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NBE ‘LIVE’ AT PEACH JAM: MONDAY (UPDATED 10:25 PM)

Jeff Borzello is back at the Riverview Park Activities Center this morning for the Nike Peach Jam. Once again, the college coaches are turning out in droves to check in on the action as we begin to wind down the first leg of the July evaluation period. Throughout the day, Jeff will be provided updates from North Augusta (SC) on the latest news, notes and his observations as he scans the crowd to see what colleges are watching each game.

Also, Doug Ferguson has made his way to North Augusta as well and will be providing additional updates as well…

10:22 PM (Jeff): Harrison Barnes tells NBE tonight that his list currently reads North Carolina, Duke, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Kansas, UCLA, Stanford, Florida, Minnesota, Iowa and Iowa State.

10:12 PM (Doug): There was a little furor online today caused by a Marquise Teague Facebook profile update. According to Spiece basketball director Todd Hensley there has not been a commitment. Teague’s mother was standing there and reinforced that point.

10:00 PM (Jeff): Mike Gbinije and Team Takeover had an easy time with Each One Teach One as Brandon Knight did not play and Austin Rivers missed most of the second half as he might have been under the weather.

Gbinije, who has been bothered by back and knee soreness this spring and summer, told NBE he is concentrating on the ACC in his recruitment.

8:30 PM (Jeff): Playaz came back and won over the Gauchos. Jaylen Bond, a new addition to the squad, was a key performer in the second-half rally.

8:15 PM (Jeff): Here are a couple recruiting updates gathered a little earlier this evening…

- Doron Lamb currently has Kentucky, Kansas, Oklahoma, Marquette, Connecticut, Arizona, Rutgers and St. John’s on his list.

He told NBE he liked his recent visit to UK and wants to see Kansas and Oklahoma.

He has also visited Louisville in the past, but he is no longer considering the Cards.

- 6-foot-8 class of 2011 forward Mike Shaw of Mac Irvin Fire tells NBE that USC, Florida, Texas, Louisville, Illinois and Ohio State are on his list.

He has visited UL and Texas and wants to see Florida and USC.

He also told NBE that he would like to play in college with Fire teammate Wayne Blackshear, an elite 2011 wing. They both recently visited Louisville together as well as Texas.

7:45 PM (Jeff): NY Gauchos against the NJ Playaz. Gauchos have held the ball for over a minute…

No dribbles, no passes…

Just Doron Lamb holding it.

two minutes…

three minutes…

four minutes…

After holding it for 5:05, they take a three…hit the backboard..no good. Gauchos lead 25-18 at the half.

Melsahn Basabe has a game-high nine points at the half for the Gauchos. Seton Hall-commit Fuquan Edwin, sporting a new haircut, has seven for the Playaz.

3:30 PM (Jeff): The Southern Kings and Spiece U-16 contest has drawn notables such as Mark Fox, Rick Pitino (Louisville), Kevin O’Neill and Seth Greenberg this afternoon.

Shannon Scott, a 6-foot-2 point guard in the 2011 class, has shown well for the Southern Kings.

3:00 PM (Jeff): St. Louis Eagles and BABC have drawn a crowd in the U-16 action this afternoon. When Coach K, Roy Williams and Bill Self attend a game together, there is a main attraction and that is likely Bradley Beal, a shooting guard out of St. Louis (MO) who starred on the USA U-16 gold-medal winning team last month. BABC has 6-foot-9 class of 2012 big man Nerlens Noel of Everett (MA) High School.

Tony Bennett, Mike Anderson, Bruce Weber and Norm Roberts (St. John’s have also made their way to this game.

2:45 PM (Jeff): Rod Days, a class of 2011 small forward from The Sagemont School, which is also the home of Fab Melo, was a key performer for Team Florida in an overtime win over the NJ Playaz. Days informed NBE that currently his top three schools are South Carolina, Louisville and Stanford. He also mentioned Miami, Florida State, Florida, Connecticut and Delaware. He has seen UL and UConn, as well as South Carolina, FSU and Miami and hopes to see Florida soon.

2:30 PM (Jeff): The NJ Playaz U-16 squad and Team Florida, led by Rod Days, are heading to overtime. Jay Wright (Villanova), Fred Hill (Rutgers) and Norm Roberts (St. John’s are watching this game along with Miami, Kansas and Baylor assistants.

2:00 PM (Jeff): The Family holds on for a 58-55 win as Team Final’s attempt at a game-tying three came up short.

1:45 PM (Jeff): The 16-U games are underway and The Family and Team Final has drawn a crowd with Mick Cronin (Cincinnati), Al Skinner, Fran Dunphy, Bruce Weber, Thad Matta, John Beilein and assistants from UCLA, Georgia Tech, Oregon, Purdue, Texas, Iowa and Wisconsin.

1:30 PM (Jeff): Justin Anderson is a class of 2012 small forward with Boo Williams and Montrose Christian. After Boo used a late run to put away the Georgia Stars, Anderson told NBE that he likes Texas, UNC and Oklahoma early in his recruitment. He has been to UNC and Georgetown and also has interest from Duke and Villanova.

1:15 PM (Jeff): Source tells NBE that Brandon Knight could have a broken foot. We are waiting confirmation…

12:45 PM (Jeff): It is a heavy Big East crowd watching the Gauchos’ contest with Seattle Rotary. Norm Roberts, with assistant Fred Quartlebaum, is representing St. John’s, Fred Hill is showing the love from Rutgers, Brandin Knight from Pittsburgh is watching them again and there is a Louisville assistant as well. The Seattle Rotary duo of Anthony Wroten (2011) and Josh Smith (2010) are drawing their share of on-lookers from the Big East and Pac 10 as well as Lorenzo Romar, Johnny Dawkins, Sean Miller and Ben Howland are som of the head coaches from out west at this game. Tom Crean, Jeff Capel and Bruiser Flint are also among the crowd.

The Gauchos lead 56-49 with just over two minutes left.

Boo Williams has a slight lead, 54-52, over Georgia Stars in a see-saw contest.

12:30 PM (Jeff): The Georgia Stars lead Boo Williams 35-29 at the half. Jeremy Lamb (13 points) has played well for the Stars and Brian Richardson, a shooting guard out of Wilson (NC) has 8 for Boo at the break.

The NY Gauchos, looking to rebound from a loss last night to the Oakland Soldiers are beating Seattle Rotary 37-21 right now.

Brandon Knight missed this morning’s contest because of injury.

12:15 PM (Doug): Rick Pitino has just walked in and sat down to get a look at Mac Irvin Fire. Louisville has been showing interest in their 2011 prospects Mike Shaw and Wayne Blackshear.

Noon (Jeff): Boo Williams and the Georgia Stars have filled every coaches seat at their court.

11:50 AM (Jeff): Terrence Jones is a 6-foot-8 power forward out of Jefferson High school in Portland (OR). After his I-5 Elite squad picked up the win over the Arkansas Wings, Jones told NBE that Duke, North Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Georgetown, Marquette, Maryland, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Washington State, UCLA, USC, Cal, Texas and Kansas are on his list. All have offered already, except Duke and UNC.

Jones has taken unofficial visits to Cal, Oregon State, Georgetown and UNC. He is looking to narrow his list by summer’s end.

11:47 AM (Jeff): I-5 Elite holds on as Terrence Jones gets a piece of a potential game-tying three-point attempt by the Arkansas Wings.

11:45 AM (Doug): Louisiana Select and Mac Irvin Fire are starting to see the coaches find their places. Marquette head coach Buzz Williams finds a prime seat and assistants from Pittsburgh, Georgetown and Syracuse look to be in the crowd as well. Tom Crean, Travis Ford and more have shuffled over to find a seat.

11:24 AM (Doug): Team Takeover completes their thrashing of the Jackson Tigers. Assistants from DePaul and Villanova were on hand with Calipari, Roy Williams and others checking it out until the end.

11:15 AM (Jeff): Cameron Clark, an elite small forward from Texas, tells NBE that Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Arizona, Arizona State, Memphis, Kansas, Kentucky and Arkansas is his school list. He has visited Oklahoma and Oklahoma State and will also visit Arizona and Arizona State soon.

11:10 AM (Jeff): St. Louis Eagles and Baltimore Elite are also playing at this time. The least watched game currently, but Duke, Georgia Tech and Syracuse have staffers looking in at that contest.

11:05 AM (Jeff): All-Ohio Red is up on NJ Playaz 37-25 and there is a large Big East contingent watching this contest. Rick Pitino and the Louisville staff is one hand as is Norm Roberts and Fred Quartlebaum of St. John’s, West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins and Fred Hill of Rutgers.

11:00 AM (Jeff): Arkansas Wings have a 39-36 halftime lead while Team Takeover is up 58-27 on the Jackson Tigers on another court.

10:40 AM (Jeff): Scanning the crowd, we see Coach K, Johnny Dawkins, Gary Williams, Lorenzo Romar, Mike Montgomery, Craig Robinson, Sean Miller and assistants from Syracuse, Indiana, Texas and Arkansas.

10:35 AM (Jeff): I-5 Elite and Arkansas Wings is the next game we are checking out. The Wings are into the game with the bench standing, clapping, chanting and cheering.

10:25 AM (Jeff): Tobias Harris tells NBE he hopes to narrow down his list to five or six after July and make a decision before the season starts. He has visited Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and Tennessee in recent months and wants to see Kentucky, too.

As it stands, his list reads Connecticut, Syracuse, Georgia Tech, Florida, Kentucky, Memphis, Notre Dame, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland and Louisville.

10:15 AM (Jeff): City Rocks chipped away a bit, down to 61-50 with about 3 and a half minutes left, but Team Final remained in control and won 76-62.

9:55 AM (Jeff): City Rocks makes a mini-run, but Team Final gets lead back to 16 quickly.

Team Final still making a statement on defense as Michael Gilchrist blocks two straight lay-up attemtps of Tobias Harris.

9:45 AM (Jeff): Similar to their semifinal match-up in the Rumble in the Bronx, City Rocks hangs tough with Team Final in the first half, but an early second half blitz, primarily fueled by defense, has Team Final up 46-29 in the game.

Bob Huggins (West Virginia) has strolled in, adding to the number of coaches watching the contest.

9:37 AM (Jeff): Add Bill Self and Jay Wright (Villanova to the list of coaches watching Team Final/City Rocks.

9:33 AM (Jeff): Through two games yesterday, Memphis commit Will Barton is by and far the event’s leading scorer, averaging 33.5 points a game.

9:28 AM (Jeff): Add Pittsburgh, Florida State and Oregon to the list of schools here for the Team Final/City Rocks. It is a packed house of college coaches, many head coaches, and with Each One Teach One (Brandon Knight) playing on the other court against Spiece Indy Heat. Austin Rivers has nine at the half leading the guys from Florida to a 37-31 lead.

9:22 AM (Jeff): City Rocks’ 6-foot-8 big mane Brice Kofane out of the Miller School in Virginia just blocked three staright shots. Nice little attention getter with a who’s who of college coaches watching.

Score is deadlocked at 20-20 with 5:30 left in 1st half.

9:12 AM (Jeff): John Thompson III (Georgetown) and Roy Williams have made their way into the gym.

9:00 AM (Jeff): City Rocks and Team Final are on the court. Team Final, one of the top teams so far this AAU season, lost their opening match-up to the Georgia Stars by 16.

Again, Michael Gilchrist and company are drawing a big crowd of coaches as we have spotted Mike Brey (Notre Dame), Gary Williams, Phil Martelli, Tom crean, Norm Roberts (St. John’s, John Calipari, Fred Hill (Rutgers), John Giannini, Ed DeChellis, Tony Bennett and assistants from Texas, Georgia Tech, Louisville and Illinois here already.