Posted Monday, August 13th, 2012
The Scott Hazelton Basketball Camp kicked off today in Andover, Massachusetts at Greater Lawrence Tech and there was an electric atmosphere in an old-school gymnasium loaded with talent. There was good action in the paint all day as the big -men going at it included the likes of Carson DeRosiers, Goodluck Okonoboh, Jacquil Taylor, Djery Baptiste, John Powell, and Josh Sharma, while present among forwards were Noah Vonleh, Chris Baldwin, Mike Auger, and Andrew Simpson. The wing contingent featured players…
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Posted Sunday, August 12th, 2012
New England’s class of 2012 will go down as one of the most memorable in the region’s history. Coming up through the ranks as underclassmen, the group appeared to have the collective potential to be one best classes to ever come through New England with the likes of Andre Andre Drummond, Alex Murphy, Khem Birch, Nerlens Noel, Kaleb Tarczewski, and Ricardo Ledo all being listed in 2012 at one point or another. Ultimately of course, graduation years would shuffle with…
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Posted Friday, August 10th, 2012
Worcester Academy, Rivers, Exeter, Tabor, Milton Academy, and Pingree all took part in the Tufts University Prep School Shootout this weekend. New England Recruiting Report had the opportunity to see a preview of some of the most promising prospects in New England Prep basketball this upcoming season. Several players showed off how much they improved this summer, while we also had an opportunity to catch a glimpse of some players who will be newcomers to prep school hoops this year:…
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Posted Friday, August 10th, 2012
The transfer wire remained busy this week as four of New England's premier players announced plans to attend new schools for the 2012-2012 year. Jalen Adams was first in the news as the Rivals Basketball Club announced via their twitter account that the scoring guard would indeed be leaving Melrose High School as previously reported, but now intends to attend Cushing Academy. Adams is coming off a big month on the July evaluation period and has heard from the likes…
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Posted Thursday, August 9th, 2012
The Boston based Bomb Squad grassroots program finished the July evaluation period in style, advancing all the to the semifinals of the Summer Live tournament held in Pennsylvania before running into the host club, Team Final. This weekend they'll return to the acourt to take part in the Powerade Hardtop Challenge held at the Reggie Lewis Center, hoping to bring similar success back home to their backyard. Kyle Lawyer (Cathedral), Curtis Howe Jr. (Avon Old Farms), Dakym Murray (Madison Park)…
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Posted Thursday, August 9th, 2012
The 6th annual Shooting Touch Preseason Tune-up is here. Some of the best players in Massachusetts are invited to participate in this exclusive event. In this 6 week (12 session) program players will be taught basketball skills from 12 different elite high school head basketball coaches from around the area for 1 hour each session. The other hour will be intense strength and conditioning from one of the area’s finest. Lastly, on Saturdays, the program will end each session with…
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Posted Thursday, August 9th, 2012
In most gyms in the United States when you hear kids talking about “The League” they are referring to the NBA. But at Northfield Mount Hermon School, that phrase means something entirety different. At NMH, “The League” refers only to the Ivy League, the league which has now captured 17 players from NMH in the last five seasons. Thursday night saw their latest commitment as Anthony Dallier became already the third NMH prospect in the class of 2013 to commit…
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Posted Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
The University of Connecticut picked up a commitment from Kentan Facey on Wednesday evening, following an unofficial visit to the school. A six-foot-nine power forward from Long Island Lutheran in New York, Facey was one of the big winners of the recent July evaluation period, running with the New Rens grassroots program. Facey’s recruitment exploded early in the month after a big performance at the Adidas Invitational in Indianapolis. Following that tournament he landed scholarship offers from the likes of…
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Posted Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
After 50 years, 878 wins, and 11 state championships, Vito Montelli announced his retirement on Wednesday at a press conference in Vazzano’s Four Seasons in Stratford, Connecticut. Montelli is walking away not only with his name cemented in the record books, but also at the pinnacle of the high school coaching ranks, having led St. Joseph’s to back to back state championships in 2011 and 2012. The 80 year old head coach began on the job in 1963 and stayed…
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Posted Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Jordan Hill, a six-foot-three guard from Pasadena, California, will spend next year at Phillips Exeter Academy for a post-graduate season and then head to the University of Wisconsin, after making a verbal commitment to Badgers’ head coach Bo Ryan on Tuesday. Hill made his first appearance in New England back in early June when he attended the Yale Elite Camp. At the time, the athletic playmaking guard looked like a solid Ivy League prospect, but few could have predicted his…
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