Could five-star small forward Stanley Johnson, a top recruiting target of Kentucky, also be set to announce his college decision during a blockbuster recruiting special on Friday on ESPNU?
hris McCullough’s dismissal from Brewster, where he played with current Syracuse freshman Ron Patterson last season, comes at a terrible time in the year with the fall semester beginning to wind down and basketball season just now gearing up.
The Div. II Tigers, whose campus is located in Far Northeast Philadelphia, were 18-10 last season and are coached by R.C. Kehoe, the nephew of Saint Joseph’s 19 year boss Phil Martelli, who’s a longtime Coaches vs. Cancer comrade of Jim Boeheim’s.
Brooklyn (N.Y.) defensive tackle Thomas Holley is on the wish list for many big-time college football programs. The four-star prospect took an official visit to Penn State for the Michigan game a couple weeks ago and followed up with an official visit to Ohio State over the weekend.
Michael Gbinije is no stranger to the ACC. The 6-foot-7 Duke transfer feels fully prepared for the upcoming season after one year of playing for Duke and another year of redshirting at SU. Like the rest of his team, he cannot wait to play against Duke.
Based on most national pre-season Top 25 predictions and conference previews, the Orange are right behind Duke, and either right in front of, or just behind, North Carolina atop the conference heap.
Miami bound guard JaQuan Newton, Maryland bound swingman Jared Nickens, and top-20 juniors Derrick Jones and Isaiah Briscoe all expected to play in the Friday night showdown.
Josh Perkins has cut his list to five schools, his father told SNY.tv Wednesday. The elder Perkins said they did not make the cut public because they didn’t want to draw a lot of attention to the list.