Prized point guard Isaiah Briscoe narrows list to seven schools

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 28 Juni 2014 | 20.49

What do St. John's, Seton Hall and Rutgers have in common with Villanova, Arizona, Louisville and UConn?

It's not a recent winning pedigree, but it could lead to one down the road.

It's Isaiah Briscoe, the highly-ranked 6-foot-3 New Jersey point guard from Roselle Catholic.

The rising senior cut his list to seven Friday afternoon, and included the three locals in that group. His father, George, said all three are "appealing" for different reasons.

Rutgers because it is moving into the Big Ten and its head coach, Eddie Jordan, was a former NBA player and head coach. Seton Hall's top incoming freshman, Isaiah Whitehead, is best friends with his son and Kevin Willard has the program in the right direction. He was particularly effusive in his praise of St. John's and Steve Lavin.

"You got Lavin, you got New York waiting for a winner, you got Isaiah Briscoe who's big in New York but lives in New Jersey, and you got the whole backcourt leaving," George Briscoe said. "You're playing at the Garden. That's appealing. I don't care what anybody says. That's very appealing to be right there in New York."

With that said, the four other programs have plenty of positives on their side, NCAA titles and Final Four berths to use as collateral. Arizona was seen as a favorite before landing California point guard Tyler Dorsey. And after Dorsey recently de-committed, the Wildcats have rejoined the fray. Furthermore, Briscoe got to know Arizona head coach Sean Miller well with the USA Under-19 national team, where Miller was an assistant coach.

One goal is for Briscoe to reach the NBA, and Villanova head coach Jay Wright has a history of producing NBA guards with the skillset and size of Briscoe, including Newark product Allan Ray. Louisville is a national powerhouse with a Hall of Fame coach in Rick Pitino who has impressed the family and UConn is coming off a national championship.

George Briscoe said the plan is to visit all seven schools before trimming the list to three at the end of the summer and making a decision in the fall. Landing his son would be a coup for anyone involved, a playmaking guard ranked 13th in the country by Rivals.com and a possible McDonald's All-American who recently won a gold medal with the national team in Colorado Springs, Colo.

"Everybody will have their shot to impress him, we'll talk about it as a family and we'll cut it down," George Briscoe said. "It's about relationships, it's about who he feels comfortable with. We already know the coaches. It's about visiting the campuses one more time and having family conversations."


New Heights and Iona Prep point guard Ty Jerome visited Fordham and Temple on Friday while AAU teammate Nakye Sanders, a forward from Tottenville on Staten Island, visited LaSalle on Friday, Temple Saturday and will trip to VCU on Monday.

Rutgers has hired former NBA assistant coach Mike O'Koren and former FDU head coach Greg "Shoes" Vetrone to fill their vacant assistant coaching positions.

Rutgers picked up a late verbal commitment from former Pittsburgh commit Shaquille Doorson of the Canarias Basketball Academy in Spain on Wednesday, while Florida power forward Leroy Butts de-committed from Rutgers.

Highly recruited Bronx forward Jonathan Nwankwo landed a scholarship offer from Tennessee on his visit there on Wednesday, and will see Drexel, Temple and George Washington this weekend.

Long Island big man Cheick Diallo, a top five ranked rising senior and St. John's target, is visiting Kentucky this weekend.

Hofstra freshman Chris Jenkins received his release to transfer on Wednesday.

Queens guard Justin Wright-Foreman of HS of Construction landed a scholarship offer from Iona on Tuesday.

New Heights rising juniors Gianni Ford and Christian Wilson visited Stony Brook on Monday.

Football

Rutgers picked up a verbal commitment from Erasmus Hall linebacker Deonte Roberts, who picked the Scarlet Knights over Central Florida, Boston College, Syracuse and UConn.


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