Rutgers could get 6-10 freshman Kadeem Jack back from a foot injury for the start of the Big East season, a team source told SNY.tv.
“He’s coming along quite nicely and the start of the Big East season is not out of the question,” the source told SNY.tv.
Rutgers opens Big East play Jan. 1 at South Florida.
Jack broke a bone in his right foot during a preseason workout Oct. 7 and was projected to be out 3-4 months.
Conventional wisdom has held that Duke and UCLA were the two leading destinations for Tony Parker, but now Kansas appears to be making a major run at the 6-foot-9 forward from Livonia (Ga.) Miller Grove.
“They started recruiting real hard but I don’t know if I’m going to visit yet,” Parker told SNY.tv by phone Tuesday morning, confirming comments he originally made to Scout.com. “But it’s a question mark there.”
Parker said Kansas has been involved for “not a long time,” but he is considering them along with Duke, UCLA, Ohio State, Memphis, Georgetown and Georgia.
Asked if his recruitment was wide open, Parker said,”Yes.”
The Knicks plan to sign veteran shooter Steve Novak to a one-year deal for the veteran’s minimum, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.
The 6-foot-11 Novak was released by the San Antonio Spurs on Monday and would have to pass through waivers unclaimed before New York can sign him.
Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni was asked Monday about possibly adding another player to the roster after Baron Davis signed Monday.
“Maybe,” he said. “If something makes sense. I know [interim GM] Glen [Grunwald] will look and try to exhaust all the avenues. And if we can get a guy … great. If not, that’s fine. We’re good to go.”
At 5-foot-6 and 150 pounds, Aquille Carr is a unique player who has drawn comparisons to Muggsy Bogues, Spud Webb and Earl Boykins.
Because of his size and style of play, his recruitment will be different in that only certain types of programs will pursue him.
At this point, says Baltimore Patterson head coach Harry Martin, four schools are working the hardest on Carr, one of the top point guards in the Class of 2013.
“Probably the ones that I’ve seen that express the most interest are Seton Hall, Baylor, Loyola Marymount and Xavier,” Martin told SNY.tv by phone Tuesday. “They are probably the top four that have really been around.”
In case you missed it, Indiana is now 11-0 and off to its best start since the 1975-6 team went unbeaten and captured the national championship under Bob Knight.
The No. 17 Hoosiers crushed Howard, 107-50, Monday night and put six players into double-figures in scoring. Jordan Hulls led Indiana with 16 points and Cody Zeller added 12.
“Our guys were on it,” head coach Tom Crean said. “They were ready to play, excited to play and excited to join some elite company. When there are only a few teams in the illustrious history of this program that have done something (like going 11-0), they wanted to join that group.”
Ohio State coach Thad Matta said Jared
Shabazz Muhammad went for 42 points Monday night…and lost.
The consensus No. 1 player in the Class of 2012, Muhammad made 14 of 29 shots but his Las Vegas Bishop Gorman team fell to Julius Randle and Prestonwood (Texas), 76-70, in the quarterfinals of the City of Palms Classic in Fort Meyers, Fla.
The 6-9 Randle, the top power forward prospect in the Class of 2013, went for 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting while his teammate Mickey Mitchell, a 6-6 2015 wing who has drawn comparisons to Scottie Pippen, added 16 points.
Kentucky coach John Calipari and his entire staff were among those on hand to watch both players, as well as Tilton center Nerlens Noel, who won his earlier game.
