Posted Sunday, December 18th, 2016
Early decision applications have started to come back and that means there's been a rush of division III commitments in recent days. Here's a look at some of the most notable ones to come across the wire: Phillips Exeter Academy's Mitchell Kirsch is heading to Claremont McKenna in Calfornia where he'll join his older brother Max, who is currently a freshman at the prestigious liberal arts college. The younger Kirsch, who is also a captain at Exeter like his brother…
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![NMH’s Sechan Makes Pick]( "NMH’s Sechan Makes Pick")
Posted Saturday, December 17th, 2016
Northfield Mount Hermon senior guard Jordan Sechan will continue his basketball career at Bucknell University next year, where he'll join the Bison program as a recruited walk-on. A Connecticut native, Sechan previously starred at St. Luke's School in New Canaan before joining NMH for the 2015-2016 academic year. He was a valualable piece of last year's AAA championship team and a player whom NMH head coach John Carroll credits for being among the most valuable in his locker room. "Jordan…
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Posted Friday, December 16th, 2016
This weekend is jam packed with high quality events throughout the New England region as most prep schools are participating in some type of holiday event before their winter break and many of the state associations are now up and running with holiday events of their own. Here's a look at some of the top events taking place over the course of the next three days: BasketBull Hoops Fest – Mass Mutual Center (Springfield, MA) *event began on Wednesday* Friday,…
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Posted Thursday, December 15th, 2016
With the prep school season now almost a month old, we’re starting to get a better idea of how things make stack up in Class AA of the NEPSAC. Vermont Academy are both the defending champions as well as the favorite to repeat but they've been bit by the injury bug to start the year with Christian David, Bailey Patella and Sebastijan Skoko all missing time. Tilton has lived up to our pre-season billing as a top contender to Vermont's…
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Posted Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
NERR's Mike Yagmin offers his thoughts and analysis after watching this weekend's Scholar Roundball Classic at Babson College Simi Shittu is one of the rare legit positionless players in the nation (I like to call them Big/Wing/PG). Through the first month of the season, Shittu has proven to be Vermont's primary ball handler, best playmaker, best passer, most consistent rebounder and most explosive athlete on both ends of the court. Whenever you can apply those superlatives to a player who…
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![KUA’s Rada D1 Bound]( "KUA’s Rada D1 Bound")
Posted Tuesday, December 13th, 2016
Elon University head coach Matt Matheny was one of the first coaches in the gym this past Sunday at the Scholar Roundball Classic. He was there bright and early for the tip of the 9:30am game between Kimball Union Academy and Phillips Andover Academy to get a look at KUA's big man Duje Rada. Rada finished with 10 points but his skill level and high I.Q. were nonetheless immediately noticeable, just as they had been all fall in KUA's open…
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Posted Monday, December 12th, 2016
College coaches were out in full force on Sunday as the second day of the Scholar Roundball Classic attracted evaluators from all levels of college basketball including schools from the Big Ten, ACC, Big East, American, Atlantic 10, CAA, Ivy, Patriot, America East, NE-10 and NESCAC among others. Kimball Union Academy 68 Phillips Andover 63 KUA earned a tough overtime win but the Sunday morning outing was nonetheless an important one for Andover big man James Lewis. A day earlier,…
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Posted Saturday, December 10th, 2016
Following Friday’s night’s Coaches vs. Cancer Classic the action continued on Saturday with the opening of the 6th annual Scholar Roundball Classic. With a good crowd early on and plenty of college coaches from the very first tip, this event continued to live up to the billing of its predecessors as a showcase of some of the top academics prospects and programs in the entire country. Knox School 87 Brimmer & May 73 Knox returned to the court less…
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Posted Saturday, December 10th, 2016
The 2nd annual Coaches vs. Cancer Classic featured four highly entertaining games all going to benefit an even better cause. With all eight teams wearing their pink Coaches vs. Cancer shirts on the sidelines, the event raised well over $1,000 for the American Cancer Society. Here’s a recap of the action: Brooks 74 Wilbraham & Monson 48 What was a close game for the better part of the first half, broken open at the 16 minute mark as Brooks capitalized…
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Posted Friday, December 9th, 2016
The second annual NERR Coaches vs. Cancer Classic tips this afternoon at 4:30 at Babson College with four great prep games on tap all set to benefit Coaches vs. Cancer. It all begins with a particularly intriguing opening match-up as the Brooks School faces Wilbraham & Monson Academy. Brooks, always a power in Class B of the NEPSAC, opened with a strong showing at the Zero Gravity Prep Classic while WMA scored a comeback victory over AA rival Master's earlier…
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