Late Signing Period April 11 through May 16, 2007

Reminder: The Late Signing Period is from April 11 through May 16, 2007

New news from CSTV's Hodge Repor(t)

Wake Forest gets a touted recruit who once commited to Florida (despite WF struggling for the last two seasons)

UAB and Charlotte get JuCos

new commits for UMass and Richmond

2008 commit for Xavier

To find out who the players are and more details, visit CSTV's Hodge Repor(t)

OJ Mayo, the New York Times and Tim Floyd

OJ Mayo Mania

A recent NY Times story chronicles the recruiting of OJ Mayo, which surprised some people as OJ Mayo refused to give Tim Floyd his cellphone number.

However, Tim Floyd gave his version of the story today as he appeared (via telephone) on ESPN2's Cold Pizza. Floyd set the record straight (or gave his own spin) on the situation as he stressed that Mayo is a very mature person ("he is like a 35yo"), and Floyd explained the cellphone to "financial reasons". Floyd also said/claimed that he now has Mayo's cellphone number but does not call him frequently. Floyd pointed out that Mayo does not need the usual "babysitting" that most recruits are accustomed to. ("Babysitting" is continuing to show "love" to recruits after they commit. If a coach stops going to their games, calling, texting or writing, the recruits get insecure). Floyd also confirmed that OJ Mayo recruited himself to USC and came to him with a game plan. Floyd also chastised Wilborn of PTI for criticizing OJ Mayo's behavior based on the NY Times story.

So what really happened? The truth is out there and probably somewhere in between...

Malik Story transfers to Oak Hill Academy

The LA Times reports that USC bound Malik Story (2008 class) will transfer to Oak Hill from (Lakewood) Artesia of SoCal. As you may recall another SoCal is there, Brandon Jennings, 2008 class, who also committed to USC.

CBS buys MaxPreps.com (also owns CSTV)

CBS Sports has expanded its empire by buying MaxPreps.com MaxPreps will become part of CSTV (purchased by CBS about a year ago or so).

California State Finals on Saturday March 24, 2007

The games for Division 1 and Division 2 basketball will be shown live on Fox College Sports Pacific and regional FSNs.

Broadband schedule at KBCSports.com

The Division I title will be decided between Fairfax and McClymonds

The Division II (2) title will be decided between Mater Dei and Archibiship Mitty (2008 Top 10 player Drew Gordon)

The Division III (3) title will be decided between Artesia and Bishop O'Dowd

The Division IV (4) title will be decided between Campbell Hall and Cardinal Newman

The Division V (5) title will be decided between View Park and Bronson

More details:

CIFState.org

LA Times

Also mentioned in the LA Times is that USC bound Malik Story (2008 class) will transfer to Oak Hill. As you may recall another SoCal is there (Brandon Jennings, 2008 class, USC)

Lute Olson on Arizona Recruiting

As part of his end of season press conference Lute Olson made some in-depth comments about his 2007-2008 recruits and beyond. He is only allowed to comment on committed players, so he was speaking rather vaguely beyond 2007...

Latest from CSTV and the Hodge Report

Latest from CSTV and the Hodge Report

UTEP gets a big man

A recruit wants out after a recent Coaching Carousel coaching change

Mid-majors gets some players including Hofstra, Bradley, VCU,, SMU, and Richmond

Herb Sendek gets a 2008, while Baylor gets a 2007 JuCo

A recruit is still interested in Iowa

Visit their website to find out all the details