The former St. John's point guard will now transfer to Rider instead of Arkansas and hopes to obtain a waiver in order to suit up for the fall of the 2012-13 season.

"He's definitely coming," a source close to the Rider program told SNY.tv.

But the Hoyas are getting a nice piece in 6-foot-5, 200-pound combo guard Jabril Trawick, who aggressively attacked the rim and put up 25 points and 8 rebounds Sunday when the Playaz beat the New York Panthers, 75-73, in the quarterfinals of the iS8/Nike Spring Classic.

"I think Jabril Trawick is one of the most underrated players in the country and I've been saying that to people for months," Playaz coach Jimmy Salmon said.

Ivy League favorite Princeton (1-1) beat Rutgers but got hammered by Duke.

Rutgers (1-1) rebounded from the OT loss to the Tigers by beating MAAC favorite Fairfield in Mike Rice's RAC debut. Next up is Sunday's tilt with Durand Scott and Miami in what should be a great test for Rice's undermanned crew.

Seton Hall got a pledge from 6-foot-6 shooting guard Haralds Karlis and Rider landed 7-1, 225-pound center Nerijus Anglickis (pictured).

Seton Hall already has two players on its roster -- Patrik Auda and Aaron Geramipoor -- from the CBA and Rider has one -- Tommy Pereira.

Hilliard also considered Notre Dame, Seton Hall, Iowa, Michigan and Boston College.

Hilliard averaged 18 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists last season while leading the Hurricanes to their first appearance in the Pennsylvania Class 4A semifinals.

"We're taking resumes," Hameline said Wednesday morning by phone. "Obviously, we'll see who's applying and then there will be a committee put together on campus. Hopefully by the end of the month we'll get people on campus."

Asked when he hoped to make a decision, Hameline said, "I'm looking somewhere toward the end of the month."

Dempsey and the Rider Broncs pulled off the biggest win in program history Friday night when they went into Starkville and beat defending Southeastern Conference champion Mississippi State, 88-74.

The win happened on the same night the No. 18 Bulldogs raised the banner from their 2008-09 SEC championship.

NEWARK -- Seton Hall was 3.6 seconds away from adding insult to an already injurious week. Then Eugene Harvey saved them the trouble.

After Wesley Jenkins hit an elbow jump shot to put St. Peter's up 51-50 with the few remaining seconds left, the Pirates ran their desperation play. Jeremy Hazell inbounded to Herb Pope, who found Harvey on the left sideline just prior to halfcourt.

Waithe on Thursday committed to Arkansas over Rutgers after visiting both schools.

"Yes, he let [Arkansas head coach John] Pelphrey know yesterday about 3 o'clock," Tallahassee Community College coach Eddie Barnes said by phone.

Jarrid Famous, the 6-foot-11 center out of Westchester (N.Y.) Community College, said he enjoyed his recent visit to Missouri and plans to visit Xavier next.

"Xavier is next, I don't know when yet," said Famous, the Mid-Hudson Conference and Region XV Player of the Year. "I promised Xavier a visit. Once I get done with them then I'll take the next step."

His older brother, Jason, managed just 12 points and 7 rebounds because of foul trouble.

With Jason in the NBA, Ryan is now the man for the Broncs and they are looking for that same kind of result when Rider (3-1) hosts Rutgers (4-2) on Wednesday night at the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton. It is Rider's only game against a Big East opponent all season.