Julius Randle can add a gold medal to his growing list of accomplishments.
The uncommitted 2013 forward from Prestonwood Christian Academy put up a double-double of 18 points and 12 rebounds to help the U.S. U18 team win the gold medal over host Brazil, 81-56, in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
In five games in Brazil, Randle averaged 14.2 points and 6.6 rebounds.
D’Angelo Russell, a 6-foot-4 2014 shooting guard from Montverde (Fla.) Academy, will visit Cincinnati tomorrow (Thursday) and Kentucky next week.
“Yes, sir,” Russell, a Louisville native, told SNY.tv Thursday by phone after the news was previously reported by Scout.com. “I’m going up there [to Cincinnati] early tomorrow and then I’m coming back probably later in the day.”
Russell confessed he doesn’t know much about Cincinnati yet.
Before he steps foot on a series of national campuses, Noah Vonleh wants to get to know the local folks first.
So the 6-foot-8 2014 power forward out of New Hampton (N.H.) Prep is currently on a tour of New England schools.
He visited Providence Tuesday, comes to UMass today (Wednesday) and heads to Boston College Saturday.
UConn is on tap for sometime next week.
“I think we might be going down there next week,” Vonleh told SNY.tv of UConn,
Tyus Jones has no official school list yet but the 2014 point guard told SNY.tv several schools are working very hard right now.
“Michigan State, Ohio State, Minnesota, Baylor, Indiana, Duke, Arizona, those are kind of the ones that are showing the most interest,” the 6-foot-1 Jones said from the USA U17 practices in Colorado Springs, Colo.
He said Duke, Michigan State, Kentucky, Kansas, Baylor, Indiana, Ohio State, Minnesota and Nebraska all reached out after midnight
Julius Randle scored 15 points as the USA U18 team beat Argentina, 107-72, to advance to the FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Men gold medal game.
The USA will meet host Brazil Wednesday for the gold in a rematch of Monday’s game, won by the Americans, 83-64, behind 22 points from Tennessee’s Jarnell Stokes and 15 from Randle. Brazil advanced to the gold medal game after handing Canada its first loss of the tournament, 66-62.
“What I have told the guys is whatever has happened up to this point in time
With Mike Dunlap now the head coach of the Charlotte Bobcats, St. John’s head coach Steve Lavin has a decision to make.
Whom does he hire to replace Dunlap on a staff that also includes Tony Chiles and Rico Hines as assistants?
Here’s a list of people in the mix to replace Dunlap on the Johnnies staff. Several college head coaches could also be considered:
Stephen Domingo wants to be a Pied Piper for Georgetown.
In fact, Hoyas coach John Thompson III may have no better recruiter right now than the 6-foot-7 small forward from San Francisco St. Ignatius Prep.
Having already committed to Georgetown in the Class of 2013, Domingo is now working on a slew of his teammates with the USA U17 team.
“I’ve been working on Jahlil [Okafor] and Johnathan Williams and then a couple of
