Words. High School Hoop

Just because Syracuse is arguably the best team in all of college basketball right now doesn’t mean that Jim Boeheim and his staff are just sitting back and enjoying the ride. There is no time better than right now to strike with recruits, and the ‘Cuse made a move over the weekend.

Last night, The Recruit Scoop’s Alex Kline tweeted that Syracuse officially offered Class of 2015 St. Benedict’s star guard Isaiah Bricsoe. MORE >

Words. High School Hoop

Last week, Landon School (Bethesda, Md.) star guard senior Joe McDonald officially committed to George Washington. He followed up the biggest announcement of his basketball life with a career-best offensive explosion over the weekend, going off for 49 points and 18 rebounds in his team’s overtime win over rival Episcopal.

McDonald was everywhere, according to DMVElite.com: MORE >

Words. High School Hoop

If you read Smack on dimemag.com this morning, near the end, we gave a shout out to this clip of Hunting Prep’s Xavier Rathan Mayes hitting a kid at the John Lucas Midwest Camp that may be impossible for that kid to ever overcome.

It’s so bad, Mayes’ victim A) completely falls out of the frame and B) Mayes has all day to stop, stare, and admire his work. Just filthy: MORE >

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You gotta admire the hustle, even if the final result – while crazy – isn’t what this kid was hoping for when he went head-first after a loose ball. MORE >

Words. Patrick Cassidy

As expected, Bullitt High School (Mt. Washington, Ky.) superstar Derek Willis officially committed to Kentucky yesterday afternoon. In a press conference held in his high school library in front of a contingent of media and UK supporters, he made his announcement – to a round of cheers.

Check it out here and then see what the fuss is about: MORE >

Words. Patrick Cassidy

For a college coaching staff that has been putting in serious time (many times years of pursuit) on a local recruit, pretty much the absolute worst news that they can ever receive is that Duke is suddenly interested in that same player. Coach K and Co. are among the handful of programs that can usually afford to sit back while other school spend time and resources recruiting players and then swoop in to take who they want down the stretch. And that may be the case with Philly star forward Amile Jefferson (Friends Central).

Alex Schwartz of NBE is reporting that Duke is now in hot pursuit of one of 2012′s top unsigned players. MORE >