Jorge Zagales, the coach of Rutgers commit Terrance Taylor, says the Scarlet Knights are getting an “intangibles” guy in the 6-foot-1, 180-pound safety.
Taylor, out of Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll in Miami, chose Rutgers over Colorado State, Ohio University, Kent State, Central Michigan, Marshall, Central Florida, Florida International and Auburn, Zagales said.
“He’s a free safety for [...]

In the wake of some terrific reporting by Jeff Goodman of FoxSports.com, the Memphis basketball program self-reported a possible NCAA violation on Thursday after learning that FedEx president and Tiger booster Dave Bronczek placed a phone call to the mother of a recruit who works for his company.
Goodman reported that Bronczek made an early July [...]

NEWPORT, R.I. — I had never spoken to Pat White before Tuesday afternoon, never interacted with the West Virginia quarterback and Heisman trophy candidate. I had never heard of West Virginia baseball coach Greg Van Zant, either.
Yet in the span of a few minutes at Big East media day, the quarterback made some startling [...]

James Bell, a 6-4, 210-pound shooting guard/small forward from Jacksonville (FL) Arlington Country Day, has committed to Villanova. Bell is the first member of the Class of 2010 to commit to the Wildcats.
“I spoke to Coach (Jay) Wright and coach (Pat) Chambers and I talked it over with my mother and my grandmother,” Bell said [...]

Dwon Clifton has been hired as Director of Player Development at Baylor. Can John Wall be far behind?
Clifton was the head coach for Wall’s D-One Sports Basketball 17 and under travel team. He spent two years at Clemson in the early 2000s when current Baylor assistant coach Matt Driscoll was a [...]

Our man Richard Hansen — whose new blog follows Memphis hoops –chimes in with this update on Memphis recruit Angel Garcia, whose eligibility has recently been questioned.
Rob Petrone from Eyewitness News 24 in Memphis, TN has reported that Garcia to Wabash Valley College in Illinois is merely a backup plan for Garcia if he does [...]

Terrance Taylor, a 6-0, 175-pound safety from Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll in Miami, has verbally committed to Rutgers for 2009, according to the Miami Herald .
Taylor has other scholarship offers from the University of Central Florida, South Florida and Florida International, the newspaper said.
Taylor has been timed at 4.6 seconds in the 40-yard dash and [...]

St. Thomas More coach Jere Quinn is losing Devin Ebanks, but likely gaining Danny Jennings.
The 6-foot-8, 240-pound Jennings, a Staten Island native, told me he will “most likely” attend the Connecticut prep school next season before heading to West Virginia in the fall of 2009.
“I think he’s going to, yes,” Quinn said Thursday by phone. [...]

NEWPORT, R.I. — There were Saturday nights last year when Mike Teel’s right thumb throbbed so much, the pain was overwhelming.
“For a period of four weeks, it was a nine out of 10, 10 out of 10 [on a scale of 10],” Teel said at Big East media day on Tuesday. “That’s the way [...]

Several hoops big men are on the move…Enes Kanter, a 6-9 16-year-old from Turkey whom I profiled in May, will enroll at Winchendon (Mass.) Prep as a junior and play for Mike Byrnes. One of Kanter’s countrymen and best friends, Ozan Dilik, a high major 6-4 point guard, will be Kanter’s roommate.
“(Kanter) has been [...]