Jordan Brand, a division of NIKE, Inc., announced today the rosters for the Jordan Brand Classic’s Regional Game, which will feature the top prep players from the greater New York area.
Although Kentucky will get serious consideration (and possibly North Carolina, too), look for Wiggins’ family and other connections to win out in the end.
Bishop Kearney’s Chinonso Obokoh, the 6-foot-10 center headed to Syracuse University, has been selected to play in the regional game before the All-American contest of the Jordan Brand Classic on April 13 in Brooklyn.
Goodluck Okonoboh of Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Tilton, N.H. is a 6-foot-8 center, ranked by 247Sports as the No. 26 overall player in country and No. 3 center.
On Wednesday, the same day that Andrew Wiggins will take his official visit to Kentucky, the school will present the 1996 team with championship rings during halftime of the Mississippi State game.
That trio has inspired current Lincoln junior Isaiah Whitehead, who’s been heralded as the next great Railsplitter since his freshman year, and he’s lived up to the hype.
Tyler Ennis, who may well become the starting point guard for Syracuse next season when the Orange head to the ACC, led the barrage with a 28-point, 12-assist, 6-steal effort.