Jake Pickard, a 6-foot-6, 230-pound defensive end/tight end from Milburn. N.J., on Thursday gave Wisconsin an oral commitment for its 2015 freshman class.
Shooting guard Jamal Murray highlights Canada’s 12-man roster for the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship, but it’s the omission of Justin Jackson due to injury that has created a major buzz in the build-up to next month’s (8-16 August) tournament in Dubai.
Isaiah Briscoe scored the final two points of the 2014 Peach Jam from the foul line after a controversial technical foul call with 3.8 seconds left and the Playaz Basketball Club held on for an 85-83 victory over Team Penny on Sunday afternoon.
Hot basketball prospect Derrick Jones of Archbishop Carroll will begin a three-week tour Wednesday through the July recruiting period. The 6-foot-6 wing will be among 100 players at Philadelphia University for the four-day Reebok Breakout Challenge.
The Big Strick Classic is once again set for Aug. 9 at the Gauchos Gym in New York City. Syracuse commit Moustapha Diagne and target Derrick Jones were among the first 10 invites, with the full roster to be released in late July.
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.