After losing back-to-back home games, Rutgers got a much needed victory Sunday afternoon at the RAC.
The Scarlet Knights downed in-state rival St. Peter’s 68-47 to improve to 4-2 on the season.
Anthony Farmer led Rutgers with 13 points and JR Inman, who is still battling a knee injury but made his first start of the season, [...]

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 [...]

Notre Dame forward Luke Harangody is out indefinitely after being diagnosed with pneumonia and no timetable has been set for his return.
Harangody became ill following Notre Dame’s 81-80 win over sixth-ranked Texas in the semifinals of the EA Sports Maui Invitational, but played in the Irish’s 102-85 loss to top-ranked North Carolina in the [...]

After 5 hours of watching college hoops tonight, I feel like I’ve just seen a couple of games in March Madness.
How good were those Notre Dame-Texas and Syracuse-Kansas games? Incredible action for November.
And a couple of impressive victories by the Big East.
Syracuse came from 13 points down in the second half to defeat defending national [...]

Lots of holiday week action on the hardwood…
**No. 2 UConn beat No. 19 Wisconsin, 76-57, to win the Paradise Jam in the first ever meeting between the schools. Jerome Dyson led the Huskies with 21 points and 3 steals, former Rice standout Kemba Walker continued to excel by notching 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 [...]

Taran Buie, a 6-foot-1 junior combo guard from Bishop Maginn (N.Y.), could decide on a school during the spring of his junior year.
According to Jim Hart, Buie’s coach with the Albany City Rocks, “Maryland, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech are the leaders.”
“He loved his recent visits to Notre Dame and Maryland and will visit Georgia [...]

Click above for video clips with Villanova coach Jay Wright, Louisville coach Rick Pitino, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins, Notre Dame coach Mike Brey and Georgetown coach John Thompson III.
**Read the full story here about how deep the Big East is this season, with 10 teams possibly headed to the Big Dance.
**Read about UConn coach [...]

When Isaiah Epps of Plainfield (NJ) High and Taran Buie of Bishop Maginn (N.Y.), two of the top guards in the Class of 2010, visited Maryland Friday night for Midnight Madness, they were greeted by enthusiastic fans.
One held up a sign that read “Epps + Buie = National Championship.”
Roscoe Smith, a 6-7 small forward from [...]

As reported earlier today by ZAGSBLOG, Ryan Kelly has pledged to play for Duke.
“With strong confidence I look forward to playing at Duke University next year,” Kelly said Thursday night on ESPNU.
The 6-foot-10 forward from Raleigh (NC) Ravenscroft School chose Duke over Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, Georgetown and Wake Forest.
“I’ve taken a lot [...]

Ryan Kelly, a 6-foot-10 forward from Raleigh (NC) Ravenscroft School, will announce his intention to play for Duke University tonight at 6:30 p.m. on ESPNU’s Recruiting Insider, according to sources.
Kelly selected Duke over Notre Dame, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Vanderbilt and Georgetown.
Ravenscroft head coach Kevin Billerman said he did not know which school [...]