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THE ‘REAL’ DANNY LAWHORN UPDATE; COLEMAN COMMITS TO UL

BY JEFF BORZELLO Late last week, the Facebook and Twitter accounts for prep school school senior Danny Lawhorn sent shockwaves through the recruiting world: it was posted that he was committing to Connecticut. However, shortly after, it was apparent that someone had hacked into Lawhorn’s social networks and posted the commitment messages. “I don’t even know,” Lawhorn told the NBE Basketball... [Read more]

NPSI DAY FOUR RECAP

BY PAT STEVENS – Two of the Class of 2011’s best shined as Michael Carter-Williams of St. Andrew’s locked up the MVP award while Shabazz Napier of Lawrence Academy made a push at retaining it for the second straight year as the 12th annual National Prep School Invitational concluded on Sunday. Big East assistant coaches on hand included Connecticut’s Pat Sellers and Providence’s Pat Skerry.... [Read more]

BIG EAST NEWS & NOTES (2/8/2010)

*********Follow NBE Sports on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NBESports***** A busy and snowy weekend in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic is over and the basketball action of Rivalry Week will likely help thaw things out. Before the week got started, there were a pair of Big East match-ups on Super Bowl Sunday and Notre Dame cooled off the red hot USF Bulls and Syracuse laid claim to the top spot in the... [Read more]

NPSI DAY THREE RECAP

BY PAT STEVENS – J.J. Moore and Shabazz Napier were two of the top performers leading their teams to wins as the 12th annual National Prep School Invitational rolled along for a third day on Saturday at the University of Rhode Island. South Florida’s Eric Skeeters was the lone Big East assistant in attendance. -South Kent’s J.J. Moore (6-6 WF/Pittsburgh) led all scorers on the day with 30 points... [Read more]

NPSI DAY TWO RECAP

BY PAT STEVENS – St. Mark’s Nate Lubick (Georgetown) and Alex Murphy had big days along with St. Andrew’s Michael Carter-Williams who went for 36 points on the second day of the 12th annual National Prep School Invitational. Assistant coaches in attendance included Rodell Davis of Providence, Craig Carter of Rutgers, Scott Adubato of Seton Hall and Eric Skeeters of South Florida. [Read more]  Read More →

SYRACUSE – VILLANOVA TO MAKE NCAA HISTORY

According to SUathletics.com, the official website of Syracuse University athletics, the Saturday, February 27 game between Syracuse and Villanova at the Carrier Dome is already a sell out. Currently the teams are 1-2 in the Big East standings and ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the latest AP poll with the Orange right behind the Wildcats. SU officials announced that the game has officially sold out with... [Read more]

BIG EAST NEWS & NOTES (2/5/2010)

*********Follow NBE Sports on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NBESports***** One game wa on tap Thursday and it allowed Notre Dame to rebound from their loss at Rutgers and stop their slide. On the other hand, it was a missed opportunity for Cincinnati to move into the upper third of the league and with a daunting schedule to close out the regular season, Mick Cronin’s team faces a tough road ahead... [Read more]

NPSI DAY ONE RECAP

BY PAT STEVENS — A number of coaches made the trip to Rhode Island for the 12th annual National Prep School Invitational, with South Florida’s Stan Heath the lone Big East head coach and he was joined by conference assistants such as Connecticut’s Pat Sellers, Georgetown’s Mike Brennan, Louisville’s Ralph Willard, Providence’s Pat Skerry, Seton Hall’s Scott Adubato, and West Virginia’s... [Read more]

RUNNING OF THE BULLS AT SOUTH FLORIDA

Led by dynamic junior Dominique Jones, USF has won four straight and is thinking NCAA This is the fifth season that the South Florida basketball program has competed in the Big East basketball conference. To say the first four years have been a struggle would be an understatement. Coming into the 2009-2010 season, USF had a record of 11-57 in Big East conference games. Since joining the Big East... [Read more]

NBE PREP CORNER – UNDERCLASSMEN UPDATE (PART II)

BY PAT STEVENS — As mentioned in Part I of the Prep Corner’s Underclassman Updates, the group of young talent in the NEPSAC this season is pretty unprecedented when comparing to recent years. The 2011 class has a pair of point guards who are among the best in the country at their position in Shabazz Napier (Lawrence Academy) and Naadir Tharpe (Brewster Academy). Two more have already given... [Read more]

WVU FANS SHOW THEY ARE LIKE SCHOOL ON SUNDAY: NO CLASS

by RAY MERNAGH First, they got “clever” with a chant. “Suck My Dixon,” the scholars in the WVU student section yelled, presumably at Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon. Then they threw things on the floor. In response to that, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins basically told them they were “stupid” which, in true Huggins fashion, was right on the mark. Unfortunately they... [Read more]

GOTTLIEB MIGHT BE WRONG ON SOUTH FLORIDA

by RAY MERNAGH Heard ESPN’s Doug Gottlieb say that South Florida “isn’t an NCAA Tournament” team the other day. Gottlieb is paid to have an opinion, like a lot of us, and when he said it he was in the middle of saying some really nice things about USF’s recent uptick. The Bulls just won their fourth in a row by beating Georgetown on the road behind another excellent night... [Read more]

DANNY LAWHORN UPDATE?

Trying to get to the bottom of the Danny Lawhorn story. At this point in time, we will definitely side with David Borges of the New Haven Register that No Lawhorn verbal commitment has been made to UConn or any other school. We believed we exchanged e-mail messages with Danny Lawhorn last night, as we have done often after meeting him on the prep circuit in the past. However, this time it is possibly... [Read more]

OMAR CALHOUN PICKING UP ELITE RECRUITING INTEREST

2012 NYC prospect seeing UK, UNC, UCLA, ‘Zona, etc joing Big East schools on his trail by MATT WHITFIELD The 2010 Newark Invitational at the Prudential Center drew some of the top teams from Jersey and destinations far and near. One team that traveled from over the river to compete in Newark (NJ) was Christ the King of NYC. CTK was matched up against Jersey City (NJ) power St. Peter’s... [Read more]

MERNAGH’S BELLY OF THE BE-AST

by RAY MERNAGH Dominique Jones USF’s star is on a roll right now — obviously — and that in itself isn’t surprising because Jones has been an upper-tier Big East guard since he stepped on the court for his first game. One of the things that jumps out at me regarding Jones are the jump in his numbers since starting Big East play — for the entire season ‘Nique is... [Read more]

BIG EAST NEWS & NOTES (2/3/2010)

*********Follow NBE Sports on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NBESports***** A busy couple nights in the Big East with three games last night, all decided by double-digits, and three games on the schedule for tonight. On Tuesday we saw Syracuse and Villanova to continue to set the pace in the conference by picking up home wins of Providence and Seton Hall, respectively. The Orange survived a close first... [Read more]

MIKE SHAW RECRUITING UPDATE

More Big East schools join Louisville on the list of talented junior big man from Illinois by MATT WHITFIELD Chicago (IL) De La Salle High School came East last weekend to participate in the Newark Invitational at the Prudential Center in Newark (NJ). It was a showcase game pitting the Grey Bees of St. Benedict’s in Newark against the highly touted De La Salle squad that is led by one of the... [Read more]

PITT’S MCGHEE NEEDS MORE RESPECT

by RAY MERNAGH Put the paper in front of any Pitt fan, player or coach (except maybe Jamie Dixon) on November 1st and they’d all sign off on it. The paper, make that a contract, would read the following: On February 1st you will be coming off a loss at South Florida and heading into a road game with the West Virginia Mountaineers who will be 17-3 overall and 6-2 in the Big East. This is where... [Read more]

BIG EAST NEWS & NOTES (2/2/2010)

*********Follow NBE Sports on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NBESports***** Lots of good stuff to get to today. Big Monday action last night had two teams with much need for a win and Louisville held serve and defeated a slumping UConn, 82-69. Tonight features Villanova (against Seton Hall) and Syracuse (against Providence) in action on their home courts looking to defend their lofty national rankings.... [Read more]

NBE BIG EAST POWER POLL (2/1/2010)

The top four in the conference seem to be getting clearer and cleared while the bottom three have come into focus, the other nine teams continue to jockey for position and fight for the final handful of NCAA Tournament bids that will hopefully come from the Big East this season. Once again, NBE writers and contributors took the time to submit their votes for this week’s Big East Power poll,... [Read more]

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