Sterling Gibbs ’11, Seton Hall Prep (NJ), NY Panthers: Maryland, Florida, Indiana, Seton Hall, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Rutgers, Pitt, UConn, and Louisville
                                      Offers: Indiana, Seton Hall, Rutgers, and Pitt
                                      Favorites: None

John Manning ’11, Chantilly (VA), Boo Williams: Xavier, George Mason, Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Clemson, and Georgetown
                                      Offers: “I’d rather not talk about that right now.”
                                      Favorites: “Not really, so far.”

Shabazz Napier ’11, Lawrence Academy (MA), Metro Boston Elite: Alabama, Memphis, Providence, Notre Dame, Seton Hall, Rhode Island, UMass, George Washington, Clemson, North Carolina State, UTEP, Tulane, UAB, Virginia Commonwealth, Northeastern, and James Madison
                                        Offers: Providence, Rhode Island, UMass, and Tulane
                                        Favorites: “I really don’t have a favorite, [just] . . . whatever school is going to give me a full ride and . . . playing [time].”
                                        Notes- Napier’s AAU Coach Oscar Lopez helped provide the school list, and said that there were many others showing interest not on that list. “The schools that go fast [and] . . . fit my type of basketball,” are those that Shabazz said he is looking for.

Andre Drummond ’11, Capital Prep (CT), CBC: UConn, Providence, Florida, Georgetown, West Virginia, and UMass
                                              Offers: UConn
                                              Favorites: UConn, Georgetown, and West Virginia; “I like UConn. I like how West Virginia plays, and Georgetown [I like too].”
                                              Note- Drummond does “not really” have a dream school.

Kaleb Tarczewski ’11, Stevens (NH), Expressions: Boston College
                                           Offers: none
                                           Favorites: n/a
                                           Notes- Tarczewski said that he “reclassifying next year at St. Mark’s [in MA],” as he will be leaving Stevens HS, which is a “really small public school.” Kaleb, who said BC was the main school looking at him, took an unofficial visit there as he was coming to Providence.

Tyler Harris ’11, Half Hollows Hills West (NY), Westchester Hawks: UConn, Duquesne, Fordham, Rutgers, Syracuse, and Maryland
                                Offers: UConn, Duquesne, and Fordham
                                Favorites: “I like UConn a lot. [Pause] UConn and Syracuse.”
                                Notes- Tyler and his older brother Tobias Harris ’10 have re-enrolled at Half Hollows after spending most of their 08-09 school year at Long Island Lutheran (NY), and the brothers have already began school there. On the possibility of playing college ball with Tobias, the younger Harris said, “I don’t know yet, maybe.” In addition, Tyler told me that are “some other” schools showing interest in him, but said, “I can’t think of them off the top of my head.”

Tyler Olander ’11, Worcester Academy (MA), Expressions: Providence, Vanderbilt, La Salle, and Fairfield
                                     Offers: Vanderbilt and La Salle
                                     Favorite: “I like Providence.”

Tyler Strange ’11, unknown, Expressions: Boston University, Stony Brook, and South Carolina
                                    Offers: None
                                    Favorites: “I’d rather go to South Carolina [than the other two].”
                                    Note- Strange, who said his dream school is Clemson, wants to go South for college, adding “my whole family is from North Carolina.”

Alex Murphy ’12, St. Mark’s (MA), Expressions: Florida, Michigan, Providence, UConn, Xavier, Georgia Tech, and Notre Dame
                                    Offers: Florida, Xavier, and Georgia Tech
                                    Favorites: “No idea right now. . . . [I really] just got to worry about getting better.”
                                    Note- Alex’s older brother Erik Murphy is a class of 2009 signee with Florida, and he said the following when I asked him what he thinks about playing with his big brother in college: “I don’t know. I’ve been down there a couple times with him. . . . We always joke [about it, but] . . . right now I don’t know.” Murphy was originally in the class of 2011, but transferred to St. Mark’s from Prout (RI) and reclassified despite already being a highly regarded player, so I asked him what went into that decision, and he replied, “I was one of the younger kids in my grade [and now I get another] . . . year of maturing, getting better [and working in the] . . . classroom.”

Khem Birch ’12, unknown, Expressions: Providence, LSU, and Siena
                                 Offers: None
                                 Favorites: None
                                 Note- Birch, who is from Canada, said his dream school is USC and told me that he thinks he will be at South Kent (CT) next year.