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 [...]

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 [...]

With Big East action now in full swing, here are Five Questions for the upcoming games:
1. Can Pitt beat Georgetown?
The Hoyas are coming off a thorough beating of No. 2 UConn, the preseason favorite to win the conference, in Hartford on Monday. Now the No. 3 Panthers come to town Saturday (noon, ESPN) and could [...]

With Seton Hall head coach Bobby Gonzalez back in the hotel serving a one-game suspension, No. 11 Syracuse blew out Seton Hall, 100-76, tonight in the Big East Opener for both teams.
The Orange (13-1) converted 12 of 22 from beyond the arc and got 26 points from Andy Rautins and 20 from Eric Devendorf, who [...]

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 [...]

Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg recently perused the Rutgers men’s basketball schedule and instantly felt empathy for his colleague Fred Hill.
The Scarlet Knights, after all, are in the midst of an unprecedented stretch in college basketball history.
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Several coaches checked in Sunday night to watch Jarrid Famous, the 6-foot-11, 235-pound center from Westchester Community College.
Bobby Gonzalez and Derm Player of Seton Hall, Pat Skerry of Providence and an Oregon coach watched Famous drop 21 and 10 in a blowout of Rockland Community College. He is averaging 23.9 points and 11.5 boards [...]

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 [...]

Jeremy Hazell poured in a career-high 35 points on 15-of-26 shooting to lead Seton Hall to a 101-70 rout of in-state rival Fairleigh Dickinson Saturday night at the Prudential Center.
Seton Hall improved to 9-3 in its last non-conference game before beginning Big East play Tuesday at Syracuse.
Robert Mitchell added 24 points and a game-high 10 [...]

Nearly a week after DeAndre Kane took an official visit to Seton Hall, his high school coach says Kane made a verbal commitment to play for the Pirates.
“He just told me he committed,” Patterson (N.C.) head coach Chris Chaney said Friday night by phone. “He did say he felt comfortable and really enjoyed the visit.”
Kane [...]