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.

Karl Towns Jr., the No. 1 ranked player in the class of 2015, took unofficial visits to North Carolina, Duke and N.C. State last week.

The 6-foot-11 Towns has drawn comparisons to Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Durant.

Jabari Parker has no clear favorite as he makes his college decision.

Parker is considering Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, Michigan State, Stanford, Florida, Georgetown, BYU and DePaul.

“Hopefully in September, that’s the target date,” Sonny Parker said on Saturday. “Then, he’s going to take his visits and his trips and hopefully make his decision in the fall. If he’s not really feeling it feeling it, then wait until the spring.

“He has no No. 1 or No. 2, he doesn’t really have a favorite. I told him, ‘You have to make a decision.’ He likes pretty much all those programs. I don’t know if anyone has an advantage or disadvantage. It’s just going to come down to him being comfortable in their system where he can grow and develop and get better. He likes all the programs in his top-10 choices.”

Kentucky, North Carolina, Duke, Michigan State, Florida, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Georgetown, Stanford, Oregon, Butler, Xavier, Portland and Gonzaga have committed to special tournament in November of 2017 to celebrate Phil Knight's 80th birthday.

Knight, the co-founder of Nike, will turn 80 on February 24, 2018.

The two tournaments, each consisting of eight teams, will take place over four days in Portland, Oregon.

"All of these great basketball programs have been supported by Phil Knight and Nike," Michigan State AD Mark Hollis said. "His support of the programs have created scholarships and resources for these departments to excel."

Hollis said he has contacted ESPN about televising the event. ESPN vice president Burke Magnus confirmed the discussion and said that ESPN is interesting in televising it in 2017.

The best high school junior, Andrew Wiggins, would be in his senior year of college during the event should he stay in school.

Austin Nichols, a top-10 recruit in the class of 2013, trimmed his list to six schools: Memphis, Auburn, Tennessee, Virginia, Duke, and Vanderbilt.

"I talked with my parents a few times and I guess today was the day," Nichols said. "We were a little late cutting the list, but we had to get it done and we were confident in each school."

Nichols intends to utilize his allotted five official visits on Virginia, Auburn, Tennessee, Duke and Vanderbilt after unofficially visiting Memphis last week.

Doc Rivers and Gregg Popovich are considered the top candidates to replace Mike Krzyzewski as head coach of the United States, according to sources.

Jerry Colangelo will remain in his current position for one more Olympics and will give Krzyzewski some time to reconsider remaining.

Sources say Rick Pitino has expressed strong interest in the position, but an NBA coach is widely expected to eventually land the job.

Mike D'Antoni and Nate McMillan, current Team USA assistants without a permanent job with a team, are considered longshots.

Jabari Parker will likely trim his list of schools to five before the end of September.

"I don't know where anybody is getting that from," Parker's father, Sonny said. "He hasn't cut his list. Right now he's resting and sometime next month he's probably going to cut it down to five."

The top recruit is tentatively targeting a fall decision.

"He's got to get it cut down to this five and then take his visits," Parker said. "But, I told him that if he can't make up his mind that it's OK for him to go ahead and wait until the spring."

Mike Krzyzewski said on Saturday that the Gold Medal Game against Spain on Sunday will be his last as head coach of the United States.

Krzyzewski had not committed either way in terms of his status as continuing with Team USA.

"I'm sure we can get him to come back," said Kevin Durant to ESPN's Marc Stein.

Jerry Colangelo intends to talk with Krzyzewski following the Olympics, but is targeting the end of the year to find a new head coach.

The ACC/Big Ten Challenge announced their schedule for the 12-13 season.

November 27th

- Iowa at Virginia Tech
- Minnesota at Florida State
- N.C. State at Michigan
- Nebraska at Wake Forest
- Maryland at Northwestern
- North Carolina at Indiana

November 28th

- Virginia at Wisconsin
- Purdue at Clemson
- Georgia Tech at Illinois
- Boston College at Penn State
- Ohio State at Duke 

Jabari Parker’s top two choices are Michigan State and Duke, according to a source close to the situation.

Kansas is also believed to be a stronger contender for Parker.

Parker’s list consists of Michigan State, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Stanford, Florida, BYU, Georgetown, DePaul and North Carolina.