Isaiah Williams’ journey from Newark’s jungle to Division 1 basketball
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The already interesting recruitment of Thomas Bryant just got a whole lot more fascinating.
The 6-foot-10 big man from Huntington (W.V) Prep will visit Indiana this weekend for the Hoosiers’ game against Michigan State on Saturday.
And with the NCAA penalties levied against Syracuse, the Orange cannot add anyone who hasn’t already signed a National Letter of Intent. Syracuse already has a four-man class signed for 2015-16.
“That means Syracuse’s recruitment of Thomas Bryant, a highly-regarded player in the 2015 class, is all but over,” according to Mike Waters of Syracuse.com. “Bryant, a 6-9 center from Rochester, has yet to make his decision. Syracuse would not be able to get a waiver of the scholarship reduction to bring him in. As a result, Syracuse would need four players to leave in order to sign Bryant.”
Bryant had narrowed his list to Syracuse, Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri.
Linda Bryant, Thomas’ mother, recently told Syracuse.com that Syracuse and Indiana were the leaders for her son.
The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions found that Syracuse did not control and monitor its athletics programs and that basketball coach Jim Boeheim “failed to monitor his program.”
The school last month self-imposed a postseason ban for this season and won’t face future postseason bans, but it was hit very hard in other areas.
Penalties in this case, not including those self-imposed by the school, include five years of probation; financial penalties; reduction of three men’s basketball scholarships per year for four years; vacation of wins in which ineligible students participated; a nine conference game suspension for Boeheim; and men’s basketball recruiting restrictions for two years.
Boeheim plans to appeal the ruling, ESPN reported, and his full statement is below.
Malik Newman is expected to announce his college choice sometime during the late signing period, possibly after the NBA Early Entry Eligibility Deadline on April 26.
But the 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard from Callaway (MS) High says he has no timetable at the moment.
“I’m not sure yet,” Newman told ESPNU’s Recruiting Nation on Friday morning. “We still don’t have a timetable for that but right now I’m not sure.”
Newman was selected for three high-profile events in April where he will be mixing with other elite 2015 players, some of whom will be whispering in his ear about joining them at their schools. Newman will play in the McDonald’s All-American Game (April 1), the Nike Hoop Summit (April 11) and the Jordan Brand Classic (April 17).
Here’s a rundown of weekend recruiting visits that will be updated over the coming days.
**Seton Hall transfer Jaren Sina is taking an official visit to Binghamton beginning today (Friday), a source confirmed to SNY.tv after Alex Kline reported it. Sina’s sister, Jasmine, is a freshman point guard for the Binghamton women. Sina will also have a home visit with South Carolina coach Frank Martin on Sunday. For more on Sina, read this.
**Kobie Eubanks, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Fort Lauderdale (FL) Elev8 Sports Institute, will visit Texas beginning today.
“I will be in Texas tomorrow #turnup #warready,” he Tweeted Thursday.
He’s also considering UCLA, Missouri and Georgia and others.
The NCAA is investigating whether the family
Ray Kasongo, the 6-foot-10 power forward who had originally signed with Oregon, is now gaining interest from a number of Division 1 teams, including No. 1 Kentucky.
The Toronto native is now at the College of Southern Idaho where he is averaging 6.1 points and 4.7 rebounds for a team that is 30-2 and headed to the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kan., March 16-21, under head coach Jared Phay.
“The season is going pretty well,” Kasongo told SNY.tv. “We are 30-2 and we just won the Regional tournament to go to Hutch in Kansas.”
