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The #17 ranked player in the ESPNU Super 60, Wayne Blackshear, was thought, by some, to be ending his recruitment sooner than later, but after chatting with his step-father, Kevin Thomas, TheShiver.com learned that Blackshear is actually leaning towards waiting until his upcoming high school basketball season.

“It’s just taking it’s course,” Thomas said of Blackshear’s recruitment. “He’s just trying to focus on school right now. He’s just waiting for his basketball season, and then he may commit somewhere. He is leaning towards doing it this year depending on how it goes,” added Thomas. Read the rest of this entry »

It appears that Kansas fans can officially add the #33 ranked player in the ESPNU 100, Doron Lamb, to the list of recruits who will be attending the annual ’Late Night in the Phog’ celebration that kicks off the basketball season. In addition to the trip to Kansas, the 6’4″,180 pound senior from Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, will be heading to Norman, Oklahoma this weekend for his official visit. At this time Lamb and his family haven’t scheduled any other official visits after the Kansas trip on October 16th. TheShiver.com spoke with Doron’s father, Calvin, about the upcoming Oklahoma and Kansas visits. Read the rest of this entry »

Kansas coaches, Bill Self and Kurtis Townsend, made their way to Portland, Oregon on Sunday afternoon to meet with the 15th ranked player in the ESPNU 100, Terrence Jones. Jones, who attends the same high school as former Kansas stars Aaron Miles and Michael Lee, spoke with TheShiver.com about the visit and his recruitment process. Read the rest of this entry »

Angelo Chol hasn’t been playing basketball since he could first dribble a ball like most of the other top ranked basketball players in the country. Once he hit the basketball court in 7th grade, it certainly didn’t appear that a future college basketball star was learning the game. In fact, according to his high school coach, Ollie Goulston, Chol struggled even with simple things like lay-up lines when he first began playing the game. Now, four years and a lot of hard work later, Chol finds himself the 25th ranked player in the ESPNU Super 60 and the national record holder for blocked shots in a season (337), something he accomplished as a sophomore last season. TheShiver.com spoke to both Chol and his coach, Ollie Goulston, about Chol’s game, recruitment, and more. Read the rest of this entry »

The #8 player in the ESPNU 100, Josh Selby, sat down with his family on Sunday night to evaluate and discuss the schools that have expressed interest in the 6’3″, 183 pound combo guard from Baltimore, Maryland. Selby, who has a 76 inch wing span, has been a target for Bill Self and the Kansas staff since he de-committed from Tennessee in July.  TheShiver.com received a text from Selby’s mother, Maeshon Witherspoon, announcing the remaining schools on Selby’s list. Read the rest of this entry »