New England’s Notable Performances

Posted Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

With the National Prep School Invitational set to get underway tomorrow at the University of Rhode Island we needed to cut our week of headline hunting a little short and bring you this week’s notable performances a day early.  While the Ocean State will certainly be the focus of the end of the week it also stole the show in the beginning of the weak as four different players earning triple doubles and St. Andrew’s head coach Mike Hart claimed… READ MORE >

Sad Day for New England

Posted Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Mike Crotty Sr., the director of the Middlesex Magic AAU program, passed away on Tuesday.  He was 57 years old.  Mike’s tragic death is a devastating loss to the hundreds of players that he has coached over the years and the entire New England basketball community.  For the last 17 years Mike has built the Middlesex Magic into one of New England’s purest AAU basketball programs, serving both boys and girls at every level, and helping dozens of players to… READ MORE >

Noel Flying Under Radar

Posted Monday, February 1st, 2010

Notre Dame Prep is one of the hottest prep school teams in the entire country having recently taken the title at the Bridgton Academy tournament and also claiming wins over Winchendon, South Kent, MCI, Bridgton, and St. Thomas More.  While players like Ron Giplaye, Jordair Jett, and Antonio Barton are generating most of the headlines, there is one player who has been right in the middle of the team’s success but is nonetheless still flying a little under the recruiting… READ MORE >

ESPN Announces New Rankings

Posted Sunday, January 31st, 2010

New national rankings were updated last week by ESPN and the new numbers included some movement for some of New England’s top prospects.  Here’s a look at how things shook out.  2010 Will Barton remains uncontested as the highest ranked player in the region, although he drops a spot on the national list, falling from 5th to 6th after Kyrie Irving and Tobias Harris both jumped over him.  Maintaining his position as the second ranked player in the region is… READ MORE >

UMass Nabs Point Guard

Posted Sunday, January 31st, 2010

With Maxie Esho having signed his National Letter of Intent in November, the University of Massachusetts went back to the Washington D.C. area to nab their second commitment for next fall in point guard Daryl Traynham.  Traynham has teamed with Esho on the AAU circuit for the last few years, running with the D.C. Assault program.  A quick and attacking point guard, Traynham projects to be a good fit in UMass’ dribble drive motion offense with his ability to get… READ MORE >

Grossman Makes Pick

Posted Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Brian Grossman has made his college decision and is headed to Wheaton College to continue his basketball career.  “I chose Wheaton because it is the best fit for me academically and I think I have a chance to contribute right away to the team,” he said.  “The relationship I have with Coach Walmsley and Coach Gibbs also helped me a lot with my decision.”  Grossman is a name that most fans of New England basketball are familiar with.  He began… READ MORE >

The Best Class in Mass

Posted Friday, January 29th, 2010

Massachusetts’ class of 2009 went down as one of the best in the state’s history.  Besides the obvious influx of prep school talent, the class featured an incredible amount of local New England talent including Alex Oriakhi, Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, Erik Murphy, Mike Marra, and others.  2012 has similar potential and could end up going down as another one of the best classes to ever come through the Bay State. Tops on our list is Khem Birch.  The Canadian native made… READ MORE >

New England’s Notable Performances

Posted Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Massachusetts Player of the Week – Joe Mussachia, Manchester High School:  In just his junior year Mussachia hit his 1000th point this week against Wilmington.  But that wasn’t all as the forward went for 26 points, 26 rebounds, and 8 assists.  With the win Manchester clinched a tournament birth and improved to 10-4 on the year, good enough for a share of first place in their league.  •  Connor Mahoney, BCHS –28pts, 19rebs, 8blks, 5asts over W. Roxbury 91-90•  Pat… READ MORE >

McDonald’s Nominees Announced

Posted Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Sports America Inc. recently announced the various nominees for the prestigious McDonald’s All-American Game.  Nominations came from a selection committee of experts throughout the country and eventually the 20 McDonald’s All-Americans are selected from the more than 1500 nominees.  Here is a look at which players from New England received nominations.  Connecticut: Bryon Allen, St. Thomas More; Tavon Allen, Hillhouse; Theodore Boyomo, Kent; Monty Brown, Hotchkiss; Mike Buffalo, South Kent; Andrew Douby, St. Thomas More; Mark Ellis, Stamford; Jamel Fields,… READ MORE >

Heslip Settling in at B.C.

Posted Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Brady Heslip’s stay at the New Hampton School was a brief but important one.  Heslip arrived at New Hampton this fall as a post-graduate after having verbally committed to Boston College in August, but the Canadian native never got the chance to finish his year as he left to enroll at B.C. at mid-year.  “I loved it there,” Heslip said of New Hampton, “the guys on the team, the community, the people at the school, Coach Hutchins, I loved everything… READ MORE >

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