The Big Strick Classic is once again set for Aug. 9 at the Gauchos Gym in New York City.
Here are the first 10 invites, with the full roster to be released in late July.
TEAM USA
Dwayne Bacon, 2015 F, Undecided
Carlton Bragg, 2015 F, Undecided
Kobi Simmons, 2016 G, Undecided
Ray Smith, 2015 F, Undecided
Stephen Zimmerman, 2015 C, Undecided
St. John’s head on Monday announced the signings of Christ The King center Adonis Delarosa and forward Keith Thomas out of Westchester Community College.
Delarosa committed in April, and Thomas committed in May. They will add frontcourt depth to a team that lost JaKarr Sampson, Orlando Sanchez and God’sgift Achiuwa.
“We are pleased to sign two prospects from New York as we bolster the frontline depth of our roster,” said head coach Steve Lavin, who has signed eight recruits out of New York high schools or junior colleges in his Red Storm tenure.
Delarosa, the 2013-14 New York Daily News Queens Player of the Year, helped guide Christ the King to back-to-back city and state Federation championships as a junior and senior. Ranked by ESPN as a three-star recruit and the 14th-best high school senior in the state of New York, Delarosa garnered first team All-City and first team All-Queens honors from the Daily News this past season after averaging 12 points and 12 rebounds. The Middle Village, N.Y., native also earned first team All-Queens accolades from the Daily News as a junior.
Charlotte Hornets draft pick P.J. Hairston allegedly
Will Jackson has decommitted from UConn and given a verbal commitment to the University of Georgia.
“I’m going to UGA,” Jackson told Scout.com. “It’s close to home. I just feel like it’s a great fit with me, coach [Mark] Fox and the coaches and players.”
Jackson, a 6-foot-4, 175 pound 2015 combo guard from Athens Christian (Ga.), originally chose the Huskies over offers from Georgia, Florida, Memphis, Kansas, Georgia Tech and Alabama.
UConn last week landed a pledge from 2015 point guard Jalen Adams.
“Here’s a guess: When you win a national championship, you get about anybody you want,” Athens Christian coach Ron Link told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “So UConn might’ve gotten a point guard just as good or better. Turtle keeps up with everything going on in recruiting.
George Mathews says he’s only seen two big men with a higher upside than Steven Enoch.
Those would be Thon Maker and Ben Simmons.
That’s some pretty heady company, but Mathews raves about the upside of the 6-foot-10, 230-pound Enoch, who plays high school ball at Norwalk (CT).
“I think he can be better than everyone out there,” Mathews, Enoch’s coach with High Rise Team Up, told SNY.tv by phone. “I went to Pangos [ All-American Camp] with him. I went to NBA [Top 100] Camp with him, and I told Steve personally, ‘There’s only two kids I see that can be in your category and that was Thon Maker and the kid from Australia [Simmons]. Those are the only two kids I would take over you a year or two from now.'”
By JACK LeGWIN & ADAM ZAGORIA
When their near-four-hour instant classic in the Wimbledon final was over, Novak Djokovic could only thank Roger Federer for finally, mercifully letting it come to an end.
After mustering several Houdini-like comebacks in the fourth set, including saving a match point, Federer ran out of answers in the fifth and Djokovic emerged with a 6-7(7), 6-4, 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4 victory.
“I respect your career and everything you have done and thank you for letting me win today,” Djokovic said upon winning his second Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam singles crown.
Djokovic, 27, will also claim the No.1 ranking when the new rankings come out Monday.
“I don’t know how I managed to do it,” he said. “This is the tournament I always dreamed of winning.”
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will meet
