Posted Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Eighth grade shooting guard Matt Costello from Lynnfield opened up the tournament in Springfield, Mass with a strong 38 point performance against South County Basketball Club. Overall, he averaged 24 points per game over the weekend tournament and was responsible for approximately 50% of his team's offensive production. Costello followed up his opening performance with 15 points against Team Scan out of New York City, and finished his tournament play with 20 points against the U14 Columbus Day Challenge tournament…
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Posted Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Keegan Hyland made a verbal commitment to the University of Vermont on Wednesday, giving the Catamounts a huge addition for the 2010-2011 season. Hyland reportedly had 20 division I scholarship offers at one point or another including offers and additional interest from several schools in the Atlantic 10. He was also thought to be getting enough attention from high major schools that he would consider prep school. But after taking a handful of visits this summer and fall, Hyland reportedly…
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Posted Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Northfield Mount Hermon junior guard Joe Sharkey ended his recruitment on Wednesday when he committed to Brown University. The commitment comes as a surprise to many since Sharkey hasn’t even begun his junior season at NMH yet. But Sharkey is a young man who has been playing on the exposure seen for quite some time now, in fact, you could even say he has grown up in front of our very eyes. Before even reaching his freshman year of high…
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Posted Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Hoop Mountain held their final Fall Classic event of the fall Sunday afternoon at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. Over 140 players from all over the east coast were on hand to play in front of a multitude of Division 3 college coaches. The action kicked off with a half hour basketball workout, followed by six sets of games. Here’s a recap of the day’s action: Some Very Talented Unsigned Seniors: Jason Perrier, Christian Heritage - Already with…
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Posted Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
This summer Michael Bradley was generating most of his recruiting interest from upper echelon mid-major schools like Drake, VCU, and others. But towards the end of the summer the young big man and his Tennessee Tigers team had a match-up with the Connecticut Basketball Club at AAU Nationals. Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun was one of several coaches in attendance presumably there to see Andre Drummond. By the end of the game the Huskies were squarely on Bradley’s recruiting list. …
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Posted Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Dominic Morris, Travis Robinson, and Henry Gaskins, all three of whom play for Friends Central High School in Philadelphia, committed to Boston University first year head coach, and former Villanova assistant, Pat Chambers earlier this week. The set of commitments is significant for the Terriers for a number of reasons. First, Morris and Robinson selected BU over recruitment from higher levels and both have the talent to make an instant impact in the America East. Morris is a skilled and…
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Posted Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
We told you last week that Jesse Morgan’s recruitment was starting to pick up in a big way with recent offers from Louisville and Rutgers in addition to a pending visit to UConn. This weekend Morgan visited Seton Hall, who had already been on him hard for quite a while. On Monday, a day after returning to South Kent, Morgan pulled the trigger and committed to the Pirates. SNY’s Adam Zagoria broke the story on his blog. “I committed about…
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Posted Monday, October 12th, 2009
By Sunday afternoon, the last four teams remaining in the Open Division were MBR, Bay State Magic, SECC All-Stars, and Metro Boston. Here’s a look at how the playoffs unfolded: Open Division Semi Final - MBR vs. Bay State Magic: As most know, this MBR squad is stacked with guys who can make shots from the perimeter. Today they played without the best shooter in the state of Maine, Keegan Hyland. However, they would not let this slow them down.…
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Posted Saturday, October 10th, 2009
A lot can change in a year. At this time last year Anthony Ireland was fighting to get on the Division I radar. He didn’t have any scholarship offers at the time and was only hearing from local Connecticut schools. Fast forward a year and Ireland is one of the region’s most heavily recruited point guards. “Two things really happened,” Ireland said. “First, I just worked hard on my game in the last year and second the exposure I got…
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Posted Friday, October 9th, 2009
The first thing that jumps out at you when you visit Notre Dame Prep for an open run is how hard the players are going at each other. Each and every one of them is giving 100%, because they know if they don’t there is a better than average chance that head coach Ryan Hurd will kick them off the court before they have a chance to play the game out. And while effort and intensity are clearly the central…
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