A great under-the-radar point guard prospect..and more...

Jalen James is a fine point guard prospect out of a small school - Chicago Hope Academy, playing for the Illinois Wolves.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/illinois/basketball/recruiting/player-Jalen-James-124287

A brand new premium article tells about Jalen, Class of 2013 -- just now finishing up his sophomore year...whose only current offer is Cleveland State...
He is just now blowing up -- and will be in action this weekend with his Illinois Wolves...

"I'm very excited to be playing with the Wolves," said James. "We have been working really hard and are ready to play in our first tournament. Our practice is very hard, so we will be prepared."

The Wolves take the court Apr. 9-10 in the Hall of Fame Chicago Championship in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. James, a 6-foot-2 point guard, will run with the Wolves 16U club along with guards Lance Whitaker of Bartlett (Ill.) and St Charles (Ill.) East product Kendall Stephens.

James is already a pure point guard with great vision and feel for the game. He wants to become more of a floor leader with the ability to manage the game from the one spot.
"So far I have an offer from Cleveland State," said James. "I'm hearing from Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Baylor, Dayton, and some other schools. I don't really have a favorite school yet. It is the beginning of the process."
http://illinois.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1208543


One ex-BU recruit, Stan Simpson is getting lots of mention being one of the only available big men this spring..
And it looks like Stan is getting into all the hype -- even announcing via twitter every move he makes and where he's going to visit...
Surely he'll be having a big press conference soon to announce which hat he's gonna wear...
http://twitter.com/#!/TheRecruitScoop/status/55399283624652800


I got a kick out of how incredibly FEW fans turned out to greet and welcome their National Champs back home...
only a few dozen fans bothered to show -- and far more than that were rioting and causing trouble!!
http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=227165#post227165


Yuba College is where Boogie Wright and Zach Andrews both went to juco before starring for Bradley -- and their coach Doug Cornelius is in the news again in a story about another kid he guided to D-I...
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/breath-104916-ezeli-never.html


Here's the latest summary of all the coaching changes in Division I...

2011 coaching changes-
Alcorn State: (Larry Smith) - position opened 3/12 - just hired Luther Riley -
Arkansas: (John Pelphrey) - position opened 3/13 - Mike Anderson hired 3/24
Bradley: (Jim Les) - position opened 3/06 - Geno Ford hired 3/27
CS Bakersfield: (Keith Brown) - position opened 3/10 - just hired Rod Barnes 3/30
Colgate: (Emmett Davis) - position opened 3/16
Dayton: position opened 3/28 - Archie Miller hired 4/3
Eastern Michigan - fired Charles Ramsey 4/6
E. Washington: (Kirk Earlywine) - position opened 3/07 - Jim Hayford hired
Fairfield (Ed Cooley) - position opened 3/22 - hired Sydney Johnson 4/4
Fla. A&M: (Eugene Harris) - position opened 3/17
Fla. Gulf Coast: (Dave Balza) - position opened 3/03 - Andy Enfield hired 3/31
Fresno State (Steve Cleveland) - position opened 3/17 -Ohio State asst. Jeff Boals is rumored to be the announcement
Georgia St: (Rod Barnes) - position opened 3/18 - Ron Hunter hired 3/22
Georgia Tech: (Paul Hewitt) - position opened 3/22 - Brian Gregory hired 3/28
IUPUI: (Ron Hunter) - position opened 3/18
Kennesaw St: (Tony Ingle) - position opened 3/07
Kent State: position opened 3/27 - Geno Ford goes to Bradley - just interviwed Ohio State asst. Jeff Boals
Lamar: (Steve Roccaforte) - position opened 3/14 - reports that Pat Knight hired 4/5
Louisiana Tech (Kerry Rupp) - position opened 3/23 - Mike White hired
Loyola (IL): (Jim Whitesell) - position opened 3/14 - Porter Moser hired 4/3
Manhattan: (Barry Rohrssen) - position opened 3/09
Miami - Frank Haith left for Mizzou 4/4 - speculation centers on Miami native Frank Martin of Kansas State
Missouri (Mike Anderson) - position just opened 3/24 - hired Frank Haith 4/4
Missouri State: Cuonzo Martin leaves to go to Tennessee on 3/27 - Paul Lusk hired 4/1
Monmouth: (Dave Calloway) - position opened 2/27 - King Rice hired
NC State -- Sidney Lowe fired - Mark Gottfried hired 4/5
N. Illinois: (Ricardo Patton) - position opened 3/09 - Mike Montgomery hired 3/25
Oklahoma: (Jeff Capel) - position opened 3/14 - hired Lon Kruger 4/1
Pepperdine: (Tom Asbury) - position opened 3/10 - Mark Wilson hired 3/17
Princeton - Sydney Johnson left for Fairfield 4/4Providence: (Keno Davis) - position opened 3/11 - Ed Cooley hired 3/22
Stetson: (Derek Waugh) - position opened 2/26 - rumor Pat Knight may take over
Tennessee (Bruce Pearl) - position opened 3/21 - hired Cuonzo Martin 3/27
Tennessee Tech (Mike Sutton) - position opened 3/23 - Steve Payne hired 3/23
Tex. A&M-CC: (Perry Clark) - position opened 3/7 - Willis Wilson hired 3/24 -
Texas Tech: (Pat Knight) - position opened 3/12 - Billy Gillispie hired 3/21
Towson: (Pat Kennedy) - position opened 3/07 - Pitt asst. Pat Skerry hired 4/4
UC-Davis - Gary Stewart steps down 3/30 - USC asst. Bob Cantu is l;eading candidate
Utah: (Jim Boylen) - position opened 3/12 - Larry Krystkowiak hired 4/4
UNLV - Lon Kruger went to Oklahoma
Wyoming: (Heath Schroyer) - position opened 2/07 but their coaching search did NOT begin until 3/13 - hired Larry Shyatt 3/31