Yesterday I noted that top recruit Paul Harris was getting a lot of pressure to choose Syracuse over Pitt. Looks like a fair amount of that pressure is coming from his high school and ABCD Camp teammate.

One school in particular excites Flynn more than the others.

“Syracuse is at the top of my list,” he admitted. “I like Coach Boeheim and Coach Hopkins, and I would like to play there with Paul Harris.”

Harris, his high school teammate and teammate again this week at ABCD, has long since narrowed his choices to Syracuse and Pitt. However, he has yet to pull the trigger on a decision.

“I don’t know what he’s waiting for,” Flynn said. “I would guess that he will decide sometime over the next month.”

A lot of coaches and teams don’t admit or even want to do package deals, but considering how highly ranked Harris is, it wouldn’t be a shock to have Jonathan Flynn offered by Syracuse as further enticement. Of course, the article doesn’t indicate just how close Flynn and Harris actually are — unlike the Greg Oden/Mike Conley connection sending them to Ohio St. Teammates do not necessarily mean close friends.

Another article on Aliquippa High star, and very early Pitt commit Herb Pope. In it Pope reaffirms his verbal to Pitt and also that he will play this coming year at Aliquippa despite speculation (and past history) that he will transfer to another high school. Obviously, it is far better for Pitt if Pope stays at Aliquippa and close to Pitt.