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Posted Monday, August 17th, 2009
Separating Himself Coming into the summer Alex Murphy, Nerlens Noel, and Andre Drummond had established themselves as the unofficial “big three” in the class of 2012. And while all of them had successful summers in their own right it was Drummond who managed to separate himself. First, he claimed MVP honors at Hoop Mountain’s Super Week II but it was at AAU Nationals when he essentially had every national recruiting service in the world calling him the best thing since…
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Posted Sunday, August 16th, 2009
ESPN announced their updated rankings in the class of 2012 earlier today and Middletown, Connecticut native Andre Drummond was their top prospect in the country. This doesn't come as a total surprise as ESPN recruiting analyst Reggie Rankin declared Drummond the top prospect in 2012 after watching him late last month at the AAU nationals. Drummond jumped ahead of Syracuse, New York native Dajuan Coleman who was the previous top ranked player in the country, and now sits at #2. …
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Posted Sunday, August 16th, 2009
All of the best players in Vermont are scheduled to be in attendance this Sunday at St. Michael’s College in Burlington for the Vermont College Showcase. Even though division I college coaches will not be permitted to be on hand in accordance with NCAA rules top rising senior Joe OShea has committed to play, in addition to the top players in each of the four rising high school classes. In fact, not only is the top ranked player in each…
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Posted Sunday, August 16th, 2009
There is a distinct guard feel to New England’s class of 2011 as six of the top seven ranked players come from the backcourt. Picking the top player in the class was a difficult task. Reigning #1 Naadir Tharpe missed a lot of time this summer and when he was in action he was playing on one ankle. So outside of a couple of masterful performances in Vegas, he never really got a chance to show his full stuff. Meanwhile…
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Posted Saturday, August 15th, 2009
There are several criteria by which you could rank players. You could assess who the best players are right now, who has had the best careers to date, or who has the most long-term potential within the game. When the New England Recruiting Report ranks players our main focus is on assessing who is the best college prospect. That question takes into account a little bit of everything and so there is no exact formula. A player’s past and present…
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Posted Friday, August 14th, 2009
The summer of 2009 was an important time for quite a few players in the class of 2011. Here’s a look at who “broke out” this summer or saw their recruiting stock go to a new level. Potentially to Definitely Tyler Olander, Shabazz Napier, and Mike Carter-Williams all came into the summer already on the radar of a number of high major programs. But the month of July served a very specific purpose for these guys, as they went from…
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Posted Thursday, August 13th, 2009
The Scott Hazelton Basketball Camp always features some of the top up and coming high school prospects around. But after the older kids were done playing this week, we stuck around to get a sneak peak at some of the youngsters on hand as the middle school kids took to the court. We told you about Noah Vonleh earlier in the week, but he was just the beginning of the talented rising freshmen on hand. Also impressive was Yowell Beroa,…
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Posted Thursday, August 13th, 2009
New England’s class of 2010 is a special group. Consider this – our small region of the country has 7 of the top 100 players in the country before you consider the incoming prep school talent set to arrive next month. But out of everyone Nate Lubick is still tops on our list. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, there are two reasons he is the best. First and foremost, the kid is an absolute killer. He’ll…
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Posted Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
Notre Dame Prep swingman Alibaba Odd got some good news on Thursday as the NCAA Clearinghouse officially listed him as a full qualifier for the upcoming school year. Odd is currently uncommitted but is still drawing interest from schools with remaining scholarships. Prior to coming to Notre Dame Prep this year he played at Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia where he was named 1st Team in the Philadelphia’s Public League. He made a verbal commitment to St. Bonaventure this…
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Posted Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
After the first half of the July live period we took an early look at those players who had helped their recruiting stock. Now that the second half of the live period has come and gone, and college coaches have had a chance to catch their breath before showing who they are most interested in, we’re going to take a more detailed look at this summer’s stock risers. As we said last month, it’s important to realize that our definition…
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