Posted Thursday, July 30th, 2020
There are lots of sneaker sponsored grassroots programs that have multiple teams, but let’s be clear about something, the New York Lightning Select program is no one’s “B team.” In fact, when we watched them workout last week, we found ourselves asking the same question repeatedly, “isn’t that guy good enough to play for the EYBL team?” The first and most obvious example was Peter Carey, who might just be the best kept secret in New England. It won’t stay…
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Posted Wednesday, July 29th, 2020
On Monday, we profiled Rhode Island Elite’s u17 team, and while it is an undeniably talented group with multiple scholarship prospects, the reality is that the program’s u16 team is even deeper and more talented. The best prospect in the gym was undoubtedly Isaiah Miranda. A 7-footer in the class of 2023 who spent last season at the Phelps School in Pennsylvania after not getting varsity minutes in Rhode Island the year prior. Miranda is still extremely raw and only…
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Posted Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Expressions Elite and incoming Putnam Science Academy point guard Bensley Joseph announced his commitment to Miami on Monday. Joseph spent the last two years at Cushing Academy and was selected for the USA Basketball Junior National Team mini-camp both last summer and fall, had high-major offers across multiple conferences. He announced his decision via social media, thanking his coaches along the way. 100% Committed���� pic.twitter.com/hHV3eNKUgF — Bensley Joseph (@BensleyJoseph_) July 27, 2020 "What Miami is getting is a big time…
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Posted Sunday, July 26th, 2020
It was 90 degrees outside, the gym wasn’t air conditioned, and the team had already played earlier in the day. And yet, when we walked in the gym to watch Rhode Island Elite last Thursday night, what we saw was a competitive and well-organized practice with constant energy, communication, and competition. In short, they were getting after it and getting better. And this is the norm for Rhode Island Elite. They’re in the gym every day, sometimes twice a…
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Posted Saturday, July 25th, 2020
The coronavirus has impacted players all over the world, including those hoping to get to New England. The Tokyo Samurai are an AAU youth basketball organization in Japan that annually travels to compete in the United States and sends players to local prep schools. Unfortunately this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, they weren't able to make that trip and, consequently, haven't gotten the exposure to college and prep coaches here in the states that they were counting on. They…
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Posted Friday, July 24th, 2020
It has been four months since COVID-19 dramatically altered daily life here in New England. In our tiny corner of the world, basketball was essentially shut-down at all levels and while balls are just starting to bounce again, the reality is that this is anything but a normal summer. The NCAA recruiting period was cancelled in both the spring and the summer, and with cases continuing to spike across the country, chances are the fall will follow suit. At NERR,…
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Posted Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
St. George's Dominic Mello has been a well-known local prospect for quite some time. He proved himself against top competition while running with Expressions over the years, just helped St. George's to their best season in program history, and has early offers from the likes of Bryant and New Hampshire along with interest from several other D1 programs. While Mello can be dynamic with the ball in his hands, he's shown tremendous growth and maturation in terms of understanding of…
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Posted Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
Darius Boben just graduated from James I. O'Neill High School in West Point, New York and is headed to Storm King for a post-graduate year. His high school career was nothing short of historic as he put up huge numbers, across all columns of the stat sheet, as a senior and finished with over 1400 career points, the most anyone has scored in Orange/Sullivan County in the last decade. Now, he's looking to prove himself against increased competition, and prove…
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Posted Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
A year after Izaiah Robinson utilized his post-graduate year to play his way onto the division I level, the Kent School will be welcoming another D1 prospect from New Jersey for a post-grad year in 2020-21. Phil Brown, who competed at the highest levels of New Jersey high school basketball with Hudson Catholic, has already heard from coaches in the CAA, MAAC, and America East, but is bound to continue to emerge in the coming year. He was poised for…
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Posted Monday, July 20th, 2020
Michael Acquaah-Harrison is a Massachusetts native who just recently graduated from Marianapolis Prep in Connecticut and is now headed to Trinity-Pawling School in New York for his post-graduate year. With a 3.9 GPA, Acquaah-Harrison's goal is to play his way into the Ivy League, Patriot League, or other high-academic scholarship school. Below, you'll find two videos. The first shows his highlights from his senior year, while the second shows one of his recent workouts. The notable difference between the two…
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