Posted Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Stanford, Clemson, and Georgia Tech all had coaches at the Hotchkiss gymnasium on Wednesday night to see Jason Morris, and apparently they are the three finalists in the long race that has been Morris’ recruitment. “Mainly those three right there,” he said nodding towards the three coaches when asked if he had trimmed his list since the summer. The coaches didn’t leave disappointed as the tremendously athletic swingman gave them a series of highlight reel plays. The first came on…
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Posted Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
UConn head coach Jim Calhoun and assistant coach Patrick Sellers were in Georgia on Tuesday to visit guard Jeremy Lamb. The trip ended up to be well worth it as Lamb made a verbal commitment to the Huskies. Lamb, a consensus top 100 player in the country, was a guy flying under the radar until this summer when his stock exploded with stellar performances at the Nike Peach Jam and the AAU Super Showcase. He’s described as a late bloomer…
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Posted Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Arizona head coach Sean Miller and Arizona State head coach Herb Sendek were among the coaches at Lawrence Academy last night, both there to see junior guard Shabazz Napier. Miller and Sendek both made the trip with one of their assistant coaches while Virginia, St. John’s, Rutgers, Providence, and UMass were also represented by assistant coaches. A day earlier Villanova had an assistant coach at the Massachusetts campus. Niagara and Quinnipiac were also in attendance to get a look at…
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Posted Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Shooting Touch and Reebok Basketball are again teaming up to put on the 3rd annual Preseason Tune-Up, which is an intense six week program to get players ready for the upcoming season. The program, which runs from Tuesday October 13th – Saturday November 21st, will feature both an invitational high school group (grades 10-12) as well as an invitational middle school group (grades 7-9). Each session will be two hours long and include one hour of high intensity strength and…
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Posted Monday, September 14th, 2009
While most of New England’s top young prospects spent their summer playing at AAU tournaments, showcases, and exposure camps, Tevin Falzon had a much different experience. The Newton North junior spurned the July live period for an opportunity to play with the 18-and-under national team from the country of Malta at the FIBA European Championships. The small European country, which is located immediately off of Italy’s southern border, was home to Falzon’s grandfather and so he was eligible to play…
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Posted Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Phil Pressey, who was one of New England’s brightest prospects before transferring to the Episcopal School of Dallas prior to his junior year, committed to the University of Missouri this weekend while on an official visit. Pressey picked Mizzou over schools like Arizona, Baylor, UCLA, and Baylor according to ESPN. Prior to leaving New England, Pressey starred for Cushing Academy and the Boston Amateur Athletic Club. He ran the show for the BABC team that went down as one of…
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Posted Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Aaron Cosby’s name is one that sounds familiar to many basketball fans in New England. They know they’ve heard the name before they just can’t remember where. Two years ago when Travis Ford was still the head coach at the University of Massachusetts, he scored a commitment from a rising sophomore from his home state of Kentucky…that young point guard was Aaron Cosby. When Ford left for Oklahoma State, Cosby opted to re-open his recruitment. Ironically, he still ended up…
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Posted Saturday, September 12th, 2009
The New England Recruiting Report was in Boston on Saturday and our first stop was the Hoop Group’s Top 100 Showcase. Top Performers Tylon Smith Jr. – The Kingswood Oxford guard did it all in his first game of the day. He got to the rim early in the contest, attacking aggressively and finishing in a couple of different ways. Later he began to show his three-point stroke. He also got in the mix defensively as he jumped into passing…
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Posted Friday, September 11th, 2009
The Winchendon School has claimed two NEPSAC Class A titles under head coach Mike Byrnes, and at various points over the last four years they’ve been so close to their third they could practically taste it. But hopes are high entering the 09-10 season that this could be the year they get over the hump and complete the trifecta. All the pieces seem to be in place as this is certainly the most talented Winchendon team we’ve seen from top…
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Posted Thursday, September 10th, 2009
In-home visits have become pretty standard in the world of college recruiting. An in-home visit is when a college coach travels to a prospect’s house to meet with him and his family. It’s often a brief meeting, not lasting more than a couple of hours, that gives the coach an opportunity to sell himself, his school, and his program while answering any questions the prospect and family may have. For Rod Odom, and many other prep school products like him,…
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