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9/30/02 Rodrick C. Bussey, Brooklyn-Queens Warriors (Scholars Through Sports Foundation): 'Three of my players Michael Dodd, Edison, Marques Damon, Banneker, and Carlton Deen, Lane, have participated in 2 Hoop Group events: And 1 Jamfest and the Top 100 BB clinic the last two weekends at Seton Hall University. Even though BQ Warriors didn't fare well at the And 1 Jamfest, Michael and Marques did distinguish themselves on the court. Michael averaged 22 ppg including a 34 point explosion against the New Jersey TrailBlazers and Marques averaged 14 ppg including an 18 point second half performance against the Queens Pythons at the And 1 Jamfest. Both young men have to work hard to improve to their overall (defensive) game. I expect all 3 players to continue working hard and to be top players for their respective teams. Marques and Michael are just juniors.'

9/30/02 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'The Riverside Church will be holding tryouts on the following dates and times. 10 under October 5 12 19 at 9:00am 12under October 5 12 19 at 11:00am 14 under October 5 12 19 at 3:00pm 16 under October 1 2 at 6:00pm October 6 13 at 1:00pm 19 under October 3 10 at 6:00pm October 6 13 at 5:00pm. All tryouts are in the gym at Riverside Church located on 120th St and Clarmont Ave. IRT # 1 train to 116th Street, walk up to 120th and walk over one block to Clarmont. # 212 870 6748.'

9/29/02 F.T.G.O.T.N. Games' Results -- 13 under: TK All-stars (67) over CJE Allstars (32) TK leading scorers: Isaiah Blue14pts., Deytuan Hill and Maurice Philip 13 pts each CJE leading scorer: Jeff Delgado 12pts. 15 under: NYC Finest (Blue) (60) over Wolfpack (48) NYC leading scorers: Mohamed Lo 13pts., Derrick Warren 10pts. Wolfpack leading scorers: Justin Newton 15pts, Julius McFadden 12 pts, FTGOTN (49) over JHS 168 (29) FTGOTN leading scorers Milan Prodanovic 11pts., Vernon Teel 10pts JHS 168 Jonathan Moore 9 pts.

9/29/02 Samuel.Shaw: 'Congratulations to the Lady Wildcats, who went undefeated in the female teen (12-14) division of the NYC Hoop - It - Up Sept 21 - 22. Tia Curtis, Courtney Herring, Jackie O' Reilly, Britney Powell and Caity ('CE') Shaw defeated the Staten Island Rebels, The Lady Rocks, The ELE Ballers, and The Lady Hoopsters, during pool play, and then ousted the Lady Hoopsters in the playoffs, and defeated The Lady Rocks for the Championship.'

9/29/02 Dennis T. Terry, Longwood Varsity Basketball Coach: 'The 2nd Annual RIM ROCKERS Classic will be held Jan 2nd, 3rd & 4th 2003 (Thur- Sat) at Longwood H.S. Middle Island, Long Island, N.Y. The games will start at 4:00 each day with the last game starting at 9:00. There will be a slam dunk contest just before the championship on Saturday. The games are $5 for the entire day. For further information visit our web page at www.newyork.ihigh.com/longwood. The teams for this year are: Bay Shore H.S., Bay Shore, L.I., N.Y., Our Savior New American H.S., Centereach, L.I., N.Y., Thayer Academy, Braintree, Mass., Bishop Loughlin, Brooklyn, N.Y., Toledo Scott H.S., Toledo, Ohio, Dunbar H.S., D.C., Lutheran Christian Academy, Phila., Pa.and host Longwood. There is a lot of talent in the tournament just like last year. Some of the top players: Our Savior New American 6’9” Konimba Diarra, 6’7” Oumar Sylla & Juan Palacios, Thayer Academy 6’6” Mike Jones, Lutheran Christian Academy 6’5” Maurice Maxwell, Dunbar D.C. 6’0” Tre Kelly & Earl Frisbee, Bishop Loughlin 6’6” Kirk Bunn & Kojo Mensah, 6’0 Vashone Chears Bay Shore 6’0” CJ Leary Longwood 6’0” Clarence Alonzo.

Thurs Jan. 2nd 4:00 Thayer Academy vs Bay Shore, 5:45 Lutheran Christian Academy vs Bishop Louglin, 7:30 Toledo Scott vs Longwood, 9:15 Dunbar vs Our Savior,

Directions Plane - fly into Islip MacArthur Airport, Car - Long Island Expressway to exit 68 North. Turn left at the 2nd light onto Longwood Rd. Go to the 2nd light and turn left into the school parking lot. Train - Long Island Railroad from NYC Get off at Patchogue stop and get a cab.'

9/28/02 Hoop Group: Metropolitan Top 100 @ Seton Hall University - September 28 & 29, 2002

9/28/02 Home News Tribune: Dave Turco, who built the Carteret High School boys basketball program into a local small-school power, has taken the head job at South Brunswick High School.

9/27/02 Nathan Blue: 'We are currently looking for 6 teams to compete in the Real Scout Winter Classic 2002 and 4 teams to compete in the Real Scout High School Invitational 2003. Both events are Sponsored by: Tomorrow Starts Today Youth Foundation, Inc. The Winter Classic will feature 6 teams from the NYC/NJ area. All games will be played at Fashion Institute of Techology located on 27th Street and 7th Avenue in downtown Manhattan just a 5 minute walk away from Madison Square Garden. NBRS Winter Classic info: Game Date: December 14th, 2002. Game Times: 4pm, 6pm and 8pm. NBRS Invitational info: Game Date: Jan 11th 2003 Game Times: 6pm and 8pm. The Fee is only $100 per team! The event will have it's own web page including stats and a game summary for college coaches and fans to see. The last Real Scout Event attracted over 50 Division 1 college coaches. I can be emailed at: The realscout@webtv.net.

9/27/02 Jim Burke: 'Basketball season is right around the corner, and your team is invited to participate in the season-opening Tip-Off Classic at IHM, which will be held at the Nazareth Center, 1571 S. Martine Avenue, Scotch Plains, New Jersey.' Info on the Tip-Off Classic page.

9/27/02 2002 Slam Dunk to the Beach tournament from 12/26/02 - 12/30/02 includes Abraham Lincoln - Brooklyn, New York 6'1" Sebastian Telfair, Bergen Catholic - Oradell, New Jersey 6'7" Sean Banks, Our Savior New American - Centereach, New York 6'9" Konimba Diarra, 6'7" Oumar Sylla & 6'8" Juan Palacios, Paterson Catholic - Paterson, New Jersey 6'11" Daryl Watkins & 6'4" Marguis Webb, Saint Augustine Prep - Richland, New Jersey and Saint Benedict - Newark, New Jersey 6'8" Stanley Branch & 6'4" Artie Bowers.

9/27/02 Louis Xifaras: 'William "Smush" Parker signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.'

9/26/02 The P.S.A.L. and C.H.S.A.A. have both done a wonderful and professional job this week of presenting their players to Division II and III coaches. Exposure Week is for the players like Stedford McLeod (right), Gompers' 6-4 senior forward, but it's made possible by the combined efforts and skill of administrators, coaches and officials like the ones on the left who were at Riverbank tonight. Many refs were waiting for their turn, but others had finished their games and were still there, talking basketball, being fans. My special thanks and congratulations to coaches Pat Torney, Rock Eisenberg, Ron Naclerio and Kevin Pigott, to Riverbank's Travis Berry and to Rich Kosik and Tom Konchalski.

9/26/02 Louis Xifaras, Director of Basketball Operations, Queens RimRockers Basketball, Inc. 'Queens RimRockers' Leila Sak in Newsday, plus other new information on our recently updated webpage, www.QueensRimRockers.com.'

9/26/02 Hoop Scoop Visitors: '6'4 Tariq Atkins from Bronx (St. Raymond's) NY to Iona ... Atkins is ranked #242 nationally in the senior class by the Hoop Scoop, but he's one of the unsung heroes on the New York Ravens team that won the adidas Big Time Tournament in July in Las Vegas, NV. Atkins also should provide the perfect complement to all of the outstanding guards that the Gaels landed a year ago in 6'2 Ricardo Soliver from Bronx (All Hallows) NY, 6'0 Marvin McCullough from Bronx (All Hallows) NY, and 6'1 Steve Burtt form New York (Rice) NY, plus Iona head coach Jeff Ruland also has 6'3 DeShaun Williams, who transferred from Syracuse, waiting in the wings.'

9/25/02 The CHSAA Preseason Exposure Camp featured eight teams, ten players on each team including those pictured above from left to right - Mt. St. Michael teammates 5-9 point guard Lamar White and 6-4 forward Orlon Baker, Cardinal Spellman 6-4 forward Brian Quarless and 6-7 Bobby Marcoux from Regis. The Camp began on Monday at Holy Cross high school and ended tonight at Fordham Prep.

9/25/02 Newsday: Sullivan Games Notebook - Banneker Star Gary Forbes Heading for Big Time.

9/25/02 Stephen Hayn: 'The Bill Van Gundy and Jeff Van Gundy Coaching Clinic at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. The clinic is on Saturday, October 12th and runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The clinic costs $25.00. For further information you may contact Stephen Hayn at 201-216-5690 or shayn@stevens-tech.edu.

Schedule: 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Doors open with registration (Schaefer Center), 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Clinic begins with session I (Bill Van Gundy), 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 Noon Session II (Jeff Van Gundy), 12:00 Noon to 1:00 p.m. Session III (Bill Van Gundy), 1:00 pm. to 2:00 p.m. Session IV/Clinic Ends (Jeff Van Gundy), 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Coaches Reception. For pre-registration make checks payable to: Stevens Men's Basketball. Send pre-registration and check to: Stephen Hayn, Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point on Hudson Schaefer Center, Hoboken, NJ 07030. '

9/25/02 'CHSAA Preseason Exposure Camp Monday's contests were held at Holy Cross HS in Queens.Wednesday's games (9/25) will be at Fordham Prep in the Bronx.Games are at 5, 6, 7 and 8pm.Division II and III coaches are invited to watch the action.'

John Bowne's 6-6 center Derrick Douglas on the left and Canarsie's 6-5 forward Kenald Bernard on the right were among the players at tonight's tenth annual P.S.A.L. James P. Sullivan Basketball Exposure Games at Riverbank Park. Twelve teams with ten seniors on each team from Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island played on one of the three courts. The games were twenty minute running halves with game starts at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 and 8:00. Each player wore a uniform numbered from 1 to 120 and there was roster listing the players, their position, height and school. They'll do it again for the girls tomorrow night and for the Manhattan, Bronx boys on Thursday night.

9/24/02 Brooklyn Scout: 'Texas Tech coach Bobby Knight has returned to Newark for frontcourt help, getting a verbal commitment from former Shabazz HS standout Devonne Giles to replace Kasib Powell (Teaneck HS) in 2003. Giles, New Jersey's runner-up player of the year to current NBA guard DaJuan Wagner in 2001, is currently a sophomore at Seward County (KS) CC. As a freshman last season, he averaged 13.8 points (on 55% shooting) and 10.9 rebounds and was named to the NJCAA All-Region VI team and the second team All-Jayhawk Conference West.'

9/24/02 Coach Glen Steinberg: Our Warriors team won the NYC Hoopitup this past weekend defeating a team from New Jersey in the finals. Playing were Mike Crisci (ranked), high flying 9th grader Tim Ambrose and 2 younger players Pete Drautz and Rob Pirog. There were several events to honor the city including an exhibition game between firefighters and police officers.'

9/24/02 Flyin to the Hoop - Vandalia, Ohio - January 17-20. The first field is outstanding and includes ... Brooklyn (NY) Bishop Loughlin (6’6" Kirk Burn), ... Centereach (NY) Our Savior New American (6’9" Komimba Diarra, 6’8" Oumar Sylla and 6’8" Juan Palacios), Newark (NJ) Saint Benedict's Prep (6’3" Art Bowers, 6’7" Jr Kevin Palacios, 6’8" Jr Stanley Branch and 6’8" Jr J.R. Smith), Virginia Beach (VA) Coastal Christian Academy (6’10" Jermaine Bell - St. John’s and 6’4" J.R. Pinnock).

9/24/02 Daily News: 'Local high school basketball players looking to show their stuff off for college coaches will get their chance this week. The 10th Annual James P. Sullivan Games will be at Riverbank State Park tonight, tomorrow and Thursday.'

9/24/02 Coach John Lanza: 'The Staten Island Lightning swept through the 10 grade HoopGroup Jamfest tournament. The Lightning went 5-0 in tourney play. On Sunday they beat O.B. Knights 75-50 to fininsh 1st in their pool play. In the Quarterfinal game they beat Rochester Area Players 59-56 and the championship game they outscored L.P.A.C. 75-64 at Seton Hall. They had a total team effort. Doug Elwell (pictured) had a great all around tourney. The 6"4" Elwell was a force blocking shots on defense & helping out on the perimeter on offense. Tom Downing the defensive stopper showed he can score also by hitting for double figures in all 3 games on Sunday. Kyle McAlarney proved all weekend that he is the top 10th grade pg around. He scored in double figures every game. Ramsey Hill of New Dorp High School was burying 3's all weekend. Kazzem Famuyide did a super job on the boards. He had some key baskets against Sonday Express. Steve Rossiter of Farrell controlled the boards and the 6"5" soph showed his great shooting touch. Jack Destafano had some key steals n the championship game & Rob Bates hit some clutch shots.'

9/24/02 Coach Carlton Screen (FYA): 'In The Riverside Tournament this weekend our 11th & 12th grade team defeated Gauchos 49 - 46. FYA was trailing most of the game. FYA caught fire in the last five minutes of the game with great defense and clutch shooting, from Sean Watson 15 yrs , Max Menard 16 yrs , and Guy (Randy) Minto 16 yrs . We got great defensive plays from Roland Ampadu 16yrs, Karim McKenzie 15yrs, This team has taken some lumps and bumps, but are learning how play as a team, both on offense & defense, Sean hit two clutch 3's to put us ahead, and Roland made a steal and free throw to seal the win.'

9/24/02 Coach Antonio Cannon: 'The T.K. Allstars 14u AAU team, with the exception of Kevin Huggins 10th grade Newtown, H.S., and Marcus Diggs 10th grade, Newtown, H.S, got a taste of basketball on the next level, as we were taken to school, by Riverside Church 10th grade team. These three games will do wonders for their confidence and commitment to work harder on their games. We are already lookiing forward to next year!'

9/24/02 Coach Roberto Diaz: 'Current NYC Finest players in their change of assigments at the High School Level: Ronald Becoate - Currently attending Rice HS after transferring from Thomas Edison HS. Darshawn Johnson - Now attending Bladensburg HS in Bowie, Maryland transferred from Thomas Edison HS. Shalah White - Previously attended McClancy HS is currently attending school at John Bowne HS in Queens. Marcus Diggs - Former student at McClancy HS is now attending Newtown HS in Queens. Rodney Lewis - Previously attended Cardozo HS is now attending John Bowne HS in Queens. Greg Dwyer - Now attending Jamaica HS has ransferred from McClancy HS. Marvin Roberts - Transferred from Holly Cross HS to Richmond Hill HS in Queens. Dwight Wells - Is currently at LIC HS, transferred from Bryant HS. George Peters - Transferred from Bryant HS to Flushing HS. Justin Desir - Currently attends Flushing HS, transferred from Bishop Loughlin HS. Eric Ross - Transferred from Bishop Loughlin HS to Transit Tech HS. Kashaun McLaughlin - Now attends Thomas Jefferson HS, transferred from EBC HS. Best of Luck to them all and hope their changes bring good in them!'

9/23/02 Chris DeLaRosa of the C.A.S. Warriors eighth grade team went in for the lay-up in the semifinal game against Sam Rines yesterday afternoon. Chris sizzled with a game high 25 but his team lost the heart breaker 53 - 51. Team Next then ran away from Sam Rines in the championship game 60 - 29 as an even hotter Erving Walker exploded for 29 points. In other morning action Lance Thomas (Scotch Plains - the one who didn't get away) had 15 as the Rams 9th grade squad took First Baptist from Baltimore and Marques Dean notched 12 for the L. I. Lightning who beat Sam Rines 46 - 36. More pictures and stories on the 2002 Hoop Group Fall Jam Fest page.

9/23/02 Coach Roberto Diaz: 'Players' Update: Former NYC Finest players in their new assigments at the next level: Haron Hargrave - Former student at Campus Magnet HS is currently attending Sullivan County Community College upstate, NY. Keith Bossie - Attended Canarsie HS is currently attending Sullivan County Community College. Andrew Gordon - A graduate out of Campus Magnet HS 2002 class is now attending Labette Community College in Kansas. Michael Mckenzie Jr. - A 2002 graduate from All Hallows is currently attending Postdam College, SUNY upstate. Keith Pakeman - A Newtown HS graduate from the class of 2002 is now at F.I.T., SUNY.'

9/23/02 Bill McNally: 'The line up for the Poly Prep/B.C.B.A./Xaverian Coaches Clinic on Friday evening ,October 11th is now complete! 6:30 JohnThompson,Jr., Head Coach of Princeton University speaks on "The Princeton Offense", 7:45 Fran O'Hanlon, Lafayette College Head Coach speaks on " The Match-Up Zone and Half Court Zone Traps" and at 9:00 Tobin Anderson the Head Coach at Clarkson University subject will be "Developing Your Perimeter Players" Poly Prep is located in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn ( one minute from the Verrazano Bridge) The cost of the clinic is $30. pre-registered and $40. at the door. For further information call ( 718) 836-9800 X 349.'

9/23/02 Rich Kosik: 'College coaches of Men's & women's teams, (Div. I, II, III, JC's & NAIA) should check out the PSAL.org web site for information about the James P. Sullivan Exposure games being Sept 24, 25 & 26 at Riverbank State Park in Manhattan. Boy's play on Tues. 9/24 and Thur. 9/26 and Girl's play on Wed. 9/25 Rosters with numbers, name, height, and school are listed on the PSAL.org web site. Criteria was for student-athletes to be already qualiifed with GPA and many already qualified with the SAT. Should be well worth the trip. Hats off to the PSAL for running a quality event in the memory of a great guy. The late Jim Sullivan was always pushing the PSAL to do more "for the kids." He would be proud to see this event growing and getting better each year.'

9/23/02 Reginald Murray: 'Congratulations to Brooklyn Rams players who, after a brief hiatus, have found their way back to school. 6'2"/SG Shakim Berry (Robeson `01) to SUNY-Farmingdale, 5'10"/PG Mark Chan to SUNY-Delhi and 6'9"/C Vernon Goodridge to Milford Academy. Also, Rams player 6'2"/SG Javon Parris has transferred from John Jay H.S.(Brooklyn, NY) to Our Savior New American (Centereach, NY), 6'3"/F Tiquawn Cannady transferred from Fulton-Montgomery to Mohawk Valley and 6'2"/SG Darren Sykes transferred from Southern Nevada to Sullivan. We're happy for all of our kids and we wish them the best of luck!'

9/22/02 A good day for young New York City hoopsters at the Hoop Group as four different city organizations won championships. The Rise Panthers 5 team took Sam Rines 51 - 39 in the 6th grade division as Brian Wade (11) and Matthew Hines (10) led the scoring. The BiState Pythons came from behind to take the Boston Saintz 57 - 55 in the 7th grade division. Kevin Dean (12) tied it with a foul shot and won the game with a pull-up foul line jumper with three seconds to play. Allan Thomas (12), Justin Newton (8) and Brian Jones (8) each contributed to the win. Team Next won the 8th grade division 60 - 49 against Sam Rines as Erving Walker went off for 29 points including 6 treys. As usual Rhakee Begun (14) and Lance Stapleton (9) chipped in. Finally the Gauchos who were without 6-7 forward Curtis Kelly yesterday, didn't have Curtis or point guard Terrell McKenzie today. No matter, Ossining's Melquan Bolding (22), Luiz Guzman (10), Kashief Pratt (10) and Edger Sosa (8) made it a comfortable 52 - 51 9th grade championship win.

9/22/02 'For the Good of the Neighborhood's "2002 Back to School" Tournament's 9/21 game results: 15 under Division - F.T.G.O.T.N (76) over NYC Finest (Red) (60) FTGOTN : Milan Prodanovic 22pts, PaulCline 19pts, Shaun Terry 16pts, NYC Finest (Red) : M. Roberts 20pts, G. Dwyer 16pts. 15 under Division - Bedford Y(78) over JHS 168 (37), Bedford Y : A. Lessane 25pts, J. Bright 19pts, D. Glenn 18pts. JHS 168 : L. Minto 11pts.'

9/21/02 Coach John Lanza: 'The Staten Island Lightning 15,s keep rolling along. They opened with a 70-61 win over Sonday NYC Express. Doug Elwell, (Farrell) Kazeem Famuyide (St.. Patricks), and new addition Steve Rossitter (Farrell) controlled the boards. The 2nd game they beat S.R. Monarchs 75-57. The super backcout of Kyle Mc Alarney (KMac) ( Moore Catholic), Ramsey Hill (New Dorp), and Tom Downing (Curtis) led the Ligtning. Robert Bates (Curtis) and Jack Destafano had solid games off the bench.

IGoTSKiLLzBoyY21: 'Newark, NJ - 16u Play at the Hoop Group Jam Fest, the Staten Island Lightning defeated the S.O.N.D.A.Y NYC Express 60-72. High Scorers were Kazeem Famyuide, Ramsey Hill, and Tom Downing for the Staten Island Lightning. In the second game, the Staten Island Lightning defeat edthe Saddle River Monarchs 77-55. High Scorers for the Lightning were Doug Elwell and Kyle Mcalarney.'

9/21/02 They're using as many as three courts at Riverbank for the Riverside tournament. They played seven games last night, nine games today and they'll play six more tomorrow with starting time of 9:00, 11:00 and 12:00. I'll try to have some scores and high scorers by next week. Earlier details are on the Nike Riverside Fall 2002 page.

9/21/02 Games today at Hoop Group Jam Fest (FDU, Seton Hall and Rutgers). Riverside @ Riverbank, IS8, Gauchos Roundball and For the Good of the Neighborhood. If you have results - scores and scorers - send email to nycnjhoops@aol.com.

9/21/02 Courier News: Scarlet Knights get nonbinding commitment from Webb

9/20/02 Insiders.com: Marquise Webb, 6-4, 185, SG, Paterson Catholic, Paterson, New Jersey.

9/20/02 NFi4899: 'So You want to be a Trotter. We will be holding tryouts from 6:30pm-8:30pm for boys and girls Grade 4: 10 and Under-born on or after September 01, 1992 Grade 5: 11 and Under-born on or after September 01, 1991 Grade 6: 12 and Under-born on or after September 01, 1990 for our Fall/Winter Program. The tryouts will be held at Dutch Broadway School 1880 Dutch Broadway Elmont, NY 11003. In addition to the above mention we are looking to fill roster spots on our 8th Grade Boys teams at all level Beginners, Intermediate and Highly Competitive. These tryouts will be held at the Gotham Avenue School 181 Gotham Avenue Elmont, NY 11003 every Friday from 7:00pm-9:00pm.'

9/20/02 Newsday: 'The third annual Coaches vs. Cancer boys basketball game will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at Hofstra. Suffolk tryouts begin tomorrow at Floyd. Underclassmen practice at 5:30 p.m., followed by seniors at 8 p.m.'

NYC JUCO Update Gary Jones, a 6-5 forward, from Brooklyn (NY) Boys & Girls HS to Sullivan (NY). . . Keith Bussey, a 6-5 wing, from Brooklyn (NY) Canarsie HS to Sullivan (NY). . . Mikail Malik, a 6-1 point guard, from Washington (DC) Spingarn HS to Sullivan (NY). . . Haron Hargrave, a 5-11 point guard, from Queens (NY) Campus Magnet HS to Sullivan (NY). . . Rushid Simmons, a 6-1 guard, from Ossining (NY) to Sullivan (NY). . . Joseph McCleod, a 6-5 forward, from Brooklyn (NY) Pacific HS to Sullivan (NY). . . Darren Sykes, a 6-1 guard, freshman transfer from Southern Nevada to Sullivan (NY). . . Kelvin Luna, a 6-1 guard, from Queens (NY) Flushing HS to Columbia-Greene (NY). . . Emmanuel Louis, a 6-0 guard, from Brooklyn (NY) Nazareth HS to Columbia-Greene (NY). . . Alex Stephenson, a 6-0 guard, from Queens (NY) Aviation HS to Columbia-Greene (NY). . . Alejandro Flores, a 6-7 forward, from the Dominican Republic to Globe Tech (NY). . . Randy Alexander, a 6-4 point guard, from Montreal (Canada) to Monroe (Bronx, NY). . . Equinao Stewart, a 5-8 point guard, from Bronx (NY) Wings Academy to Delhi (NY). . . Mensur Radoncic, a 5-11 point guard, from New York (NY) Columbus HS to Globe Tech (NY). . . Heywood Washington, a 5-11 point guard, from New York (NY) Rice HS to Herkimer (NY). . . Willy Youtchou, a 6-7 forward, from Paris, France to Monroe (Bronx, NY). . . Miguel Lopez, a 5-10 point guard, from New York (NY) Environmental Studies HS to Ulster (NY). . . Akim Neverson, a 6-6 forward, from Brooklyn (NY) Midwood HS to Genessee (NY). . . Sean McKenzie, a 6-3 wing, from New York (NY) Environmental Studies HS to Herkimer (NY). . . Jason Holyfield, a 6-7 small forward, from Bridgeport (CT) Harding HS to Globe Tech (NY). . . Shamel Good, a 5-11 point guard, from Southborough (MA) St. Mark's to Globe Tech (NY). . . Taylor Murphy, a 6-4 forward, from Queens (NY) John Adams HS to Monroe (Bronx, NY). . . Taj Moore, a 6-2 guard, from Brooklyn (NY) Tilden HS to Mohawk Valley (NY). . . William Edwards, a 6-0 guard, from Brooklyn (NY) Tilden HS to Mohawk Valley (NY). . . Ramon Alonzo, a 6-0 guard, from Brooklyn (NY) Tilden HS to Mohawk Valley (NY). . . Phil David, a 5-11 guard, from Brooklyn (NY) Tilden HS to Morrisville (NY). . . Haslyn Cozier, a 5-11 guard, from Brooklyn (NY) Tilden HS to Fulton-Montgomery (NY).. . . Joseph Alohan, a 6-0 guard, from Brooklyn (NY) Ford HS to Sage (NY). . . Kobiea Powdar, a 5-11 point guard, from Brooklyn (NY) Lane HS to Sussex (NJ).

9/19/02 Coach Ron Naclerio: 'This Friday night at IS8 Mustafa Shakur from Philadelphia, the country's # 1 high school point guard, will be playing for the Long Island Panthers A team against Bedford Y at 8:00 PM in the second game. Mustafa has narrowed his college choices down to Arizona or North Carolina State.' Web note: SONDAY Express plays LPAC in the Friday 6:30 game.

9/19/02 The Nike Riverside tournament at Riverbank State Park begins tomorrow night. Details on the Nike Riverside Fall 2002 page.

9/19/02 Coach Carlton Screen (FYA): 'Sean Watson received his first D1 letter from a college in New Jersey. He's only 15 years old with an 80 plus GPA. I asked the question, which would you rather have a trophy or a D1 letter? As a young player, I thought he would say the trophy, but said the D1 letter means more to him.'

9/19/02 David Nelson Director Kips Bay Basketball Program 1930 Randall Avenue Bronx, NY 10473 Off: (718) 893-8600 ext 229 Fax: (718) 589-9214 www.eteamz.com/kipsbaybball: 'The Kips Bay Basketball Program will holding try-outs on the following dates: 10U & 12U Girls Friday, October 4, 2002 6:00pm, 14U Boys, Monday, October 7, 2002 6:00pm, 10U Boys, Tuesday, October 8, 2002 6:00pm, 12U Boys, Thursday, October 10, 2002 6:00pm, 13-16 Year Old Girls Saturday, October 19, 2002, For more information call David Nelson at (718) 893-8600 ext 229 or (718) 802-6207.

The Kips Bay Basketball Program will be hosting their 3rd Annual Fall Ball Classic double elimination tournament November 2 through December 15, 2002. The divisions are boys 10U, 11U, 12U and 13U and girls 12U and 14U. Teams interested in entering can contact David Nelson at (718) 893-8600 ext 229 or (718) 802-6207. You can also get an application at their website at www.eteamz.com/kipsbaybball or you can email them at kipsbaybball@yahoo.com. The entry deadline is October 25, 2002.'

9/19/02 Nathan Blue: 'PG Jamel "Horse" Lynch (Bishop Loughlin) is a 5'11 senior who has had a tuff summer. After looking forward to traveling with the Student/Athletes Broncos. He had a leg injury which held him back from tournaments like Vegas Big Time and Cali's Best of the Summer. He was also suppose to play in the RSB Big Apple Sports Classic held in july which had 52 D1 coaches. Now Lynch has fully recovered from his injury and looks very sharp plus, he has already qualified for college. Jamel Lynch has the chance to be a good college player at the D2 or maybe sneak into a Low 1. Lynch plays with the Queens Rimrockers in IS8. His coach at Loughlin is Ted Gustus.'

9/19/02 School Sports: 'St. Benedict’s High (N.J.) shooting guard Art Bowers recently committed to UMass over Rutgers, Seton Hall, Penn State, George Washington, Richmond, Wake Forest, N.C. State and East Carolina, among others. The 6-foot-4, 195-pound senior is rated the No. 50 overall prospect in the Class of 2003.'

NYC JUCO Update Some NY-area JUCO sophomore transfers to watch this season: Kenny Harris, a 6-9 forward, transfer from St. Bonaventure to Los Angeles City (CA). . . John Connor, a 6-1 guard, transfer from Sullivan (NY) to Southwestern (CA). . . Olaniyi Beckles, a 6-9 forward, transfer from LIU to Lon Morris (TX). . . Eddie Starks, a 6-2 guard, transfer from Iona to Howard (TX). . . Mark Curry, a 6-6 power forward, transfer from Delaware to Globe Tech (NY). . . Shaheen McNair, a 6-2 point guard, transfer from Kilgore (TX) to Globe Tech (NY). . . Ted Mumford, a 5-11 point guard, transfer from Fashion Institute (NY) to Westchester (NY). . . Anthony Lee, a 6-2 guard, transfer from LIU to Sullivan (NY). . . Darryl Caston, a 6-5 forward, transfer from Morris (NJ) to Sullivan (NY). . . Bruce Hall, a 6-2 guard, from Lynn (MA) to Sullivan (NY). . . Doneilous King, a 5-11 guard, transfer from Siena to Sullivan (NY). . . Leon Fuller, a 6-8 forward, transfer from Sage (NY) to Westchester (NY). . . Julian Sensley, a 6-8 power forward, transfer from Iona to Los Angeles City (CA). . . Mauricio Branwell, a 6-9 forward, transfer from Seton Hall to Barton (KS). . . Tremayne Singletary, a 6-8 forward, transfer from Sullivan (NY) to Southwestern (CA). . . Kingsley Edwards, a 6-2 combo guard, transfer from Butler (KS) to Bronx Monroe (NY). . . Willie Barnhill, a 6-7 forward, transfer from Westchester (NY) to Bronx Monroe (NY). . . Victor Monaros, a 6-4 guard, transfer from Fashion Institute (NY) to Globe Tech (NY). . . Lateef Hicks, a 6-1 guard, transfer from Trinidad (CO) to Globe Tech (NY). . . Terrance Watkins, a 6-3 combo guard, transfer from South Plains (TX) to Globe Tech (NY). . . Kevin Bell, a 6-3 guard, transfer from Arkansas-Forth Smith to Monroe (Bronx, NY). . . Obidiah Toppin, a 6-7 forward, transfer from Eastern Oklahoma to Globe Tech (NY). . . Kareem Lloyd, a 6-6 forward, transfer from Crichton to New Mexico.

9/18/02 Travis Berry: ' Riverbank State Park will host the Tenth Annual High School Basketball Invitational Classic featuring eight nationally ranked boys' high school varsity basketball teams from the Tri-State area. All games will be played at Riverbank State Park in New York City. This event previously has been a major success with participation averaging 4000 spectators and 200 players per tournament. It is a highly competitive event for top college-bound Tri-State area players to showcase their talent to the media and college recruiters. Starting on December 14 & 15, 2002 at 1, 3, 5 and 7p.m. The 8 teams that will be participating in this event are St. Peters SI, FDA, Jamaica, Theodore Roosevelt, Manhattan Center, St. John the Baptist, New Utrecht, Boys & Girls. General Admission is $4.00 per person. Free admission for children five years of age and under. For further information please contact: Randy McGhee or Travis Berry. Business (212) 694-3638, Fax (212) 694-3650 or Randy.McGhee@oprhp.state.ny.us, Travis.Berry@oprhp.state.ny.us.'

9/17/02 Coach JD Walsh touring China with Darryl 'Showtime' Hill, Donald Copeland, Ed Turner, Frank Russell, Juan Diego Palacious, Oumar Sylla, Konimba Diarra, Donald Brown, Kevin Spaan, and Dante Milligan.

9/17/02 Eddie Oliver: 'The HoopsUSA High School Basketball Tournament and events Report is the most informative, comprehensive and in depth report of it's kind in the country. More than one-hundred season tournament and events from all over the nation are highlighted in Eddie Oliver's annual report. A Collegiate and Professional Edition and a Fan Edition are available. For more information visit http://www.hoopsusa.com or email hoopsusa@sc.rr.com.'

The Long Island (a.k.a. St Marys) Gaels on the left posed for this picture after their Sunday morning 61 - 43 victory at IS8 over the B'ballers, a.k.a. J.F.K. Knights. The Church 12 under team on the right won a seesaw affair against the Westchester Gauchos 52 - 49 at the Gauchos Roundball Classic later on in the day. There will be updates during the week on the IS8 Nike Tip-off Classic, 2002 page and the Gauchos 2002 Roundball Classic page.

9/16/02 Post Gazette: Pitt's success factor in Brooklyn recruit's decision -- Chris Taft.

9/16/02 Coach Kevin Pigott: 'Just a short note about our tournament held at Drexel University this past weekend. Riverside Church defeated the Philadelphia Patriots 86-67. Congrats to Coach Pretlow and his players for a great win. They were down most of the game and had to fight hard to overcome a very talented Patriots team. The other two semifinalists were the Gauchos and the Hunting Park Warriors from Philadelphia. More details to follow.'

9/16/02 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'Riverside Church this past weekend won the 4th Annual Five Star Hoop Classic at Drexel University in Philadelphia. It was the second straight time the Church has won the tournament and their 3rd title in the four years that Five Star has ran the tournament. Riverside which went undefeated (6-0) opened up pool play by routing Hunington Park 76-51. Gary Ervin led the way with 17 pts and 11 assists A J Price 10 pts and 6 assists Gary Forbes 11 pts and Arturo Dubios 10 pts 11 boards. The Church then rallied from a 14 pt halftime deficit to beat Connecticut Select 66- 54. Gary Forbes 15 pts Willie Irick 14 pts 12 boards Gary Ervin 11 pts 6 assists Arturo Dubois 10 pts 10 boards. The last pool game was versus Tim Thomas Playaz and the Church started slowly and fell behind by 20. Switching to their black deny press they rallied to a 74-60 win. Arturo Dubois was a pillar of strength with 18 pts and 12 boards Gary Ervin 19 pts 5 assists Willie Irick 11 and Peedy Nelson 10 pts 6 steals. Riverside opened up the playoffs by routing NY Elite 81-51. Peedy led the way with 15 Gary Ervin 14 and 7 assists A J Price 14 5 assists Gary Forbes had 11 and Arturo 10 pts 10 boards. The semis was against Hunting Park who led by 3 with 5 minutes to go before a 10-0 run by the Church led to a 65-54 victory. Arturo 16 pts and 14 boards Gary Ervin 10 8 assists AJ and Peedy had 10 each. The Championship was versus the Philly Patriots and the Church won the title with a thrilling come from behind 68-67 win. With 6 minutes the go the Church was down 14 and the main cogs were running out of gas. Riverside coaches Kenny Pretlow and JR Rodriquez decided to sub the whole five out and go with the fresh legs on the bench. Courtney Johnson, Garfield Johns, Ivan Marnika, Tyrell Biggs, Willie Irick then led the Church on a incredible 15-0 run to get the lead. Garfield (13pts)hit 3 straight 3's and Courtney hit 2 straight . The defense forced 5 turnovers during the run. Gary Ervin (9pts) hit both end of a one and one with 10 second to go to put the Church up 4 and the Patriots hit a three at the buzzer. Willie Irick 11 pts 10 boards Arturo 10 pts 11 boards. Gary Ervin was named MVP and AJ Price and Peedy Nelson were all tournament. This was a total team effort and victory!'

9/15/02 Antonio Cannon: 'The T.K. Allstars captured the 13u boys championship by defeating FYA, at Tutt's Fubu tournament held at the St. Claires School, in Rosedale Queens. This was our third championship of the summer season, the other two were Manhasset Allstars Jamboree Tourney, & The Kenny Anderson Summer Classic. We will be competing in the Brooklyn PAL Miccio in Red Hook stating tomorrow night, and the Iron Man Tourney next weekend September 21st & 22nd, at Reiss Beach.'

9/15/02 Louis Xifaras: 'For the Good of the Neighborhood 2nd Annual Back to School Basketball Tournament 11u, 13u, 15u, 6 teams in each division, top 4 make playoffs. All games played at JHS 168 in Flushing on 78th Avenue off of Parsons Blvd. Sponsored by Adidas. Starts September 21st. Contact info: Tyrone Green 718-278-9667, Oliver Mackey 917-504-7515.'

9/15/02 'Unique All-Stars -Basketball team 10 & under will be having their first tryout starting October 18, 25 & November 1, 2002. The team will play in all the top leagues and tournaments in the Metropolitan area. Unique All-Stars will travel and play in many tournament out of town. This is a full sponsor team by Unique Sports Generation. If you are very serious about basketball and want to be the best, please contact Torrel Harris at (516) 229-2310. www.uniquesports.net.

Unique All-Stars: is the team on the rise come check them out in the Fubu Classic Tournament Championship Game. Both Unique All-Stars 10 & 11 teams will compete in the championship game at St. Clare's ( 241Street & 145 Avenue in Queens, NY), gym on September 15, 2002 at 1:30pm for the 10's and 2:30 for the 11's. Every tournament Unique All-Stars have played in the Metropolitan area, they have reach the championship game. Unique on the rise.'

9/14/02 Coach Bill McNally: The Horace Mann School in the Riverdale section of the Bronx will be hosting their annual showcase for the top private school players from New York City and Long Island on Thursday evening, October 3rd from 6:30-9:30. For further information call Coach Bill McNally at (718) 836-9800 X 349 or Coach Ray Barile at (718) 432-3220.

9/14/02 Bill McNally and Jeff O'Brien: 'Poly Prep in conjunction with Xaverian High School and the Brooklyn Children's Basketball Association will be holding our annual Coaches Clinic on Friday evening, October 11th from 6:30 -10:30 at Poly Prep Country Day School in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn (one minute from the Verrazano Bridge). We are proud to announce that John Thompson Jr. Head Coach of the Princeton University Tigers will be this year's featured speaker and will conduct a clinic on the famous Princeton Offense. Coach Thompson will be joined by two other outstanding coaches that will be confirmed soon. The cost of the clinic will be $30 pre-registered and $40 at the door. For further information call Coach McNally at (718) 836-9800 X 349.'

9/14/02 Newsday: Chris Taft, a 6-10 center from Brooklyn, has become the most highly recruited player to commit to Pittsburgh since coach Ben Howland was hired in 1999.

And highly touted shooting guard Bruce Price is attending Bridgton Academy in Maine , a post-graduate prep school, contrary to Internet reports in August that said he was headed to St. John's.

9/14/02 There are five IS8 games today with starts from 9:30 to 3:30 and nine Gauchos games (six 12 under starts from 10:00 through 4:45 and three 14 under games at 6:00, 7:15 and 8:30. Details on the IS8 Nike Tip-off Classic, 2002 page and the Gauchos 2002 Roundball Classic page.

9/14/02 Harry Roth: 'The Bayside Titans 2002-2003 Boys Basketball tryouts:5th grade 11u tryouts for AAU/TRAVEL basketball (Nominal Fee) 9th & 10th Boys JV tryouts for AAU/TRAVEL basket ball (Nominal Fee) September 23rd and 30th. For more information contact Coach Roth at BaysideTitans@aol.com.'

9/13/02 Fox Sports: Top 50 high school juniors includes 6. Sebastian Telfair, 36. Russell Robinson, 41. Josh Wright and 42. Stanley Branch.

9/13/02 Villanova Wildcats: Introducing: Freshman Forward Curtis Sumpter. The second part of our men's basketball series profiles the Brooklyn, N.Y. native

9/12/02 Eric Jaklitsch: 'The NY Elite, will also be attending the Five Star Hoops Classic. Our pool is Albany City Rocks, Riverside Church, and Positive Image. Its funny that Coach Pigott left us off the list after I had spoken with him a two weeks ago. We will be bringing a new sophomore stud, this will be his coming out party. I will send details when we get back.'

9/12/02 There will be no Gauchos Roundball Classic games tomorrow; they'll be made up this weekend and next week. In the 14 under action tonight Abyssinian got the forfeit against the Newark Rams in the final game, Team Roc clobbered Classic Center (they replaced Long Island Lightning) 90 - 41 and the Church won a seesaw affair over Rise Panthers 62 - 58. In that game the Church was down by 10 early; they were tied at 20 with 5 minutes left in the first half and the Church led 30 - 24 at the half. They extended that lead to 57 - 44 with 3:16 to play when RP went on a 10 point run to come within three with 1:17 left. Ultimately, the McClancy freshman, Mohammed Lo (pictured), was the difference. He blocked a lay-up attempt and got the put-back rebound and lay-up on the following possession to provide a cushion for the victory. St Raymond's freshman, Torrance McGill and Oshmar Planes helped on the boards while Bishop Loughlin's Wes Frederique ran the show for Riverside. Malik Boothe, Darius Gabriel and Calvin Rhodes were on the perimeter for the Panthers while Steven Wood (McClancey), Robert Hampton (Christ the King) and Hickman Simmons (Holy Cross) were underneath. Meanwhile Team Roc got double digit scoring from Jabor Forde (14), Paul Foster (12), Michael Howard (13), Joshua Spivey (10) and Brandon Roberts (10) in their first game rout.

Earlier stories on the Gauchos 2002 Roundball Classic page.

9/12/02 Coach Kevin Pigott: 'The new head coach at Wings Academy is Tony Bergeron. Previously Tony was at the McDuffie School in Springfield, MA. He built a great program up there and will continue to continue the great job that was started by Lance Tejada.

The CHSAA Preseason Camp for seniors will take place on Monday, September 23, at Holy Cross High School in Queens and continues on Wednesday, September 25, at Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx. There will be four games starting at 5 PM. The NCAA will only allow Division II and III coaches to attend. The fee for general admission is $10.

This year's Five-Star Hoop Classic will take place this weekend at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Games will be played Friday night, all-day Saturday, and Sunday. Teams that will be playing include: Riverside Church, Hampton Roads, Albany City Rocks, Tim Thomas Playaz, Roadrunners, NJ All-Stars, Philly Patriots, Gauchos, Hunting Park Warriors, Philly Phoenix, Connecticut Select, Positive Image, New York Elite, Long Island Panthers, Donyell Marshall Foundation, and Sam Ryan.'

9/12/02 Project Hoops, Boys & girls basketball league. Registration -- Friday, October 4th & 11th, 6pm-9pm & Saturday, October 19th 1pm-7pm @ Wyandanch Youth Center, 20 Andrews Avenue, Wyandanch, NY 11798. Registration fee $65.00 (Includes, uniform, insurance and awards). Boys Divisions are Age 7& 8, Age 9 & 10, Age 11 & 12 and Age 13-15. Girls Divisions are Age 7-9, Age 10-12 and Age 13-15. Developmental League is Age 5 & 6. Our Basketball league will consist of 10 games for the season, (for boys), plus playoffs. Girls divisions will have 9 league games plus playoffs. Also we will have a developmental league for the youth ages 5 & 6 years old. All athletes will be exposed to the fundamentals of basketball, as well as, academic assistance, and life skills workshops. November 1 league begins. For More Info: Sean Ramos (631) 831-3075, Torrence Lewis (631) 774-4706, Faye Thomas (631) 398-0657, Tanya Crawford (631) 922- 4632.

Project Hoops is also recruiting coaches, intramurals & AAU, experienced or will train. Come join us and make a difference. Faye Thomas (631) 398-0657, Torrence Lewis (631) 774-4706 or Sean Ramos (631) 831-3075.

9/12/02 Nathan Blue's Real Scout Hoop Summary (NYC) IS8 rosters - past and present.

9/12/02 Reginald Murray: Executive Director, Brooklyn Rams AAU Basketball: "I would like to congratulate all of the Brooklyn Rams players that were nominated to participate in the 10th Annual James P. Sullivan Basketball Games: Seniors Akeem Tucker (Lincoln), Keiron Guy (Boys & Girls), Brandon Armstrong (Boys & Girls), Ronald Sears (New Utrecht), Euland Williams (South Shore), Lennox Grootfaam (South Shore), Anderson Labaze (South Shore), Jarod Nowell (Robeson) and to our extended family Curtis Quow (Wingate), Barnaby Collins (Telecommunications), Darnell Gibbons (New Utrecht) and Kemar Hamilton (Chelsea). It's an honor to be nominated because each student athlete has to have the academic eligibility to participate in the upcoming basketball season. Most of these kids have already secured a qualifying score on their SAT's and we're looking forward to them taking their athletic and academic skills to D1 universities next year."

9/11/02 Nathan Blue: 'Roscoe Biggers has gotten accepted into Seton Hall and will play this season as a walk on. Curtis Stinson has been offered by Drexel and Iowa St. to name a few. Rain Rickert 6'3 pg from St. John's Prep is a player to watch progress over the next few years. Otoja Obit 6'6 WF is being under recruited all coaches looking for some height should contact Molloy HS. Vernon Goodrich 6'9 from Erasmus HS has transferred to Milford Academy CT. Daon Merritt 5'8 St. Raymond's is expected to verbal with A-10 Richmond in the early signing period. Gavin Grant 6'6 St. Raymond's has a broken arm. Justin Marshall and Tariq Atkins look to be following the Iona tradition. Just a gut feeling. One of them will end up there. Bobby Gonzales will leave and Tony Childs will get the Manhattan job. Clark Francis has to be one of the worst talent evaluators of all time. Just my thought. What's the difference between Dereck and Biggs again? Malcom Pope the next Telfair? I don't think so! He's like Majestic Mapp.'

9/11/02 Edwin Morales: 'I am writing to you about a young man named Emanuel (Manny) Garcia.' Web note: on the class of 2005 page.

9/11/02 Karine Fréchette, Coordonnatrice aux événements ( www.basketball.qc.ca): We have a great Fall Festival in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, October 18 to 20, 2002. All the information and the registration form are available on our web site www.basketball.qc.ca under Festival d'Automne-Registration form.'.

9/11/02 Daniel Small: 'Come and see Rhode Island's top basketball site! There are Rankings, Hot Links, and many new faetures! Visit at www.eteamz.com/RIHoops.'

9/11/02 Coach Carlton Screen (FYA): We will be starting our 11th season at PS6 located at Snyder and Bedford Avenues in Brooklyn on Friday 9/13 at 3 - 7pm for Boys & Girls Ages 4 - 16.Any Questions feel free to call 718 434 0127 best time 11am - 2pm weekdays, nights and weekends 917 313 1715. FYA 12U team plays Saturday 4:45 pm, and the 14U team plays 6pm at The Gauchos Gym. On Sunday 14U play at 11am, 12U play 3pm.'

9/11/02 Coach Roberto Diaz: 'As of 9/11/02, the Runnin' Hustlers Basketball Program will be renamed to N.Y.C. Finest in memory of every citizen and members of FDNY, NYPD & Port Authority PD whose life was taken in the 9/11 tragedy.'

9/11/02 Dan Trant worked for Cantor Fitzgerald and died in the World Trade Center last year. This is the way he described himself to the rest of us on this mailing list:

'Coach Dan Trant coach LI Lightning U12...father of three...3 time Div III All American at Clark Univ (Worcester,MA) .1984 Draft pick of the Boston Celtics ...played in Europe for three years, USBL Springfield Fame for two years...Run CYO program in Northport,NY...Follow High School Hoops nationally very closely...Favorite team--St Dom's...Favorite player--my 12 year old son Daniel.'

9/11/02 Coach Roberto Diaz: 'On a Memorial 9/11 Anniversary, I would like to extend my comfort to all families affected by the tragedy as well as all agencies (FDNY, NY Port Authority) and especially my own coworkers and brothers from the NYPD. "we will never forget their sacrifices and heroism", and that is why they will always have a special place in our memories but more important in our hearts. Be safe, think safe, be strong, look ahead there is a brighter day for all of us!'

9/10/02 Louis Xifaras: 'Joe Vines (2005) from Holy Cross High School last year has transferred into Rice High School. Curtis Kelly (2006) is going to Rice High School.'

9/10/02 Pete McDevitt, Director of Basketball Relations NBA Hoop It Up: 'The New York City NBA Hoop-It-Up will be held on Water Street - Downtown NYC. Find your path to the NBA by signing your team up for "Basketball Without Boundaries"! No matter if you are male or female, young or old, have great game or no game, there is a division for you and your team. Call the New York City NBA Hoop-It-Up hotline number, 201-612-3261 to request an entry form. You can also stop by any New York City-area Foot Locker store or Verizon Wireless store and pick up an entry form. Deadline for entries: Friday, Sept. 13th. For the fast and easy route, log on to nbahoopitup.com and register online. Attention Youth, Jr. High and HS Coaches - 3 on 3 basketball emphasizes important fundamentals that will help your players improve! Encourage them to sign up for NBA Hoop It Up today.'

9/9/02 Coach Eric 'Rock' Eisenberg: ' I wanted to share some thoughts and feelings I have about Sept.11th and how all of us in the basketball community might help our students/athletes try and understand the magnitude of what happened that tragic day.

Today I took an early morning walk around Ground Zero and I came away sad but uplifted.I said to myself what a great team trip this would be for my players.I believe that by bringing our teams to this monument of all that is good and all that is evil in mankind it could build a resolve in them to become instruments of positve change in our city and our world and help them to better deal with any emotional distress they may be holding inside themselves.

I also want to send my heartfelt thanks to all those who give so much every day to keep our children and our city safe '' God Bless the NYPD, FDNY, EMS and PAPD.Stay safe.'

9/8/02 Robert White, www.NyHoops.com: 'We have updated our site with a links page and we have the photos from Rod Strickland's Championships.;

9/8/02 The teams for the five divisions are now listed on the Gauchos 2002 Roundball Classic page. Rosters and schedules will be completed as soon as possible.

9/8/02 Donnie Wilkie, Fort Myers, Florida: 'I'd like to add a special congratulations from the City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers, Fla., to Coach Gary DeCesare, his wife and three kids on the move to Richmond, Va.! Sometimes, it takes awhile in this business to figure out who the straight-shooters are, but Gary's definitely one of them. But I guess we get twice the treat this year -- St. Raymond's is in the 2002 City of Palms and, hopefully, Gary will be here to watch and recruit!'

9/7/02 There were two decisive victories this morning in the Gauchos Roundball Classic 12 under division as the Westchester Gauchos (same organization, different county) creamed the Jersey Shore Lightning 64 - 14 and Team Next easily dispatched Riverside Church 65 - 34. It was the usual suspects for Team Next as Erving Walker (22), Rhakee Begun (11), Ashton Gibbs (10) and Billy Butler (9) each contributed. Riverside's Dorvall Carter (11) and Lamont Middleton (9) led it for the Church but their big center, Lenny McNeal was held in check. The 12 under schedule is on the Gauchos 2002 Roundball Classic page. Schedules for the 14 under, 16 under and high school boys and girls divisions will be posted soon.

9/7/02 Michael McLeggan, Nickelodeon Sports Foundation, Inc: 'IronMan Basketball Tournament -- A few teams needed to fill the last few brackets. Only referee fees required. Boys and Girls Teams Welcomed, Five games guaranteed. Jacob Riis Beach - Location, See http://come.to/ironmanBASKETBALL.'

9/7/02 DJ Brown: 'Well it's been a really busy and productive summer for me. I have seen a lot of great ball, great officiating and met a lot of good people. First of all I would like to thank all those at the tournament tables who have shown me love (and those who haven't!). Shout outs to Ray Diaz, Antonio Cannon, Rich Peay, Kenny Stevens and Nate Blue. Thank you for your patience. And to all the web surfers who have stopped by and hit my site http://djbrown2320.tripod.com. And mostly to you have written and bought tapes of the games. It will get better as I am currently waiting to upload video to the site and edit special effects in the tapes. In addition we are expecting to author in dvd and have tapes of the game right after the game! If I haven't reached out to you please get at me! The games are still here and we ain't going nowhere, we can't be stopped now, we're Sports Visions for life! Lastly (and certainly not in the least) I would like to thank the man here at High Hoops, for all his support and camaraderie in the field. As the kids say, D-money, you da man! I'm looking forward this fall to PSAL Soccer ( yeah that's right), IS 8, Gauchos Roundball and Nike Riverside and ofcourse the PSAL Basketball season. So check for the tape cause if you want to see your favorite player, I got 'em. Mad love to all the players, coaches, officials, administrators, parents and fans! And as you all know, see ya at the game ... or...see the game at home!'

9/7/02 PSAL.org: 'The Tenth Annual James P. Sullivan Basketball Games will be held at Riverbank State Park once again this year. This three-day boys and girls basketball event is held to provide students athletes with a pre-season opportunity to display their skills in front of potential college recruiters. The Boys event will be held on Tuesday, September 24 & Thursday, September 26, 2002. The Boys Games are open to all NCAA Division II & III Men’s Basketball Coaches. The Girls event will be held on Wednesday, September 25, 2002. The Girls Games are open to all NCAA Division I, II & III Woman’s Basketball Coaches.'

9/6/02 Louis Xifaras: Queens RimRockers Player Updates on the players page.

9/6/02 Coach Rock Eisenberg: 'I just want to add my congratulations to Gary and Pam DeCesare on their move to Richmond. I wish them both the very best. Go New York Go!'

9/6/02 Nathan Blue: 'Phillip Murphy is at Middletown HS (Orange County, NY)'.

9/6/02 CBS Sportsline: As season looms, here's a difference-maker's dozen including Ben Gordon and Craig Forth. Also Richmond lures DeCesare.

9/6/02 PrepStars: Louisville Wraps Up 2003 Class landing blue-chip forward Nate Daniels.

9/5/02 Dwayne Mitchell: 'Gauchos 2002 Roundball Classic -- The coaches' meeting was last night. There will be four divisions, 14 under boys, 16 under boys, high school boys and high school girls. The two high school divisions will play on weeknights and the schedule should be finalized by this weekend. The 14 and 16 under divisions will play on Saturdays (10:00 until 5:30) and Sundays (10:00 to 3:00) beginning this weekend. The schedule should be finalized by tonight. The championships will be on Sunday, October 20th. Participating teams include the Gauchos, Riverside, Rise Panthers, Westchester Gauchos, Team Next, Team Roc, Abyssinian and Long Island Lightning.' Web note: Details will be kept on the Gauchos 2002 Roundball Classic page.

9/4/02 John Koegel: 'I'm sorry, but to say Quincy Douby "did not qualify" at Hofstra does not tell the whole story. He weaseled out of his early commitment after thinking he could do better elsewhere. Hofstra is better off without him.'

9/4/02 Wayne Banner: 'I want to wish Coach Gary DeCesare and his family the very best on their new lives in Richmond, Va. This is a very well earned opportunity for Coach DeCesare and I know he will do great things at the NCAA level. He has influenced and help so many student/athletics in the NYC basketball community, that his mark will always be remembered! Again, Congratulations, good luck in the college ranks and thank you!'

9/4/02 Coach Ted Gustus: 'It Takes A Villiage To Raise A Child... This phase definitely applies to Mr. Phil Hayes, Sr. (Doc, GM) who died on Monday, September 2, 2002. Yes, the basketball community has lost another one of their great basketball minds and a super person. Mr. Hayes, known by many as Doc and/or GM, has touched the lives of thousands of young men throughout the Brooklyn community. He has personally been a father to me for 30 years. For those who didn't get the opportunity to meet Mr. Hayes, just ask those who he has helped in some special way, such as Robert Phelps (Nazareth), John Salley (Canarsie), Rolando Blackman (Grady), Duane Martin (FDR), Tommy Allen (Canarsie), Buddy Keaton (SUBOA officials), Mike Levine (Sheepshead Bay), and literally hundreds of others. Mr. Hayes and his wife (Cyrilla) truly exemplified the spirit of the phase: "It Takes A Villiage To Raise A Child!" They helped raise alot of children. The funeral services for this great man will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2002 at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, located at 241-45 Gates Avenue Between Franklin Ave. & Classon Ave. The viewing is 9A.M., funeral service is 10A.M. For additional information contact coach Gustus at: (718) 485-2719.'

9/4/02 InsidersHoops: Richmond Hires DeCesare -- After years of being courted by college coaches for his players, Gary DeCesare is ready to do some courting himself. On Tuesday, DeCesare bolted the prep ranks for the college coaching profession.

9/4/02 Brooklyn Scout: 'Quincy Douby, who led all New York City players in scoring last season, has made a verbal commitment to Rutgers for the 2003-04 season. The 6-3 native of Coney Island in Brooklyn (NY) had originally signed with Hofstra in the fall of 2001 but did not qualify and will be doing a prep year at Oakdale (CT) St. Thomas More. Douby, a member of Grady's 2000-01 PSAL champions, led the Falcons back to the semifinals last season averaging 35 ppg. Among his top performances were scoring outbursts of 64 (16 three-pointers) and 63 (an amazing 18-of-21 beyond the arc) points that rank among the nation's top five marks for 2001-02. He was named first team All-City by all three New York City newspapers last season and is widely considered one of the best prep shooters in the nation and one of the best ever to come out of New York City.'

9/3/02 Antonio Cannon, Sr: 'I want to take this time to thank several people for their support: Rob Diaz (Running Hustlers), Nate Blue (Real Scout) & Mitch Eisner (Running Rebels) for their kind words, and support of my efforts to elevate the Kenny Anderson Classic, as a major player on the NYC summer basketball scene! In addition, I would like to thank Dennis Cronin (NYCNJHOOPS), DJBrown (Sports Visions) & Brian Towey (Rivals Hoops), for spending time with us, and spreading the news about The K.A. Classic. I would like to thank Lou Benson (Elmcor Louis Armstrong Center), for allowing the K.A. the use of the facility as a rain site. To the head referee Claude Steeny, and his team of referees who always get a hard way to go from the fans, coaches, and players alike! Great Job! In closing, I would like to thank the seventy teams/organizaions, who chose us for their summer basketball experience. The K.A. Staff: Mr. Al Blake, for honoring all my requests, (new fiberglass backboard system, electronic scoreboard, etc.) Allie & Big Baby for holding down the scoring table and putting up with all the abuse that comes with that job! Malcolm, who did whatever necessary to assure things were on track, Carol (T-Momma) for holding down the gate only allowing the players and coaches to enter the court! My partner Keith the K in T.K. Allstars, for putting up with me, and all the challenges laid in front of him. Love you guys, can't wait until next summer (smile). Oh, how could I forget, the fans who shook to gates and yelled, on every crossover move, dunk, three pointer or block shot! To the tenants of Lefrak City that put up with the whistles and noise from June to August, we appreciate you and your tolerance! Wise and Black for their play by play commentating and comic relief on the mike! To Ira Sport & Goods, for the great job they did, with the uniforms & trophies for the Kenny Anderson Classic!'

9/3/02 Coach Roberto Diaz: 'I would like to take the time to thank Antonio Cannon, Sr., the successful job performed directing the Kenny Anderson Summer Classic 2002, bringing together teams from all over the city as well as the Island in various age brackets. We were pleased to have our basketball component "Runnin' Hustlers Basketball Program" take part in such a great tournament. In the same token, I want to congratulate Mr. Cannon for his recent accomplishment taking his 13u T. K. All-Stars team to conquer another 13u Division Championship at KA. defeating the talented, young & undefeated Team Next.'

9/3/02 'Unique Sports All-stars had a great season this summer. Unique All-Stars started the summer by winning Metropolitan Regional for AAU for 11 & under to play in the AAU National in Cocoa Beach Florida half of the team was kids ten and under and the other half was 11. Unique All-Stars won 10 under and 11 under at FYA summer league, Unique also won Rise Panther 11 under at Rise Panther summer league and was runner up in Kenny Anderson Classic 11 under. Unique Sports All-Stars was comprised of good basketball players from all parts of New York coach by Torrel Harris. Unique All-Stars was sponsored by Unique Sports Generation, a sports apparel company licensed by the NBA. Unique All-Stars is a team on the rise.'

9/2/02 Rich Kosik aka BooksNball: 'All High School Student-athletes, their parents, coaches and school personnel please make this information part of your "game plan for success" for the 2002-2003 school year.

9/2/02 PrepStars: 'Ramel "Smooth" Bradley is about to start classes after an extended summer vacation and tour of the club circuit. And he'll begin the year at a new school; the 6-3, 165-pound PG/WG has left Brooklyn (NY) Park West and will enroll at Durham (NC) Mt. Zion on Monday. Bradley, who prefers the name "Smooth," wanted to increase his exposure down South.

It looks as though IMG Academies is starting to haul in some big-time talent, with Jermaine Bell (from Rochester) the latest addition. The 6-11, 202-pound Bell, who gave St. John’s an oral commitment last year, will head down to Bradenton, Fla., this weekend and enroll in IMG.'

9/2/02 Jim Fox: 'The Island Garden will be hosting our annual High School Preseason League beginning September 19th. There will be Varsity and Junior Varsity Divisions for Boys and Girls. League is open to both school and club teams. Ten game schedule that ends in early November. Details at www.islandgarden.com.'

9/2/02 Vincent Davis: 'Pro Style 2K 3 "Winter League basketbal" will begin it'sthird season in January 2003 continuing through the league's playoffs and championships in April. Sixty-nine teams participated in the first 2001 season, and ninety-five in the second, 2002 season. Ppr Style 2K 3 games will be played at Bronx Regional High School, 1010 Reverend James Polite Avenue. Games are scheduled for weekend play and features invited teams and organizations for boys, girls and young adults from New York City, New Jersey, Westchester, Rockland, Long Island and Connecticut. To participate applications and deposits must be submitted by November 30th. For more information, call (718) 654-1440. E-Mail us at: PRO STYLE 2K 3@aol.com. AOL Instant Message us at: "PRO STYLE 2K 3". Web Address: www.eteamz.com/PROSTYLE. Last seasons Pro Style info is at www.nycnjhoops.com/ps200201.htm. This winter's info will be at www.nycnjhoops.com/ps200301.htm.

9/2/02 Nathan Blue: 'Saturday night my team Real Scout (Formerly Rimockers) lost to the other RSB (Rock Steady Beacon) by one point. The players who played in the game for Rock Steady Beacon were Gary Ervin, Shamar Green, Gary Forbes, James Barrett, Petey Nelson, Antonio Pena and many more. On my team was Charlie Villanueva, Wesley Mathews, Mihkal Malik, Phil Murphy, William Harris, Miguel Gonzales, Tyshawn Bierria, Justin Marshall, Brian Laing, Eugene Harvey and Sean Banks. But a couple of players didn't show plus the fact Rock Steady played 1pt better. I'd like to thank Antonio Cannon and his Kenny Anderson crew for running a nice season. I hope more teams will enter the tourney next year.

Mr. Cannon is very flexible when it comes to scheduling games and I have a real good feeling that you better send him those emails now. Or you won't have a spot next year.'

9/2/02 Coach Rock Eisenberg: 'Nate Daniels the 6'8'' JUCO All American from Broward CC in Fl. took his official visit this weekend to Louisville and was overwhelmed by his time with Coach Pitino and and very impressed with the efforts of Assistant's Vince Taylor and Mick Cronin during the recruiting process. Nate was supposed to visit St.Johns, Duquesne, Texas Tech and Florida International in the month of Sept., but will call all the coaches and let them know that he will attend Louisville next year.'

9/2/02 Triciabb: 'NYC SlamJam, HS Girls Tournament, Saturdays and Sundays Sept. 14-Nov. 2, at Riverbank State Park. See our website www.slamjamwbc.com for details.

9/2/02 Fox Sports: Top 100 high school seniors includes 3. Luol Deng, 6. Charlie Villanueva, 19. Gary Forbes, 24. Sean Banks, 29. Chris Taft, 33. Shagari Alleyne, 47. Terrence Roberts, 56. Sammy Mejia, 57. Gary Ervin, 60. Artie Bowers, 70. Will Sheridan, 75. Louis McCroskey, 85. Michael Nardi, 92. Daon Merritt, 95. Darryl Watkins and 97. Grant Billmeier.

9/2/02 CBS Sportsline: Sonny Vaccaro might be switching treads to Reebok

9/2/02 We have updated our site with pictures from Citiwide's championships..Also we have the results from Rod Stricklands Chcampionships. They can be seen at www.nyhoops.com.

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