'08 CT SF Devin Ebanks (Indiana Signee)

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Rivals.com

Scout.com

St. Thomas Moore High School (Oakdale, CT)

Ht: 6-foot-7
Wt: 185 lbs

Ohio State is actively recruiting Ebanks. Averaged 23 points and 5 rebounds a game last year. Rivals.com ranks Ebanks as the #2 Small Forward and #14 overall in the 2008 class. Outstanding prospect who reclassed into 2008 where he's one of the top at his position. Native of New York. Long, known as a strong scorer with range. Long and thin forward who can shoot the ball from the perimeter. Shined at ABCD Camp in July.

Listing Georgia (offer), Miami(FL) (offer), UConn (offer), Georgetown (offer), St. Johns (offer), Ohio State, Indiana, Memphis and New Mexico.

Rivals.com update 11/22/06

Ebanks averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds at the National Prep Showcase. Georgia, New Mexico, Miami, St. John's and Rutgers are recruiting him the hardest.

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Scout.com$

Ebanks has improved in the classroom since his transfer to St. Thomas More. Ebanks is averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds a game. Miami(FL), Georgetown, Florida, Rutgers and New Mexico have been in contact.

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Link

Ebanks scored 25 points in a 75-7 win.

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From the Georgetown site...Devin and Christian Morris took in the Georgetown/Navy game last week.

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Scout.com$

Miami(FL) is the leader at this point. Early playing time is an important factor. Memphis, Indiana, Illinois, Rutgers, Georgetown and St. John's are schools of interest.

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Scout.com$

At The King James.....Ebanks is described as a 6-8 handler, scorer and rebounder.

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Rivals.com$ (Indiana site)

Indiana and Miami are his leaders followed by Rutgers and Texas.

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Rivals.com$

Ebanks will decided his college of choice among Indiana, Miami or Rutgers this weekend.

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Scout.com$

Ebanks has verbaled to Indiana.

[jwinslow]

Why was a consensus 5-star SF choosing between IU, Miami & Rutgers? Was he not interested in most other teams? I know nothing about the kid, I'm just assuming he must be pretty good based on his star rankings.

[HotMic]

This verbal should raise concerns. I wonder when Decker will write an article about that?

[crazybuckfan40]

Not positive on this but do believe that he stayed with the schools that got in on him real early...

This is a very good pickup for IU...

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cnnsi.com

Eye of the storm

IU signee Ebanks in middle of Sampson allegations


LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. -- Last July, Yvonne Jackson, the mother of Devin Ebanks, a swingman who had recently committed to Indiana, was on a cruise in the Caribbean when she received a call from a member of Indiana University's compliance office. "It caught me off guard," says Jackson, who was named in the NCAA's 14-page list of allegations regarding impermissible phone calls by Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson. "They wanted to verify my cell number and Devin's. They were asking me about dates and calls that had been made. I answered to the best of my memory."
The calls in question relate back to Ebanks' recruitment, which, for the most part, took place during the year-long period when Sampson was prohibited from calling recruits or making off-campus visits. In 2006, the NCAA handed down sanctions against Sampson because of the 577 impermissible calls he and his staff made while at Oklahoma before arriving in Indiana. "He made a mistake," Ebanks said of Sampson when he offered his verbal commitment last June. "I've made bad mistakes myself. You still have to give someone a chance."

Continued.....

On Wednesday, Ebanks' did not receive a phone call from Sampson or the staff about the latest list of allegations handed down by the NCAA, which also includes Ebanks' name as a recipient of impermissible calls. Instead, they heard second hand from various news accounts. "Right now we still have yet to make a decision," said Jackson, who also cooperated with the NCAA's investigation, on Thursday morning. "Obviously this is more serious than ever before, but we'll have to talk with the coaches and wait to see if Devin will re-open his recruitment." (Since he signed a Letter of Intent, Ebanks' would need to be released from his letter by Indiana in order to be able to play right away should he decide to go to another school.)

[graveyard.roses]

Wonder what schools he'd be considering if he decided to decommit from Indiana.

[DaytonBuck]

I think Miami was his runner up school