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Posted Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Windsor High School’s Steven Samuels has made a decision and he’s going with the school that has been on him the hardest since day one. St. Peter’s College received a commitment from the senior guard on Thursday, ending the recruitment of one of the best left available players in New England. While Samuels recruitment has had many twists and turns over the course of his senior year, St. Peter’s presence has been a constant. In fact, Peacock’s assistant coach Marlon…
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Posted Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Going into last weekend’s Maine AAU State Tournament most considered MBR to be a heavy favorite in the 17u division and an underdog in the 16u division. Nonetheless when the tournament concluded MBR came away with both titles. The 17u team defeated Express in the finals by a score of 82-65. This MBR team is a strong group led by talented sharp-shooter Keegan Hyland. But they’re far from one dimensional as they also feature crafty point guard Indiana Faithful, inside-out…
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Posted Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Point guards were in high demand late in this year’s recruiting period, and one more has just been scooped up as St. Thomas More’s Carl Johnson recently committed to Rider University. St. Thomas More, one of the more storied prep school programs in New England, had a fairly pedestrian start to the season by their standards, opening the year with a 9-9 record. But as the season went on the Chancellors continued to raise the level of their play and…
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Posted Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
A week ago very few college basketball coaches had ever heard the names Jason Pranulis or Connor Boyen. In fact, with the exception of Keene State, Babson College, and Wentworth Institute of Technology, no other schools had expressed any interest in either player. All of that changed this weekend after both players had breakout performances at the Hoop Mountain Invitational with their Western Connecticut Warriors AAU club. “For a bunch of small town kids like ours, they often go under…
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Posted Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Chaney to the ACC Allan Chaney, who played at the University of Florida this year, committed to Virginia Tech on Sunday afternoon after visiting the Big East school this weekend. He also visited Temple and St. Joseph’s and was scheduled to visit Xavier as well. Chaney committed to Florida after blowing up over the course of the 2007 July live period. He played his high school basketball at New London High School in Connecticut. The 6’8” forward found himself in…
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Posted Monday, May 11th, 2009
In the U17 Division the Burlington Hawks repeated as Champions beating ProCity (Vergennes) by 30 points in the final game. Burlington got a tough test in the semi-finals from the Connecticut River Valley Vipers, but closed out a 3 point win. Joe OShea showed why he is Vermont’s top ranked player as his three-point shot was deadly all weakened. He also showed an ability to get into the lane and finish in traffic. Austin Robinson also played well for the…
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Posted Monday, May 11th, 2009
Expressions Runs Away with 17’s Title Not to be outdone by their younger counterparts, the Mass Rivals advanced all the way to the finals of the 17 and under division at the Hoop Mountain Invitational, but that’s where they were stopped as they ran into an Expressions Elite team that took the title by a score of 81-45. Laurent Rivard was the story for Expressions this weekend as he really dominated the tournament with his ability to impact the game…
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Posted Sunday, May 10th, 2009
The New Hampshire Rivals took home three state titles this weekend in the New Hampshire state tournament in the 12u, 14u, and 15u divisions. As a program the Rivals went undefeated this weekend with a perfect combined record of 13-0 among the three age brackets. The Rivals 12u team dominated all weekend as they used their athleticism to defend and play transition basketball on their way to the championship. In the finals, the Rivals bested the Granite State Raptors. The…
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Posted Sunday, May 10th, 2009
KINGSTON, Mass. - The 17-under Massachusetts AAU tournament took place south of Boston towards Cape Cod, as the South Shore Supreme Sports complex was home to the games. The event took place over two long days of games, the second of which wasn’t what many hoped for considering what day it was, as play did not start until Saturday morning. In fact, because of how late in the day the games were going on Mother’s Day (they were not running…
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Posted Saturday, May 9th, 2009
The BABC claimed gold medals in both the Massachusetts 15-and-under state AAU tournament and the 17-and-under state AAU tournament this weekend. After having claimed both the u14 and u16 titles in weeks past, BABC becomes the first organization in the history of Massachusetts AAU basketball to sweep all four divisions in a single year. BABC earned the gold medal in the 17-and-under tournament by knocking off a talented Metro Boston team in Sunday’s final. The win was the culmination of…
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