Rider will seek an NCAA waiver for St. John’s transfer Nurideen Lindsey in hopes of getting him eligible for the first semester of next season.

“We will apply for a waiver so that he doesn’t need to sit any games next season,” Rider head coach Tommy Dempsey told SNY.tv. “Nuri has been through a lot and he is happy to be getting closer to home. Being at Rider will give him a chance to play Division 1 college basketball while being close to the family.” (more…)

Nurideen Lindsey is on the move. Again.

The former St. John’s point guard will now transfer to Rider instead of Arkansas and hopes to obtain a waiver in order to suit up for the fall of the 2012-13 season.

“He’s definitely coming,” a source close to the Rider program told SNY.tv.

Rider cannot publicly comment on Lindsey until he enrolls on Monday.

The story was first reported by Alex Kline of The Recruit Scoop.

Lindsey had initially announced via Twitter he would head to Arkansas, but the source said he “may have gotten cold feet about going that far.” (more…)

NEW YORK – It won’t be easy for Georgetown to replace Austin Freeman and Chris Wright.

But the Hoyas are getting a nice piece in 6-foot-5, 200-pound combo guard Jabril Trawick, who aggressively attacked the rim and put up 25 points and 8 rebounds Sunday when the Playaz beat the New York Panthers, 75-73, in the quarterfinals of the iS8/Nike Spring Classic.

“I think Jabril Trawick is one of the most underrated players in the country and I’ve been saying that to people for months,” Playaz coach Jimmy Salmon said. (more…)

You could have a pretty interesting debate right about now as to which is the best Division 1 team in the state of New Jersey.

Ivy League favorite Princeton (1-1) beat Rutgers but got hammered by Duke.

Rutgers (1-1) rebounded from the OT loss to the Tigers by beating MAAC favorite Fairfield in Mike Rice’s RAC debut. Next up is Sunday’s tilt with Durand Scott and Miami in what should be a great test for Rice’s undermanned crew.

Seton Hall (1-1) similarly rebounded from an ugly loss at No. 22 Temple to crush Cornell at home. Kevin Willard now takes his team to the U.S. Virgin Islands for Friday’s tilt with Alabama. St. Peter’s (0-1), playing without injured star Wesley Jenkins until late November or early December, is also in the islands and will meet Old Dominion. (more…)

In the last week both Seton Hall and Rider have taken verbal commitments from players out of the Canarias Basketball Academy in the Canary Islands.

Seton Hall got a pledge from 6-foot-6 shooting guard Haralds Karlis and Rider landed 7-1, 225-pound center Nerijus Anglickis (pictured).

Seton Hall already has two players on its roster — Patrik Auda and Aaron Geramipoor – from the CBA and Rider has one — Tommy Pereira.

All told, there are 11 Division 1 players in the New York-metropolitan area from the academy on the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa. (more…)

Darrun Hilliard, a 6-foot-5 2011 shooting guard from Liberty (Pa.) High, is expected to announce that he will attend Villanova during a press conference at his high school Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Hilliard also considered Notre Dame, Seton Hall, Iowa, Michigan and Boston College.

Hilliard averaged 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists last season while leading the Hurricanes to their first appearance in the Pennsylvania Class 4A semifinals. (more…)

Wagner athletic director Walt Hameline said the school is in the process of taking resumes for the men’s basketball coaching vacancy created by Monday’s firing of Mike Deane and that he hoped to have a decision made “toward the end of the month.”

“We’re taking resumes,” Hameline said Wednesday morning by phone. “Obviously, we’ll see who’s applying and then there will be a committee put together on campus. Hopefully by the end of the month we’ll get people on campus.”

Asked when he hoped to make a decision, Hameline said, “I’m looking somewhere toward the end of the month.” (more…)

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — With injured center Greg Echenique watching the game on the computer from his girlfriend’s apartment on Tuesday night, Rutgers gutted out a tough 80-70 overtime win against Rider at the Rutgers Athletic Center.

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When I caught up with Rider coach Tommy Dempsey Saturday morning, he was enjoying a celebratory breakfast at Memphis International Airport.

Dempsey and the Rider Broncs pulled off the biggest win in program history Friday night when they went into Starkville and beat defending Southeastern Conference champion Mississippi State, 88-74.

The win happened on the same night the No. 18 Bulldogs raised the banner from their 2008-09 SEC championship.

“I have to say it’s got to rank up there,” Dempsey said by phone. “It’s the first win over a nationally-ranked program as far as we can tell. It’s certainly the biggest win in recent history.” (more…)

By MIKE VORKUNOV

NEWARK – Seton Hall was 3.6 seconds away from adding insult to an already injurious week. Then Eugene Harvey saved them the trouble.

After Wesley Jenkins hit an elbow jump shot to put St. Peter’s up 51-50 with the few remaining seconds left, the Pirates ran their desperation play. Jeremy Hazell inbounded to Herb Pope, who found Harvey on the left sideline just prior to halfcourt.

Harvey took off from about 30 feet out, double clutched and let it go with one hand. Then the entire arena watched in momentary silence as it sailed in as the buzzer went off to give the Pirates a 53-51 win.

Read the full story here.

MORE COLLEGE RESULTS

**Corey Stokes scores 17 of his 20 in the 2nd half to lead No. 5 Villanova

**Jerome Dyson’s return helps  No. 12 UConn win

**Rider stuns No. 18 Mississippi State on road

**Greg Monroe scores 18 to lead No. 20 Georgetown

**Rutgers opens Saturday vs. Marist. Read my feature on Muhamed Hasani here.

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