A mind is a hard thing to make up

Combo guard Tayler Hill of Minneapolis — the highest rated unsigned senior in the country — decided on Ohio State in an unusually drawn out saga for a player at her level. Her brother plays for Ohio State, but she said she agonized over her decision because she also was smitten with Minnesota and Texas.

Bone chooses South Carolina

Quite a coup for Dawn Staley as Kelsey Bone, the 6-foot-4 prospect from Houston and rated the top senior in the country, announced that she will sign a letter-of-intent with South Carolina. The other finalists were Texas and Texas A & M. Bone made the announcement during the McDonald’s High School All-American game tonight at [...]

Ignore these games, please

Greg Cote of the Miami Herald ponders the parade of top prep hoops talent arriving in his town for tonight’s McDonald’s All-American games, and feels like taking a shower: “The NCAA should severely limit how many of these AAU talent auctions college coaches are allowed to attend — and ask itself if a teenaged recruit [...]

Travel ball provides ‘cutting edge’ for recruits

The sagging economy may be affecting the travel plans of some AAU programs, but the South-Florida based Hollywood Eagles are planning at least five trips this summer. Says Eagles stalwart Erica Wheeler, who’s headed to Rutgers in the fall and will play in the McDonald’s All-American game in Miami this week: “Really, down here in [...]

A state title for Archbishop Carroll

Kevin Lynch watches an easy Class AAA Pennsylvania state title victory for Archbishop Carroll, which avenged its only loss of the season to archrival Cardinal O’Hara along the way.