Two All-Americans still remain uncommitted after five others made their decisions a week prior. 
Tony Wroten Jr., Garfield
File photo by Juliann Tollino
C.J. Leslie has added Connecticut back to his list and dropped Florida. The Huskies’ staff met with him and his family earlier this week and will have him on campus this weekend, while the Gators’ staff took two other frontcourt commitments in Cody Larson and Will Yeguette. Connecticut, Kentucky and North Carolina State are the three schools he’ll choose from.
Terrence Jones had an announcement date hoped to be either April 23 or April 30, and it will look to happen a week from today with Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oregon, UCLA and Washington his finalists. Teammate Terrence Ross is also slated to announce and is expected to visit Washington before doing so.
With our focus shifting to highlighting the 2011 class, we’ll finish out with the 2010 class next week by recapping the Spring Signing Period and then pointing to the Basketball Recruiting Blog for any further movement by the outgoing seniors.
WEEKLY WRAP
It’s been a big week for Kentucky, hitting the 2011 class with Michael Gilchrist a week prior and now Marquis Teague on Thursday.
Cincinnati also got on the board with
Kristian Smith (6-5 F/Indianapolis, Ind./Pike), who is originally a 2010 member but will head to prep school next year. He had interest from IUPUI and Morehead State, and alongside Teague, the two helped lead Pike to the sectional championship game.
Florida State is on the board with
Terry Whisnant (6-3 G/Cherryville, N.C./Cherryville), a shooter who chose the Seminoles upon being offered a scholarship. He helped his team to the sectional final and had interest from George Mason, Richmond, Virginia Commonwealth and a host of locals.
And in an early verbal from the 2012 class,
Zach Peters (6-9 F/Plano, Texas/Prestonwood Christian) made his decision with a press conference at school that saw him choose Kansas. He helped lead his team to the TAPPS 5A state title and picked the Jayhawks over Kentucky, North Carolina and Texas.
2011 UNCOMMITTED TOP PERFORMERS
The travel circuit season kicked off earlier this month, and the top two events that traditionally bring in the best assortment of talent are in Hampton, Va., and Little Rock, Ark.
NIKE ELITE YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE – SESSION ONE (VIRGINIA)
Quincy Miller (6-9 CF/Chicago/Raleigh, N.C./Quality Education Academy) – Baylor, Duke, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina State, Oklahoma and Wake Forest have long been on one of the top scorers in the junior class. Miller hit for the weekend-high of 45 points in D-One Sports' matchup with Tennessee Travelers.
Kentavious Caldwell (6-5 SG/Greenville, Ga./Greenville) – Alabama, Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, Kentucky, Oklahoma State and Tennessee are chasing the long-armed shooter. Caldwell had a big 37-point outing on nine 3-pointers in the Georgia Blazers' close loss to Spiece Indy Heat and recent Kentucky commit Marquis Teague.
Tony Wroten Jr. (6-5 PG/Seattle, Wash./Garfield) – Baylor, Connecticut, Kentucky, Syracuse, Villanova, and Washington are leaders to land him. Wroten had a pair of triple-doubles and was impressive in a close loss to Team Final and top-ranked classmate Michael Gilchrist.
Trevor Lacey (6-5 CG/Huntsville, Ala./Butler) – Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Memphis, Missouri, Mississippi State, Tennessee and UCLA. Lacey had 17 points in Each One Teach One Elite’s win over Team Final, the highlighted matchup on opening night of the event. Alabama’s Mr. Basketball teamed with Austin Rivers in their matchup against Gilchrist and Rakeem Christmas that had some of 2011’s best on the floor.
Rakeem Christmas (6-9 PF/Philadelphia/Academy of New Church) – Florida, Florida International, Georgetown, Oklahoma and Texas are the current top five for the junior class’ leading shot blocker, who protected the paint in Team Final’s 4-1 start to another run at the top.
LeBryan Nash, Lincoln
File photo by Keith Owens
REAL DEAL ON THE ROCK (ARKANSAS)
LeBryan Nash (6-7 CF/Dallas, Texas/Lincoln) – Baylor, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, Texas, UCLA, and Villanova are in strong with Nash. He scored 25 points and had 10 rebounds in the Dallas Mustangs’ winning of the championship.
Devonta Abron (6-8 WF/Dallas, Texas/Seagoville) – Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida International, Iowa State, Marquette, Texas, Texas A&M and West Virginia are trailing the versatile swingman. He scored 28 points with 15 rebounds in the Mustangs’ championship win.
D' Angelo Harrison (6-2 PG/Houston/Dulles) – Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, Houston, Oklahoma State, SMU and Texas A&M all expressed interest in this scorer since his big weekend. Harrison scored 48 points in the championship game for runner-up Franchize All Stars, and also had 41 and 34 in earlier playoff rounds. He scored 20 or more in seven of the eight games his team played.
Adonis Thomas (6-7 WF/Memphis, Tenn./Melrose) – Arkansas, Auburn, Cincinnati, Duke, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Memphis, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss and Tennessee have all made their pitch to one of the more athletic 2011 talents. He was a dominant force in leading the Memphis Magic to winning its pool before losing in the opening round of the playoffs.
Cedric McAfee (6-2 PG/Memphis, Tenn./Melrose) – Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee are in early with this scorer from the powerhouse high school that ran the show for Memphis Select over the weekend.
MORE 2011 COMMITS
Adding to the earlier-published list of committed juniors are the following:
Pete Alexis (6-11 C/Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Holy Redeemer/PENN STATE)
Mark Brown (6-4 SG/Dallas, Texas/Woodrow Wilson/FLORIDA STATE)
Robert Brown (6-4 SG/Clermont, Fla./East Ridge/VIRGINIA TECH)
Trey Burke (6-0 PG/Columbus, Ohio/Northland/PENN STATE)
Ishmala Dada (6-9 PF/Nigeria/Miami, Fla./Grandview Prep/MIAMI)
Darwin ( Dee ) Davis (5-10 PG/Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South/XAVIER)
Nnanna Egwu (6-10 C/Nigeria/Chicago/Saint Ignatius/ILLINOIS)
Michael Gilchrist (6-7 CF/Elizabeth, N.J./St. Patrick/KENTUCKY)
Jordan Green (6-3 CG/Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound/TEXAS A&M)
Maurice Harkless (6-7 WF/Queens, N.Y./Forest Hills/CONNECTICUT)
Devon Hodges (6-7 PF/Romeoville, Ill./Romeoville/WISCONSIN)
John Johnson (6-1 CG/Philadelphia/Girard College/PITTSBURGH)
Julien Lewis (6-3 SG/Galveston, Texas/La Marque/TEXAS)
George Marshall (6-0 PG/Chicago/Brooks Prep/WISCONSIN)
Anthony Norris (6-7 WF/Houston/Sam Houston/MEMPHIS)
Tyler Poole (6-6 CF/Hickory, N.C./Hickory/MISSISSIPPI)
Marquis Teague (6-1 PG/Indianapolis, Ind./Pike/KENTUCKY)
Kevin Wagner (5-8 PG/Lubbock, Texas/Estacado/TEXAS TECH)
Gelaun Wheelwright (6-1 PG/Los Angeles/Centennial/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)
Ladarius White (6-5 CG/Jackson, Miss./McComb/MISSISSIPPI)
Scottie Wilbekin (6-2 PG/Gainesville, Fla./The Rock/FLORIDA)
Nino Williams (6-5 SF/Leavenworth, Kan./Leavenworth/KANSAS STATE)
One also opened up his recruitment recently, with Louisville and Michael Chandler (6-10 C/Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) parting ways.
Schools with multiple commits now include Texas (4), Louisville (3), Virginia Tech (3), and Kentucky, Florida State, Illinois, Mississippi, North Carolina, Penn State, Southern California, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Wisconsin and Xavier all with two each.
