Melvin Oliver, a 6-foot-11, 330-pound senior center from Mississippi Elite Christian  Academy, has a slew of schools recruiting him, but Seton Hall, Baylor, Nebraska and Southern Miss are his leaders, according to his coach, Victor Evans.
“I don’t think he’s in a hurry (to make a decision),” Evans said Monday by phone. “He just wants [...]

There is news on the Gary Flowers and Chris Turner fronts, but it may not exactly be the kind of news Seton Hall fans want to hear.
The 6-foot-8 Flowers plans to spend another year at Chipola (Fla.) College before coming to a Division I program. The 6-5 Turner, meanwhile, has narrowed his list to Seton [...]

It is entirely possible that within the next week or so, Memphis could play for the national championship and also land a recruiting class that includes five-star players Tyreke Evans and Devin Ebanks.
First things first. Memphis looked extremely impressive Sunday in routing Texas, 85-67, behind 21 points, nine assists and six rebounds from freshman guard [...]

Lance Stephenson and the Lincoln Railsplitters won their second straight Class AA title in the New York State Federation Tournament of Champions title Sunday afternoon with an 87-67 victory over Holy Cross in Glens Fall, N.Y.
Stephenson posted a double-double of 16 points and 14 rebounds to earn tourney MVP honors.
Justin Greene added 19 points and [...]

St. Anthony junior wing Dominic Cheek said he’s up in the air about which college to attend but that he hopes to decide by the end of the summer.
“New schools are popping up every day,” Cheek said after Saturday’s morning workout at the adidas Nations event at Seton Hall. “UConn just popped out of nowhere [...]

Two big events will be going on at Seton Hall this weekend, including workouts for the adidas Nations US National team featuring St. Patrick junior guard Dexter Strickland and St. Anthony junior wing Dominic Cheek.
Cheek and the North Carolina-bound Strickland are on the 2009 US National Team roster that also includes Lance Stephenson of [...]

According to a story on ArizonaPreps.com, Rutgers has offered a scholarship to Mitchell Watt, a 6-foot-9 senior forward from Arizona Desert Edge High who averaged 13 points, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks , 4 assists and 2 steals per game while leading his team to a 28-2 record.
A 1st Team All-Region and First Team All-State [...]

Some interesting names are being floated for the coaching openings at Marist and NJIT….
**According to the Times Herald-Record and the Seton Hall Trove board, Villanova assistant Brett Gunning, Pittsburgh assistant Tom Herrion, Columbia head coach Joe Jones; Louisville assistant Steve Masiello (left); and Seton Hall Director of Basketball Operations Steve Sauers are interested in replacing [...]

I’m as much of a Michael Wilbon fan as the next guy, but while blogging tonight I happened to hear Wilbon discussing the Dallas Mavericks blogging controversy on “Pardon the Interruption.”

Apparently Mavs owner Mark Cuban banned all bloggers from Dallas’ locker room because he didn’t want to make a distinction between professional and non-professional bloggers. [...]