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Posted Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
The eighth edition of the end of the summer league season event crowned its champion Sunday afternoon at Mass Premier Courts in Foxboro. Mansfield took home the championship 63-54 by outlasting the upstart team from Milford in a hotly contested game between two Hockomock League foes. With only five players able to compete, Mansfield was led by the scoring and on court leadership of rising junior guard Christian Weber (23 points). Milford used a balanced attack with eight different players…
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Posted Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
The July evaluation period is now behind us and that means it's time to update New England rankings. The class of 2016 will be up first, but before those rankings debut tomorrow, here's a look at five key questions we had to consider: 1. How far will Wenyen rise? It's no exaggeration to say that Wenyen Gabriel is now the most highly recruited prospect in New England. With offers from Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and North Carolina, the reality is that…
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Posted Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
With all of our attention focused squarely on the class of 2016 and beyond in recent weeks, there have been several members of last year's senior class that have made final plans on their futures. Recent Vermont Academy graduate Zack Sandberg has a rundown: Jeremiah Livingston was one of the most dominant players in Connecticut. The 5’11 guard led Westhill High School to an undefeated regular season with averages of 25.7 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game. Livingston…
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Posted Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
The month of July may be over but that doesn't mean that Adidas' summer schedule has stopped just yet. In fact, four New England products are currently in Los Angeles taking part in Adidas Nations, the final event of the Adidas Uprising summer schedule. Adidas Nations features some of the top 18-and-under players in the world, divided into seven regional teams - Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Latin America, Nations Select and the United States (Wall, Lillard and Noah). A multi-faceted…
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Posted Saturday, August 1st, 2015
After Sam Carey died in a car accident in 2011, his longtime friend, Mike Stys, decided to organize an annual memorial basketball classic in Carey’s name. “The first year the goal was to raise money for a trust fund set up for Sam’s family,” said Stys, referring to Carey’s infant son, Brayden, and fiancee Kayte Kenyon. “The last two years we raised about $10,000, which will go towards renovating the basketball courts across from Beech Street School (in Manchester). The…
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Posted Thursday, July 30th, 2015
In each of the first two weeks of the July evaluation period, we've looked back to see which scholarship offers have come out of it. Now, it's time for the third and final week in review of offers: Wenyen Gabriel was obviously the big winner of the third and final period, leading the Rivals to a place in the Adidas Uprising Summer Championships final on ESPNU and landing new offers from the likes of Duke, Kansas and Kentucky in the…
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Posted Thursday, July 30th, 2015
In the week before the July evaluation got underway, Nassir Barino was one of the players that stood out at the Elite 75 College Showcase, setting the tone for what was a very productive month in front of college coaches. Barrino, who played an important backcourt role for the New Jersey Playaz at the EYBL Finals and Las Vegas Fab 48 alike, was impressive not just on the floor but also in the combine portion of the Elite 75. Velocity…
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Posted Wednesday, July 29th, 2015
The state of Connecticut was well represented this past weekend at the Buzzer Beater Classic as the United Sons and Daughters and Stamford Peace won their respective brackets. Both teams used balanced scoring and some excellent guard play en route to to the championship. In doing so, they went 3-0 and knocked off a number of teams from around the Northeast region. USAD, despite playing shorthanded, had three convincing victories over the HC Elite out of New Jersey…
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Posted Tuesday, July 28th, 2015
The Boston Amateur Basketball Club's 10th grade team traveled to Louisville during the third and final week of the July evaluation period and came away with their latest Amateur Athletic Union national championship. Played in the historic Freedom Hall, BABC knocked off the Albany City Rocks 50-44 in the final, their 5th match-up of the year after having previously met at the BasketBull National Invitational, twice at the Boston Shootout and first at the Boo Williams Invitational. The win gives…
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Posted Monday, July 27th, 2015
The Mass Rivals had a storybook week at the Adidas Uprising Summer Championships, culminating an appearance on Sunday afternoon’s final, which aired live on ESPNU. Wenyen Gabriel helped himself as much as any prospect in the country this week as he not only continued to be followed by a variety of high-major head coaches, but also added new suitors, as Duke’s Coach K and Kentucky’s John Calipari joined the likes of Kevin Ollie, Ed Cooley, Shaka Smart, Mike Brey and…
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