Doron Lamb and Josh Selby are expected to announce their college decisions at the Jordan Brand Classic, taking place April 17. 
Brandon Knight, Pine Crest
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Lamb (6-4 CG/Mouth of Wilson, Va./Oak Hill Academy), a native of Queens, N.Y., will choose from Arizona, Connecticut, Kansas, Kentucky and West Virginia. Selby (6-3 CG/Baltimore, Md./Lake Clifton) will choose from Arizona, Connecticut, Kansas and Kentucky, as it currently stands.
Brandon Knight (6-4 CG/Coral Springs, Fla./Pine Crest) expects to decide some time in April between the McDonald’s and Jordan Games. He will choose from Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky and Syracuse. Miami is no longer in the hunt while the Orange may host him on an unofficial visit after March Madness.
As for the other four uncommitted All-Americans, their lists remain unchanged but decisions are looming.
Terrence Jones (6-8 CF/Portland, Ore./Jefferson) has been expected to decide once the school season ends and Jefferson won its state championship last weekend. Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oregon, UCLA and Washington made the cut. UCLA head coach Ben Howland was on hand for the state title game.
Cory Joseph (6-3 CG/Henderson, Nev./Findlay Prep) recently drew a second visit in as many weeks from Kentucky head coach John Calipari but the native Canadian still looks to choose from Connecticut, Minnesota, Texas, UNLV and Villanova. This past week, Joseph was also named to the World Select team that will take on the USA team at the annual Hoop Summit on April 10 in Portland, Ore.
C.J. Leslie (6-8 CF/Raleigh, N.C./Word of God) is likely to decide come the spring signing period (April 14) with Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, NC State, Oregon and UCLA in the mix.
Ray McCallum (6-1 PG/Beverly Hills, Mich./Detroit Country Day) is in the middle of a state title chase and also planning to ink his letter in the upcoming period with Arizona, Detroit, Florida and UCLA having been the set final four.
Also as the spring signing period draws near, expect to begin to see some recruits who signed in the fall now try and opt out of their letters of intent. This comes as a result of the coaching changes coming as the college hoops seasons end. So far since regular seasons ended, firings have come at Auburn, Central Florida, Charlotte, DePaul, East Carolina, Hawaii, Iowa, Oregon, Seton Hall and St. John’s.
Additionally, one player who made a verbal commitment but did not sign with the school in the fall was Luke Cothron with North Carolina State. Cothron (6-8 PF/Red Springs, N.C./Flora MacDonald Academy), a native of Huntsville, Ala., was considered a soft commit for the spring period but Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky and Texas A&M are also considered potential landing spots.
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Georgetown and Maryland picked up a pair of 2010 commitments while Duke, Providence and UNLV scored verbals from members in the junior class.
Georgetown – Aaron Bowen (6-5 SG/Raleigh, N.C./Quality Education Academy) recently helped lead his team to the championship of the National Christian School Athletic Association post-season tournament. He joins the Hoyas fall signees Nate Lubick (6-8 PF/Southborough, Mass./St. Mark’s) and Markel Starks (6-2 PG/North Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep) to make up their 2010 class. Bowen was a one-time Marquette commitment and transferred this year from hometown Wolfson of Jacksonville, Fla. He had interest from Arkansas, Charlotte, Clemson, Duke, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Liberty, Marshall, Miami and Providence.
Maryland – A native of Iceland, Haukur Palsson (6-6 WF/Orlando, Fla./Montverde Academy) is one of six foreigners on this year’s Montverde team that holds the No. 1 seed in the upcoming National High School Invitational. Palsson joins Ashton Pankey (6-9 PF/Bronx, N.Y./Jersey City, N.J./St. Anthony), Mychal Parker (6-6 SF/Crozet, Va./Miller School) and Terrel Stoglin (6-1 PG/Tucson, Ariz./Santa Rita) in the Terps' 2010 Class. He had interest from Central Florida, Harvard, Notre Dame, South Florida, Vanderbilt and Virginia Commonwealth.
Duke – Michael Gbinije (2011/6-6 WF/Richmond, Va./Benedictine) visited Duke for its rivalry win over North Carolina in the last week of the regular season and committed the following day. He is the Blue Devils’ first junior commitment and had interest from Alabama, Clemson, Georgetown, Indiana, Maryland, Oklahoma, Syracuse, Villanova, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest and West Virginia. Gbinije was one of few select underclassmen to attend the NBA Players Association Camp and LeBron James Skills Academy this past summer.
Providence – Naadir Tharpe (2011/6-0 PG/Wolfeboro, N.H./Brewster Academy) picked the Friars over interest from Arizona, Boston College, UNLV, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest. Tharpe is a native of Worcester, Mass., and helped lead Brewster Academy to the New England Prep School Athletic Conference Class A championship as well as the National Prep Championship post-season tournament title.
UNLV – Grandy Glaze (2011/6-6 CF/Andover, N.H./Proctor Academy) committed to the Rebels over interest from Minnesota, Saint Joseph, South Florida, West Virginia and Xavier. Glaze is a native of Brampton, Ontario, Canada and before transferring to Proctor spent last year at St. John’s Prep in Fredericksburg, Md.
