At 6-foot-8 with a 7-9 wingspan, Beejay Anya is one of the most recruited big men in the Class of 2013.

“I have offers from Syracuse, Texas, Kansas, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Indiana, Seton Hall, Maryland, Georgetown,” Anya, the No. 2 center in the class of 2013, told FiveStarBasketball.com. “There’s a whole lot of others. I can’t think off the top of my head. N.C. State is recruiting me as well.”

“I like all my schools so far and I think I’m just wide open.”

In general, Anya, out of Dematha Catholic, wants to play for a program where “they like using their big men a lot, schools that are known for using their big men a lot in the paint, or are willing to use their big men in the paint.”

“A school that does that will be a good school for me,” he added.

Syracuse is certainly an option since they have done well with big men and have Anya’s teammate, Jerami Grant, coming in in 2012.

“I know he can get me the ball as well, so I think that will work out in my benefit if I go there,” he said.

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And maybe the ACC.

“We are extremely excited about Steven and James,” Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said, referring also to DeMatha Catholic guard James Robinson. “Both are good players from winning backgrounds and both have outstanding work ethic.”

Adams is a 7-foot, 240-pound center from New Zealand who has been rated as a consensus national top-10 recruit. This summer he led the adidas Nations Tournament in both scoring (22 ppg.) and rebounding (16.8 rpg.). 

In a matchup with fellow 7-footer Kaleb Tarczewski, who has signed with Arizona, Adams posted 20 points, 24 rebounds and four assists, while holding Tarczewski to 10 points and four boards.

“He’s tremendous,” said Chris Rivers of adidas, who was the assistant coach to Alex English on Adams’ Asia team. “He’s very Greg Oden-like from 2005.

“He runs, he blocks shots up by the square, he finishes with both hands. He’s a competitor, a true team player.

“He has tremendous attitude. His team lost every game and it didn’t phase him. He went hard every time down the court.”

A New Zealand National Team player, Adams competed this summer for the Wellington Exodus Saints and helped lead the squad to the National Basketball League title. He has also guided his club team in Wellington to two national titles at the Under-19 and Under-17 age groups.

Following secondary school graduation from Scots College Prep (Wellington, N.Z.) in December, Adams will enroll and play at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass., and play for coach Ryan Hurd.

After a semester at Notre Dame, Adams will join fellow Notre Dame Prep alum Khem Birch, a Canadian who was named a McDonald’s All-American last season, along with current freshman shot-blocker Malcolm Gilbert.

“In high level Division 1 basketball, you need those bigs to survive,” Hurd said.

“[Coach Dixon] is going to have two incredibly skilled guys who can go get the ball.”

Robinson, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound point guard, is a three-year varsity player who has guided the program to 90 wins, three conference titles, three city titles and the 2011 Alhambra Catholic Tournament championship.

He also guided his AAU team, Team Takeover, to the Nike Peach Jam/AAU national title after scoring 24 points in the championship game. DeMatha is expected to be ranked among the nation’s top-25 preseason teams in 2011-12. Robinson is a consensus top-60 national recruit.

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“I cut my list down to six schools,” the 6-foot-8 Grant said by phone from the Nike Global Challenge in Hillsboro, Ore.

“N.C. State, Virginia Tech, Texas, Oklahoma, Rutgers and Syracuse.”

Grant tripped to Syracuse last week and said it went well.

“It was nice,” he said. “I definitely liked it. I got to see everything. I talked to all the coaches and [saw] how they felt about me. They said they were really looking at me.

“They was just telling me how they liked me, my game, telling me about the forwards that [have] been through their school. I could be one of those productive guys that have gone through.”

As for Rutgers, he has yet to visit but they are in the mix.

“[Associate head coach] David Cox and coach [Mike] Rice both contacted my dad and they contacted me,” he said. “They’re in the Big East along with Syracuse and the other schools. That’s a chance to play early.”

Grant says he plans to make some other visits in the coming weeks.

“I plan on visiting most of those schools in the upcoming couple weeks and probably make my decision the first of week of September or before that,” he said.

“I can’t really say anybody that’s going to be on my final list,” he added. “I might just break it down from the six, I’m not sure.”

As for what skill set he will bring, Grant is confident about his abilities to contribute.

“I think I can be versatile,” he said. “I can get my teammates involved and be a play-maker and just do what I have to do to win.”

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“I’m visiting Pittsburgh on Aug. 20,” he said by phone from the Nike Global Challenge in Hillsboro, Ore., where he’s playing with Team USA East.

Robinson posted 11 points and six assists as USA East beat Taiwan, 89-79, on Friday.

The 6-foot-3 Robinson is down to a Final 3 of of Pittsburgh,  Virginia and Notre Dame. (Miami was crossed off after the recent scandal.)

“I already took unofficials to each of the other three schools and so I just think it would be smart to visit Pittsburgh,” he said.

Robinson says he has “no leader now,” but hopes to decide “as soon as possible.”

“I’m not going to rush the decision but at the same time I’m not going to drag the process out,” he said.

Robinson has paid attention to the last two Pitt point guards, Levance Fields and Ashton Gibbs, now entering his senior season.

“Those two point guards, when they came in to to Jamie Dixon’s system they weren’t really superstars but they worked hard and the coaching staff was able to develop them as players,” he said. “I’m going to work hard and let coach Dixon develop my game.”

As for his senior season, Robinson wants to help DeMatha win another WCAC Championship. They beat arch-rival Gonzaga, 51-48, last season to win their third straight title.

“Just win the championship,” Robinson said.

DeMatha is also set to meet Kyle Anderson and St. Anthony in the Cancer Research Classic Jan. 7 in Wheeling, West Va.

St. Anthony crushed DeMatha, 75-25, behind 28 points from current Rutgers frosh Myles Mack last year in the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass.

“This year we got a rematch with them so hopefully we’ll get a victory,” Robinson said.

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“The list probably had 15 schools on it,” Jones said.  “Seton Hall was here, UCLA, Maryland, Georgetown, N.C. State, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Rutgers … .”

DeMatha and Gonzaga – and the Washington, D.C. area in general – are loaded with talented prospects in the classes of 2012 and 2013, and the coaches wanted to see and be seen.

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“It’s been a tough season,” DeMatha coach Mike Jones said Tuesday by phone. “There’s a lot of parity in the league. These playoffs will probably be the most dramatic that our league has seen in years.

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