I also chatted via email with Monique Ballard, J.J. Moore’s mom, and she gave this update. The 6-5 Moore is currently at the Five-Star Camp this week and will then hit the Marquette Elite Camp beginning Aug. 29. Louisville and Marquette will visit in-home in September with Monique, Hunt Bresky, Moore’s adviser, and New York Panthers coach Gary Charles. J.J. won’t be there because he’s enrolling at at South Kent on Sept. 8. Moore will then trip to Louisville in early October. “He is scheduled to visit Louisville on Oct. 2,” Charles said. Moore has taken unofficials to Providence, Pitt, Rutgers, St. John’s and Stony Brook. RYAN RHOOMES TO PREP Ryan Rhoomes, a 6-8 forward at Cardozo, will prep for one year before college after he finishes at Cardozo in 2010. “His mother, high school coach Ron Naclerio, myself and his mentor, Karone Carmichael, believe an extra year would benefit him in the long run,” Charles said. “More than likely it will be South Kent.” South Kent is loading up on local players and could also add Shaq Thomas, the Paterson native and nephew of Dallas Mavericks forward Tim Thomas. More on that later today. GIBBS WORKING ON DUKE VISIT Charles also said that 6-foot junior point guard Sterling Gibbs of Seton Hall Prep is working on setting up an unofficial visit to Duke. “No date has been set yet,” Charles said. JULIAN WASHBURN VISITS SETON HALL
“He’s a very talented, versatile forward,” a Big East assistant coach said.
Washburn played for Duncanville (Texas) last season and may be enrolling at St. Patrick of Elizabeth, along with his younger brother, Chris, a sophomore who’s also 6-8. “They have not enrolled yet in school but they did visit the school,” St. Pat’s coach Kevin Boyle said. “If they’re going to enroll, these kids are thinking about moving up to New Jersey. “If that happens, then there’s probably a good chance that they enroll…I’m sure that we will know very shortly.” Follow Adam Zagoria on Twitter.