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Wednesday, 10/31/07

Kansas snares Morris twins

# Twin forwards from Pennsauken-APEX Academies, NJ., Marcus Morris, ranked No. 60 overall in Class 2008, and Markieff Morris, rated No. 82, have chosen Kansas over Villanova. The twins, who pledged to Memphis twice and then decommitted, also considered St. John's.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 09:46 PM | Comment

Wednesday, 10/31/07

Decision due from Morgan

# Top 100 center J'Mison Morgan of Dallas-South Oak Cliff, Tex., rated No. 39 overall in Class 2008, plans to chose on Friday (Nov 2) among Cincinnati, UCLA, LSU, Alabama and Kansas.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 06:48 PM | Comment

Wednesday, 10/31/07

Morris twins to announce

# Twin forwards from Pennsauken-APEX Academies, NJ., Marcus Morris, ranked No. 60 overall in Class 2008, and Markieff Morris, rated No. 82, are set to announce between Villanova or Kansas. The twins, who pledged to Memphis twice, also considered St. John's.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 06:42 PM | Comment

Wednesday, 10/31/07

UNC-Asheville gains forward

# Forward Quinard Jackson of North Palm Beach-Benjamin, Fla., chose UNC-Asheville.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 06:13 PM | Comment

Wednesday, 10/31/07

UNLV pledges Deshawn Mitchell

# UNLV has a commitment from forward/guard Deshawn Mitchell of Oak Hill MA, Va/Howell-Monmouth Academy, NJ.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 06:00 PM | Comment

Wednesday, 10/31/07

Middle Tenn State adds DeMario Williams

# Middle Tennessee State pledged guard DeMario Williams of Culloeka, Tenn.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Wednesday, 10/31/07

Seminoles land Xavier Gibson

# Top 100 forward/center Xavier Gibson of Dothan-Northview, Ala., ranked No. 44 overall in Class 2008, has chosen Florida State over Alabama and West Virginia. Among many others were Georgia Tech and Cincinnati.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 02:21 PM | Comment

Wednesday, 10/31/07

Trey Finn decommits from Arkansas-LR

# Guard Trey Finn of Little Rock-Parkview, Ark., decommitted from Arkansas-Little Rock.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 02:19 PM | Comment

Wednesday, 10/31/07

Warren drops Baylor

# Forward Storm Warren of Monroe-Richwood, La., has decommitted from Baylor.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 02:03 AM | Comment

Tuesday, 10/30/07

Dallas scorer picks South Alabama

# South Alabama pledged guard Demarius (Shug) Jones of Dallas-Pinkston, Tex., reports TexasHoops.Com.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Tuesday, 10/30/07

Delta CC guard to Pacific

# Pacific pledged guard Lavar Neufville of Fairfield, Cal/Delta CC, Cal.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 11:34 AM | Comment

Tuesday, 10/30/07

Howlett set for Penn

# Penn gained forward Mike Howlett of New Hampton Prep, NH., over Holy Cross.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 11:32 AM | Comment

Tuesday, 10/30/07

Hoosiers pledge Terrell Holloway

# Indiana gained Super Prospect guard Terrell Holloway of Newark, NJ/Cincinnati-Harmony Prep, Ohio.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 01:30 AM | Comment

Tuesday, 10/30/07

Beavers land Eshaunte Jones

# The Oregon State Beavers have a pledge from Top 100 guard Eshaunte Jones of Fort Wayne-Northside, Ind/Hargrave MA, Va., ranked No. 97 overall in Class 2008. He was once committed to Indiana.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 01:29 AM | Comment

Tuesday, 10/30/07

Tyshawn Taylor to Marquette

# Marquette gained Super Prospect guard Tyshawn Taylor of Jersey City-St. Anthony's, NJ., over Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech and Virginia, among many others.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 01:27 AM | Comment

Tuesday, 10/30/07

Tulsa pledges forward from West Coast

# Tulsa gained forward Joseph Richard of San Bernardino-Arroyo Valley, Cal.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 12:22 AM | Comment

Tuesday, 10/30/07

ECU lands Raheem Smith

# East Carolina has a pledge from guard Raheem Smith of Greenville-JH Rose, NC/Louisburg CC, NC.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 12:18 AM | Comment

Tuesday, 10/30/07

Two for Sacred Heart

# Sacred Heart gained guards Shane Gibson of Danielson-Killingly, Conn., and Steve Zazuri of Monroe-Masuk, Conn.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 12:15 AM | Comment

Tuesday, 10/30/07

Oral Roberts adds 6-8 forward

# Oral Roberts has a commitment from forward Scott Farrington of Bahamas/Humble-Christian Life Center, Tex., reports TexasHoops.Com.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 12:12 AM | Comment

Tuesday, 10/30/07

Middle Tenn State gains Aundra Williams

# Middle Tennessee State pledged forward/center Aundra Williams of Orlando-Boone, Fla.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 12:09 AM | Comment

Monday, 10/29/07

Red Raiders add a guard

# Texas Tech has pledged guard Tyree Graham of Durham-Southern Durham, NC/Fayetteville-Village Christian Academy, NC., who averaged 25 points last season.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 12:47 PM | Comment

Sunday, 10/28/07

Va Tech pledges Ben Boggs

# Virginia Tech pledged Class 2009 guard Ben Boggs of Roanoke-Hidden Valley, Va., over Davidson, William & Mary and James Madison.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 05:05 AM | Comment

Friday, 10/26/07

5th pledge for Austin Peay

# Austin Peay gained guard/forward Mike Smith of Nashville-Nashville Christian Academy, Tenn., over Fordham, Southeast Missouri and Northern Iowa.

For recent news, also check Archives: May/June/July/Aug/Sept/Oct.
Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 11:51 PM | Comment

Friday, 10/26/07

UNLV gains Midland JC forward

# UNLV and coach Lon Kruger pledged forward Darris Santee of Houston-Fort Bend Marshall, Tex/Midland CC, Tex., over Houston and Oregon State, reports TexasHoops.Com.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 10:07 PM | Comment

Friday, 10/26/07

Maurice Hubbard choses Ball State

# Ball State landed forward Maurice Hubbard of Chantilly-Westfield, Va. He is the son of NBA Wizards assistant coach Phil Hubbard.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 10:04 PM | Comment

Friday, 10/26/07

6-10 forward to Harvard

# Harvard and coach Tommy Amaker have a pledge from forward Andrew Van Nest of Mount Hermon-Northfield Mount Hermon, Mass.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 10:01 PM | Comment

Friday, 10/26/07

James Madison gains Patterson School forward

# Forward Rodrigo Peggau of Brazil/Lenoir-Patterson School, NC., has given a commitment to James Madison.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 07:11 PM | Comment

Friday, 10/26/07

2010 guard to UMass

# Class 2010 guard Aaron Cosby of Louisville-Dupont Manual, Kty., has given an early pledge to UMass.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 07:08 PM | Comment

Friday, 10/26/07

Two guards for Wofford

# Guards Brad Loesing of Cincinnati-St. Xavier, Ohio, and Kevin Giltner of Kingston Springs-Harpeth, Tenn., have committed to Wofford.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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Posted by Bill Hodge at 07:05 PM | Comment

Thursday, 10/25/07

ASU pledges 2009 Jared Cunningham

# Top 100 guard Jared Cunningham of San Leandro, Cal., ranked No. 72 overall in Class 2009, committed to Arizona State over California, Washington State and San Diego State.

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Class 2008 Basketball Signing Dates: (Early Period) Nov. 14-21, 2007; (Regular Period) Apr. 16-May 21, 2008

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