Since last Friday marked the official start of high school hoops practice in New Jersey, we recommend you check out this tremendous video piece on Dominic Cheek by Collin Orcutt and Michael Preston of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. Orcutt and his colleagues worked on this piece for several weeks, following Dom through workouts, [...]

Clark Francis’ rankings of the Top Seniors in the Class of 2009 are out and Brooklyn Lincoln guard Lance Stephenson tops the list.
Stephenson has said he will wait until the spring to announce his future plans. St. John’s, Kansas and USC are among the schools recruiting him, and some speculate he may also opt to [...]

Having completed his final official visit to Pittsburgh this week, Dominic Cheek has no timetable for making a decision but will sit down next week his coaches to discuss his options.
“Today [Friday] was our first day of practice so we’ve got to concentrate on St. Anthony right now,” Friars associate head coach Ben Gamble said [...]

Nearly everywhere Dominic Cheek goes, he seems to run into a former teammate.
At Kansas, it was Tyshawn Taylor. At Rutgers, Mike Rosario. At Pitt is is Travon Woodall.
Of the five schools still on Cheek’s list, three feature freshmen who played alongside Cheek last year on St. Anthony’s undefeated national championship team. Only Memphis and Villanova [...]

I had a chance to catch up with Memphis head coach John Calipari on the phone today and we covered several topics, including Seton Hall, Tyreke Evans and Xavier Henry.
[For more on Seton Hall, check out Fooch's interview with Pirates head coach Bobby Gonzalez filmed in a leafy suburb]
**Memphis beat Seton Hall in the Puerto [...]

ESPN will show 15 high school boys basketball games this year on ESPNU, ESPN and ESPN2.
Lincoln star Lance Stephenson will appear three times and Putnam City (Ok.) standout Xavier Henry, who recently committed to Memphis, will appear twice.
Click here for the schedule. It will open with a doubleheader on Thursday, Dec. 11, with Bishop McGuinness [...]

Dominic Cheek says he enjoyed his weekend official visit to Rutgers but is still open to the five schools recruiting him.
Cheek did not commit during the early signing period in November and will choose from among Kansas, Memphis, Villanova, Pittsburgh and Rutgers and sign in the spring.
Cheek spent Friday-Sunday at Rutgers watching the Scarlet Knights [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Dominic Cheek is sitting behind the Rutgers bench for today’s St. Bonaventure-Rutgers game at the Rutgers Athletic Center.
There’s not much of a student turnout today. Maybe everyone’s home watching the Titans-Jets game?
The 6-foot-5 wing from St. Anthony in Jersey City is here on his official visit and also took in Friday night’s [...]

Dominic Cheek says Memphis is still on his list and had not been eliminated because Xavier Henry signed with the school last week.
“Memphis is not off the list,” Cheek wrote in a text message. “It’s never been off the list.”
Added St. Anthony associate head coach Ben Gamble: “He told me that yesterday, so they’re back [...]

Strong piece by my esteemed colleague Jerry Carino of the Courier News today about Rutgers sophomore guard Corey Chandler.
Chandler sat out RU’s exhibition win over Caldwell College for disciplinary reasons, but has returned to provide a spark off the bench. Against Delaware last Sunday, the Newark native had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 steals [...]