PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Dominic Cheek is sitting behind the Rutgers bench for today’s St. Bonaventure-Rutgers game at the Rutgers Athletic Center.
There’s not much of a student turnout today. Maybe everyone’s home watching the Titans-Jets game?
The 6-foot-5 wing from St. Anthony in Jersey City is here on his official visit and also took in Friday night’s [...]

Providence continued to land quality players when it secured a commitment Wednesday from 5-foot-10, 160-pound point guard Johnnie Lacy of Notre Dame Prep.
Lacy, the No. 18 point guard in the Class of 2009 according to Rivals, chose the Friars over Tennessee, Texas and Pitt, Notre Dame coach Ryan Hurd said.
“We’re excited about his future at [...]

Durand Scott is down to three schools and could decide relatively soon.
The 6-foot-4 Scott, the No. 9 shooting guard in the Class of 2009 according to Rivals, will choose from among Miami, UConn and Pittsburgh, the three schools to which he has taken officials. Planned official visits to UCLA and Tennessee never happened and those [...]

Hoftra-bound guard Chaz Williams of Bishop Ford poured in 34 points to lift the Boros to a 124-120 OT victory over the Burbs in Sunday’s Metro Classic on Long Island.
Read the game story from my man Theo Rabinowitz of NYHoops.com. You can also catch the game here courtesy of Sports Webcasting Network.
J.J. Moore, a forward [...]

Rice guard Durand Scott will take an official visit to Miami this weekend, and after that his visits schedule is up in the air.
“He is going to Miami and we’ll see what happens after the visit,” Dwayne Mitchell, Scott’s coach with the Gauchos AAU program, wrote in a text message.
The 6-foot-4, 180-pound Scott, the No. [...]

Because his Gauchos team is in the semifinals of is8 this Saturday in Queens, Rice guard Durand Scott says he won’t make his scheduled visit to Tennessee this weekend.
“I think the following week because I have a semifinal game this weekend in is8,” Scott said in a text message.
The 6-foot-4 Scott has already visited Pitt [...]

The is8 playoffs in New York City are having an impact on the recruiting plans of several of the city’s top seniors.
Lance Stephenson will not visit Kansas this weekend for “Late Night in the Phog” because his Juice All Stars will compete Saturday morning in the is8 semis against New Heights. The Gauchos, who feature [...]

Dominic Cheek, the immensely talented 6-foot-5 wing from St. Anthony of Jersey City, has narrowed his list of colleges and begun to plan his visits.
I just got off the phone with St. Anthony associate head coach Ben Gamble and here’s the deal: Wake Forest , Tennessee and UConn have been eliminated from Cheek’s list.
He plans [...]

Lance Stephenson and Dominic Cheek, who guarded one another in the Boost Mobile Elite 24 event in August, both plan on visiting Kansas for “Late Night in the Phog” Oct. 17.
Stephenson, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard at Brooklyn Lincoln, has made Kansas the first of his official visits, with several more still in the works.
“We’re going [...]

Having finished his in-home visits with college coaches, Dominic Cheek will now figure out his five officials.
“We’re going to sit down and write things down and decide what schools he wants to visit,” St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley said. “And then he’ll start making his visits.”
Cheek had an in-home on Tuesday night with Pitt head [...]