NERR Junior Prospect Academy Update
Posted Friday, May 11th, 2012
Commitment Catch-Up
Posted Friday, May 11th, 2012
Eastern Connecticut Completes ClassFresh off a 24-6 season and a run to the Sweet Sixteen of the Division III NCAA tournament, Eastern Connecticut is bringing in another talented recruited class. Hamden Hall’s six-foot-seven center Darryl Best Jr. anchors the group in the middle with his game changing size up front while Notre Dame Fairfield’s second team All-State forward Arkel Miles is also on board. The backcourt consists of Trachone Preston, a five-foot-nine scoring point guard from Enfield High School who… READ MORE >
NEPSAC AAA Losing Two Schools
Posted Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Just two years after the New England Prep School Athletic Council went through a momentous realignment, there are more changes coming to the nation’s premier post-graduate basketball league. Two of the eight programs that made up the NEPSAC’s highest division, Class AAA, will be leaving the group immediately next year as both the Winchendon School and Maine Central Institute have adopted new philosophies with regard to prep school basketball. The Winchendon School is attempting to reposition their varsity basketball program… READ MORE >
Abu in the Headlines
Posted Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Abdul-Malik Abu (Marblehead, Mass./Kimball Union) was one of New England’s biggest winners of the April live period.Coming into the month the sophomore big man was considered by many to be on the verge of a breakout. Coming out of the month and that breakout is a thing of the past, as he has now solidified himself as a high-major frontcourt target in the class of 2014.Abu now holds offers from Iowa State, Michigan State, Providence, Rutgers, Cincinnati, Temple, Massachusetts, and… READ MORE >
NERR launches new HoopRootz Website
Posted Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
NERR has teamed up with HoopRootz to create a website devoted to New England Junior Elite Basketball Check out HOOPROOTZ.NET READ MORE >
URI Adds Another Transfer
Posted Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Rhode Island head coach Danny Hurley continues to strike the transfer market in order to rebuild Rhody's talent base. The most recent prospect to commit to Hurley is DeShon Minnis, a six-foot-three lead guard who spent his freshman season at Texas Tech. The commitment was first reportted by SNY's Adam Zagoria. Minnis is a big lead guard who played his high school basketball in New Jersey at Atlantic Christian High School. He averaged 2.8 points and 1.4 assists last year… READ MORE >
UNH Lands Face-Up Four-Man
Posted Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Logan Mortenson, a six-foot-seven skilled face-up four-man from St. John's Northwest Military Academy, made a verbal commitment to the University of New Hampshire on Wednesday night and is expected to sign a National Letter of Intent on Thursday. St. John's has made two trips to New England this year, traveling to both the National Prep Showcase and the National Prep School Invitational. Mortenson has stood out in both of those events, showing his combination of size and skill while stretching… READ MORE >
Hamden Hall Duo Still Available
Posted Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
The class of 2012 is coming down to the wire with the schools still looking to fill scholarship left with few of their original top choices. Two of the top players still on the market have been side by side from day one, starring together on both the high school and AAU circuits with Hamden Hall Country Day School and East Coast Elite. Darren Payen is already a well known commodity. Arguably the most talented frontcourt prospect left on the… READ MORE >
UConn Lands German Forward
Posted Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Wednesday marked Connecticut's second verbal commitment of the last week as Leon Tolsdorf committed to head coach Jim Calhoun after visiting the campus on Tuesday. The six-foot-seven Tolksdorf played for ALBA Berlin II this past season, averaging 5.2 points and 14.2 minutes per game. He'll join two other German natives on next year's Connecticut roster in rising juniors Enosch Wolf and Niels Giffey. Tolkdsdorf becomes the third player to commit to Connecticut in the 2012 class joining shooting guard Omar… READ MORE >
Hotchkiss Forward Heading Ivy Year Early
Posted Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
When Patrick Steeves first arrived at the Hotchkiss School, he reclassified to the class of 2013 and quickly picked up scholarship offers from the likes of Xavier and Penn State. The sharpshooting forward by way of Canada impressed with his size and a pure shooting stroke from the outside, but now, after just one season at Hotchkiss, Steeves will head to college a year earlier than planned as he has committed to Harvard in the class of 2012. Steeves will… READ MORE >