On Wednesday, Nerlens Noel and Shabazz Muhammad — the number one and two ranked high
school basketball prospects in the country, respectively — announced their college choice as part of ESPN's «Signing Day Special.»
The men were college
basketball recruiters, and they came to Mansfield because they thought the McMillens» oldest son Jay had learned to dribble and pass and shoot
basketballs so well in the old backyard that he was among the best high
school prospects in the country in 1963.
In early August, Pittsburgh coach Ralph Willard hired Troy Weaver, whose only coaching experience had been with an AAU program in Washington, D.C. Weaver had several Division I
prospects in his program, including 6» 9» senior Attila Cosby, whom he helped place at Oak Hill Academy, a
school in Mouth of Wilson, Va., known for its
basketball talent, and who suddenly looks like a lock for Pitt.