Words. Austin Rivers

Winter Park (Fla.) senior guard Austin Rivers is the best player in the country. After de-committing from Florida in April, Rivers allowed Duke, North Carolina and Kansas to give chase, making his one of the most captivating recruiting stories in the country.

The younger son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, Austin has agreed to give HSH exclusive access by chronicling his thoughts in a regular diary. In this entry he talks about his big decision: MORE >

Words. Austin Rivers

Winter Park (Fla.) senior guard Austin Rivers is the best player in the country. After de-committing from Florida in April, Rivers allowed Duke, North Carolina and Kansas to give chase, making his one of the most captivating recruiting stories in the country.

The younger son of Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, Austin has agreed to give HSH exclusive access by chronicling his thoughts in a regular diary. In this entry he talks about a major development: MORE >

Words. Shabazz Muhammad

Few players, if any, had as productive a summer as Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) shooting guard Shabazz Muhammad — evidenced by his 32 ppg scoring average on the AAU scene.

Muhammad, a junior who is ranked No. 8 in the HSH National Top 50, has agreed to give HSH exclusive access by chronicling his thoughts in this regular diary where he’ll keep everyone updated on everything from his personal life to his high school season to his recruiting process: MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

Brandon (Miss.) High School forward Tyler Adams said the rumors about him wavering in his commitment to Duke were “crazy” and “not true.”

“I don’t know what’s been going on,” said Adams, a rising senior who committed to the reigning national champions in late-April. “I’m solid to Duke.”

A Mississippi State fan site posted an article recently saying that the Bulldogs were still recruiting Adams, along with Georgetown. MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

Christ School (Arden, N.C.) center Marshall Plumlee ended his recruitment Saturday and picked Duke over Virginia. Plumlee said that North Carolina was also in the mix, but with no solid offer on the table, he picked between the Cavs and the Blue Devils.

The youngest of the three 7-foot Plumlee brothers, Marshall will join Miles and Mason, who just won a national title at Duke. MORE >

Words. Jack Jensen

This past weekend, the final regular session of Nike’s Elite Youth Basketball League commenced in Los Angeles. With over 40 teams from across the country converging in L.A., the event was definitely loaded with top-tier talent and competition.

Among the competitors in attendance was a pair of Kentucky commits and consensus top-3 overall prospects Mike Gilchrist and Marquis Teague. While Gilchrist’s Team Final squad looked to have more firepower on paper — a team that also featured five-star recruit Rakeem Christmas, Syracuse commit Trevor Cooney and a pair of future D-1 guys in Tyrone Johnson and Aaron Brown — Teague’s Spiece Indy Heat team managed to match their counterpart’s record with a 4-1 showing. MORE >