Jimmy Hubbard, a 6-foot-6 small forward from Johnson County Community College in Shawnee Mission, Kan., is expected to make a recruiting visit to the University of Cincinnati for Sunday's home game against Marquette.

        Hubbard is averaging a team-high 18.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists for Johnson County, which is 20-4 and ranked fourth nationally in NJCAA Division II. He also is 66-of-136 from 3-point range.

        Assistant coach Derek Witt said UC, Oklahoma State, Creighton and UNLV have shown the most interest in Hubbard, though Arizona State and Oklahoma also have called.

        “He can stroke it from the outside, yet he can scrap around the basket and rebound a little bit,” said Russ Blake of JucoJunction.com. “He's the type of guy you wouldn't think Cincinnati would recruit, but I can see why (Bob) Huggins might be recruiting him, because of the way he plays, his toughness and his grit.

        “He's a basketball player. Forget about all the bells and whistles about guys being athletic and jumping to the moon. The bottom line is he really knows how to play. He understands the game.”

        Brick Oettinger of Prepstars.com has Hubbard rated among the top 60 junior-college sophomores.

        “He makes shots, he uses screens, he's well-rounded,” Witt said. “He had a triple-double last week. If you give Jimmy the open look, he'll kill you.”

        Witt said UC has not offered a scholarship yet. Plans for this weekend's trip were still being finalized. “He definitely wants to visit and is very interested,” Witt said.

        Hubbard played high school ball in Belton, Mo., then attended Division II Central Missouri State, where he redshirted in 1998-99.

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