Coach: Ebanks to be released, reopen his recruitment

Devin Ebanks will be released from the letter of intent he signed with IU and will reopen his recruitment, Adam Zagoria of the Herald News in West Paterson, N.J., reported Tuesday. \n“He’s spoke to the people at Indiana, and they’re apparently going to be sending him his release,” Jere Quinn, Ebanks’ coach at St. Thomas More (Conn.), told Zagoria on Tuesday.\nOn Thursday, Quinn told the Indiana Daily Student that Ebanks still has the Hoosiers on his recruiting list. Ebanks is expected to look at Memphis, Texas, Rutgers as well as a possible fourth school, Quinn told Zagoria.\nQuinn also confirmed that the small forward, rated No. 13 in the class of 2008 by Rivals.com, “is going to take a few visits,” but is awaiting his release papers from IU.\nAlthough Quinn and several media outlets have reported Quinn’s release, IU spokesperson J.D. Campbell had no knowledge of the situation.\n“I cannot confirm (that) because I haven’t talked to anyone,” Campebll said Thursday afternoon. “I’m busy with the basketball team (in Raleigh, N.C.).”\nOn Nov. 27, Rivals tabbed former IU coach Kelvin Sampson’s four-man 2008 recruiting class, headlined by Ebanks, as the 15th best in the nation. Also signing with IU in the fall were three-star recruits Tom Pritchard and Matt Roth, both still bound by their letters of intent, as well as Terrell Holloway, the No. 100 recruit according to Rivals.