Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
St. John’s is the hottest team in the Big East right now.
And one of the hottest teams in the nation.
By pulling out an important 68-67 victory Thursday night over Seton Hall — their first win in the Garden State since Feb. 15, 1998 — the Johnnies won for the seventh time in eight games and improved to 16-9, 6-6 in the Big East.
But all St. John’s has done is insure that the next month will be an interesting one for college hoops in New York City.
The Johnnies must keep on winning in order to have a chance at their ultimate goal of making the NCAA Tournament.
Matt Ryan of New Rochelle (N.Y.) Iona Prep is one of the top small forwards in the Class of 2015.
He is being recruited at the highest levels, including by Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Stanford and Vanderbilt.
Here’s his second player blog for ZAGSBLOG:
What’s up, everybody?
This is my second blog just to recap what I’ve been going through and what I’ve experienced that last few months.
With many new schools entering my recruitment in the fall I thought it was important to get to see these teams play whenever possible. I got to take in UNC play Louisville at Mohegan Sun in that tournament championship game. I then got to see Duke at MSG play Alabama, and also Notre Dame play Ohio State at MSG. These were all great games and very convenient distance-wise.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — With all the individual talent on the floor Wednesday night, the highly anticipated match-up between St. Peter’s Prep and St. Benedict’s Prep certainly did not disappoint.
Yet one player in particular, Veer Singh, stood out as he led his St. Peter’s Prep team to a 75-61 victory over the Gray Bees for the program’s 15th consecutive victory. St. Peter’s will go for its 16th straight win on Sunday against Our Savior New American at the Metro Classic at Kean University.
The 6-foot-6 2016 wing put his excellent shooting touch on display in the contest to finish with a game-high 27 points. He had four triples from behind the arc, but each one seemed to come from further and further away with the importance of each one growing as well. Singh scored 16 points in the second half to help his team pull away.