Vincent Council, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound point guard from New York, will visit Rutgers this week and will attend the Pittsburgh game on Wednesday at the RAC.
“I’m going on the 30th,” Council, who plays for Chris Chaney at The Patterson (NC) School, wrote Sunday in a text message.
Council is also supposed to visit Central Florida the [...]

St. Patrick’s first game in the City of Palms Classic will be against John Wall, the No. 1 player in the Class of 2009 according to Rivals, and his Word of God teammates on Saturday at 3:30.
St. Patrick, the Elizabeth, N.J. school ranked No. 4 in the USA Today and PrepNation.com Polls, may have to [...]

Here are a few quick notes from the world of college hoops and recruiting…
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski checked out John Wall, the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2009 according to Rivals, on Friday night, according to Dave Telep of Scout. N.C. State coach Sidney Lowe was also in attendance for every game of [...]

Great job by Alex Schwartz of Northstar Basketball getting this update on Derrick Favors of South Atlanta High. Favors told Schwartz he has eliminated Florida State from his list and is down to Georgia, Georgia Tech, Memphis and N.C. State.
The 6-foot-9 Favors did not sign in the early signing period and will now wait to [...]

John Wall says he hasn’t signed a Letter of Intent with Memphis, despite a blog report indicating that he had received the NLI Wednesday night.
“No,” Wall said via a text message.
“No,” added Brian Clifton, one of Wall’s advisors.
Wall is being recruited by a number of schools, including Memphis, Kansas, Duke, N.C. State, Baylor, Miami and [...]

Dominic Cheek and John Wall headlined a group of recruits visiting the Memphis campus this weekend.
“So far I’ve had a great time, hung out with the players, asked them how it was,” the 6-foot-5 Cheek told the Memphis Commercial Appeal. “They said if you want to play for a coach that will push you to [...]

Michael Snaer, a 6-foot-4 senior shooting guard from Rancho Verde High in Moreno Valley, Calif., announced his school on Friday. And it wasn’t Kansas.
Snaer announced on ESPNU that he will play for Florida State.
“I really like (FSU coach) Leonard Hamilton,” Snaer said on air. “He’s a really good coach, and I like the way he [...]

Today is the first day of the NCAA early signing period and Rice guard Durand Scott is not expected to make an announcement on this day.
The 6-foot-4 Scott previously said he was down to Miami, UConn and Pitt, but his former teammate, UConn freshman guard Kemba Walker, says he will choose between Miami and [...]

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 [...]

Count Derrick Favors and Latavious Williams among the elite prospects who may wait until the spring to choose a college.
The NCAA early signing period begins Wednesday.
The 6-foot-9, 220-pound Favors, the No. 3 prospect in the Class of 2009 according to Rivals, is down to Georgia, Georgia Tech and N.C. State.
Hulio Smith, one of Favors’ [...]