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Weekend hoops wrap

The link of the weekend comes from The Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, which profiled Terps shooting guard signee Tyree Evans.

The profile takes an in-depth look at Evans’ upbringing in Richmond, and his time at Motlow State (Tenn.) Community College. Pasting portions of the article here wouldn’t do the piece justice, so click here to read the entire story.

Bruce Pearl’s dismissal of point guard Ramar Smith and forward Duke Crews from Tennessee has opened a spot in the Volunteers’ backcourt for former Terps commitment Bobby Maze. According to GoVolsXtra.com, UT has made Maze a priority.

Bobby Maze, a former Oklahoma starter now at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College, appears to be the top target.

But with Cincinnati and Kentucky also in the mix for Maze's services, there's no guarantee the Vols will start next season with two true point guards.

• Oxon Hill native Maurice Creek, a one-time Maryland target, took himself off the market this weekend. Creek, a teammate of Jin Soo Kim at South Kent (Conn.) School, verbally committed to Indiana yesterday. The 6-foot-5 shooting guard committed to Tom Crean’s Hoosiers without ever having been to the state of Indiana, according to The [Louisville, Ky.] Courier-Journal.

IU assistant coach Bennie Seltzer, who was on Crean's Marquette staff when the Golden Eagles were recruiting Creek, told the player Crean still wanted him.

"That's really all I needed to hear," Creek said. "I wanted to play for Coach Crean, and I didn't see any reason to wait any longer before I committed.

• Former St. Frances guard Naji Hibbert verbally committed to Texas A&M today, according to Scout.com. The DeMatha standout and Baltimore native picked the Aggies over reported offers from Xavier, Clemson, Marist, Marquette and Miami (Fla.), among several others.

Comments

There was another article today on SI.com about Evans. I hope Evans didn't dupe GW and he truly has learned from his past mistakes or else he'll bring the program and GW down the toilet with him.

The immortal words of Wes Unseld must have been bouncing around GW's head as he offered Evans a scholarship....."We don't pay them to be choir boys."

Yea Indiana!!! That makes 6. Crean is on a mission.

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