Tag: Semaj Christon – 2012
Point guard Edmond Sumner set for Xavier
The decision is in for ’14 point guard Edmond Sumner of Detroit Country Day (MI), as the 6′-3″ lead guard picked Xavier over Massachusetts on Sunday. Sumner made his call after a recent trip to the campus at Xavier and is the first known pledge for the Minutemen in the 2014 recruiting cycle. Sumner is currently [...]
Early season college basketball Freshmen All-American team
As the door closes on the 2012 portion of the men’s college basketball season, it’s a great time to recognize the early season results of the freshmen class, which has already made a big impact on the game, nationally. This All-American squad reflects the early efforts of freshmen players, largely through the first two months [...]
Former top-10 prospect Chris Thomas picks Xavier
For a time, bouncy guard Chris Thomas was considered a lock top-10 prospect in the 2013 class during to outrageous scoring outbursts and rim rattling play. On the recruiting side, his multiple high school transfers from Montbello (CO) to Princeton Day (MD) to Westwind Prep (AZ) to South Kent (CT) certainly rose eyebrows, and slowed [...]
2012 Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic rosters
The Kentucky Derby Festival is pleased to announce the rosters for the Derby Festival Basketball Classic presented by papajohns.com to be played Friday, April 6, at Freedom Hall. The roster includes five McDonald’s All-Americans, as well as University of Louisville signee and point guard Terry Rozier and three Indiana University recruits. Nearly all of the players [...]
Stacked squads set for Spalding Hoophall Classic
There’s no doubt where the top high school and prep basketball teams can be found this holiday weekend. The Blake Arena at Springfield College in Springfield, Mass., hosts the Spalding Hoophall Classic, which features ten high school basketball teams ranked in the latest Hoopniks Terrific 30 team rankings, as well as several prep schools with [...]
Weekly College Basketball Recruiting Beat (11-20-11) – Former signees show out at National Prep
The National Prep Showcase, in New Haven, CT, was the place to be over the weekend. A majority of the top prep schools in the country, that have post-graduates on their rosters, were in the house at the event, with reported sightings from numerous high-major college coaches. Some of the players that drew the most [...]
Weekly Recruiting Beat (7-31-11) – College Basketball Recruiting News & Notes
July Evaluation Period Grind Ends; International Flavor For August For the thousands of individuals involved in one capacity or another in the July live college basketball recruiting evaluation period, the end of the second July period comes as bittersweet. The grind of July and the evaluation period that comes with it are certainly not ideal, [...]
It’s Xavier for Semaj Christon
Xavier is wasting no time with its 2012 recruiting efforts. The Musketeers now have five players that have verbally committed in the Class of 2012, having snagged a pledge from 6′-2″ point guard Semaj Christon, as reported by multiple sources today. Christon is a point guard that is a native of Cincinnati, and averaged 22 [...]
