Two wing players named Dwight from Indian Hills Community College in Iowa, the No. 1 junior college in the nation, both signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period.
St. John’s has received a commitment from Dwight Hardy (pictured), a 6-foot-2 shooting guard out of The Bronx.
“He signed with [...]

Lance Stephenson and Dominic Cheek will still be on the board after the NCAA early signing period begins Wednesday.
Stephenson, the 6-foot-5 guard known as “Born Ready” from Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, and Cheek, a 6-5 wing from St. Anthony in Jersey City, are among an elite group of high school basketball [...]

Michael Snaer, the No. 5 shooting guard in the Class of 2009, could announce his college choice this week.
Snaer initially said he would announce Wednesday, the first day of the early signing period, but has now pushed that back. Until when remains unclear.
Snaer, out of Moreno Valley (CA) Rancho Verde, will choose from among Kansas, [...]

With the college season set to officially tip off with two games at Duke on Monday night, here’s a roundup of Big East exhibition games from the weekend.
** Lazar Hayward scored 23 points and Jerel McNeal added 22, making new coach Buzz Williams a winner in No. 16 Marquette’s 94-73 victory over Division II Colorado [...]

Two of the top uncommitted players in the metropolitan area will take key official visits this weekend.
Sherrod Wright, a 6-foot-4, 190-pound shooting guard from Mount Vernon High, is headed to South Carolina today for an official visit.
“He is going to South Carolina [Friday],” Mount Vernon coach Bob Cimmino said.
Wright is ranked No. 35 among shooting [...]

Boston College became the latest major school to offer a scholarship to 6-8 junior Rod Odom of the Middlesex (Ma.) School.
“He went down there Tuesday,” said Rod Odom Sr., whose family lives on Long Island. “His coach brought him down to take another look at the campus. He played some pickup with the guys. [...]

There appears to be some confusion surrounding the recruitment of Sean Kilpatrick.
Ryan Hurd, the head coach at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass., said the only official visit Kilpatrick had set up through the proper channels was an Oct. 24 trip to Providence.
Yet Gerard Jones, who is advising Kilpatrick, says the 6-foot-5, 210-pound shooting [...]

Sean Kilpatrick, a shooting guard who briefly committed to St. John’s at one point, now says Providence is his top choice.
The 6-foot-5, 210-pound Kilpatrick, a White Plains, N.Y. native now at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass., lists Providence, Cincinnati and Marquette as his top three options, according to family adviser Gerard Jones, older [...]

The parade of college coaches continues to come through Jersey City to visit with St. Anthony senior guard Dominic Cheek.
Kansas head coach Bill Self and assistant Joe Dooley had an in-home visit on Monday night with the 6-foot-5 Cheek, his uncle, Omari Knight, and St. Anthony head coach Bob Hurley.
“It was good,” Knight said by [...]

After a whirlwhind few days in which he visited St. John’s and UConn, Kevin Parrom says his college list is still in flux.
The 6-foot-6 Parrom had previously said his top five were St. John’s, Marquette, Xavier, Rutgers and South Carolina, but now he is also considering UConn, Louisville, Temple, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Providence.
Both [...]