Things are moving fast and furious tonight in the world of college hoops recruiting….
**First off, Norvel Pelle told me tonight by phone that he plans to visit St. John’s and Washington, but didn’t have the specific dates nailed down.
“I’m starting visits next week,” he said.
The NCAA early signing period runs Nov. 10-17 and Pelle said he hoped to take “two or three” visits before it ends.
The 6-foot-10, 210-pound big man out of Los Angeles Price said he’s also considering UTEP, UCLA and Oregon. He has been to UCLA on an unofficial but not to the other schools.
“I’m still open,” he said. “I’m not leaning towards nobody yet.”
As for St. John’s, which he visited unofficially in the summer, he said he has recently spoken to head coach Steve Lavin.
“I spoke to him last week,” he said. “We were just talking out New York and how I fit in with the program.”
As for Washington, he said, “It’s a nice environment, beautiful school, wonderful coach.”
Wherever he goes, “I will be able to play a fast-paced game.”
**Findlay Prep point guard Myck Kabongo has decommitted from Texas, according to comments he gave to Dave Telep of ESPN.com.
“I’m not opening it up to everybody but I’m going to open it to certain schools,” Kabongo, the No. 5 point guard in the Class of 2011 per Rivals, told ESPN.com. “I’ll look at Syracuse, Duke, North Carolina, Texas and Kentucky. That’s it.”
Kabongo told Telep he’s “60 percent” sure he’ll sign in the spring.
The 6-2 Kabongo initially commit to Texas while at St. Benedict’s Prep. He then transferred to Findlay for his senior season.
He would have joined fellow Canadians and Grassroots Canada players Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph, both freshman at UT.
“The next step is talking, visiting and building relationships and meeting new people,” Kabongo said.
**Ryan Boatright, another point guard who recently decommitted from West Virginia, is now at UConn on an official, which he seems to be enjoying.
“It’s UConn. Coach Calhoun, all the pros, the program, period,” he told David Borges of the New Haven Register. “It’s my style of play, up-and-down, he plays two guards all the time. It’s a good fit.”
Boatright will visit UNLV next week and Oklahoma at a later date.
As for his decommitment from West Virginia, his mother told the Register that they weren’t aware the Mountaineers were getting Mount Vernon point guard Jabarie Hinds, who committed to West Virginia on SNY.tv.
“We knew that they were recruiting (Jabarie), but we didn’t think they would take both of them. Since we committed first … he just looked at it like, ‘When I committed, it wasn’t what it was.’ When he committed, there was no him, (Jabarie) and the other two point guards. The situation changed when they took that other commitment. I told him, ‘analyze it, think about it.’ He came back and said, ‘Mom, I don’t think it’s going to work for me.'”
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Savon Goodman is on an unofficial today to Penn State, per Alex Kline.
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MrDogma / October 31, 2010
good move by kabongo. kentucky’s already got teague, so they’re out. could be carolina, god knows they need a point guard. smart money’s on syrause or duke. cook hasn’t pulled the plug for the blue devils yet, so this news might cause him to pick up the pace. if cook picks duke, look for kabongo to go to ‘cuse.
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fearthephog25 / October 31, 2010
My money is on Cuse, Duke and uk are already set.
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BostonCat / October 31, 2010
it depends on what knight does. knight will have an amazing year. but he could come back, finish his degree in 2 years and graduate. or he could be a lottery pick. cant go wrong with either choice. uk has no open rides right now. in the spring that could change. if it does….it wouldnt shock me to see him come aboard.
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