The NCAA contact period began Wednesday and runs through Oct. 5, meaning college basketball coaches are on the move all over the nation courting some of the country’s top ballers. Here are some snippets and highlights of what’s going on:
**First off,
Frantz Massenat, a 2010 guard from Trenton Catholic, committed to Drexel on Wednesday.
Jerian Grant, a 6-4 shooting guard from DeMatha (Md.), committed to Notre Dame.
**Kansas head coach
Bill Self and his staff met with Baltimore (Md.) Lake Clifton point guard
Josh Selby (pictured) and his mother,
Maeshon Witherspoon, on Wednesday. Selby decommitted from Tennessee and probably won’t sign until the spring.
“The visit went well,” Witherspoon
told TheShiver.com. “Coach Self, Coach Dooley and Coach Townsend were there. They told us about the school and the program.
“They (KU) have a real history. Great coaches like
Larry Brown, Roy Williams and something I didn’t know,
Wilt Chamberlain went there. I thought that was something there,” added Witherspoon.
**Duke head coach
Mike Krzyzewski came to New Jersey to meet with Elizabeth (NJ) St. Patrick point guard
Kyrie Irving.
“It went well,” said
Dred Irving, Kyrie’s dad.
Kyrie will trip to Duke officially Sept. 25 and to Indiana Oct. 2.
**Memphis head coach
Josh Pastner met Wednesday night with Memphis White Station point guard
Joe Jackson at Jackson’s home.
Memphis has long targeted Jackson to join
Will Barton in the backcourt in2010, but
Eric Robinson, Jackson’s AAU guy, said, “No commitment yet.
Tennessee comes to meet with Jackson Thursday and Kansas Friday.
**Kentucky coach
John Calipari went to Long Island to meet with Dix Hills (NY) Half Hollow Hills West forward
Tobias Harris and his family. Harris is considering 11 schools and is looking for a place that will emphasize the point forward position.
“The home visit was great,”
Torrel Harris said by text. “We are very impressed with Kentucky, Coach Cal and his coaching staff.
**Calipari will meet with the family of Oak Hill (Va.) combo guard
Doron Lamb tonight (Thursday). Oklahoma head coach
Jeff Capel visits with Calvin Lamb on Tuesday. Arizona assistant
Book Richardson was the only coach at Oak Hill on Wednesday to visit with Lamb himself.
**Indiana head coach
Tom Crean tripped to Mountain State in Beckley, West Va. on Wednesday night and checked out 6-10 Turkish forward
Enes Kanter, who just recently left Findlay (Nev.) Prep, and 7-foot, 200-pound center
Obij Aget.
“It went great. He really likes both of those kids. He was happy with the talent,” Mountain State coach
Rodney Crawford said.
New Mexico State was also in the house at Mountain State.
**Pittsburgh is having a home visit tonight (Thursday) at the home of South Kent (Conn.) forward
J.J. Moore. Moore will be at school so coaches will meet with his mother, Panthers coach
Gary Charles and mentor
Hunt Bresky. Providence comes Friday, Marquette and Louisville on Saturday and Florida on Sunday.
**Providence coach
Keno Davis will hit St. Anthony on Friday to check out 6-8 senior
Devon Collier, who has already tripped unofficially to the Big East school.
**6-7 forward
Derrick Williams of St. Anthony will visit Richmond on Friday after the school visited his home Wednesday. He has a home visit today with St. Bonaventure.
Williams will visit the Bonnies on Sept. 18 and potentially Penn State Nov. 7.
**Seton Hall Prep junior guard
Sterling Gibbs said via text that he plans on going to Maryland Saturday for a tour and the football game.
“And I’ll probably go to Notre Dame Oct. 19 for the Notre Dame vs. USC game and a tour,” he said.
**Neumann-Goretti guard
Tyreek Duren will take an official to Temple this weekend and will also visit La Salle (9/18) and UMass (9/26).
