Carmona Ready At Winchendon

Alex Carmona, one of the top prospects from the Midwest Class of 2002, has now settled in at The Winchendon School in Massachusetts for a year of prep work. "He is still committed to Memphis," said The Winchendon School's head basketball coach, Mike Byrnes. "He is an outstanding player and will be an outstanding college basketball player."

The 6-5, 210 pound small forward, who played last year at Troy (OH) High School, ran into eligibiliy problems last year. The Ohio High School Athletic Association in October denied his appeal to be eligible for interscholastic athletics last year for Troy.

Carmona first verbally committed to Oliver Purnell's Dayton Flyers program even through the Atlantic 10 school was out of scholarship slots. Earlier there were indications he was headed to Memphis. Then he changed his mind and gave a commitment to John Calipari's program. "He remains committed to Memphis," Byrnes said again last night.

RivalsHoops.com will see The Winchendon School in action this season so look for our reports on Carmona and his progress on the prep level.

-- Denny Conroy and Russ Blake contributed to this report.