2016 Syracuse commit Tyus Battle is changing homes. Battle had played at Gill St. Bernard’s in Gladstone, N.J. for the first three years of high school, but will finish his career at St. Joe’s-Metuchen.
Initially, a pre-recorded video in which Washington said he had committed to Florida was released, but at his news conference Washington chose Syracuse.
Pope John XXIII has one of the top centers in the country in 6-foot 8-inch Moustapha Diagne. He had offers from Connecticut, Cincinnati and Temple before committing to Syracuse.
Archbishop Carroll’s Derrick Jones, the area’s top high-school basketball player, will announce his college choice on Thursday evening as part of a cable television special.
Derryck Thornton and Tyus Battle are seriously talking about packaging together in college beginning in 2016 with Kentucky, UConn, Michigan and now Florida the four schools in discussion at this point.