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St. John’s coach Steve Lavin has embarked upon his cross-country recruiting tour and spent Thursday in Las Vegas visiting Amir Garrett before visiting Dominick Pointer today (Friday).
“They came by campus,” Findlay Prep assistant coach Todd Simon said of Lavin and assistant Rico Hines.
The 6-foot-7 Garrett cut his list to St. John’s and Oregon and then Tweeted he had made his decision. Simon said his recruitment is still unfolding.
“Both Oregon and St. John’s have many scholarships to give so I imagine both will stay on him,” Simon said.
The Johnnies have eight to give, and the Ducks now have two after getting a verbal commitment Thursday from Oakland shooting guard Jabari Brown.
“I think Amir’s going to be thorough with his decision,” Simon said. “I think he will know when the time is right.”
As for Pointer, he is down to St. John’s, West Virginia and Michigan and visits Michigan Oct. 15.
“It’s whatever’s best for me,” the 6-5 Pointer, out of Winston-Salem (N.C.) Quality Education Academy, said recently. “I’ll sit down with my parents and see what we come up with.”
In other St. John’s news, Brewster (N.H.) Prep point guard Naadir Tharpe will visit Oct. 29, according to Brewster coach Jason Smith. Tharpe will also visit Oklahoma Oct. 15 and Kansas Oct. 22.
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St. John’s coach Steve Lavin has embarked upon his cross-country recruiting tour and spent Thursday in Las Vegas visiting Amir Garrett before visiting Dominick Pointer today (Friday).
“They came by campus,” Findlay Prep assistant coach Todd Simon said of Lavin and assistant Rico Hines.
The 6-foot-7 Garrett cut his list to St. John’s and Oregon and then Tweeted he had made his decision. Simon said his recruitment is still unfolding.
“Both Oregon and St. John’s have many scholarships to give so I imagine both will stay on him,” Simon said.
The Johnnies have eight to give, and the Ducks now have two after getting a verbal commitment Thursday from Oakland shooting guard Jabari Brown.
“I think Amir’s going to be thorough with his decision,” Simon said. “I think he will know when the time is right.”
As for Pointer, he is down to St. John’s, West Virginia and Michigan and visits Michigan Oct. 15.
“It’s whatever’s best for me,” the 6-5 Pointer, out of Winston-Salem (N.C.) Quality Education Academy, said recently. “I’ll sit down with my parents and see what we come up with.”
In other St. John’s news, Brewster (N.H.) Prep point guard Naadir Tharpe will visit Oct. 29, according to Brewster coach Jason Smith. Tharpe will also visit Oklahoma Oct. 15 and Kansas Oct. 22.
FREE THROWS
Shaquille Duncan, a 6-9 forward from The Robinson School, has cut his list to Iowa, Iowa State, Hofstra, Siena and UT-Chattanooga, according to Vincent Robinson…St. Anthony point guard Kyle Anderson will visit Georgetown Oct. 15, UMass Oct. 16, Villanova Oct. 22 and Xavier Nov. 6, per his father…6-7 forward Kevin Thomas of North Carolina will visit Wake Forest unofficially on Saturday, per Ro Russell...Notre Dame has extended a scholarship offer to Evan Cummins ’12, per NMH coach John Carroll...Big man Cody Zeller ’11, who is considering Butler, Indiana & North Carolina, took his 2nd unofficial visit to Indiana in the last 4 days, per Alex Kline…Daniel Ochefu ’12 will attend Georgetown Midnight Madness on October 15th, per Kline…2012 standout Savon Goodman of Philadelphia will attend Villanova Midnight Madness next Friday, per Kline…7-footer Deng Leek ’11 has verbally committed to Western Kentucky, according to reports.
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