Recruiting Insider: March 9, 2008 - March 15, 2008

Five Former All-Mets Start Big East Opener

Just tuning into Georgetown-Villanova on ESPN right now and a quick look at the starting lineup shows three former All-Mets for Villanova and two for Georgetown. 2005 Player of the Year Dante Cunningham is joined by Dwayne Anderson and Scottie Reynolds for Villanova. Georgetown has 2007 Player of the Year...

By Josh Barr  | March 13, 2008; 12:05 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Inside Look at Hokies' Recruit

Stone Bridge lineman David Wang was the first local junior to make his college football choice, accepting a scholarship to play for Virginia Tech before this past season. B.J. Koubaroulis talks to Wang about joining his older brother, Ed, with the Hokies....

By Josh Barr  | March 13, 2008; 10:49 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Charges Reduced Against All-Met Lineman

Former All-Met lineman Phil Taylor was in court yesterday and had his charge reduced from felony assault to a series of misdemeanors stemming from a fight last fall. The same thing happened to the other two defendants in the case, including All-Met linebacker Navorro Bowman, but in the previous instances...

By Josh Barr  | March 13, 2008; 9:48 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Can USC's Latest Recruit Play Ball?

Here's a story about USC's latest basketball recruit, Romeo Miller, which raises the question: Exactly why is Master P's son getting an athletic scholarship? Because he can play basketball or because he might attract fans and/or interest in a team that probably won't have O.J. Mayo much longer? "If you're...

By Josh Barr  | March 13, 2008; 8:58 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Recruiting Spotlight: David Wang

The latest in the series of Recruiting Spotlight videos ... enjoy!...

By washingtonpost.com Sports Editor  | March 12, 2008; 8:16 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
 
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Top Recruit Headed to Anger Management

And he's not alone. Nation's Top Football Recruit (NTFR) Terrelle Pryor and his Jeannette (Pa.) High basketball teammates escaped serious punishment for their postgame fight last week and all will be able to play in this week's state semifinals. Pryor did not attend yesterday's hearing, according to a text message...

By Josh Barr  | March 12, 2008; 11:06 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Montrose Juniors Close to Decisions?

Maybe not yet, but it might not be too far off for the three elite juniors at Montrose Christian. Coach Stu Vetter isn't a fan of early commitments, but he acknowledges that Terrell Vinson, Isaiah Armwood and Tristan Spurlock have been heavily recruited for so long, that each is looking...

By Josh Barr  | March 12, 2008; 9:07 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Pryor To Sit Out?

Superstar quarterback Terrelle Pryor - yet to pick between Penn State, Ohio State and Michigan - could be suspended from Jeannette (Pa.) High's state semifinal basketball game. Officials are reviewing a postgame fight following Jeannette's quarterfinal victory. Anyone think this will affect Pryor's recruiting process? Just kidding, obviously....

By Josh Barr  | March 11, 2008; 10:47 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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Big Center Back On the Block

I heard about this from a colleague last night and here is some confirmation that O'Connell center Frank Ben-Eze no longer will go to Harvard. O'Connell Coach Joe Wootten said that "he was told he needed a certain score on the SAT and after the New York Times [original] article...

By Josh Barr  | March 11, 2008; 9:21 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
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