Player Notebook: Dajuan Coleman
by Deborah N. Harris
Don't get caught sleeping on Dajuan Coleman (pictured). The 15-year-old, 6-foot-8, 240-pound post-man already has some upperclassman game to go with his shockingly grown-man frame. Coleman, a soon-to-be-sophomore at Jamesville-Dewitt High School

NYer Becomes Florida's PG
by Adam Gorney
Florida one legitimate option at point guard - 5-foot-8 sophomore Erving Walker, who averaged 10.1 points and about 24 minutes per game last season.

Brooklyn PG Rising to the Top
by Maurice Wingate
When you think of a Brooklyn basketball player, the adjectives tough, hard nosed, and a person who doesn't back down comes to mind. The name Shaquille Stokes comes to mind.

Pankey Becomes An MVP
by Maurice Wingate
Recently, NYCHoops.net caught up with Ashton Pankey while he participated in the Five-Star Basketball Camp. The small forward spoke about the camp as well as about his recruitment to date.

Ryan Pence
BearcatLair.com

Per a news release by The University of Cincinnati on June 30th, Lance Stephenson, ranked number 11 in the 2009 Rivals150 rankings, has committed to play basketball for Mick Cronin and the Cincinnati Bearcats beginning in 2009. Stephenson, the all-time leading high school scorer in New York state history, will suit up for the Bearcats at the start of the 2009-2010 campaign assuming he is deemed eligible by the NCAA.

By Mindi Rice
HoopGurlz

One more top guard is off the list for the class of 2010.

Charmaine Tay (pictured), the No. 32 player in the ESPN HoopGurlz 100, has given a verbal commitment to Louisville.

"I wanted to play in the Big East," the Irvington, N.J. native said Wednesday. "I wanted to be able to play at home but not stay here. I felt it was the best fit."

Tay, a 5-10 point guard, chose Louisville over Georgetown, Duke, Georgia Tech and Florida State.

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