Posted Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Jelani Floyd a 6’8” guard from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts committed to Brown University this weekend while visiting the school on an official visit. “I’m very excited” said Floyd. “Coach Robinson has brought in a very athletic group of people that is unusual for the Ivy League. I think we’re going to be the best team in the Ivy.” “Providence is a real up and coming city too” he added. Floyd, who has been the catalyst of Phillips Academy’s…
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![St. Johns Lands Third New England Product]( "St. Johns Lands Third New England Product")
Posted Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
When Norm Roberts was named the Head Coach at St. John’s three years ago he made it clear that recruiting the local New York players was going to be his top priority. But because so many of the top players in the city choose to attend prep school in New England for a variety of reasons, Roberts and his staff have become some of the most dedicated and efficient recruiters of the New England region as well. On Tuesday, St.…
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Posted Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Some teams have a small sparkplug point guard that makes their team go. Groton (MA) Lawrence Academy has one such player in Stevie Mejia.The diminutive (5'8") point guard, who transferred from Lexington (MA) Christian, grew up with teammate Darryl Cato-Bishop in Boston. The two longtime friends talked during the off-season, and that helped set things in motion for his transfer, one that moves him even further away from the city. Lawrence has good talent like last year, but most feel…
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Posted Saturday, January 13th, 2007
There was such an exceptional amount of talent on the docket for Sunday’s action that it was deemed the “Future Stars Invitational” component of the Classic. The action tipped off as the Winchendon School competed against Harmony Community from Ohio. Winchendon, who was coming off of a hard fought victory over Laurinburg at the Big Apple High School Basketball Classic a day earlier, struggled from the onset. Against the hard nosed Harmony defense Winchendon was only able to shoot 27%…
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Posted Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
In less than one year since New England Basketball Services was created we have already run several great events including the New England Elite 75 Showcase which featured the top college prospects in the region including Rakim Sanders (committed to Boston College), Alex Oriakhi (committed to UConn), and many more; the Fall Challenge which featured Melquan Bolding (committed to Louisville), Terrell Halloway, David Gibbs (committed to UMass), Chris Prescott, and more; and the National Prep Showcase which included 9 prep…
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Posted Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Every year in November when most college coaches have made the rounds to open gyms and seen all of the players listed on websites and in recruiting reports everyone starts looking for a “sleeper”. This year was no different as countless college coaches started looking for the diamond in the rough. At some point word began to leak that there may be a very talented player at Hebron Academy in Maine. But the rumor was hard to investigate as Hebron…
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Posted Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Tilton/Proctor Basketball TournamentThe event kicked off Thursday night as the host Tilton faced off against the Berkshire School and Ben Felix who has already committed to Northeastern. 6’5 sophomore Givon Crump (pictured above) led a Tilton second half run that extended their 8 point halftime lead well into double digits. Crump finished with 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists while Bentley bound forward Joe Fremeau chipped in with 18. Also playing well were Michael Flemming who showed off his…
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Posted Thursday, December 28th, 2006
On Tuesday night, Madison Park defeated Somerville 68-58 behind four players who scored in double figures. Sophomore guard Malik Smith led the way with 16 points, while senior Raheem Singleton added 15 and juniors David Daniels and Peterson Bernard had 12 each. Somerville star junior guard Ta'Keame Gomes had 12 points, half of them coming on a couple of clutch three-pointers as they tried to rally in the second half.Smith shows plenty of promise from the wing, while Bernard is…
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Posted Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
The third day of the BABC Holiday Classic began with two games in the Prep Invitational as Brimmer & May took on St. Mark’s and Lawrence Academy challenged the Winchendon School. In the first game Brimmer & May did well to stay with a St. Mark’s team that appears to be back to full strength now that Tommy Hubbard has returned to the line-up. Behind Hubbard and New Hampshire bound point guard Sal Abdo St. Mark’s has two battle tested…
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Posted Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
There is little disputing that Chris Prescott, B.J. Monteiro, and RJ Evans are three of the best guards the CIAC has to offer in the junior class. The interesting question occurs when you try to compare the three. On Wednesday we had the opportunity to see all three play, including a mid-day battle that featured two undefeated teams in Evans’ Norwich Free Academy and Prescott’s Northwest Catholic. When the game tipped off a variety of college coaches were on hand…
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