Posted Friday, August 24th, 2012
The second annual New England Elite 75 Showcase – Frosh/Soph Edition lived up to the expectations created by the inaugural 2008 event. The hype going into the event surrounded the debut of two highly touted freshmen, Kuran Iverson and Goodluck Okonoboh. Both players had well established reputations coming out of the middle school ranks. Iverson had already attended UConn’s Elite Camp a month earlier and Okonoboh was known as much for his physical upside as he was for being Alex…
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Posted Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
The pre-season rankings are in and it should come as no surprise that Tilton’s Wayne Selden is ranked as the top rising senior in New England. The six-foot-five swingman is a well known product beyond New England’s borders, currently checking in as the 13th ranked prospect in the ESPN 100, putting him in prime position for the McDonald’s All-American game. Brewster Academy’s newest big man, Kyle Washington, sits in the second spot and is expected to have a big…
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Posted Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
With the July evaluation period now a thing of the past, it is time for the New England Report to update our prospect rankings. Today we begin that process by announcing new class of 2013 rankings in all six New England states. The lists are intentionally short, with lots left to be proven over the course of the coming season, and are also limited to players making their return to the region. There’s a new number one in Connecticut as…
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Posted Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
Over the course of the last few days the headlines have all been pointed in one direction – and that’s towards the long line of local transfers. But local products aren’t the only ones making transfer news as New England will, once again, be welcoming a variety of top prospects to the prep school ranks. Earlier this summer, Kevin Zabo made headlines by announcing that he would return to New England to spend his junior season at Brewster Academy after…
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Posted Monday, August 20th, 2012
Jamel Artis and Donnele Munda became the latest additions to a lengthy transfer list on Monday when it was confirmed that they would transfer to Notre Dame Prep. The news was confirmed by Notre Dame Prep head coach Ryan Hurd. The duo join another prominent local prep product in Jaylen Brantley, who will all be transferring into Prep for next season. The trio will join six-foot-nine big man Matt Atewe, who returns from last year's squad, to give Notre…
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Posted Sunday, August 19th, 2012
Goodluck Okonoboh is transferring to Wilbraham and Monson Academy for the upcoming season and reclassifying back to the class of 2014. The news was announced via the Mass Rivals twitter account on Sunday afternoon. Okonoboh made his debut with the Rivals during the second week of the July evaluation period before turning in a strong performance at the Adidas Super 64 Showcase in Las Vegas and propelling himself into the ESPN 100. His move to the class of 2014 should…
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Posted Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Tilton swingman Wayne Selden has trimmed his list down to just six schools, ESPN national recruiting director Paul Biancardi tweeted on Saturday. Earlier this summer Biancardi also broke the story when Selden made national headlines by opting to return to his original class of 2013, giving him a chance to be a McDonald's All-American this year. Selden is now expected to choose from among UCLA, Florida, Ohio State, Kansas, Syracuse, and Missouri with most people expecting him to make a…
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Posted Saturday, August 18th, 2012
Recap #1 While the level of high-school talent at Scott Hazelton Camp on Monday has already been documented on NERR, what has yet to be revealed until now is that in addition to the high school-aged guys, there was also a whole lot of middle school talent in the building. Let's take a look at what went down on Day One of Camp. Leading the middle school contingent was Jermaine Samuels, who, less than five minutes after he…
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Posted Friday, August 17th, 2012
The first ever New England Elite 75 Showcase – Frosh/Soph Edition took place back in the fall of 2008, featuring the top prospects in the classes of 2011 and 2012. The day turned to be about both the past and the future as guys like Anthony Jernigan and Domonique Bull lived up to reputations they had developed beginning in their middle school years, while a variety of other top up and coming prospects showed glimpses of things to come in…
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Posted Thursday, August 16th, 2012
Chier Ajou's June commitment to Northwestern took many people by surprise. Ajou, who spent two years at Culver Academies in Indiana after coming to the United States from the South Sudan, was widely considered to be a probable non-qualifier by the time he arrived at St. Thomas More last year. Consequently, he didn't see nearly the level of recruitment that a player of his size and talent typically dictates. Northwestern chose to take a gamble by signing the seven-foot-two center…
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