Bragg to Cut to 5, Kansas, Kentucky Visits Set

NEW YORK — Carlton Bragg is one of the biggest attractions in Saturday’s Big Strick Classic at the Gauchos Gym.

The 6-foot-8 2015 forward from Cleveland (OH) Villa Angela -St. Joseph is playing in the event for the second straight year — and David Britton of the Big Strick on Friday called him a much improved “bad boy.”

As far as his recruitment, Bragg plans to announce his final five on Sept. 1, with Kansas, Kentucky and Illinois set to make the list.

“He’s going to cut his down list on Sept. 1st,” Michael Graves, Bragg’s mentor, told SNY.tv, confirming news that had been previously reported. “On Oct. 10, he’ll go to Kansas for their Midnight thing [Late Night in the Phog] and on Oct. 17 he’ll go to Kentucky [for Big Blue Madness].”

Elijah Thomas, Jawun Evans Cut Lists, Could Play Together

Team Texas Elite teammates Elijah Thomas and Jawun Evans have both pared their college lists and continue to talk about potentially joining forces in college.

The 6-foot-9 Thomas cut his list to include SMU, Illinois, Texas A&M, LSU, UNLV and Oklahoma State, with official visits set to Oklahoma State Sept. 13 and Illinois Sept. 20.

Thomas told SNY.tv at the Reebok Classic Breakout last month that he plans to take all five visits “before I decide where I’m going, but I plan to sign in November.”

The 6-foot Evans, one of the top point guards in the Class of 2015, trimmed his list to four schools on Wednesday — Illinois, Oklahoma State, Texas and USC. He will reportedly visit USC Aug. 29 and Illinois Sept. 5.

Illinois coach John Groce and his staff and Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford and his staff were all over both Thomas and Evans in July at the Reebok Classic Breakout, when Evans told SNY.tv. a package was possible.

Miles Bridges to Visit Oregon, Hopes to See Kentucky and Kansas, Too

By JOHN PAVIA

Special to ZAGSBLOG 

NEW YORK — Miles Bridges may be in the Class of 2016, but he certainly is not lacking a large number of high-major colleges interested in his services at this present time.

Bridges, who plays at Huntington (W.V.) Prep and is currently ranked No. 8 in ESPN’s Super 60, is a 6-6 forward who is spending this weekend in New York for the Big Strick Classic which takes place at the Gauchos Gym on Saturday with a 3:45 event start time.

The Flint, MI native rattled off a list of the schools that are heavily pursuing him right now: Michigan, Michigan State, Iowa State, Iowa, Ohio State, Indiana, UNLV, Oregon, Kansas, Kentucky, Providence, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh and West Virginia.

Corey Sanders Says Rutgers, UNLV, DePaul, USF Working Hard

NEW YORK — Corey Sanders is in the Big Apple for a pair of All-Star games this weekend, the Big Strick Classic on Saturday at the Gauchos Gym and the Reebok Classic X Monday at Rucker Park.

The 6-foot-1, 180-pound point guard from Bradenton (FL) Kathleen still has to take his standardized test in October, but says he has several fall visits in mind.

“I have to take my test and stuff,” the onetime UCF commit told SNY.tv Friday morning at Big Strick practice at the Gauchos Gym. “I want to visit Rutgers, DePaul and UNLV.”