Posted Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
As you have seen on our website the New England Recruiting Report is expanding into New York. The recent coverage of the Summer in the City tournament is a sampling of what you can expect. We will try to bring the same quality that you have come to expect from NERR. The wealth of HS talent in the New York area as well as a little of New Jersey will be an added addition to the NERR product. Here is… READ MORE >
Posted Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
Nick Simonetti and Jarred Reuter, both from the Southeastern Massachusetts and playing for the BSJ Elite program, were among the top 50 players at the AAU 13-U National Championship and were both invited to Clay Dade's Jr. All American Camp held in Orlando Florida at University of Central Florida. Clay Dade is the founder and president of the Jr. All-American Camp and the Fab Frosh Freshman All-American Camp -- These basketball camps were established to provide early exposure and expert… READ MORE >
Posted Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Villanova’s Jay Wright, Kentucky’s John Calipari, Tennessee’s Bruce Pearl, St. John’s Norm Roberts, and Seton Hall’s Bobby Gonzalez were among the head coaches in attendance Friday night at the first ever Summer in the City event. Also on hand was Hofstra’s entire staff, Phil Martelli (St. Joe’s), Bruiser Flint (Drexel) and other head coaches from Queens College, New York Tech, and Caldwell College. Assistant’s from Duquense, Temple, Penn State, Boston College, Rutgers, George Mason, Princeton, Fordham, Manhattan, Iona, Marist, Sienna,… READ MORE >
Posted Friday, July 31st, 2009
Seven different New England teams finished in the top two of their pool and consequently advanced to the championship bracket at this week’s AAU u17 Nationals. But no one went farther in the championship bracket than Metro Boston who put together a string of impressive wins en route to a trip to the tournament’s Round of 16. Metro’s run began in pool play when they went a perfect 3-0, including an upset of Team Texas Elite 71-61, a top national… READ MORE >
Posted Thursday, July 30th, 2009
For the nation’s highest level prospects there is often times a singular moment when they announce themselves to the rest of the country. For Alex Oriakhi that moment came early in his career when, as just a rising freshman, he blew people away while running with BABC for the first time at the Nike Peach Jam. For Andre Drummond that moment might have come this past Wednesday. With the analysts from virtually every major national recruiting service in the country… READ MORE >
Posted Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Shabazz Napier has been on a tear this week for Metro Boston. As of early Thursday night Metro Boston was the only New England squad still alive in the championship bracket of AAU’s u17 Nationals and Napier’s stellar play was a big reason why. The rising junior from Lawrence Academy has played to rave reviews from national media outlets all week long, but he was never reportedly better than in a Tuesday afternoon match-up with Phil Pressey and Team Texas.… READ MORE >
Posted Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
AAU 16u Nationals began this week with 32 4-team pools. After pool play had concluded the top two teams from each pool advanced to the championship bracket, while the 3rd and 4th place teams continued on to the classic bracket. BABC and Connecticut Select were the two New England teams to win their pool. They were joined in the championship bracket by Connecticut Basketball Club and Central Connecticut Hoopstars who both finished second in their pool. BABC fell victim to… READ MORE >
Posted Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
2009 has been close to a dream season for the New Hampshire Rivals (the sister organization of the Mass Rivals), including championships at the Providence Jam Fest and the New Hampshire state tournament. But after their recent trip to Las Vegas, it turns out the final chapter of this season's story book may end up being the best. The Rivals advanced all the way to the semi-finals of Vision Sports' Main Event Tournament, one of the three major tournaments to… READ MORE >
Posted Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
The Hoop Group held their annual Academic Elite session at Albright College in Pennsylvania. In order to qualify to participate in the camp, student-athletes must maintain at least a 3.2 GPA in the classroom, and at least an 1050 (Math/Reading Sections) on the SAT. This session had a great deal of New England influence, as a number of players, and coaches from New England participated in the event. The Winchendon School's Mike Byrnes, served as the commissioner of the Ivy… READ MORE >
Posted Monday, July 27th, 2009
Two years ago, James Marcellus was a senior at Archbishop Williams High School in Massachusetts where he had already led his team to the TD Banknorth Garden for a State semifinal appearance. The future looked promising for the young big man, but due to a lack of college exposure his junior year, Marcellus only was seeing Division III recruitment in his college picture. In hopes of improving his scores and level of recruitment, Marcellus opted to do a Post Graduate… READ MORE >