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Dave Telep's Starting 5: All-star game impact on Andrew Wiggins and Aaron Gordon, a pair of weekend mid-major commitments, an introduction to freshman Amir Coffey, senior shooting guard superlatives and why "motor" guys are at a premium.

Story | Conversation | March 04, 2013

Paul Biancardi breaks down five players who raised their stock the most in the updated ESPN 100 recruiting rankings.

Story | Conversation | February 13, 2013

History tells us that lurking somewhere at the bottom end of a top-100 prospects list or possibly even outside the list entirely are future college basketball stars. Current college standouts like Trey Burke, Doug McDermott and Seth Curry were all ei...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The City of Palms Classic is the best pre-Christmas high school basketball event in the country. And just imagine if top-10 senior Julius Randle (Dallas/Prestonwood Christian) hadn't been injured and elite junior Joel Berry (Orlan...

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- ESPN 100 shooting guard and Marquette signee JaJuan Johnson (Memphis/Southwind), who's played well this week at the City of Palms Classic, strikes me as a guy who doesn't come into college with the headlining hype but quickly catc...

After his Southwind (Memphis, Tenn.) team thumped Prestonwood Christian (Plano, Texas) at the City of Palms Classic, No. 64 senior JaJuan Johnson discussed his future at Marquette with Dave Telep....

It wouldn't be Christmas without a pre-Santa serving of the City of Palms Classic. For 16 years I've packed short-sleeve shirts, hopped on a plane and settled into my seats at the friendly confines of Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers, Fla. ...

RecruitingNation basketball experts roundtable: What has been the biggest surprise from the early signing period?

Story | Conversation | November 20, 2012

Marquette head coach Buzz Williams announced the signing of five student-athletes to letters of intent on Wednesday. The Golden Eagles' No. 9 ranked class is headlined by ESPN 100 SF Deonte Burton (Milwaukee, Wisc./Vincent). "Deonte was the fir...

Here are 10 storylines to get you caught up for college basketball's early signing period and five bold predictions for what to expect in the next week and beyond.

Story | Conversation | November 12, 2012

JaJuan Johnson (Memphis, Tenn./Southwind), the No. 63 prospect in the Class of 2013, committed to Marquette on Friday. Johnson, the nephew of current NBA shooting guard Louis Williams, had narrowed his choices to the Golden Eagles, Alabama and Miami ...

Mark L. Baer/US PresswireFormer Celtics forward JaJuan Johnson.Putting the spotlight on some of Boston's former players: * DIONTE CHRISTMAS: Christmas was released by the Celtics back on Oct. 16, but has agreed to a deal with CSKA Moscow, accordin...

College basketball's early signing period is less than a month away and the Longhorns are still without a commitment in 2013. What gives? Should Texas be in panic mode right now, especially in a year when three of the top five players in the count...

TideNation recruiting writer Greg Ostendorf brings you another edition of The O-zone, a confidential look inside Alabama recruiting. Get the latest updates from the gridiron and the hardwood as it pertains to the Crimson Tide. Official visitor ...

Over the weekend, ESPN 100 shooting guard JaJuan Johnson (Memphis, Tenn./Southwind) took his third and final official visit to Marquette for the Golden Eagles' Midnight Madness festivities. "It went good," he said. "The atmosphere was crazy becaus...

ESPN 100 shooting guard JaJuan Johnson (Memphis, Tenn/Southwind) tells HornsNation that he did not make his scheduled official visit to Texas this weekend. "The Texas staff and I decided that it was best thing for me and the program," Johnson said...