News and Notes: Tuesday Edition

Below, some news and notes for Tuesday...

• Always and important date on the calendar, The Cornell Basketball Prospect Camp for elite high school players considering playing at Cornell is scheduled for June 23-24. Cornell coaches direct the camp while several veteran Big Red players serve as counselors. Cornell's incoming committed recruits may also attend.

• Cornell incoming freshman, Braxston Bunce (Kelowna Secondary School) Kelowna, BC, Canada, 6-11, C, commences play in the FIBA Americas U18 Championships with Team Canada on June 16.  The tournament is hosted by Brazil.

• Senior guard, Jonathan Gray, commences play with his national team, U.S. Virgin Islands, in the FIBA Centrobasket Championships on June 18.  Five of the ten participating teams are expected to have at least one and as many a half dozen NBA players on their roster.

• Profiling the Rising Stars AAU program, the Chicago Sun Times writes, "Many ex-Rising Stars have done and are doing good things at the next level. That list includes Highland Park’s Chris Wroblewski (Cornell), Barrington’s Jason Richards (Davidson), Zion-Benton’s Lenzelle Smith (Ohio State), Mundelein’s Ben Brust (Wisconsin) and Lake Forest’s Danny Hodgkinson (Dennison)."

• The Pittsburgh Basketball Club named incoming Cornell freshman, Nolan Cressler (Plum HS) Plum, PA, 6-4, G, to its Supreme Court Team, representing the twelves best western Pennsylvania high school players.

• Travis Bledsoe, an NBA D-League hopeful is blogging for Slam Online and writes, "Coach [Bob] Mackinnon [of the Springfield Armor] helped [Dennis] Horner, along with Jerry Smith and Jeff Foote, earn NBA call-ups during the ‘11-12 season as well helping LD Williams and Jameson Curry earn invitations to the NBA D-League Elite Mini Camp that he also hosted at the Moody Bible institute. Three players from the Armor earn 10-day contracts and others made NBA training camps during the ‘11-12 NBA season."