Jahvon Quinerly to Villanova
By ADAM ZAGORIA Villanova landed its floor general
Jahvon Quinerly, the 6-foot-2 McDonald’s All-American point guard from Hudson (N.J.) Catholic, will announce his college choice on Wednesday, a source confirmed to ZAGSBLOG.
Pat Lawless first reported the news late Sunday night.
Villanova has long been the perceived favorite for Quinerly, who decommitted from Arizona in October in the wake of the FBI investigation into bribery in college basketball.
Oklahoma, Oregon, Seton Hall and Rutgers have also been linked to Quinerly during his second go-round in recruiting.
“I’ve got to wait, I’m just planning on just focusing on the season,” Quinerly told NJ.com back in November when teammates Luther Muhammad (Ohio State) and Louis King (Oregon) both signed Letters of Intent. “I’m not really paying it any attention, I’m just focusing on the season and just being there for my teammates right now.”
By ADAM ZAGORIA
NEW YORK — In the moments after St. John’s dramatic 81-77 win over No. 4 Duke on Saturday at Madison Square Garden, Chris Mullin met in his Garden office for about 15 minutes with two of the top recruits in the Class of 2019.
Scottie Lewis and Bryan Antoine of the Ranney (N.J.) School are both ranked in the Top 10 in their class by ESPN.com, and both were invited to compete with USA Basketball and the NCAA during the Final Four in San Antonio.
The Red Storm are 0-11 in the Big East heading into Wednesday night’s game at No. 1 Villanova, but Mullin used the dramatic moment to emphasize to Lewis and Antoine that this is what the future could look like: a rocking, packed Madison Square Garden full of fans watching St. John’s play in — and win – games against big-time opponents.
“They went right in within a minute of the game ending and just had some time with Chris and Mitch [Richmond] and Matt [Abdelmassih] and Dan [Matic] and celebrating together, just enjoying the moment. [Mullin’s] wife and son were there,” Brian Klatsky, director of the Team Rio National AAU program who was part of the meeting, told ZAGSBLOG.
