Tuesday, 06/10/08

Duquesne adds former Kentucky center

# Freshman 6-11 center Morakinyo Williams of Solihull, England/Alexandria-Bishop Ireton, Va., is transfering from Kentucky to Duquesne.

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Sunday, 06/08/08

Pilgrim in summer school at Kentucky

# Sophomore 6-8 forward Matt Pilgrim of Cincinnati-Withrow, Ohio/Bridgton Academy, Maine, a transfer from Hampton, is enrolled in summer school at Kentucky. Although he claims to have committed on scholarship, Kentucky officials declined to comment. Pilgrim played in 26 games as a sophomore, started only 11 and averaged 7.7 pts/5.2 rebounds last season at Hampton.

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Wednesday, 06/04/08

Sallie now looking at Kty, Mem, Cinn, Md

# Touted guard Roburt Sallie of Sacramento-Valley, Cal/Laurinburg Prep, NC/Patterson School, NC/CC of San Francisco, Cal., won't be eligible to compete at Nebraska, or any Big 12 Conference school. He now plans to visit Kentucky, Memphis, Cincinnati and Maryland. Seton Hall, Oregon State and Marshall are also in the mix.

The reason lies in Big 12 Conference Rule 6.2, which states that any student-athlete who enrolls at a conference institution, part-time or full time, must meet NCAA initial eligibility requirements. Sallie had not met those NCAA requirements when he enrolled part-time and paid for his own classes at Nebraska in the fall of 2006. Sallie, who had recently re-signed with the Huskers in Class 2008, was hoping the NCAA academic clearinghouse would grant him eligibility. Despite three appeals, the NCAA ruled against Sallie and made him in violation of Rule 6.2. Nebraska requested a conference waiver, but the Big 12 Council denied it. Sallie can still compete at any NCAA school outside the Big 12.

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Wednesday, 06/04/08

Three for Air Force

# Air Force has gained forward Trevor Noonan of Broomfield-Legacy, Colo; guard Shawn Hempsey of Carlsbad-La Costa Canyon, Cal; and guard Chandler Rhoads of Berryville-Clark County, Va.

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Sunday, 06/01/08

Jasper to transfer from Kentucky

# Sophomore guard Derrick Jasper of Paso Robles, Ca., has requested his release from the Kentucky Wildcats so he can transfer. He played in 20 games this past season.

The Wildcats will also lose center Morakinyo Williams of Solihull, England/Alexandria-Bishop Ireton, Va., who played in just five games as a freshman. Williams earlier asked Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie to release him from his scholarship.

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Tuesday, 05/13/08

Two expected to leave Kentucky

# Guard Derrick Jasper of Paso Robles, Cal; and center Morakinyo Williams of Solihull, England/Alexandria-Bishop Ireton, Va., are expected to transfer from Kentucky.

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Thursday, 05/08/08

Jon Hood headed to Kentucky Wildcats

# Kentucky has landed a commitment from Class 2009 Super Prospect guard/forward Jon Hood of Madisonville-North Hopkins, Kty., over Tennessee. Among others were LSU, Georgia and Mississippi.

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Wednesday, 05/07/08

Marist adds Vouyoukas, RJ Hall

# Marist has gained 6-9 forward Alex Vouyoukas of Greece/Blairstown-Blair Academy, NJ., who was once set for Davidson; and guard RJ Hall of Bloomfield-Bloomfield Tech, NJ., who was headed to Florida Atlantic.

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Wednesday, 05/07/08

TexasHoops.Com: Ball State, Southern Utah, Colgate, St. Peter's

# Ball State has signed guard Brawley Chisholm of Bronx, NY/Mendenhall-Genesis One, MissWestern Texas CC, Tex.

# Southern Utah added 6-5 forward Byron Byrd of Newark-West Side, NJ/New Mexico Military Institute, NM.

# Colgate has signed guard Anthony Hill of Plano-Plano East, Tex., who was once set for Rice.

# St. Peter's gained 6-8 forward Jack Hill of Missouri City-Elkins, Tex.

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Tuesday, 05/06/08

Kentucky in youth movement

# Kentucky is starting young with a commitment from Class 2011 forward Vinny Zollo (6-8 220) of Greenfield-McClain, Ohio. The Wildcats gained a pledge from 8th grade guard Michael Avery (6-4 185) of Lake Sherwood, Cal., last week.

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