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Dave Telep's Starting 5: No. 13 junior Theo Pinson's impending commitment, the rise of junior center Myles Turner and the urgency for coaches to land a 2014 point guard.

Story | Conversation | May 20, 2013

One of Maryland's prominent junior recruits will head westward for college. Class of 2014 forward Dwayne Morgan (Baltimore, Md./St. Frances) committed to the UNLV Runnin' Rebels over Maryland and Georgetown Wednesday afternoon. Morgan, a 6-foot-7...

Recruiting is a tricky deal to figure out sometimes. There's Duke, which knew it had to replace seniors Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kelly with a stud frontcourt player in this recruiting class. But conversely, did the thought of potentially having to ...

Dave Telep's Starting 5: The story behind Georgetown's latest commitment, visitors galore over the weekend for North Carolina and Georgetown, who Kentucky is targeting in the Class of 2014 and an introduction to a freshman at LeBron James' alma mater.

Story | Conversation | March 11, 2013

Georgetown put in the work and was rewarded for its efforts on Sunday when ESPN 60 power forward Isaac Copeland (Raleigh, N.C./The Miller School) committed to the Hoyas. The 6-foot-9 Copeland, who is ranked No. 37 overall and No. 6 among power f...

Three-star senior center Gavin Schilling (Chicago/Findlay Prep) is a hot name right now. Three days before Jabari Parker picked Duke over Michigan State last month, both the Blue Devils and Spartans visited with Schilling at his high school in Las Ve...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Day 2 from the City of Palms Classic is over. For a 12-hour day, Wednesday went by quickly. The next few days will yield a Jabari Parker announcement that will require myself and Paul Biancardi to step away for a few hours. We'll ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The CIF denied the appeal of Kameron Chatman (Portland, Ore./Long Beach Poly), leaving the ESPN 60 wing ineligible to play until March 16, which happens to be smack dab in the middle of the state semifinals. He's here at the City ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Chaminade-esque run of Bishop Verot (Fort Myers, Fla.) at the City of Palms Classic ended on Wednesday courtesy of national No. 1 Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) and a big fella named Dakari Johnson (New York, N.Y./Montver...

We're coming up on the dawn of early signing period and many of the big dogs in the Class of 2013 plan on tabling decisions until the late period, while begins in April. While we're likely to have a new member of the 2013 class (Dakari Johnson) as so...

There's something cooking with 2014 center Dakari Johnson (New York, N.Y./Montverde Academy), who is ranked No. 3 overall in the ESPN 60. As early as a month ago, college coaches were sniffing around the situation, probing to see if Johnson was serio...

It's called a ripple effect, and when you it comes to recruiting this time of year, one must take it into account. Every movement an uncommitted ESPN 100 prospect makes creates movement from another and another until none are left standing. Word...

Coming out of the summer, the one thing we were sure guard Detrick Mostella (Decatur, Ala./LaLumiere) could do was score the basketball. Last weekend, he did nothing to dispel that notion. "They played six quarters and Detrick had 43 on [the Illin...

There are five uncommitted ESPN 100 centers remaining. While Joel Embiid (Cameroon/The Rock) is not currently ranked, his recent play should land him on the next list so we'll count him as one. The clear top dog out of the men in the middle is 6-foot...

ESPN 100 power forward Johnathan Williams III is headed to Missouri. Williams picked the Tigers over Tennessee, Michigan State, George Mason and Georgetown on Thursday.

It was just 23 days ago that forward Noah Vonleh (Haverhill, Mass./New Hampton) announced his intentions to move up from the junior class and into the Class of 2013. It was a big move in the middle of official visit season and while speeding up his a...