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There is no shortage of visitors to Brewster (N.H.) Academy to watch senior point guard Naadir Tharpe.
“Oklahoma has offered,” Brewster coach Jason Smith said. “Coach [Jeff] Capel will be here today [Monday]. Kansas is involved and Coach [Bill] Self] will be here on Thursday. UCLA and Villanova have been in contact, too. St. John’s is still a school Naadir is interested in.”
N.C. State has also offered.
Tharpe has only visited Minnesota, but both Oklahoma and Kansas want him to trip there.
“Nothing has been set up,” Smith said. “However, both have asked about him taking an official.”
SLEDGE TO IOWA STATETavon Sledge, a 5-foot-9, 165-pound point guard from Dix Hills (NY) Half Hollow Hills West, verbally committed to Iowa State, choosing them over St. John’s and UTEP.
A jet-quick floor leader, Sledge averaged 18.3 points and 11.1 assists last season.
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
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There is no shortage of visitors to Brewster (N.H.) Academy to watch senior point guard Naadir Tharpe.
“Oklahoma has offered,” Brewster coach Jason Smith said. “Coach [Jeff] Capel will be here today [Monday]. Kansas is involved and Coach [Bill] Self] will be here on Thursday. UCLA and Villanova have been in contact, too. St. John’s is still a school Naadir is interested in.”
N.C. State has also offered.
Tharpe has only visited Minnesota, but both Oklahoma and Kansas want him to trip there.
“Nothing has been set up,” Smith said. “However, both have asked about him taking an official.”
SLEDGE TO IOWA STATE
Tavon Sledge, a 5-foot-9, 165-pound point guard from Dix Hills (NY) Half Hollow Hills West, verbally committed to Iowa State, choosing them over St. John’s and UTEP.
A jet-quick floor leader, Sledge averaged 18.3 points and 11.1 assists last season.
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