Dwayne Morgan of Baltimore (Md.) St. Frances is one of the top small forwards in the Class of 2014 and is set to announce his college choice March 27. He will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his junior season. Here’s his second entry:

Wassup, world?

Dwayne Morgan checking in and I will be doing a second blog focusing on my commitment date March 27 and the end of my junior year.

This past weekend our team went into the Alhambra Catholic Invitational and won first place in the consolation bracket after losing our first game to Benedictine Prep.

This was a great experience for me and even though the season has just ended I can’t wait for the next chance I get to lead my high school team back to the tournament next year. This past weekend made me realize that basketball is a humbling game. I signed numerous autographs and shook numerous hands with people who look up to me.

This experience has just made me want to work harder to continue to make a positive impact on someone’s life.

Counting down to the days of my commitment I’ve been doing a lot of research and been talking a lot of things over with with my mom.

I have to say this is gonna be a tough decision for me. By far the most important decision I’ve had to make in my high school career.

And as expected all three schools have greatly stepped up their recruiting. At first  UNLV was leading the way, but Maryland and Georgetown have made a great jump and evened the playing field out greatly.

These next couple of days are gonna be key on my commitment.

Gavin Schilling of Findlay Prep is one of the top uncommitted power forwards in the Class of 2013 and is set to announce between Michigan State, Minnesota, UCLA and Villanova on Wednesday. He has been contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his senior season. Here’s his latest entry:

Well, the season is now coming down to an end and so is my recruitment process.

I have one more big tournament left in D.C. April 4-6 which is the ESPN NHSI. Our team’s main focus right now is preparing for that tournament and winning it.

My college decision will be made this Wednesday. I will now be announcing my decision at 12 30 pm PST (3:30 EST) opposed to 11 15 am!!!!!

This has been a long process and this will be a tough decision! Look out for my decision Wednesday on my Twitter here.

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Hakim Saintil is the point guard at Roselle (N.J.) Catholic. He will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his senior season. Here’s his second post:

Hello, basketball world.

A lot has happened since my last entry. We are now entering the state tournament today with our first round game being against Ranney Prep. As many may know we lost in the Union County tournament to Union High in upset fashion. So taking any game lightly would be very foolish.

We bounced back after that game against Colts Neck and played very well as a team and got a win by 39 points. As a team I feel like we are going to make a statement in the state tournament. Right now I have added Fairfield to the list of schools that I’m considering.

I haven’t scheduled any visits yet but I’m planning to take mostly to all of them after the season.

Before the county tournament we had beat a good East Brunswick team who was at the time No. 3 in the state. Then before that we played Govenor Livingston, Linden, and Gill St. Bernard’s. Right now is the most important part of the season for our team, and we are really looking foward to showing why we think we are one of top teams in the state since we feel a little disrespected by some of the rankings. Sorry I can’t keep this updated more, but the season is pretty crazy.

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Gavin Schilling of Findlay Prep is one of the top uncommitted power forwards in the Class of 2013. He will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his senior season. Here’s his second entry:

I finally have my last two visit dates set.

The 6th and 7th of March I will be at Villanova for the Georgetown game. Then the 9th and 10th I will be at Michigan State for the Northwestern game.

I am excited for my last visits and even more excited to finally make my decision late in March. I am also considering Minnesota and UCLA.

As far as the season goes, we are still undefeated (32-0) and have our last 2 regular season games this week before we head out to NHSI at the beginning of April.

Stay tuned to my blog for more news on my visits!

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Dwayne Morgan of Baltimore (Md.) St. Frances is one of the top small forwards in the Class of 2014. He will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his junior season. Here’s his first entry:

For those who are unfamiliar my name is Dwayne Morgan and I’m a junior at St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, MD).

The regular season has come to an end. And our team  just accomplished two out of our our team goals.

Coming into the season our team came together and said we wanted to win the BCL Title, MIAA Title and get an invite to the Alhambra Catholic Invitational, one of the most prestigious Catholic League tournaments in the country.

In the beginning of the season we were rolling. I had to sit the first 11 games because I was battling tendinitis. We went a perfect 19-0 until we suffered a tough lost to Lower Merion High out of Philly.

None of us wanted to loose this game but we came to the conclusion that we needed a wake-up call. The other half of the season had its up and downs. We finished the second half of the season 10-3,losing two games by buzzer-beaters. Our record at the end of the season was 29-4.

And we faced John Carroll for the semifinal MIAA playoff round (the team that beat us by a buzzer-beater a couple weeks earlier). We pushed the tempo and played physical and made them play our game, pushing us to a 13-point win and a chance to compete for the MIAA championship.

In the championship game against Mount St. Joseph we where winning at one point 34-12 ! We finished the game winning, 75-62.

And every player on the team seized this moment. We all won our first high school championship! We haven’t gotten complacent nor are we satisfied.

On Monday while doing community service feeding the homeless we all said that we got one more goal to accomplish and that this isn’t over until we’e playing for the BCL Championship on Sunday. We believe anything other than that will be a disappointment.

I would like to thank Adam for allowing me to write ZAGSBLOG.com. Stay tuned for I will be periodically checking in ZAGSBLOG with more entries.

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Gavin Schilling of Findlay Prep is one of the top uncommitted power forwards in the Class of 2013. He will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his senior season. Here’s his first entry:

Hey, it’s Gavin Schilling from Findlay Prep!

I am a senior this year and this is my first year in the Findlay Prep program and I love it so far!

The improvements I’ve made so far physically, mentally and basketball-wise since I’ve been here have been crazy. This is definitely getting me prepared for the next level in all aspects of it.

We are currently still undefeated (29-0) and have about five more games left in the regular season. Our goal is to win another National Championship and be the best team we can be. We are a hard working group filled with winners so there should be no problem in reaching our goal.

I am currently undecided. My top 4 list is UCLA, Michigan State, Minnesota and Villanova. I have already visited Minnesota and UCLA and I plan on taking my last two visits to Villanova and Michigan State in early March and making a decision sometime after my visits.

Stay tuned to my blog for more news on my visits!

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Emmanuel Owootoah is a Canadian point guard now competing at Cordia (Ky.) High School for coach Rodrick Rhodes, a former NBA player and onetime star at St. Anthony under Hall of Famer Bob Hurley. An uncommitted member of the Class of 2013, he will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his senior season. Here’s his first entry:

Wassup world? It’s Emmanuel Owootoah, also known as Rico, and you are tuned into my blog on ZAGSBLOG.com.

I currently go to Cordia High School in Kentucky. For me and my team, this season has been filled with a lot of ups and downs. It was tough at first but as the season progresses it seems to only get better. I sat out and missed about 15 games because I had to go through the eligibility process.

It hurt watching my squad from the sidelines in all those close games knowing I could be a huge difference-maker. I just tried to be as encouraging as possible, trying to do all I can to help get them through those tough times.

Now that Marlon King [a 6-4 2013 guard] and I are eligible, everything’s coming together. We’re really starting to jell. Since I’ve been eligible we’ve gone 7-1 in league play.

We got a superstar 7th-grader, Markquis Nowell, an up-and-coming 8th-grader, Austin Combs, some really good junior players in A.J. Tagaloga and Brian Jones and some really good seniors in Dondra Warron, Matt Neace and Marlon King. We got a squad this year that’s for sure and we’re trying to make history.

Originally, I’m supposed to be a junior in the Class of 2014 but because I decided to fast track I reclassified to 2013. Since becoming eligible my recruitment has skyrocketed. I’ve heard from UCLA, Kentucky, Kansas, Arizona, USC, Villanova, Providence, N.C. State, Fresno State, Morehead State, Florida State, Alabama, Florida, Seton Hall, Baylor, Tennessee and Florida.

If I had to decide, UCLA would be my No. 1 right now but I don’t have a top 5 or 10 yet. Stay tuned to my blog since I will be releasing more information here.

I’m a student-athlete and my school work is most important. My lowest mark right now is a 90 and I also just received a qualifying score on my ACT.

Honestly, I’m just thankful and blessed to be in this position. I know it’s not my work but the work of God. I continue to work hard to make my mom and all my dudes back home in Rexdale proud.

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Isaiah Whitehead, one of the top shooting guards in the Class of 2014 out of Brooklyn Lincoln High School, will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his junior season. Whitehead is the latest Lincoln star to follow in the footsteps of Stephon Marbury, Sebastian Telfair and Lance Stephenson. Here’s his latest entry:

So our regular season is over. We finished 15-1 in the PSAL AA-Brooklyn. We lost our first game to Jefferson this week. It was a tough loss because I played with some of those guys this summer with the Juice All-Stars.

We really wanted to finish undefeated in the league but that one loss brought us to the reality that we need to continue to work hard and continue to improve.

This week I also talked to Coach Cal [Kentucky coach John Calipari] and he told me that he needed a tough hard-nosed guard like myself that can make plays! He said that is one of the things that he is missing this year.

Stay hungry and humble.

IW15

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Trey Dickerson is a 6-foot-1 point guard originally from Jamaica, Queens and now at God’s Academy (TX). An uncommitted fifth-year player, he will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG during his senior season. Here’s his first entry:

What’s up? This is Trey Dickerson and this is my players blog for ZAGSBLOG.com.

I go to God’s Academy in Dallas, TX. I like God’s Academy a lot. We are always in the gym getting better and we play a lot of junior colleges, which will prepare me for college.

I currently have offers from Seattle, Cal State-Baskersfield, Oakland U. I am also hearing from North Texas, UCLA, UConn and Auburn. UCLA will come see me on the 22nd of this month.

I like UCLA the most. Coach [Korey] McCray and I have a really good relationship. We text all the time and I’m also cool with Kyle Anderson and have been playing against him since 5th grade.

Seton Hall associate head coach Shaheen Holloway hit me up today and said he’s going to come out and see me. Had a real good convo. We are both from the same neighborhood.

I’m currently averaging 23 points and 7 assists here at God’s Academy and it is impressive to college coaches that I am putting up numbers against junior colleges. North Texas came to see me last week. They really liked me and the head coach is coming back soon to watch me play.

Prep school helped me out a lot to learn how to become a better leader. It also prepared me for the college level knowing that you can’t take any plays off.

Well thanks for having me on ZAGSBLOG!

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As many of you may not know, I am Hakim Saintil from Roselle Catholic.

I am a senior point guard this year and I am undecided as to where I am going to college.

I would like to give a shoutout to Adam Zagoria for letting me do this blog of my season.

Right now my college list is St. Louis, Hofstra, San Francisco, Rider, LIU- Brooklyn, Quinnipiac and Duquesne. I will visit St. Louis Feb. 11.

I am looking to decide after my season. For right now in the season my team is in the middle of a very tough week. We played the Patrick School, Linden, and Walnut Hills from Ohio all within a span of five days. We beat Linden and the Patrick School and lost to Walnut Hills at the Flyin’ to the Hoop event.

I will be sure to keep you posted with everything that is happening.

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