Barry to Visit ASU, St. John’s; Iona Lands Shooter

The future of the St. John’s basketball program could take a major turn later this month.

Remi Barry, a 6-foot-7 French national from Loomis (Calif.) Del Oro High, will visit Arizona State the weekend June 11-13 and St. John’s June 18-20.

Barry said he was looking forward to the St.  John’s visit to “see if I like the campus, the people, the city. See if I feel like home or not, if I’m comfortable or not.”

He will then make a decision between those two programs and UCLA sometime later this month.

Arizona State is also in the mix for Kyle Cain, a 6-7 wing from New Hampton (N.H.) Prep, who is also considering West Virginia, Illinois and Alabama. Cain is currently visiting ASU.

Barry, considered a potential future NBA player, tripped from Loomis (Calif.) Del Oro High to UCLA May 16 and said he enjoyed it.

IONA LANDS SHOOTER

Iona secured a verbal commitment from 6-8 shooter Aleksander Kesic of Huntington (West Va.) Prep, a native of Serbia.

He also visited St. Bonaventure and Toledo.

“It’s a steal for Iona,” Huntington Prep coach Rob Fulford said. “I think he’s going to be an All-Conference-type player for them eventually.

“He had some high majors on him early. A lot of them wanted that slasher/athletic kid who can make plays. He’s a system guy who is a really great 3-point shooter. He can guard multiple positions, can guard the wings, can guard the post.”

Kesic averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds playing alongside Louisville commits Justin Coleman and Gorgui Dieng.

“He did just as good a job guarding [Ohio State-bound big man] Jared Sullinger as Gorgui,” Fulford said, referring to the team’s loaded schedule. “He did a great job on [Kentuckiy commit] Doron Lamb of Oak Hill. He has an extremely high basketball IQ and moves great without the ball.”

Kesic joins 6-2 combo guard Sean Armand in Iona’s 2010 recruiting class.

Memphis, Fordham and Rhode Island also offered Armand.

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