Words. Aron Phillips

Last week Gonzaga College High School hosted the 20th annual Gonzaga DC Classic. It has been reported that a Gonzaga parent proposed that Gonzaga host a holiday basketball tournament in Washington, DC. That parent enlisted the support of the Gonzaga Fathers’ Club, formed a committee of interested Gonzaga fathers, and began to work the plan. On December 20, 1989, the Gonzaga DC Classic made its start. While the original teams were only four in number, they were some of the best in Washington and Baltimore: Gonzaga, DeMatha, Coolidge and Dunbar. MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

In the end, the lure to have the ball in his hands from Day One at one of college basketball’s most storied programs was too much to turn down, as St. Patrick High (N.J.) point guard Kyrie Irving picked Duke today over Kentucky and Texas A&M live on ESPNU.

“I’ll be a Blue Devil next year,” Irving told ESPNU. “It was just my relationship with him (Coach Mike Krzyzewski) and the whole coaching staff. I have a great relationship with everybody. When I went on my official visit it felt like home. It’s the place for me.” MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

St. Patrick High (Elizabeth, N.J.) point guard Kyrie Irving will announce his college decision live on ESPNU tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. EST.

We’ve maintained for quite some time now that Irving would pick Duke over Kentucky, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech and Seton Hall.

That hasn’t changed. MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

Andre Dawkins knows what we’re going to say, so when he picks the phone up to talk with HighSchoolHoop he’s waiting for us to ask him if he remembers.

“I do,” he says. “I was smiling when you asked me that last time.”

A week before we reported about Dawkins heading to Duke a year early, we chatted with Dawkins on a variety of different topics. MORE >

Words. Jason Jordan

Montrose Christian’s Josh Hairston wishes he could join Dawkins early

Gonzaga College High’s (Washington, D.C.) Tyler Thornton wouldn’t mind being in Andre Dawkins’ shoes, but he’s content with “winning another championship and getting better” during his senior year.

Montrose Christian’s (Md.) Joshua Hairston is more concerned that Dawkins will treat Hairston and Thornton “like little kids once we get to Duke now that he’s gonna have a year at Duke under his belt.” MORE >