The NC State Wolfpack landed a fifth member of its 2013 recruiting class on Monday, as 6′-7″, 180 pound Oak Hill Academy (VA) power forward Lennard Freeman announced his pledge via his Twitter account. Freeman reportedly picked NC State over the Pittsburgh Panthers, Villanova Wildcats, DePaul Blue Demons and UAB. He was also previously considering a [...]

The DePaul Blue Demons picked up a pledge from 6′-10″, 280 pound center Thomas Hamilton, according to WeAreDePaul.com. Hamilton is a Chicago-native that played at IMG Academy (FL) this year after previously being at Whitney Young (IL) for his first three years of high school. Hamilton was ranked as the No. 21 center in the [...]

Solid signing classes, uncertain future It’s a fair statement to say that no one knows exactly where Big East basketball will be five years from now. With some of its most prominent members bound for the ACC and an imminent breakaway of the remaining Catholic schools, the status of the Big East as a high-major [...]

Fresh off a key role in winning the gold medal for USA Basketball in the FIBA World Championships at the U17 level, 6′-8″ wing forward Stephen Domingo, who previously pledged to Georgetown, made the decision to forgo his senior year of high school at St. Ignatius (CA) and enroll early to play for the Georgetown [...]

The 2012 LeBron James Skills Academy came to its conclusion on Monday, with a bracketed tournament based on previous results for the eight squads composed of the camp participants. The games started in the morning and wrapped up with a championship contest to end the event. Hoopniks.com was not able to observe the afternoon contests due [...]

The 2012 LeBron James Skills Academy tipped off on Friday evening, with a brief skills training session for the 80 high school players and 20 collegians in attendance. The first full day of action was Saturday, which included two workouts for both the high school and college participants in the camp in Las Vegas, Nevada. [...]