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Sunday / April 28.
  • By MARK BAIROS

    Special to ZAGSBLOG

    2016 Canadian phenom Justin Jackson will attend Henderson (NV) Findlay Prep this fall, newly appointed head coach Jerome Williams told SNY.tv.

    The 6-foot-7 Jackson, a native of East York, Ontario, will join fellow Canadians Jalen Poyser and Dillon Brooks at the prep powerhouse.

    “Winning history, Canadian history, ability to produce PROS & most of all sense of family,” Jackson told NorthPoleHoops.com.

    Findlay has churned out several Canadian first-round draft picks in recent years in Anthony Bennett and Tristan Thomspon. Bennett was the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft, and Thompson went No. 4 in 2012.

    Myles Turner, who enjoyed arguably the biggest leap of any 2014 recruit this summer, has trimmed his list to eight schools.

    From 26.

    The 6-foot-11 Turner out of Euless (TX) Trinity is down to Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisville, Arizona, Ohio State, Texas and Oklahoma State, his father, David Turner, confirmed by text.

    Turner cut a slew of schools from his unwieldy list: Arkansas, Baylor, UConn, Georgetown, Indiana, Kansas State, Marquette, Miami, North Carolina, N. C. State, Oklahoma, Oregon, SMU, Stanford, Texas A&M, UT-Arlington, UCLA and UNLV.

    Expressions Elite teammates Abdul Malik Abu and Jared Terrell are each down to four schools — and they share only one school in common.

    If the teammates are to end up packaging in college, it will have to be at Providence.

    Expressions Elite coach Tyron Boswell confirmed that the two players would announce their college choices together at a press conference in Boston in “the first two weeks in September.”

    Scout.com first reported the press conference news.

    Perhaps not coincidentally, both players will visit Providence this coming weekend, as will guard Kaleb Joseph — who is down to Providence, Syracuse and West Virginia — and big man Pascal Chukwu, who is considering Providence, UConn and St. Joe’s, among others.

    The 6-2 Terrell is now working with a list of Providence, Cincinnati, Rhode Island and Oklahoma State.

    Iona’s Mike Poole has received an NCAA “legislative relief” waiver to play immediately this season upon transferring from Rutgers.

    “I am really excited to have a student-athlete of Mike’s caliber join us this season,” Iona coach Tim Cluess told SNY.tv.

    “His leadership and toughness in summer workouts have been tremendous and he will be an integral part of our program.”

    It remains unclear if Pittsburgh’s Derrick Randall and Florida’s Eli Carter will also get waivers after transferring in the wake of the MIke Rice scandal, but both are expected to receive them.

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