Beas Hamga, the 7-footer from Cameroon who is transferring from UNLV, is expected to visit Rutgers this coming weekend for Saturday’s Syracuse game.
“I think he goes to Rutgers on Friday,”  his advisor, Mark Adams, said by phone. “He’s coming out for the game.”
Hamga was supposed to attend last week’s Pitt-Rutgers game, but his flight was [...]

For the first time in school history, Pitt was ranked No. 1 in both the AP and USA Today - ESPN Coaches Polls.
Pitt ascended to the consensus No. 1 ranking after entering the week ranked No. 3 in both polls. On Monday, No. 2 ranked Connecticut was defeated by No. 11 ranked Georgetown 74-63. No. [...]

It was a Big Day in the Big East, with several surprises…
**No. 3 Pitt went into No. 8 Georgetown and handed it to the Hoyas behind 20 points and 17 boards from DeJuan Blair, who looked like a man among boys while outplaying freshman Greg Monroe.
“I played with something on my back saying, ‘They’re picking [...]

Mike Rosario and Travon Woodall are not brothers, but they might as well be.
The two former St. Anthony of Jersey City teammates spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day together at the home of their former teammate, Jio Fontan, in Paterson, N.J. They shared a family dinner, watched “The Dark Knight” and “Wanted” and traded stories [...]

Two of the area’s premier juniors will square off on Tuesday for the championship of the inaugural Jingle Bells Jubilee.
Isaiah Epps (pictured) will lead Plainfield against Jayvaughn Pinkston and Bishop Loughlin at 4 p.m. at Paterson Catholic.
Epps holds offers from Pittsburgh, Maryland, Rutgers and Seton Hall and has interest from Kansas and Marquette, while Pinkston [...]

Dan Hurley’s St. Benedict’s Gray Bees have reached the semifinals of the Gatorade International Championship in Puerto Rico.
St. Ben’s, No. 3 in the USA Today Super 25, will face Bayamon Military of Puerto Rico in the semis on Monday at 5:30.
The Gray Bees downed St. Francis of Puerto Rico 82-72 Saturday night at Coliseo Guillermo [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — It’s like going from Ugly Betty to Beyonce.
Like hearing a garage band one minute and being blown away by Led Zeppelin the next.
The Rutgers basketball team is transitioning from playing the absolute worst basketball team in Division I to competing against the best.
Actually, the three best.
Read the full story here.
**And watch the [...]

St. Anthony’s 34-game winning streak has come to an abrupt end.
Bishop O’Dowd (Calif.) routed the Friars 69-40 Friday in the first round of the MaxPreps Holiday Classic at Torrey Pines, Calif.
Bishop O’Dowd coach Doug Vierra told the San Francisco Chronicle he never would have dreamed of beating St. Anthony and legendary coach Bob Hurley.
“Never, [...]

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — It’s like going from Ugly Betty to Beyonce.
Like hearing a garage band one minute and being blown away by Led Zeppelin the next.
The Rutgers basketball team is transitioning from playing the absolute worst basketball team in Division I to competing against the best.
Actually, the three best.
Read the full story here.
In other Rutgers [...]

A blog report on MSG.com says DeAndre “Big Daddy” Kane committed to Seton Hall on his visit this weekend, and we are still trying to verify that info.
“He did say he liked it very much but he said he didn’t commit,” Patterson (NC) SChool coach Chris Chaney just told me by phone.
Jeremy Hazell, another former [...]