Posted Monday, January 28th, 2013
Every once in a while something happens in the basketball community that transcends prep school standings, AAU affiliations, or player rankings. Sammy Mojica's recent tragedy is certainly an example of that. Mojica, a junior swingman with Brimmer & May, lost his home to a fire over the weekend. Less than 48 hours later NERR contributor and ESPN Boston writer, Chris Bradley, wrote a story that everyone in the basketball community will hopefully read. To view Bradley's story on ESPN Boston…
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Posted Monday, January 28th, 2013
Boston University head coach Joe Jones landed his second commitment in the class of 2013 on Monday, this one from St. Thomas More post-graduate Dylan Haines. Haines is a six-foot-eleven big man who came to STM from Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, incredibly, without any division I offers. That quickly changed after arriving in the prep school ranks as he was one of the primary attractions of STM open gyms this fall. While he still needs to get stronger and…
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Posted Sunday, January 27th, 2013
With updated rankings almost now complete in the classes of 2013 and 2014, we begin to turn our attention to the class of 2015. Rankings prospects so early in their high school careers is tricky business since you’re projecting out almost three years. At this stage, prospects are just in the crystallizing stages of who they’ll become and so we’re searching for early indications of their physical and mental upsides. Ultimately, the younger a group of prospects are, the more…
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Posted Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Adam Rubin and his team at Crusader 22 Productions has put together a unique highlight video which captures some of the best plays of 2012. The video features both top local prospects as well as national prospects who visited our region to play in events like the National Prep Showcase and Hoophall Classic. Here's a look at the video:
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Posted Friday, January 25th, 2013
South Kent School's post-graduate center Nolan Long has sacrificed a lot to pursue playing division I basketball and now he is closer than ever. A 2012 graduate of Waterford High School in Connecticut, Long led the Lancers to the CIAC Class M state championship while averaging over 14 points and 11 rebounds per game. He was named Most Outstanding Player of the state championship game and also to the All-State team. Despite his size and obvious talent, Long was rarely…
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Posted Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Wilbraham & Monson big man Goodluck Okonoboh is the top ranked prospect in Massachusetts’ 2014 class. Okonoboh, who is one of the premier shot-blockers in the entire country, has seen his recruitment pick up as of late, landing an offer from Marquette and new interest from Duke. Duke has also recently reached out to Cushing Academy point guard Kaleb Joseph, the state’s second ranked prospect, who continues to add new high-major offers to his list with Syracuse being the most…
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Posted Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
After a busy weekend of basketball in the region, we're ready to pick back up with our updated rankings in the class of 2014. Up next is the state of Connecticut, who appears to have the deepest junior class in all of New England, making the battle for the top ten spots especially competitive. Fairfield Prep center Paschal Chukwu sits in the top spot. While the seven-footer isn’t putting up totally dominant offensive numbers yet on the high school level,…
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Posted Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
USA Basketball announced the roster for its 2013 USA Junior National Select Team over the weekend and New Hampton senior forward Noah Vonleh was among the ten players selected from around the country. Vonleh will join former Team USA products Jabari Parker, Julius Randle, Rondae Jefferson, and Aaron Gordon along with fellow newcomers Aaron Harrison, Andrew Harrison, Kasey Hill, Demetrius Jackson, and Bobby Portis. DeMatha Catholic’s Mike Jones will serve as the team’s head coach. The team will take on…
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Posted Monday, January 21st, 2013
Vermont Academy post-graduate swingman Rich Williams made a verbal commitment to Hofstra on Monday, making an announcement at the Big Apple Classic, where his Vermont Academy team traveled to play Massanutten Military Academy. Williams is a New York native who graduated from Transit Tech High School and made a big name for himself on the summer grassroots circuit with his New York Lightning team after having missed the 2011 summer with a leg injury. His recruitment only continued to rise…
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Posted Sunday, January 20th, 2013
Sunday was a day with a distinct prep school flavor at the Hoophall Classic as a number of New England’s premier prep school programs were in action. Here’s a rundown: Tilton School 71 Vermont Academy 67In a game that looked as if the Rams were about to run away with a lopsided victory, Vermont Academy came back with an inspired second half run to make it close down the stretch. Wayne Selden came up with a timely baseline drive, spinning…
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