Posted Sunday, January 29th, 2012
Twinfield High School’s Chad Copeland is the best college basketball prospect in the state high school association. The longtime number one ranked player in the state was only recently dethroned when UMass bound point guard Trey Davis arrived at Vermont Academy. But Davis opted to change prep schools at mid-semester and so now Copeland’s biggest competition comes from another prep school product, this time someone he knows plenty about. A graduate of Rutland High School in 2011, Troy Davine finished…
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Posted Friday, January 27th, 2012
Rhode Island’s top ten in the class of 2012 has seen some shifting since we last updated our rankings, but the one thing that stays the same are the two players atop the list. St. Andrew’s big man Cedric Kuakumensah remains the top ranked player in the state while North Providence’s Rob Hazard continues to set the tone in the RIIL and sit in the second spot. Kuakumensah pulled in MVP honors earlier this month as St. Andrew’s took the…
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Posted Thursday, January 26th, 2012
New London High School’s Providence bound guard Kris Dunn continued to make headlines this weekend. Going into Friday night’s game at Norwich Free Academy, Dunn needed 31 points to eclipse Tyson Wheeler’s mark as New London’s all-time leading scorer. Even that lofty number turned out to be well within the six-foot-three guard’s reach. Dunn tied the mark with a free-throw at the end of the third quarter and then had a breakaway attempt early in the fourth. While most young…
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Posted Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Today begins the process of updating our New England Recruiting Report rankings and first up is the state of New Hampshire where the 2012 class is dominated by the local prep school ranks. Six of the top ten players in the state reside at “the Academy”, Brewster Academy to be specific as Mitch McGary, Jakarr Sampson, T.J. Warren, Aaron Thomas, Semaj Christon, and Jalen Reynolds form the core of the squad that is currently undefeated and the nation’s top post-graduate…
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Posted Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
New England is well represented in ESPNU 100, Super 60, and Terrific 25. ESPN has announced their updated national rankings in the classes of 2012, 2013, and 2014 respectively and once again there are a lot of familiar names on that list. It begins in the class of 2012 where Kaleb Tarczewski has moved up to the fourth spot on the ESPNU 100 following a tremendously efficient performance last week at the Hoophall Classic. Notre Dame Prep’s most recent addition,…
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Posted Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Ahmad Reid went into Tuesday night’s game against Millbrook needing only 19 points to become the school’s all time leading scorer – a mark that was set 24 years ago by Melissa DelValle. Reid came out strong, scoring 15 first half points, but Berkshire still trailed 36-30 going into the half. The senior swingman opened the second with a quick three followed by a subsequent lay-up to sound the buzzer and claim the title as the Berkshire School’s all time…
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Posted Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The Tilton basketball team made their latest trip last weekend, traveling to Morgantown, West Virginia for the Mountaineer Classic. The Rams came away with a pair of wins, knocking off Villa Angela-St. Joseph 67-50 and then Arlington Country Day 68-53. Senior captain Georges Niang picked up MVP honors of both game and capped off his weekend with 29 points and 8 rebounds against Arlington Country Day. Niang came into the game needing only a single field goal to reach the…
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Posted Monday, January 23rd, 2012
The New England Recruiting Report has announced our 2012 tournament schedule and it once again includes the Northeast Hoops Festival as well as the Super 16 Showcase. The Northeast Hoops Festival will continue to take place on ACT weekend in April. This year’s event will be held in the greater Hartford, Connecticut area from April 13th to April 15th and once again expects to assemble another loaded field as teams will be looking to prepare for NCAA live periods in…
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Posted Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Steven Adams made his long awaited American debut this week and after ten days in a Notre Dame Prep uniform the reviews are in. Despite a somewhat disappointing performance at the Spalding Hoophall Classic, the reviews are largely positive at this point as he opened his prep school career with 23 points and 13 rebounds against Nerlens Noel at the BABC Prep Classic and capped Notre Dame’s triple header with an MVP performance at Monday’s Big Apple Basketball Classic. While…
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Posted Friday, January 20th, 2012
It’s a snowy weekend in New England and that means our typical Saturday prep school slate is somewhat diminished, but here’s a look back at the week that was in NEPSAC basketball. Class AAA • Brewster continues to bulldoze over any opponent in their path. Friday it was the defending champions MCI who caught an 89-56 beating before the Bobcats held off Tilton on Sunday’s nationally televised contest. Big wins over Proctor (Jakarr Sampson 19 points) and Winchendon (T.J. Warren…
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