March 2012 Basketball Wiretap

Aaron Gordon Schedules In-Home Visit With Arizona

Aug 31, 2012 11:15 PM

Aaron Gordon, an athletic 6-foot-7 wing who was California’s player of the year as a junior, has set an in-home visit with Arizona for Sept. 10.

Gordon likely won’t decide until spring, after the college basketball season.

“He kind of wants to get a better feel for most of the coaches and see how they do this season,” Gordon’s high school coach Ted Kennedy said. “As he gets to know them, he wants to see how they play on the court.”

Gordon is also considering Kansas, Kentucky, Washington, Oregon and Cal.

Bruce Pascoe/Arizona Daily Star

Tags: Aaron Gordon, Arizona Wildcats, Pacific-12 Conference, High School, NCAA, NCAA Recruiting

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Trey Lyles Visits Butler, Targets Trips To Michigan State, Illinois, Louisville, Ohio State

Aug 31, 2012 11:12 PM

Trey Lyles took an official visit to Butler on Friday.

The 6-foot-9 small forward, ranked as a top-10 player in the class of 2013, is likely to visit Michigan State, Illinois, Louisville and Ohio State in the near future.

“It’s a new thing for him to be highly recruited like this, so I want him to learn as much as he can and listen to what is said and what is not said,” Lyles’ father, Tom Lyles said. “So that’s what these visits will be about.”

Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State , Florida, Texas and UCLA could receive visits as well.

Kyle Neddenriep/Indianapolis Star

Tags: Trey Lyles, Illinois Fighting Illini, Louisville Cardinals, Michigan State Spartans, Ohio State Buckeyes, Butler Bulldogs, Big Ten Conference, Southeastern Conference, High School, NCAA, NCAA Recruiting

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Julius Randle To Host Nine In-Home Visits

Aug 31, 2012 8:59 PM

Julius Randle will have nine in-home visits over a two-week period beginning on September 9th.

Both N.C. State and Kentucky will visit Randle on the first day. North Carolina, Duke and Kansas will visit on September 10th, 11th and 12th respectively. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas and Florida will visit one week later.

“We want to give everyone a fair chance because these are the final schools that made his top 10,” Randle's mother Carolyn Kyles said. “We want to give all of them a fair chance to present their school, what they have to offer, what they have to offer Julius as far as helping him improve his skills and get him to the next level on the court and off the court, who is the best coach for him to get him there and continue to instill the values that I have all these years off the court.

Steve Jones/Courier-Journal

Tags: Julius Randle, North Carolina Tar Heels, Oklahoma Sooners, Duke Blue Devils, NC State Wolfpack, Baylor Bears, Kansas Jayhawks, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas Longhorns, Florida Gators, Kentucky Wildcats, High School, NCAA

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Anthony Barber Set To Visit Kansas

Aug 31, 2012 10:58 AM

Anthony Barber will make an official recruiting visit to Kansas this weekend

Barber, a 6-foot-2, 165-pound guard, has a final list of Kansas, Alabama, Louisville and North Carolina State.

Gary Bedore/Lawrence Journal World

Tags: Cat Barber, Kansas Jayhawks, Big 12 Conference, High School, NCAA, NCAA Recruiting

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Jabari Parker Takes Unofficial Visit To BYU

Aug 31, 2012 10:54 AM

Jabari Parker made an unofficial visit on Thursday to Brigham Young, according to multiple sources.

Parker named BYU as one of 10 college programs he is considering with a year to go before he graduates from high school.

Parker’s list includes, in no particular order: BYU, DePaul, Duke, Florida, Georgetown, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, North Carolina and Stanford.

Andy Katz/ESPN

Tags: Jabari Parker, Brigham Young Cougars, Mountain West Conference, High School, NCAA, NCAA Recruiting, NCAA Misc Rumor

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Denzell Watts Commits To Alabama-Birmingham

Aug 31, 2012 1:04 AM

Denzel Watts announced his verbal commitment to Alabama-Birmingham.

“Growing up as a kid, I was always told that hard work is going to pay off,” Watts said. “As a kid you don’t listen but it has all paid off for me, so I just want to thank God for that. God has blessed me with 14 Division I offers and I narrowed it down to three schools.” 

Watts chose the Blazers over Florida State and USC, his other two finalists.

“It’s not all about how everyone hypes it up for you to go to the biggest school that you can,” Watts said. “You have to go where you fit in the most and where you feel the most comfortable and I felt the most comfortable at UAB.”

Eric Woodyard/MLive

Tags: UAB Blazers, Conference USA, High School, NCAA, NCAA Recruiting

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Syracuse Extends Scholarship Offer To HS Freshman Tyus Battle

Aug 31, 2012 12:57 AM

Syracuse extended a scholarship offer to Tyus Battle, a 6-4 guard who is regarded as one of the top incoming freshmen in the nation.

The 14-year-old Battle has offers from Rutgers, Miami and Rhode Island.

John Haley/Newark Star-Ledger

Tags: Tyus Battle, Syracuse Orange, American Athletic Conference, High School, NCAA, NCAA Recruiting

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Wes Clark Commits To Missouri

Aug 30, 2012 10:48 AM

Wes Clark, a 6-foot point guard from Romulus, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, is headed to Missouri.

“It was because of the coaching staff,” Clark said. “I had a real good connection with them, and I feel like it is a good spot for me.”

Clark picked the Tigers over Connecticut, Michigan State, Pittsburgh and San Diego State.

Columbia Tribune

Tags: Missouri Tigers, Big 12 Conference, High School, NCAA, NCAA Recruiting

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Dwayne Morgan Visited Maryland, Plans Trip To North Carolina

Aug 30, 2012 10:46 AM

Dwayne Morgan took an unofficial visit to Maryland last weekend.

“It was a really good visit. I like the school. I’m keeping my options open, but I really like Maryland. I still have a lot of time to make a decision, but it did make me look more at Maryland,” Morgan said. “I’ll be back for a football game and a couple of times during basketball.”

Morgan, a 6-foot-7 forward who is ranked No. 16 in the class of 2014, will take a trip to North Carolina this weekend.

“Academics are going to be a big part. The books are going to have to be straight for me to get on that court,” Morgan said.

Jeff Ermann/Baltimore Sun

Tags: North Carolina Tar Heels, Maryland Terrapins, Atlantic Coast Conference, High School, NCAA, NCAA Recruiting

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Rondae Jefferson Plans Return Visit To Arizona

Aug 29, 2012 8:48 PM

Rondae Jefferson plans to take another visit to Arizona, according to Larry Yarbray, his coach at Chester (Pa.) High School.

The 6-foot-7 Jefferson is also planning a visit to Texas and has been talking to Florida, Yarbray confirmed.

"But where he's at, he's not telling anyone who's leading," Yarbray said. "He just said those are three schools" he plans to visit.

Jefferson plans to announce his college decision on his 18th birthday, Jan. 3.

Bruce Pascoe/Arizona Daily Star

Tags: Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Arizona Wildcats, Pacific-12 Conference, High School, NCAA, NCAA Recruiting

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Oakland Receives Commitment From Jalen Hayes

Dick Hoekstra/Lansing State Journal

Bob Gibbons Ranks Wiggins Ahead Of Parker

Taylor Bell/CSNChicago

Virginia Set To Host Austin Nichols, London Perrantes

Whitelaw Reid/Charlottesville Daily Progress

James Young Transfers To Rochester High

Tom Markowsi/Detroit News

Allonzo Trier Transfers To Tulsa NOAH

Scott Wright/Oklahoman

Chris McCullough Took Unofficial Visit To Memphis

John Martin/Memphis Commercial Appeal

Josh Brown Recommits To Temple

Keith Pompey/Philadelphia Inquirer

Illinois Back Under Consideration By Jabari Parker

Scott Powers/ESPN

Karl Towns Jr. Visited North Carolina, Duke, N.C. State

Bret Strelow/Fayetteville Observer

Nick King Commits To Memphis

Evan Daniels/Scout.com (via Twitter)

Kyle Davis Commits To Dayton

Joe Henricksen/Chicago Sun-Times

Fresno State Receives Commitment From Paul Watson

Robert Kuwada/Fresno Bee

Kris Jenkins Commits To Villanova

Roman Stubbs/Washington Post

Indiana Extends Offer To Bryant Crawford

Alex Bozich/Inside The Hall

Nick King To Announce Decision On Monday

Jason Smith/Memphis Commercial Appeal

Xavier Rathan-Mayes Narrows List To Five Schools

Adam Zagoria/ZagsBlog

Oklahoma Receives Commitments From Jordan Woodard, Jacob Hammond

Guerin Emig/Tulsa World

Chris McCullough Transferring To Brewster Academy

Daniel Martin/CollegeBasketballTalk

Julius Randle Interested In Teaming Up With Wiggins, Harrison Twins At Kentucky

Adam Zagoria/ZagsBlog

Stanford Robinson Transferring To Findlay Prep

Paul Tenorio/Washington Post