Posted Monday, June 20th, 2011
After a reportedly slow start at last week’s NBA Players’ Association Camp, Nerlens Noel rebounded in a big way to be named the Camp’s Most Outstanding Underclassmen. “Nerlens Noel last 2 games were 18 & 15 points,” ESPN’s senior basketball analyst Dave Telep tweeted on Monday. “When the playoffs were in full bloom he was at his highest level of play on both ends.” Telep went into further detail in his blog Monday, noting that one camper referred to Noel’s…
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Posted Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Shooting Touch has announced their Shooting Touch Shootout for December 28th and 29th, 2011 at The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Boston. The Holiday Tournament will feature 8 high school teams from four major northeast cities in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Newark. All Proceeds of the tournament will go back towards the Shooting Touch Sabbatical which grants $25,000 to college graduating seniors to travel the world giving back to the game of basketball. Tickets…
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Posted Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Kareem Canty has cut his list to just three schools and is expecting to make a commitment prior to the July live period. The news was first reported by SNY's Adam Zagoria. Florida State, Xavier, and Miami remain in contention for the lead guard's services but Canty spoke to the New England Recruiting Report on Sunday night and said it really may be more of a two horse race. "Xavier and Miami are the two leaders," he said. "That's really…
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Posted Saturday, June 18th, 2011
On Saturday we gave you the spring’s biggest stock risers in the class of 2012, next up comes that list in 2013 where another cast of players have utilized the past three months to prove their worth: Jared Terrell, Weymouth/New Hampton: He may be joining the class of 2014 in the fall but he proved himself one of New England’s best in 2013 this spring. He has the requisite physical tools with his strength and athleticism but what really separates…
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Posted Friday, June 17th, 2011
With the spring grassroots season all but over at this point, a number of players in the 2012 class have sent their stock soaring upwards heading into the July evaluation period. Mitch McGary, Brewster Academy – From his first performance this spring up until this weekend’s NBA Camp, McGary has been nothing short of dominant at every stop. He’s showing different components to his game, exerting his physical strength inside and soaring up national rankings as a result. He’s the…
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Posted Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Adam Thoseby is obviously a believer in the old saying “good things come to those who wait.” The MCI swingman not only played through his post-graduate season but also waited patiently as months rolled by this spring. It was undoubtedly a risk as he passed up on division II opportunities, holding out hope for his division I dream, but that risk proved worthwhile on Tuesday when he made a verbal commitment to Utah State. Utah State began looking for another…
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Posted Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
On Wednesday night, Bay State Magic hosted its third annual College Showcase on the campus of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA, with over 60 prospects from the greater Metro area participating in a series of drills and five-on-five evaluation games. With a plethora of Division III coaches in attendance, as well as multiple programs from the Northeast-10, here’s a look at some players who stood out with their performances throughout the event. Top Performers Stephon Edmonds- As quick as he…
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Posted Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Former UConn assistant Patrick Sellers has landed his first recruit since joining the Hofstra staff little more than two weeks ago. Jamal Coombs-McDaniel committed to Hofstra on Thursday, rejoining Sellers after spending their freshman season together in Storrs. Coombs-McDaniel was an important player in the Huskies' rotation this year en route to their Big East and national championships. He averaged 5.6 points per game but showed his potential to be a top scorer when he eclipsed the 20 point plateau…
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Posted Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
The annual NBA Players Association Camp gets underway on Wednesday at the University of Virginia. The camp has become an annual rite of passage for the nation’s top prospects in preparation for the summer evaluation period and has become arguably the most elite national camp in the country in recent years because of its ability to transcend sneaker affiliations. This year’s camp boasts one of the top fields ever and of the 100 players heading to Charlottesville eight have New England…
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Posted Monday, June 13th, 2011
One of the hottest names of latest summer was that of OShawn Bannister, a long and athletic six-foot-nine big man from Weaver High School in Hartford who came out of the woodwork to emerge as an under the radar big man. Blessed with length and mobility that can't be taught, Bannister generated quite a buzz that began at Hoop Mountain Super Week II and continued throughout AAU nationals at the end of the month. Bannister continued to intrigue coaches from…
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