This is a drag: top recruit and Duke target Quin Cook tore up his right knee and will be out for three months.

It’s not particularly revelatory, but here’s a small interview with Austin Rivers.

Watch as he blows by John Wall and then picks the #1 draft pick’s pocket. Pretty impressive!

We didn’t see this Thursday, but here’s Dan Weiderer’s latest recruiting column, with intel on recent ACC commitments Malcolm Brogdon and Bernard Sullivan, and also Angelo Chol and Quinn Cook, who, we learn here, is close friends with Nolan Smith.

Austin Rivers will visit Duke, UNC, and Kansas, before giving Florida one last chance to re-sell themselves.

A couple of years ago, it seemed like the basketball world might finally be rid of Sonny Vaccarro.

As Tony Bennett continues to rebuild Virginia basketball, he grabbed a useful recruit in 6-4 Malcolm Brogdon out of Atlanta.

Brad Brownell got his first recruit at Clemson as 6-9 Bernard Sullivan out of Charlotte picked the Tigers.

The Austin Rivers recruitment winds on, and Dan Weiderer has a column up about where things stand. If you listen to Dave Telep, it’s over and Duke won. But we’ve heard that sort of thing before, not so long ago actually, so forgive us if we wait for the announcement.

High school rankings are a crock, generally speaking (Tim Duncan, anyone?  Rodrick Rhodes?), but what the hey, we’re junkies too.