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    • Articles, St. Joe's

    By DAN KELLY

    Special to ZAGSBLOG

    BROOKLYN — Ronald Roberts Jr. can dunk.

    Hard.

    The 6-foot-8 junior from St. Joe’s played way up above the rim in both match-ups this weekend at the 2012 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Barclays Center.

    After putting up 21 points and 16 rebounds in St. Joe’s upset of No. 20 Notre Dame Friday night, the former St. Peter’s Prep standout added 15 points and 11 rebounds in Saturday’s 73-66 loss to Florida State in the title game.

    Seton Hall

    UNCASVILLE, Conn. — After a dramatic comeback from 18 points down in the second half, Seton Hall lost more than a basketball game here against Washington.

    Sophomore forward Brandon Mobley suffered a hyper-extended left knee and bone bruise early in the Pirates’ 84-73 OT loss to the Huskies at the Mohegan Sun Arena in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament and will undergo an MRI. He left the arena on crutches.

    “Brandon’s going to be out for a while,” Pirates coach Kevin Willard said. “It looks like everything is pretty solid, but he’s going to be out for a while, how long I don’t know.”

    Articles, Hurleys, Rhode Island

    UNCASVILLE, Conn. — After Rhode Island gave No. 4 Ohio State all it could handle before losing, 69-58, the team’s fans gave the players an ovation inside the Mohegan Sun Arena.

    “It felt good but I wish they were cheering because we won,” said Rhody sophomore guard Mike Powell, who finished with 10 points, including back-to-back second-half 3-pointers in a game that was taut until the final minutes.

    The Rams are now 0-3 entering Sunday’s consolation game against Seton Hall in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament and you can bet that doesn’t sit well with first-year coach Dan Hurley, a Seton Hall alumnus who comes from a family that is synonymous with winning and whose Hall of Fame father, St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley, sat courtside.

    “Ideal would be 3-0,” Dan Hurley said in his typical deadpan.

    Articles, Big East

    By MATT SUGAM & ADAM ZAGORIA

    UNCASVILLE, Conn. — It appears the seismic shifts in conference realignment will continue.

    And this time Maryland and Rutgers are involved.

    Just days after the Big East set up their football divisions for next season, Maryland is in “serious negotiations” to join the Big Ten, ESPN reports. Sources told ESPN that the Big Ten is looking to add Maryland, and Rutgers would follow, and that an announcement could come as soon as early next week.

    “I would not be surprised, because [Maryland and Rutgers] was always the next step,” one prominent college athletic director told Yahoo! Sports. “And [it would explain] why Maryland voted against the $50 million withdrawal fee [from the ACC].”

    Articles, N.C. State, North Carolina, Syracuse

    The Tyler Roberson Sweepstakes is over.

    The 6-foot-8 small forward from Roselle (N.J.) Catholic picked Syracuse on Friday over Villanova and Kansas.

    “They’re going into the ACC next year which is a really good conference,” Roberson said on ESPNU as he pulled out a Syracuse shirt.

    “And coach [Jim] Boeheim is one of the best coaches in college basketball and they’re just a really good college team.”

    Articles, UCLA

    Shabazz Muhammad has been set free.

    As a result of UCLA’s Friday hearing with the NCAA appeals committee, the 6-foot-6 Muhammad was cleared by the NCAA of amateurism violations and can suit up Monday against Georgetown in the Legends Classic in Brooklyn.

    “I am excited to be able to play for UCLA starting next Monday,” Muhammad, the projected No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, said in a statement. “My family and friends were very supportive of me throughout this process and I couldn’t have gone through this without them.”

    Said UCLA head coach Ben Howland: “I am relieved that this long, arduous process has come to an end. So many people worked very hard on this case and I am eternally grateful to them as well as the Bruin family, who stood by us throughout. I am pleased that Shabazz will be able to begin his collegiate career.”

    Here’s the NCAA’s statement:

    St. John's

    St. John’s junior college transfer Marc-Antoine Bourgault has been declared eligible and will travel to Charleston, S.C., to join the Red Storm for today’s game against Murray State in the Charleston Classic.

    Bourgault has two years of eligibility remaining and will be listed as a junior on the St. John’s roster.

    Bourgault (pronounced “bore-GO”) had been participating in all St. John’s practices and intrasquad scrimmages while awaiting the NCAA’s decision, but could not participate in the Red Storm’s two exhibition contests or season-opening victories over Detroit (Nov. 13, 77-74) or the College of Charleston (Nov. 15, 64-53).

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