Sylven Landesberg, a 6-foot, 6-inch guard from Queens had been on Texas’ recruiting radar for much of the summer. In early August, whispers from sources on campus said that the Horns had backed off of Landesberg and were looking harder at other ’08 targets.

In recent weeks, Sylven trimmed Billy Gillispie’s Kentucky Wildcats from consideration, leaving only UVA, G-Tech and the hometown Red Storm of St. John’s in the running. But this weekend, LRT reader JCole hooked us up with a tip from the ever-evolving world of social networking that seems to confirm Landesberg is staying home.

Students at St. John’s started a group on Facebook to urge the young star to play for the Johnnies. Titled “Sylven Landesberg…Stay home, and bring the city’s game back to St. Johns!,” the group has 187 members, including Landesberg himself.

In the grand scheme of things, this could mean absolutely nothing. But in a world where every high school athlete has a MySpace page or a Friendster account, it’s certainly an interesting bit of news.