Georgia Tech Transfer Carter Jr. to Visit South Carolina, Maryland, Possibly Kansas (UPDATED)

Having already visited St. John’s, transferring Georgia Tech forward Robert Carter Jr. plans to visit South Carolina, Maryland and possibly Kansas in the coming days before making a decision on his future, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Carter Jr. is set to trip to South Carolina Saturday and Maryland on Tuesday.

“He enjoyed St. John’s,” Winfred Jordan, Carter’s former coach with the Atlanta XPress, told the AJC. “He thought the chance to play his home games at Madison Square Garden was unbelievable. It’s a big market, and Robert is a Southern kid, and those things kind of impress you.

“But at the end of the day, we just want to make sure that Robert is in the right situation with the right kind of people so he can try to accomplish what his dream is – that’s to get to the next level for basketball.”

American Announces Hoops Pairings

The American Athletic Conference announced the 2014-15 men’s basketball conference pairings. The 2015 men’s basketball championship will be played March 12-15, 2015, (Thursday-Sunday) at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut as previously announced.

With the addition of East Carolina University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa in 2014, The American’s membership increases to 11 with its basketball teams continuing to play an 18-game conference schedule. Each team will play eight of its 10 opponents twice, and the other two opponents once each – one at home and one away. The complete 2014-15 conference schedule with dates and times will be announced at a later date.  

Butler Lands 2015 Big Man Fowler

Butler landed a commitment from 6-foot-9 2015

Billy Donovan Says NBA is ‘Intriguing’

Billy Donovan won’t guarantee he will be back at Florida next season.

Five NBA jobs are currently open — including the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have reportedly shown interest in Donovan, winner of two NCAA titles with the Gators.

“I think when you start making guarantees about life and start making guarantees about where you’re going to be, that’s not good because if for some reason I ever change my mind and did something, I wouldn’t want (people) saying, ‘Well, he promised, he guaranteed, he said this on record,'” Donovan said, according to the Associated Press. “I just think when you start doing that, that’s a mistake.”

Niagara Transfer Antoine Mason Has a Ton of Interest

Antoine Mason averaged 25.6 points last season