If you’re a fan of college basketball and the Big East, we highly recommend you get out this weekend to the Big Apple Basketball Invitational at Baruch College in downtown Manhattan. The event — run by Jason Curry, whom I interviewed here — runs Saturday and Monday and features a slew of committed and uncommitted high school stars. Among the uncommitted players expected are Andre Drummond of St. Thomas More (Conn.), the No. 1 junior in the nation; junior forward Amile Jefferson of Friends (Pa.) Central; 2012 guard Myles Davis of Notre Dame Prep, who’s considering Pitt, Georgetown, Villanova and Xavier; and 6-11 center Lekan Ajayi of Quality Education (N.C.), who’s looking at Seton Hall, Florida, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Loyola Marymount. A dozen players signed or committed to Big East programs are also expected, including three future St. John’s players, Maurice Harkless, Sir’Dominic Pointer and Dwight Meikle. Derrick Randall (Rutgers), Freddie Wilson (Seton Hall), Achraf Yacoubou (Villanova), Khem Birch (Pitt), Angel Nunez (Louisville), Jermaine Sanders (Cincinnati) and Ricardo Ledo (Providence) are also on the docket. Fordham and Maryland also have commits playing in the event. For more information, check out BigAppleBasketball.com here. And like ZAGS on Facebook.
