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Mazzulla happy to be back with Mountaineers

Andy Katz

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- West Virginia's Joe Mazzulla made his mark with a near triple-double against Duke in the 2008 NCAA tournament. The Mountaineers...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 25, 2009

Glasser adjusting to role as ASU's leading man

Andy Katz

Derek Glasser was unsure how to handle the attention. While he and James Harden were teammates at Artesia High (Calif.) and then at Arizona State,...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009

Venezuelan pair hopes to spread sport back home

Andy Katz

...was a priority, so he went to the States. Through various connections, Vasquez ended up at Montrose Christian in Maryland, playing for well-connected coach Stu Vetter. The move to College Park, Md., almost seemed...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 02, 2009

Memphis may have company atop C-USA

Andy Katz

Angel Garcia hasn't played a minute for Memphis since he arrived a year ago. Yet, the news that he tore his ACL made headlines across the country,...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 14, 2009

Fourth season will be a crucial one for Gonzalez

Andy Katz

Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez expects his team to challenge for an NCAA berth. He anticipates the Pirates will finish between sixth to 10th in the B...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 09, 2009

Strange occurrence allows NU to challenge rule

Andy Katz

...eligibility of a foreign player isn't always known. The Huskers tried that approach with Germany's Christian Standhardinger. The questions arose about his amateur status and how he would be classified by the NCAA...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 02, 2009

Vandy coach contributes hefty sum for program

Andy Katz

Kevin Stallings made the commitment to his Vanderbilt team that it would take a trip this summer to Australia -- and man, did he mean it. The timi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 11, 2009

Commitments show Isiah's potential

Andy Katz

...commitments from Phil Taylor (Georgia) in the Class of 2010, center Chris Coleman in 2011 (Mount Zion Christian Academy, N.C.) and a JC transfer in DeJuan Wright (Detroit but currently at Gillette College in...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 07, 2009

Godfrey: Potential money lured Williams

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

The lure of potential money overseas was the reason that Memphis committed forward Latavious Williams opted to pursue a professional basketball career overseas, according to his consultant Trey Godfrey.

Story | Conversation | July 21, 2009

Top-10 recruit attempts early enrollment to Duke

Andy Katz

...four years, starting out at Deep Creek High (Va.) in ninth grade before transferring to Atlantic Shores Christian High (Va.), where he repeated the same grade. That was done for basketball reasons, not academics, according...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 16, 2009

Cupboard not bare for Memphis in C-USA

Andy Katz

...6-9 power forward Will Coleman from Miami Dade Junior College (Fla.). If 6-8 Latavious Williams (Christian Life Center Academy, Texas) gets through the NCAA eligibility center then the Tigers will have not just...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 30, 2009

Recapping Day One of Team USA trials

Andy Katz

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Of all the players hoping to make the U-19 USA team, Seth Curry was the first to arrive in Colorado Springs, getting in day...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 17, 2009

Highly touted Wall picks Kentucky

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

Top point guard recruit John Wall has told Kentucky coach John Calipari that he will sign with the Wildcats over Miami and Duke, according to multiple sources.

Story | Conversation | May 19, 2009

NBA pre-draft combine list comes out

Andy Katz

Getting invited to the NBA's pre-draft camp doesn't mean a player is a lock to be selected in the first round or even the top of the second. But it u...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 15, 2009

How do coaches give ethics committee teeth?

Andy Katz

Some agents and/or runners are contacting players while they're in college or even before they enroll. There is a gray area on how to handle summer-le...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 14, 2009