Basketball: It’s no longer simply a one-man show at Fairfax

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When it comes to recruiting, no one gets as much attention as Renardo Sidney, one of the most sought-after Division I prospects in the nation. However, the big man from Fairfax isn’t the only underclassman from the City Section powerhouse that scouts have been noticing recently.

Interest in Solomon Hill, the defender with his arm raised in the picture, grows weekly. Make that daily.

The 6-foot-6 junior has emerged as a legitimate talent and it appears as if Texas is one of the early front-runners to win his services, according to these quotes. The Longhorns have been in contact with Hill for a majority of the last five months or so, and spoke to him as recently as last weekend.

There are reports on the Internet leading most to believe that Nevada Las Vegas has offered him a scholarship, his first, to date. Colorado, Oregon, Utah and USC are in the mix as well for Hill, who’s stock figures to rise over the summer, with or without Renardo Sidney around.

-- Sean Ceglinsky

-- Image by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times