College hoops spotlight: Jamar Briscoe

For every phase of his basketball career, Jamar Briscoe considers himself in "the show-me stage." At Cardinal Gibbons, the pint-sized point guard had to show Baltimore basketball observers he could run a team and score at will. At North Carolina Central, the 5-foot-10, 165-pound freshman had to show he could play at the Division I level. Now Briscoe, who sat out last year after transferring to Charlotte, must show a new coaching staff that’s he’s capable of performing in Atlantic 10, arguably the top mid-major league in the country. “The new staff, they weren’t familiar with not one of us. They had never seen us play,” Briscoe said. “But everything was the show-me stage. We had three weeks before the end of the year to show what we can do. … In Baltimore basketball, that’s just kind of how it goes. It’s showing what you can do. I’m just used to that. Every time you go at a guy, you still have to show somewhat what you can do. I didn’t want to be in a bad situation ...