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Howard guard Calvin Johnson averaged 12 points as a sophomore, but then dipped to 9.5 games last year after a year missing most of the 2010-11 season due to an ACL tear. (Howard University Athletics)
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Kim Johnson looks over the destruction near her seaside apartment in Atlantic City, N.J., on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)4
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The Atlantic City, N.J., skyline is shown during a flight to document coastal changes by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after Superstorm Sandy on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Debris covers the lower floor of Don Durando's house in Long Beach, N.Y. on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, after sustaining flooding and other damage from superstorm Sandy. Three days after Sandy slammed the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, New York and New Jersey struggled to get back on their feet, the U.S. death toll climbed to more than 80, and more than 4.6 million homes and businesses were still without power. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)
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This NOAA satellite image taken on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, shows Hurricane Sandy off the mid-Atlantic coastline moving toward the north with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. Sandy wheeled toward land as forecasters feared, raking cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts, flooding shore towns, washing away a section of the Atlantic City boardwalk, and threatening to cripple Wall Street and New York's subway system with a huge surge of corrosive seawater. (AP Photo/NOAA)
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James Gasparino, left, a volunteer, and others gather around a fire for warmth in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Gasparino's girlfriend and his girlfriend's sister both had houses in the neighborhood that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. With overnight temperatures sinking into the 30s and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses still without electricity six days after Sandy howled through, people piled on layers of clothes, and New York City officials handed out blankets and urged victims to go to overnight shelters or daytime warming centers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A representative of the Salvation Army walks past homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in Breezy Point, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood heavy populated by firefighters and police officers was devastated during the storm when a fire pushed by Sandy's raging winds destroyed 100 or more homes and buildings. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Enriqueta Gil watches as her daughters, eight-year-old Diana Gil-Velasco, right, six-year-old Elizabeth Gil-Velasco, second left, are served donated hot meals by volunteers Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, outside the Belmar recreation center in Belmar, N.J. After being battered by Monday's storm surge by Superstorm Sandy much of the region is still without power and many homes have been damaged. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Galina Quacinella, right, gets some blankets for herself and her husband at a Red Cross aid station in Staten Island, New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. With overnight temperatures sinking into the 30s, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are still without electricity in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Volunteer Jamie d'Amico, 25, of Fort Lee, helps sort through donations at Hoboken High School as surrounding neighborhoods remain without power due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Hoboken, New Jersey. About 1 million homes and businesses across New Jersey are still without electricity due to Superstorm Sandy on Sunday, and officials say many of those customers may not have service restored until Wednesday. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
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A woman walks through an area impacted by Superstorm Sandy in Breezy Point, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood heavy populated by firefighters and police officers was devastated during the storm when a fire pushed by Sandy's raging winds destroyed 100 or more homes and buildings. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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James Gasparino, left, a volunteer, and others gather around a fire for warmth in the New Dorp section of Staten Island, New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Gasparino's girlfriend and his girlfriend's sister both had houses in the neighborhood that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. With overnight temperatures sinking into the 30s and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses still without electricity six days after Sandy howled through, people piled on layers of clothes, and New York City officials handed out blankets and urged victims to go to overnight shelters or daytime warming centers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A representative of the Salvation Army walks past homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in Breezy Point, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood heavy populated by firefighters and police officers was devastated during the storm when a fire pushed by Sandy's raging winds destroyed 100 or more homes and buildings. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Enriqueta Gil watches as her daughters, eight-year-old Diana Gil-Velasco, right, six-year-old Elizabeth Gil-Velasco, second left, are served donated hot meals by volunteers Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, outside the Belmar recreation center in Belmar, N.J. After being battered by Monday's storm surge by Superstorm Sandy much of the region is still without power and many homes have been damaged. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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Galina Quacinella, right, gets some blankets for herself and her husband at a Red Cross aid station in Staten Island, New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. With overnight temperatures sinking into the 30s, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses are still without electricity in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A woman scavenges a sack of onions discarded by a Coney Island supermarket in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 in New York. Many people in Coney Island are still living without heat, and some without electricity, six days after Sandy struck the region. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Volunteer Jamie d'Amico, 25, of Fort Lee, helps sort through donations at Hoboken High School as surrounding neighborhoods remain without power due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, in Hoboken, New Jersey. About 1 million homes and businesses across New Jersey are still without electricity due to Superstorm Sandy on Sunday, and officials say many of those customers may not have service restored until Wednesday. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
