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Posted Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Brewster Academy’s rising senior forward Melvin Ejim ended his recruitment and committed to Iowa State on Sunday. “The fan support and coaching staff was really important,” Ejim told the Cyclone Sports Report. “The players were great during my visits and they just really welcomed me into the team. I felt like I just fit in perfectly and Iowa State was clearly the right fit.” Also important was Ejim’s relationship with current Cyclone big man Craig Brackins, who starred for Brewster…
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Posted Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Last week we announced our updated rankings in the classes of 2010, 2011, and 2012. In that time we’ve also received a good number of inquiries about when we will release the first set of 2013 rankings. Readers will have to wait a little bit longer for those, as we’re going to use the next couple of months to learn as much as we can about the incoming freshmen class. Because of the new NERR Junior Elite Division, which covers…
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Posted Friday, August 21st, 2009
The Basketball Spotlight held their annual All-Star Classic last weekend in New Jersey, featuring 24 of the top rising 9th graders in the northeast. Boston’s Ramone Gibbons was the only player from New England selected to participate and Gibbons showed his best stuff, earning MVP honors for the North squad. Gibbons scored a team high 15 points primarily by using his strong body to get inside the lane and finish at the rim. “Gibbons took the ride down I95 and…
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Posted Friday, August 21st, 2009
Central Catholic big man Carson Desrosiers, a consensus top 100 player in the country according to every major recruiting service, has trimmed his list down to three. Desrosiers will choose from among Wake Forest, Arizona State, and Marquette according to his Mass Rivals AAU coach Vin Pastore. The skilled big man is planning to officially visit all three schools next month. Wake Forest will be first up as he's set to travel to the North Carolina campus the weekend of…
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Posted Friday, August 21st, 2009
With the July live period having come and gone and college coaches having set their sites on their first round of targets, August is a big month for unofficial visits. Last week we saw Dominique Langston and Corey Wright Jr. both make verbal commitments following unofficial visits to Quinnipiac and Long Island University respectively. Here’s a look at what we’re hearing in terms of some other visits that have taken place or are scheduled for the near future: • Fresh…
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Posted Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Ricardo Ledo, who starred for Expressions Elite this summer and is set to attend St. Andrew's in the fall, was offered a scholarship by the University of Kansas on Wednesday. The Jayhawk coaching staff was a fixture at many of Expressions' games late last month in Orlando and had already offered a scholarship to Alex Murphy. But today head coach Bill Self and his staff made it clear that they want both members of the tandem. Not only are Murphy and Ledo…
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Posted Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
The fact that Corey Wright Jr. has earned a full scholarship to play division I college basketball doesn’t come as much of a surprise to those who have seen him play over the last four years. What may surprise some is that he’ll head to Long Island University in just a couple of weeks and join their incoming freshmen class. Wright was officially listed as a junior and member of the class of 2010 on Marianapolis Prep’s roster last year. …
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Posted Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Dominique Langston says he knew he wanted to stay fairly close to home. So when the opportunity came to join a program on the rise with a good academic support system and tremendous facilities he didn’t hesitate to pull the trigger. The former Kolbe Cathedral star made a verbal commitment to Quinnipiac head coach Tom Moore on Wednesday while taking an unofficial visit to the school’s campus. “I had my mind sort of set going up there today, but I…
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Posted Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Before we begin dissecting the best individual prospects in 2012, let’s first take a minute to look at the class as a whole. One word comes to mind….LOADED. What was once thought of as a weak class is now shaping up to be one of the best classes New England has ever produced…and that is without the influx of prep school talent that is sure to come over the next three years (Khem Birch being first on that list). There…
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Posted Monday, August 17th, 2009
Over 75 boys and girls ranging from grades 3-8 benefited from the teachings of Hurley’s legendary career. Special guest speakers included The Shot Doctor, former Celtics player trainers and NBA players. Campers were given the extremely generous package of top line basketball sneakers, a brand new custom made ball and a t-shirt. Campers and parents were very happy with the success of the event and look ahead to doing it all over again next year. Because the emphasis of the…
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