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Carter-Williams Enjoys Trip to Syracuse

Carter-Williams Enjoys Trip to Syracuse

Posted Friday, September 4th, 2009

The St. Andrew’s basketball team made their annual trip to the Syracuse team camp last week.  For Michael Carter-Williams and Ricardo Ledo, it was an opportunity to get a look at the Big East campus.  “Ricky and I stayed after the camp was over,” Carter-Williams told the New England Recruiting Report.  “We went around to look at the campus.  It’s ridiculous.  You can just tell the Carmelo Anthony Center is going to be crazy.”  Carter-Williams also claims picking up an… READ MORE >

Mason Running with Big Boys

Mason Running with Big Boys

Posted Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

It was three years ago when we first walked into the Northfield Mount Hermon gym for a fall workout.  NMH was loaded at the time with future Notre Dame forward Tyrone Nash along with current Atlantic 10 products Gary Correia and the Williams twins.  But one of the players who caught our eye was barely five-feet tall.  Shooting on one of the corner hoops on the side court was Makai Mason.  At the time he could barely reach the hoop… READ MORE >

Clifford Picks Up First Offers

Clifford Picks Up First Offers

Posted Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Dennis Clifford picked up the first two division I offers of his still young career earlier this week after visiting both Northeastern and Princeton unofficially.  “I liked both schools, especially both coaching staffs, very much,” Clifford told the New England Recruiting Report.  While Clifford now has offers from Northeastern and Princeton he said he’s also hearing quite a bit from Brown, Lafayette, Cornell, Sienna, and Holy Cross.  He’s also been contacted by Vanderbilt, Rhode Island, Quinnipiac, Providence, and Boston University. … READ MORE >

Morris Making Second Visit to ACC School

Morris Making Second Visit to ACC School

Posted Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Theitem.com is reporting that Hotchkiss School’s Jason Morris will make his second visit to Clemson’s campus this weekend to watch the football team’s season opening game against Middle Tennessee.  Morris previously visited the ACC school’s campus with his father early in the month of August.  During that unofficial visit Morris played pick-up with some of Clemson’s players before having dinner with members of the team.  Morris is an incredible athlete who is able to make some amazing plays above the… READ MORE >

Napier Gives Recruiting Update

Napier Gives Recruiting Update

Posted Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Lawrence Academy’s rising junior guard is coming off a tremendously productive summer with his Metro Boston AAU club.  Yesterday Shabazz Napier spoke with NBE Basketball’s Jeff Borzello.  Napier claimed offers from Miami, Memphis, St. John’s, Tulane, Virginia, Providence, Massachusetts, and Houston.  Additionally, schools like Villanova, Kentucky, UConn, and Pittsburgh are all scheduled to visit the Lawrence Academy campus this month.  He has only visited Massachusetts and Providence, both unofficially, and has another trip scheduled to St. John’s in the coming… READ MORE >

Drummond #1 in 2012 by Scout.com

Drummond #1 in 2012 by Scout.com

Posted Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Last week we analyzed updated rankings by both ESPN.com and the Rivals Network.  This week, Scout.com is publishing their updated rankings, beginning with the class of 2012  Middletown, Connecticut’s Andre Drummond again took top billing in the country.  Drummond, who was first labeled as the nation’s best by ESPN, once again edged out Dajuan Coleman from New York.  "Young for his age, Drummond will repeat his sophomore season and talented enough that he’s already being billed as a pillar in… READ MORE >

Undersized Guard Looking to Cap Huge Career

Undersized Guard Looking to Cap Huge Career

Posted Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

Over the course of a high school career there are few players who can boast the following individual statistics: 1,400+ career points, 270+ made three-point field goals; 360+ career assists; a free throw percentage of over 90%; and a career three-point shooting percentage just over 48%. Even fewer can boast the following team career stats: participation in four NEPSAC tournaments; a NEPSAC title; and more than 80 high school games won. The young man who has this resume is Derek… READ MORE >

Wilson Adds Offers

Wilson Adds Offers

Posted Monday, August 31st, 2009

We caught up with Hotchkiss head coach Fred Benjamin late last week and he said his phone was consistently ringing with news of how well his rising junior guard, Derrick Wilson, performed over the summer.  Benjamin traveled to Philadelphia early in the month of July to watch Wilson shine at the Reebok All-American Camp.  He certainly wasn’t disappointed as the powerful guard played to especially rave reviews that week.  For the rest of the summer Wilson ran with the same… READ MORE >

Basabe Narrowing List

Basabe Narrowing List

Posted Sunday, August 30th, 2009

Few players did more to help their recruiting stock this summer than Melsahn Basabe.  St. Mark’s rising senior forward exploded in the first three days of the live period as he played to rave reviews at the Hoop Group Elite Camp.  It was just more of the same a day later as he played tremendously well at the New England Elite 75 Showcase, earning a spot in the top 20 all-star game for the second straight event.  Basabe spent the… READ MORE >

New England’s All Defensive Team

New England’s All Defensive Team

Posted Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Offense is the name of the game in the summer as unfortunately it’s often easy for the defensive stars to go unnoticed.  Well we thought it was time to change that and so we put together our version of New England’s All Defensive Teams, recognizing the region’s top individual defenders.  New England All Defensive 1st Team Center – Theodore Boyomo – The big man is as college ready of a defensive anchor as there is in New England.  He does… READ MORE >

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