John Wall plans to go to college.
Others may say he is ready for the NBA, but he is talking about playing college basketball. He plans to have his list of schools down to three or four by next Monday.
"The amount of money you hear [for high picks in the NBA draft] is pretty impressive," Wall said Tuesday. "But I really think I need one, two, three years of college to prepare me to play in the NBA"
Vincent Williams averaged 26.5 points at Homestead (Fla.) South Dade last season.
Athens Drive's Josh Davis announces for the Wolfpack
Wall and Plumlee join the nation's elite in the all-star game at Madison Square Garden.
In a story published Saturday in The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer, N.C. State athletics director Lee Fowler indicated strong support of basketball coach Sidney Lowe, who is 46-40 in his third season.
Here is more of what Fowler said last week:
6-foot-9 forward plans visits to N.C. State, Memphis and Kansas State
Derrick Favors, the top-ranked high school basketball player in the country, announced Wednesday night that he will sign with Georgia Tech, according the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution-Journal web site.
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/
Favors is a 6-foot-9 forward with great rebounding and shot blocking ability.The South Atlanta High star choose Georgia Tech over his other two finalists, N.C. State and Georgia.
The News & Observer has a reporter at Favors' press conference in Atlanta and will update with more details.
Top-ranked prep player to pick from among N.C. State, Georgia and Georgia Tech
N.C. State guard recruit Lorenzo Brown scored 27 points to lead Centenniel to the championship of the GlaxoSmithKline Invitational Summitt Hospitality bracket with a 72-53 win over Ravenscroft.
Duke recruit Ryan Kelly had 26 points in the loss.
Centennial 72,
Ravenscroft 53
Points: CEN—K.Belin 6, L.Brown 27, R.Fleming 20, A.Rodgers 15, D.White 4. RAV—S. Billerman 3, J. Bradley 2, L. Davis 5, M. Jones 3, R. Kelly 26, H. Story 2, M. Wilson 12.
Raleigh Word of God lost to Elizabeth (N.J.) St. Patrick 77-69 in the second round of the City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers, Fla., on Saturday.
Word of God’s John Wall, the top-ranked point guard in the country, had 21 points, but had seven turnovers and was not creditted with any assists. N.C. State junior recruit C.J. Leslie led the Rams with 20 points and eight rebounds.
St. Patrick’s Dexter Strickland, a University of North Carolina recruit, did not play in the game. Strickland served a suspension for disciplinary reasons not related to basketball, coach Kevin Boyle told the Fort Myers newspaper.
Sophomores Michael Gilchrist and Derrick Jordan scored 30 points and 27 points in the win.
Word of God had opened the tournament by defeating Plantation (Fla.) American Heritage 63-61 in the opening round. Wall scored 15 points and had nine assists and eight turnovers. Leslie had 11 points and 7 rebounds.
Plantation star Kenny Boynton, a Florida recruit, 19 points.
