Wes has worked for Rivals.com covering the New York Knicks, as well as for Scout.com covering Syracuse athletics. Wes has also been a contributing writer for the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), for SportsNet New York (SNY) as a news desk writer covering all of New York professional sports, and reported on the NBA and MLB for the New York Sportscene. A native of Long Island, New York, Wes graduated from Syracuse University in 2005 with a degree in journalism. Contact him at wes[at]sujuiceonline.com.
Having just visited 2012 NCAA champion Kentucky and 2013 champ Louisville, 2016 guard Tyus Battle is planning a visit to 2014 winner UConn and 2010 winner Duke sometime in August, his father told SNY.tv.
Class of 2016 prospect Kodye Pugh took an unofficial visit to Georgetown University recently and the small forward out of Boys Latin in Baltimore, MD took the time to speak with Hoya247 on that visit and more.
Before he could even walk Jamal Murray had a basketball in his hands. His father Roger used to spend hours playing pickup games at a local gym in Kitchener and would often bring his newborn son along and give him a ball to play with while he watched from the sidelines.
After Villanova buried four straight 3-pointers to take a 25-7 lead midway through the first half, it appeared Syracuse was on its way to its first loss of the season. But Syracuse regrouped quickly in a battle of top 10 undefeated teams.
Roselle (N.J.) Catholic guard Isaiah Briscoe made the USA U18 team and will compete in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship beginning Friday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Michigan head coach John Beilein offered five-star guard Tyus Battle today, the first day that the Wolverines extend offers to rising junior prospects.
Ashton Broyld caught eight passes for 126 yards and a pair of touchdowns as part of the second-team offense, as Team Offense defeated Team Defense 34-27. One of those touchdowns came on a tantalizing bubble screen pass that Broyld took 54 yards down the field for the score.
Roselle (N.J.) Catholic guard Isaiah Briscoe made the first cut for the USA U18 team, and hopes to make the final roster of 12 which will compete in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship later this month.