Xavier Henry

Xavier Henry at Kansas DIME’S NBA DRAFT PREVIEW Players, coaches, scouts and writers … ask any of them who have encountered Joe Johnson up-close and they’ll tell you the same: Joe is every bit his listed 6-7, 240 pounds. Maybe bigger. Now meet Xavier Henry . A Top-10 prospect who left Kansas after his freshman season, he’s listed at 6-6, 220, and may be even bigger. And at just 19 years old, he’s not done growing. But measurements aren’t the only thing Henry has in common with his NBA...Read Full Story

Guard C.J. Henry has transferred from Kansas to Southern Nazarene University in the NAIA. The Oklahoma City school announced Friday that Henry was one of three players transferring in from Division I schools. Henry was the New York Yankees' first-round pick in the 2005 draft but returned to playing basketball after three years and signed with Memphis. He redshirted one season there before transferring to Kansas, where he averaged 3.1 points in limited playing time alongside brother Xavier...Read Full Story

The Kansas Jayhawks head Coach must   be wondering if he should be lighting votive candles due to the fact that he has secured one of the top high school prospects in the country. After all the hoopla surrounding Xavier Henry , the young man finally made the decision to become part of the 2009 Kansas Jayhawks Men’s Basketball Recruiting class. Bill Self must be waking up with a smile on his face every single day. Many basketball experts feel that with the signing of Xavier Henry and the...Read Full Story

Posted by Marcus on October 5, 2008 Memphis fans are hoping they can will the recruiting battle for Xavier Henry (SG/SF, 6′6″, 2009), which seems by all indications to be settling into a showdown between the Tigers and the Kansas Jayhawks, even though UNC is still listed as an option by Henry. In this video interview with Henry, he talks about his current recruiting status: This entry was posted on October 5, 2008 at 1:53 pm and is filed under Basketball Recruiting...Read Full Story

When Xavier Henry , one of the top-ranked prospects in basketball, announced he'd be headed to the University of Kansas next year, everyone figured that was that. But now his father is saying that Henry is still considering playing for Kentucky, meaning that Henry's fate is once again back up in the air. From an article at USA Today : Xavier Henry, an incoming college freshman committed to play basketball at Kansas, still is considering playing for the University of Kentucky, his father told...Read Full Story