Posted Thursday, July 28th, 2011
New England was well represented when the AAU 10th grade nationals progressed to bracket play as BABC, Maine MAC, Expressions Elite, United Sons and Daughters, Connecticut Select, and Rhode Island Hawks had all won their pool and consequently advanced to the gold bracket. But there was only one left standing after Thursday night as BABC was the sole program to advance to the Elite 8 with a 46-36 win over Team CBIZ. Expressions Elite made a run all the way…
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Posted Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Only four teams were left standing to start the day on Wednesday in each of the five brackets at the AAU Super Showcase. New England was represented in four of the five brackets with BABC in the gold, Middlesex Magic in the bronze, MB Nation in the copper, and the Rhode Island Hawks in the Iron. While three of the four squads suffered heartbreaking losses, the Hawks managed to hang on to bring a championship back to New England. They…
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Posted Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
While the New England Recruiting Report was anchored out west in Las Vegas, things were also getting off to a fast start in Orlando with Super Showcase tournaments taking place in the freshmen, sophomore, and junior divisions. The junior division is set to crown their champions on Wednesday with BABC still alive in the 32 team invite only gold division and scheduled for a 3pm semi-final against Hoop Heaven Heat Elite from New Jersey who local New England fans may recognize from…
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Posted Monday, July 25th, 2011
The New England Playaz and Connecticut Basketball Club were the last two local programs standing when action got underway in Las Vegas on Monday. Ultimately, the Playaz advanced to the Super 16 before falling at the hands of the Michigan Mustangs while CBC advanced to the quarterfinals before running into Indiana Elite. After having spent the last four days covering both the Adidas Super 64 as well as the Vegas Fab 48, here’s a look at five lessons we learned…
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Posted Sunday, July 24th, 2011
Sunday was the first round of bracket play in Las Vegas as both the Adidas Super 64 and Fab 48 entered ‘win or go home’ mode. CBC and the New England Playaz both scored evening wins to advance to Monday’s second round action while a variety of other individual players managed to show well. Game of the Day: Mass Rivals vs. Devin Harris Elite A triple overtime thrilled saw the Rivals lose in heartbreaking fashion following some very questionable officiating,…
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Posted Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
The boys from New England were putting together impressive performances across Las Vegas on Saturday as pool play came to a close in both the Adidas Super 64 and the Fab 48 with bracket play set to begin first thing Sunday Morning. • CBC put together a strong second half to knock off Houston Hoopstars and finish their super pool undefeated. Andre Drummond continued to lead the way while the young duo of Kahlil Dukes and Sean Obi also stepped…
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Posted Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Kentucky head coach John Calipari, Arizona head coach Sean Miller, West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins, Providence head coach Ed Cooley and assistants from UConn, Louisville, Kansas, and Stanford headlined the 75+ college coaches on hand to watch the New England Playaz take on the Connecticut Basketball Club Friday night on center court at the Adidas Super 64 Showcase. Andre Drummond, coming off a dominant morning performance over Isaiah Austin, set the tone early by opening the game with a…
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Posted Thursday, July 21st, 2011
The second half of the July live period is set to tip-off on Friday. The second and final lap of the summer evaluation period begins today with the eyes of the grassroots world focused primarily on either Orlando or Las Vegas. The New England Recruiting Report will be traveling west for the first few days of the period where the Adidas Super 64 will include the New England Playaz, Connecticut Basketball Club, Rivals Basketball Club, and Aim High. CBC and…
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Posted Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Ryan Hartung, a six-foot-five forward from Phillips Academy of Andover and the Rivals Basketball Club, made a verbal commitment to St. Anselm’s on Wednesday. Hartung has been a prospect on the rise over the course of the last year as his frame continued to stretch to his current height and he solidified himself as one of the better shooters in New England. He was one of the main staples of a Phillips Academy team that was one of the most…
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Posted Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Quinnipiac received a commitment from 2011 swingman Terrance Bobb-Jones from Delaware earlier this week. Bobb-Jones is a highly versatile player with an incredible motor who is coming off a tremendous high school career. A four year varsity player and three year captain, he earned second team all-state honors as a sophomore and first team all-state honors as a junior and senior. Bobb-Jones averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 blocks. He scored 1000 points during the course of…
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