the game was first reported by the Bergen Record.

The top New Jersey recruit in the Class of 2010 despite playing in just his second year of organized football, Clemmings verbally committed to Pittsburgh in June. But Cougars head coach Benjie Wimberly told me Sunday ”he’s still going through the recruiting process.”

“He did verbally commit to Pitt,” Wimberly added. “He’s now considering taking visits. Can that change between now and December? Yes, it can.

“He has said that he would consider taking other visits at the conclusion of the season. Obviously, Rutgers is somebody that if he does consider taking visits they would be one of the schools. Nothing is going to be set until next month.”

Chris Melvin of EliteRecruits.com, who is close with Clemmings, says Clemmings is also considering Ohio State and Florida along with Pitt.

“T.J. hasn’t ruled anyone out, but those three schools seemed to have surfaced to the top of his list,” Melvin said.

Wimberly said Clemmings  will “definitely” take an official to Pitt at some point.

Paterson Catholic is still waiting to learn its playoff schedule. The postseason begins in early December.

“Pitt is the definite one [he will visit],” Wimberly said. “It’s pending our schedule with the playoffs, how many teams are in the bracket. We’ll have a better picture once we know how many teams we have in the bracket.”

Because Clemmings has only played two years of organized football, Melvin says his upside is tremendous.

“The ironic thing about T.J.’s recruitment is that he is still a novice at the sport,” Melvin said. “He’s only 14 games into his football career. I would say there is a lot more room for a legit player like T.J. to blossom.” 

(The Associated Press contributed.)

PHILLIPS NAMED U.S. ARMY ALL-AMERICAN

Boston College-bound wide receiver Shakim Phillips of Wayne (N.J.) De Paul Catholic has been selected to play in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.

 The game is set for January 9, 2010, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The annual classic East vs. West match-up will be televised live on NBC and will feature the nation’s top 90 high school football players.

The 6-2, 191-pound Phillips is the No. 5-ranked wideout in the Class of 2010, according to Rivals.

“Shakim is a talented athlete whose exemplary displays of leadership and teamwork have made him a standout at De Paul Catholic High School,” said Col. Derik Crotts, Deputy Chief of Staff, G7, U.S. Army Accessions Command. “The qualities necessary to succeed on the football field, strength, dedication, leadership and teamwork, are the same qualities mirrored in Army Strong Soldiers. We are proud to honor all of our U.S. Army All-American Bowl players and congratulate them on their selection.”

BOSCO’S JONES HONORED

Don Bosco RB Tony Jones of Paterson, N.J. was named the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Player of the Week for the week ending Sept. 26. Jones, who led his team to a 35-24 win over Prattville High School (Ala.), rushed 22 times for 222 yards and three touchdowns.

Jones is being courted by Rutgers, Pitt and UConn, according to Bosco AD Nunzio Campanile.

Jones’ performance was even more extraordinary because of the national implications of the Ironmen’s victory over the Lions. Bosco, ranked No. 10 by Rivals.com heading into the weekend’s action, can now make a legitimate case for itself as the top team in the United States. On Sept. 12, the Ironmen defeated De La Salle High School (Concord, Calif.), 30-6.

Dallas Jackson of RivalsHigh says Bosco could be No. 2 in the nation in this week’s poll.

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Angel Nunez

“I spoke to [Kentucky assistant] Orlando [Antigua] and I’m supposed to be going down there,” Nunez said by phone. “Chances are, yes.”

Eric Martinez, Nunez’s mentor, said nothing was definite and plans still had to be worked out.

The 6-foot-7 Nunez, a New York native, is a junior wing at the Winchendon (Mass.) School. He has offers from Louisville, Arizona, UConn, Rutgers, St. John’s, West Virginia, Arkansas, Indiana and Virginia. He is the No. 11 small forward in the Class of 2011.

Kentucky has interest, but has yet to offer. Nunez said Kentucky coach John Calipari or one of his assistants was planning to come to Winchendon next week.

“I don’t have a real favorite,” Nunez said.

Other high-profile recruits headed to Kentucky that weekend include C.J. Leslie, Tobias Harris, Kyrie Irving, Quincy Miller, Marquis Teague, Achraf Yacoubou and others.

JONES STILL CONSIDERING KANSAS

Terrence Jones is still considering Kansas, despite rumors to the contrary.

“He still wants them on the list,” his mother, Linda Mashia-Jones, said. “We haven’t set up an official visit with them but he still wants to consider them.

The 6-8, 220-pound Jones out of Portland (Ore.) Jefferson is also considering UCLA, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Washington, Arizona and Oregon.

KNIGHT AXES DUKE FROM LIST

Jerry Meyer of Rivals reports that Brandon Knight, the No. 1 recruit in the nation, has crossed Duke off his list. Perhaps Knight expects Kyrie Irving to commit there and is planning ahead.

Knight has visited Kentucky and UConn and told Meyer he may visit Kansas at a time other than Oct. 16.

Syracuse may also get an official, said Knight, who has been limited because of a stress fracture.

HUBERT VISITING MARYLAND, ANDERSON HITTING MIAMI

Desmond Hubert, a 6-11, 185-pound junior center from New Egpyt (N.J.), will take an unofficial to Maryland this weekend. Hubert is the No. 7 center in the Class of 2011…As reported earlier, Paterson Catholic sophomore guard Kyle Anderson will visit Miami this weekend.

Anderson, Seton Hall Prep junior guard Sterling Gibbs and St. Patrick wing Michael Gilchrist, the consensus No. 1 player in the Class of 2011, will attend a fall mini-camp on Oct. 9-11 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. They are preparing for the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship.

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Achraf Yacoubou

He is set to visit Kentucky for Big Blue Madness Oct. 16 and Villanova for Hoops Mania Oct. 23.

He lists those two schools, along with UConn, as his top three.

“They are all equal. I don’t have a leading school just yet,” he said by text.

Villanova coach Jay Wright is very high on Yacoubou, according to a source.

Yacoubou is an explosive scorer who looks very smooth on the court. When I saw Long Island Lutheran win at St. Anthony last year, Yacoubou was the best player on a court that also included Tobias Harris, Dominic Cheek and Devon Collier.

FREE THROWS

Sources say St. John’s assistant Fred Quartlebaum is the favorite to get the Army job…Paterson Catholic sophomore guard Kyle Anderson will visit Miami Saturday for the Oklahoma-Miami football game. After that he heads to Colorado Springs for the USA U17 trials. Read my summer feature on the 6-7 Anderson here.

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Trevor Releford,

“Yes. I liked the campus, the players and the coaches,” he said by phone.

Releford, the younger brother of Kansas guard Travis Releford, previously said he likes Alabama because of his relationship with new head coach Anthony Grant.

“Alabama is the top because they’ve been there the longest,” Releford said. “I talk to coach a lot and I was his first guy. He started recruiting me.”

ODOM ENJOYING ARIZONA VISIT

Rod Odom, the 6-8 wing from Concord (Mass.) Middlesex, is enjoying his visit to Arizona this weekend, his first official.

“We are still in the midst of the visit,” Rod Odom Sr. said by phone Saturday. “Everything is going fantastic. Rod loves Arizona, he loves the ‘Cats.”

After the Arizona visit, Odom will take an official to Harvard next weekend and then  Boston College Oct. 3.

Odom is also considering Vanderbilt, West Virginia and Georgia Tech but has yet to plan official visits to those schools. He has visited every school except Arizona unofficially.

COACHES VISITING IRVING

After we broke the news Friday that Indiana was out of the Kyrie Irving Sweepstakes, we have this update for Sunday.

Coaches from Kentucky, UConn and Duke are expected to visit Irving during a workout at St. Patrick on Sunday.

We’re hearing Orlando Antigua and Rod Strickland, Irving’s uncle and Godfather, will be there for the ‘Cats; Andre LaFleur from UConn; and I’m not sure who’s coming for Duke.

Funny story on this: I was driving home the other day and my phone rings from a restricted number. Guy on the other end tells me, “It’s Jay-Z, Sean Carter. Do you have a number for Kyrie Irving? I want to go watch him work out at St. Patrick.”

“Come on, bro. Who is this?” I asked.

He insisted it was Jay-Z and that he got my number from Irv Gotti.

I told him I’m not in the habit of giving out kid’s numbers and could I call him back? He said he was in London and he should call me later.

He never did and Jay-Z was on the Jay Leno show that night. In L.A.

FREE THROWS

Brandon Knight is on Kentucky’s campus this weekend, while Cory Joseph and Tristan Thompson are at Texas…UConn did not come to visit Tobias Harris today. Harris said the coaches may come back Wednesday for what would be his last home visit. After that he and his family will cut the list to five…J.J. Moore, the 6-5 wing out of South (Conn.) Kent, is in the process of scheduling visits to Louisville and Florida.

Fordham hosted Myles Mack and Jamel Flash. Fordham assistant Jared Grasso has done a terrific job tapping into Paterson Catholic and St. Anthony, landing Lance Brown (PC), Jio Fontan (SA) and Alberto Estwick (SA).

If the Rams land Mack as well, it would be a quite a get.

Mack also recently visited St. John’s and enjoyed it.

He’s still planning some other visits to Virginia Tech, Rice and Providence.

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**UPDATED FROM EARLIER***

Today is a busy day for Tobias Harris and his family.

After hosting in-home visits with John Calipari of Kentucky, Paul Hewitt of Georgia Tech and Mike Brey of Notre Dame in recent days, the 6-foot-8 Harris and his family will host Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim and Louisville’s Rick Pitino today.

Both Syracuse and Louisville are considered serious contenders for Harris, the No. 5 prospect in the Class of 2010.

UConn coach Jim Calhoun was supposed to come to Long Island, too, but Tobias said he “is not coming because of the Hall of Fame thing.”

Tobias later said UConn probably wouldn’t end up coming in for a visit, “but they are still in.” He has already visited the school unofficially.

Calhoun is also supposed to host a visit from 6-11 Andre Drummond of St. Thomas More in Oakdale, Conn., the No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2012.

“Everybody’s looking at the kid. I guess he’s the No.1  ranked sophomore in the country,” St. Thomas More coach Jere Quinn said.

“He’s 6-11 with a 7-6 wingspan who can run and catch everything. He’s just a young kid whose potential is limitless.”

IRVING IMPRESSED WITH COACH K

Kyrie Irving had some good things to say about Duke after an in-home visit earlier this week with Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski and assistants Chris Collins and Nate James.

“Just having [Krzyzewski] in my home and getting an opportunity to meet with him on a personal level and let him meet my parents and my baby sister was great. His honesty was impressive, and he’s very intelligent. He told me exactly what it would be like if I came to Duke, and what I should expect in being part of the team. His honesty about it really stood out,” Irving told Devils Illustrated in quotes that appeared in the Indianapolis Star.

He added: “Basically, now I just have to take my visit and if I get the right feeling and am comfortable that it’s the right school, I’ll commit.”

Irving will visit Duke Sept. 25, Indiana on Oct. 2 and Texas A&M Oct. 9.

MACK VISITS ST. JOHN’S

Paterson Catholic junior point guard Myles Mack took an unofficial to St. John’s on Saturday with his family.

“It went really well. We got the tour of the campus. We got to meet the coaching staff. I met Malik Boothe and Quincy Roberts,” Mack said.

Mack said he’s still planning some other visits to Fordham, Virginia Tech, Rice and Providence.

Asked if he had any favorites, Mack said, “Not really.”

Coaches from Boston University and Columbia University also came to see senior point guard Jayon James the other day.

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