Josh James wouldn’t call it a top three, but right now Kent State, Monmouth and Stony Brook are at the top of his list. The 6-foot-2 Stepinac combo guard, coming off a big summer with New Heights, has visited Stony Brook twice, will see Monmouth this week and Kent State in September.
He’s developed a bond with Kent State head coach Rob Senderoff, has liked what he’s seen at Stony Brook and could possibly play with good friend and New Heights teammte Tyler Wilson at Monmouth. James has drawn plenty of other interest too from local mid-major programs, such as Manhattan and Marist, among others.
“Those are the three I like the best,” said James, who plans to commit early in the Crusaders’ season. “Other schools I have interest in, but I haven’t visited yet.”
Mack Academy next stop for Boys High’s Truck: Leroy (Truck) Fludd, The Post’s All-City Player of the Year, has found a destination. The 6-foot-5 wing will attend Mack Academy in North Carolina, he told The Post this weekend at the Battle of the Boroughs.
“That was the best place for me to go,” he said. “I can do the same things I did at Boys & Girls.”
Fludd said he will pick a college early into his prep season. Rutgers, Kent State, Arizona, Xavier, Iowa and Alabama have all expressed interest.
Hayes’ Williams to Millbrook: Nassir Williams, the former Cardinal Hayes and New Heights guard, will do a postgraduate year at the Millbrook School in upstate New York, he said. Williams should get an opportunity to prove he run the point there, which is what Division I programs like Richmond, Quinnipiac, Monmouth, Fairfield, LIU and Norfolk State who have expressed interest in him for the Class of 2013 are looking to see.
Former Lincoln standout Charles keeping options open: Former Lincoln forward Travis Charles recently landed a scholarship offer from Austin Peay. He is waiting to see if the NCAA Clearinghouse makes him eligible, but even if that happens, the 6-foot-6 Charles isn’t sure what he will do. He could do a postgraduate year at Quest Prep Academy in Las Vegas, where he would join recent Lincoln teammate Ethan Telfair. “Most likely I’ll still go to prep school,” he said. “It’s already pretty late.”
Notes: Bishop Loughlin rising junior Khadeen Carringto
n will visit Villanova at the end of the month and see West Virginia in early September. The highly recruited guard who has double-digit high-major scholarship offers has yet to see any schools. … Lincoln’s Isaiah Whitehead will visit Syracuse Aug. 29 for its elite camp and visit Kentucky in early September, he said. The 6-foot-4 soon-to-be junior is hearing the most from Iowa State, West Virginia, Syracuse and Florida State. … Bronx native Dayshon Smith of Putnam Science Academy (Conn.) will visit Providence and Rhode Island Aug. 25, he said, but has no plans to cut down his list, which is mostly full of mid-major programs, as of yet. He recently landed his first high-major offer from Illinois, and several others, like Memphis, South Carolina and Texas A&M, are expressing interest. … Rising senior forward Larry
Beckett of Satellite Academy listed an offer from Niagara and interest from Hofstra, St. Peter’s, Iona and Quinnipiac.