Ebanks Playing at RU

Devin Ebanks has opted to play hoops at Rutgers.

Well, for today at least.

The 6-9 Ebanks will play in a 1 o'clock pickup game with potential future teammates at The Barn, the old Rutgers gym that was ultimately replaced by the RAC.

Ebanks, the No. 13 overall player in the Class of 2008 and a native of Long Island City, N.Y., is visiting Rutgers this weekend in what is the third of four visits he is taking since asking for his release from Indiana in the wake of the Kelvin Sampson recruiting scandal.

Ebanks has already visited West Virginia and Texas and plans to visit Memphis next weekend. Memphis has already gotten commitments from 6-5 shooting guard Tyreke Evans and 6-8 wing Wesley Witherspoon, so Ebanks could either opt to join those talented players or decide that he wants to go somewhere where he can be more of a featured player.

Witherspoon called Ebanks shortly after committing to Memphis May 1 to see if he could get him to follow suit.

"Me and Devin talk a lot,” Witherspoon, a 6-foot-8 point-forward, told the Memphis Commercial Appeal. “We text message each other all the time just to see what we’re feeling. I’m going to call him and tell him my decision. I’ve got to make him join the party.”

"I still haven’t decided where I’m going yet but wherever I go I'm going to work hard and do the right thing," Ebanks recently told Slamonline.com for his diary. "I'm at the same place I was at before with this school decision. As soon as I decide y’all will find out."

Here are some comments from recruiting analyst Tom Konchalski on Ebanks and what he'll bring to his new college:

"Devin Ebanks is a guy who changes ends of the floor as well as anyone. That's his greatest asset is his mobility. He's an opportunist offensively. He runs the court really well. He has a lot of quickness and he can score. He has a knack for scoring. He can shoot the 3. He has quickness around the basket. He doesn't move particularly well without the ball. He's got to work a lot harder defensively. He's made a lot of progress in the two years at St. Thomas More, learning to play harder for longer stretches and not taking plays off but he's still got to work on his lack of focus."

Here are some comments from recruiting analyst Tom Konchalski on Ebanks and what he'll bring to his new college:

"Devin Ebanks is a guy who changes ends of the floor as well as anyone. That's his greatest asset is his mobility. He's an opportunist offensively. He runs the court really well. He has a lot of quickness and he can score. He has a knack for scoring. He can shoot the 3. He has quickness around the basket. He doesn't move particularly well without the ball. He's got to work a lot harder defensively. He's made a lot of progress in the two years at St. Thomas More, learning to play harder for longer stretches and not taking plays off but he's still got to work on his lack of focus."