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    • UConn

    New York City natives Kentan Facey and Terrence Samuel signed their Letters of Intent with UConn, the school announced Friday.

    “I’m elated to have both of these young men sign a Letter of Intent with our program,” UConn coach Kevin Ollie said. “They are high-character people and quality basketball players. I know they will both have great senior seasons at their high schools and we can’t wait until they get to Storrs this summer and become part of our family.”

    Facey is a 6-9, 195-pound forward from Long Island Luterhan who was born and raised in Trelawny, Jamaica. A solid shot-blocker and rebounder, Facey helped Lutheran post a 23-6 record and capture the Federation Class A championship last year under Coach John Buck.

    Articles

    Morehead State coach Sean Woods has been suspended for Monday’s game against Norfolk State as a result of his behavior in Wednesday’s loss to Kentucky in which he shoved point guard Devon Atkinson after Atkinson walked off the floor upon fouling out.

    “He will be suspended for Monday night’s game against Norfolk State,” Morehead AD Brian Hutchinson said in a statement.  “This will allow Coach Woods to consider his action and behavior, and allow him time to contemplate the appropriate way to conduct himself with his players and on the sideline.

    “As we move beyond this incident, our focus will be on the continued development of each student-athlete and of a team capable of contending for an Ohio Valley

    Articles, Recruiting

    The early signing period came and went without Philly Vaux Roberts guard Rysheed Jordan signing a Letter of Intent.

    “Yeah, hes’ s going to sign in the spring,” his high school coach, Jamie Ross, told SNY.tv Friday.

    Ross said the 6-foot-4 Jordan planned to narrow his list to five soon. In October, Jordan announced that he had cut his list to seven: Temple, St. John’s, Syracuse, Rutgers, Xavier, Alabama and UCLA.

    Syracuse has since signed two guards, point guard Tyler Ennis of St. Benedict’s Prep and shooting guard Ron Patterson of Brewster (N.H.) Academy, making it unlikely they would need another guard in this class.

    Indiana

    BROOKLYN — Indiana coach Tom Crean says that the additions of Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten will help his team’s recruiting efforts.

    “All these moves with Rutgers and Maryland, we’re ecstatic about that,” Crean said after No. 1 Indiana won the Legends Classic Tuesday night over Georgetown. “I mean, it’s going to be great for our fan base, great for our recruiting. We hadn’t really been in this area since we played in the Garden a couple years ago.”

    Articles

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    If I’m Wayne D. Andrews, the President of Morehead State University, and Brian Hutchinson, the school’s AD, I’m reprimanding men’s basketball coach Sean Woods for his actions Wednesday night.

    Immediately.

    Woods, the former Kentucky player, deserves some form of punishment for his actions in Morehead State’s 81-70 loss to Kentucky in which he took away from his team’s gutty effort by shoving point guard Devon Atkinson after he fouled out in the second half and then continued to yell at Atkinson — inches from his face — for an extensive period on the bench.

    Articles, Syracuse

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — On the day after the Big East lost its fifth member in 18 months with Rutgers bolting for the Big Ten and with more defections likely on the horizon, the man who helped make Big East basketball the force that it is offered his view of the college landscape.

    “I’m going to let those people play their games,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said Wednesday night after his sixth-ranked Orange beat Princeton 73-53. “I think they’ll be doing that for the next 20 years. If they could figure it out and get it done in the next year, we wouldn’t have to think about it.

    “Maybe they should just have a draft, each conference should just draft teams … except then they’d have to make a decision and they wouldn’t be able to figure it out. Eventually, they’ll get this thing figured out. They’ll get all the teams moved and then in a year or two someone will say `We need to take somebody,’ … But I’ll be long gone by then.”

    Articles

    By DAN KELLY

    Special to ZAGSBLOG

    There were some future professional basketball players competing into the wee hours at Barclays Center this week.

    Some 47 NBA scouts and executives — including Knicks GM Glen Grunwald and assistant GM Allan Houston — were on hand for Monday’s action, and many returned Tuesday.

    The players are young and the season is younger so there’s no use getting too carried away with any evaluations (especially considering how much zone was played) but we definitely learned some things about a few guys who might hear their names called this June or the next.

    1. Cody Zeller, Indiana: Playing despite battling asthmatic bronchitis, the 7-foot sophomore center, and potential No. 1 overall pick, did not play his way out of the top five this week, but he didn’t cement his name in there either. His box scores left a little to be desired (6 points, 4 rebounds, 4 turnovers vs. Georgia / 17 points, 8 rebounds vs. Georgetown) but he did show us one big important thing: Cody Zeller is a natural basketball player.

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