Texas is hosting a visit from Brandon Austin this weekend.

Austin, a 6-foot-6 wing, has interest from Temple, Georgetown and Syracuse.

Darius Thompson will take an official visit to Butler this weekend, according to his coach at Blackman (TN) High School.

“Butler has done a good job of recruiting Darius,” coach Barry Wortman said. “There’s a good comfort level with them as well as Murray State and Middle Tennessee State.”

Thompson, a 6-foot-3 guard, averaged 12.8 points and 6.0 assists last season for Blackman.

“Darius has a high, high basketball IQ,” Wortman said. “A very good feel for the game. Sneaky athletic. He shoots the ball well from 3, can get out on the point, can play off the ball.”

UNLV has offered a scholarship to Chase Jeter, a 6-foot-8 sophomore forward who plays at Bishop Gorman (NV) High School.

Jeter attended Thursday’s UNLV practice with his father, former Rebel Chris Jeter.

Chris Jeter was in the same UNLV class as Rebels assistant coach Stacey Augmon, Larry Johnson and Greg Anthony.

Southern Methodist University offered a scholarship to Ja'Quan Newton, a 6-foot-3 guard who plays at Neumann-Goretti (PA) High School.

Larry Brown visited Newton on Monday.

"He just told me how he really is," Newton said. "He didn't lie to me or sugarcoat anything."

Newton has drawn interest from Arizona, Georgetown, Temple, Villanova, Wake Forest, Miami, Syracuse and Seton Hall.

Eron Gordon, one of the nation's top-ranked prospects for the recruiting class of 2016, will visit Indiana for Midnight Madness this weekend.

The 6-foot-2 Gordon will be joined on the visit by Troy Williams, BeeJay Anya, James Blackmon Jr. and JaQuan Lyle.

Eron is the youngest brother of Eric Gordon, who plays for the New Orleans Hornets. 

Marcus Lee committed to Kentucky on Wednesday, picking John Calipari and the Wildcats over California.

Lee, the No. 28 overall prospect in the Class of 2013, becomes the fourth top-30 recruit to commit to Kentucky in the past 14 days, joining twins Andrew (No. 2 overall recruit in the ESPN 100) and Aaron Harrison (No. 4) and guard James Young (No. 5).

Lee attends Deer Valley High School, which is located a short drive away from the Cal campus in Berkeley.

"Everyone made me feel like I was part of their family," Lee said. "Being far away from home, that was important. The coaches treated me like I was their son."

Jabari Parker is not planning to sign a letter of intent during the early signing period, which runs from Nov. 14-21.

“He’ll probably make a verbal decision, but he probably won’t be able to sign until the spring because the signing period,” Parker's father Sonny Parker said. “ … I don’t think he’ll be done with all his five visits.

“The only way it can happen is if he decides early during his five visits.”

Parker's high school coach expects him to be resolute with his decision.

“Once he makes a decision I know that’s going to be it,” Simeon head coach Robert Smith said Tuesday. “That’s not how he or his family operates.

“I told him, if you get to a place where your heart is in it and you feel like this is the place for me, then there’s no sense in taking those other visits, if this is how you feel. … Make sure you choose what is going to be best for you.

“His situation is rare. You have options. A lot of people don’t have options. And people will wait for your options, too.”

Diamond Stone, a 6-foot-10 center who is rated as a top-5 player in the 2015 class, will make an unofficial visit to Michigan this weekend, according to AAU coach DeShawn Curtis.

"His father (Robert Stone) is from Flint," Curtis said. "So, obviously there's some ties there. Honestly, he's kind of wide open as far as what he's looking at. He likes what they're trying to do there at Michigan, trying to build the program back up.

"Obviously they had a great season last year, and he likes what they're doing there right now and wants to check it out."

Stone averaged 13.5 points and 7.8 rebounds as a freshman at Dominican High School in Wisconsin.

Ole Miss received a verbal commitment from Sebastian Saiz, a 6-foot-9, 230-pound center out of Sunrise Christian Academy in Kansas.

Saiz officially visiting the school this past weekend.

Sterling Brown has verbally committed to play for SMU for the 2013-14 season.

“This was just the best fit for him,” says Sterling Brown’s father, Chris Brown. “He feels he can learn, grow and develop as a player under Larry Brown. He’s comfortable there. It’s a great atmosphere there and a great opportunity for him.”

Sterling is the younger brother of Phoenix Suns guard Shannon Brown.