Commitment Catch-Up

Posted Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

Trinity College may be located in Hartford, Connecticut, but first year head coach James Cosgrove is making New Hampshire his new home away from home.  Just a couple of weeks after receiving a commitment from one of the top seniors in the state in Pelham’s Steve Spirou, Cosgrove landed another of the NHIAA’s best when Milford’s Mike OLoughlin made a similar pledge.  But it didn’t end there as Trinity has also picked up a commitment from Carter Trent, a post-graduate… READ MORE >

Smith Earns Scholarship

Posted Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

There are very few players in all of New England who have put up the same type of numbers or won as many games as Tylon Smith Jr. has within the last two years.  During his junior season at Kingswood-Oxford he averaged 26 points per game and led K-O to a 23-2 record and a run to the semi-finals of the NEPSAC Class B tournament before eventually falling to a loaded St. Mark’s squad 53-47.  On the AAU circuit Smith… READ MORE >

New Video of the Week

Posted Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

This week's video of the week comes care of Adam Rubin and the people at Crusader 22 Productions.  Rubin has spent the last year traveling coast to coast to get the nation's best young basketball stars on camera.  His most recent work features St. Andrew's guard Michael Carter-Williams who is in the midst of a monster senior year.  MCW was named ESPN Rise Player of the Week in the east earlier this month after big performances at both the National… READ MORE >

Salisbury Point Makes Early Pick

Posted Friday, January 21st, 2011

Salisbury School’s junior point guard Ryan Frazier (Silver Spring, MD) has committed to play his college basketball at Bucknell University.  Frazier called Bison head coach Dave Paulsen earlier this week to tell him the news.   Prior to enrolling at Salisbury this year as a reclassified junior, Frazier was a two-time All-Montgomery 4A player who led Blake High School to the 2010 Maryland state championship game.  At Salisbury, Frazier joins his Mid Atlantic Select AAU teammate Zaid Hearst, who is committed… READ MORE >

This Week’s Notable Performances

Posted Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Another week was shortened by bad weather but once again that wasn't enough to stop a variety of top performances from players all over New England: Maine Player of the Week – Andrew Shaw, Thornton Academy – The senior forward broke two school records last weekend when he went off for 46 points including eight three-pointers.  Unfortunately, Shaw’s heroics weren’t enough as Thornton fell to South Portland.  • Chris Braley, Nokomis – 29pts, 14rebs & 10asts over Oak Hill 59-42•… READ MORE >

Ledo Transfers to Notre Dame

Posted Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

A few weeks of rumors were put to rest on Wednesday night when word broke that junior swingman Ricardo Ledo had officially transferred to Notre Dame Prep.  "He's here," Notre Dame Prep head coach Ryan Hurd confirmed on Wednesday night.  Ledo began the year at the South Kent School and made a Christmas commitment to his hometown Providence Friars last month.  The 13th ranked player and third best shooting guard in the national class of 2011 joins an already stacked… READ MORE >

Vermont Academy Rising

Posted Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Vermont Academy’s new head basketball coach Jess Bopp came onto campus last May with one mission: to build a program. This was a school that was never known for its basketball tradition, but more for its beautiful campus. “The hardest part for me was the time at which I took the job in May,” said Bopp on his hiring, “most players were already locked into situations and there were not many kids available.” Just like any program that needs to be… READ MORE >

Connecticut Hoops Challenge - Event Recap

Posted Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Eight of the CIAC's top programs met at Central Connecticut State University on Monday for the second annual Connecticut Hoops Challenge.  Game of the Day: Northwest Catholic 60  East Catholic 45 In one of Connecticut’s fiercest schoolboy rivalries, East Catholic would match-up with Northwest Catholic in front of a raucous local crowd in what turned out to be a highly competitive contest.  With the two teams battling each other in a physical brand of play early, East Catholic’s Rohan Brown… READ MORE >

Hoop Hall Classic - Monday Recap

Posted Monday, January 17th, 2011

Game of the Day: Perspectives (IL) 53  St. John’s Prep (MA) 63 In Monday’s opening contest featuring two of the most prominent, late-blooming prospects in the national class of 2011, ESPNU Top 100 player and Notre Dame-commit Pat Connaughton would lead his St. John’s Prep team against one of the most talented players in the country in six-foot-ten, Kentucky-bound forward Anthony Davis.  While Davis would assert himself early as the elite player on the floor with a mix of smooth… READ MORE >

Anderson Opting Out of DePaul

Posted Monday, January 17th, 2011

Braeden Anderson, a six-foot-eight post-graduate forward from Wilbraham and Monson Academy, is set to receive his release from DePaul later this week less than two months after signing his National Letter of Intent in November.  Wilbraham and Monson head coach Chris Sparks confirmed the news on Monday morning.  "It's not official yet because the NCAA office is closed today," Sparks said, "but we have the papers and Braeden just needs to sign them and send them in."  Sparks said he… READ MORE >

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