Posted Friday, August 6th, 2010
Andrew Papaefthemiou has taken the reigns of the Lee Academy post-graduate basketball program and will debut as the new head coach next season. Papaefthemiou, who was previously on staff at Providence College, has added a good amount of local New England talent to next year’s roster. The most notable addition might be that of Rodell Wigginton, the six-foot-four swingman who made his New England debut last season at Boston Trinity. Wigginton is a high level athlete with a powerful frame…
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Posted Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
One of the primary goals of the New England Recruiting Report is to help promote the high quality of basketball played within our region. Too often the teams and players in our region don’t get the respect they deserve and are passed over in favor of our peers from bigger media markets including New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, and others. Well that is getting harder and harder to do as New England is proving themselves in a big way. There…
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Posted Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
When someone’s recruiting stock rises it means their recruitment goes to previously unreached levels. Stock risers are not the same as best overall performers. If a player is considered a high-major prospect before the summer and then dominates in the month of July, he is still a high-major prospect. If he has division II recruitment going into the summer, plays well, and still ends with division II recruitment, his stock hasn’t gone anywhere despite how well he might have played. …
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Posted Monday, August 2nd, 2010
The New England Recruiting Report spent five days in Orlando last week watching the action at the 17u Super Showcase, 16u AAU Nationals, and 17u AAU Nationals. At the end of the week we came away having learned some things about the state of AAU basketball, realities in today’s recruiting world, and how New England stacks up. 1. Nerlens Noel could the best shot blocker in the country - It’s one thing to watch him block a bunch of shots…
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Posted Sunday, August 1st, 2010
In Los Angeles, the Rivals were reportedly playing some of the best basketball of their season after advancing to the Super 16 of the annual Double Pump Best of the Summer tournament, which annually features many of the top programs on the west coast. After going 3-1 in Las Vegas, the Rivals opened with five straight wins in Los Angeles and advancing to the tournament’s Round of 16. The Rivals began the tournament by winning their pool, sweeping Branch West…
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Posted Sunday, August 1st, 2010
While the New England Recruiting Report was in Orlando covering the action at the AAU Super Showcase and Nationals, a few programs from our region took the trip out west to finish off the month. After playing in the Adidas Super 64, both the New England Playaz and Mass Rivals stayed left of the Mississippi. The Playaz made the trip to Arizona for the Desert Duel while the Rivals went to Los Angeles for the Double Pump Best of the…
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Posted Saturday, July 31st, 2010
Mass Elite AAU Basketball, a local AAU basketball program comprised of mainly players from the Middlesex and Cape-Ann high school and travel leagues recently completed it’s first full Spring AAU schedule. Club Director Eric Polli serves as the founder, chief administrator of the program, and head coach of the club’s 11u team. This past Spring Polli was most pleased with the development of three of the players who played on his Spring AAU team, Michael Demartinis (Burlington MA), Jonathan Mercado…
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Posted Saturday, July 31st, 2010
The Connecticut Basketball Club made some serious noise this week in Orlando, advancing all the way to the Final Four of the AAU national championships. After coming out of bracket play unscathed and scoring two blowout victories over Team NJABC and the CT Kingz in the opening two rounds of the championship bracket, CBC drew a tough match-up in the Round of 32 against a loaded Georgia Stars team. The Stars were led by their 6’3” 200lbs point guard Kedren…
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Posted Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Orlando, Florida - The Boston Amateur Basketball Club defeated All Ohio Red on Friday afternoon in the finals of the AAU sixteen-and-under national championships. The win marks the thirteenth championship in BABC’s storied history, earning distinction among the most elite AAU clubs in the country. The New England Recruiting Report was in Orlando, Florida all week to take in the action as BABC earned big win after big win en route to the finals. Friday’s championship game was a fitting…
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Posted Thursday, July 29th, 2010
The BABC scored two huge wins on Thursday, defeating a highly talented South Kings Gold team in the quarterfinals and then knocking off Rising Stars Gold in the semi-finals, to earn the right to compete for a national championship on Friday. While Nerlens Noel has taken Orlando by storm, he got plenty of help today. Georges Niang was phenomenal throughout the day, and especially important against the South Kings, a team made up of long and strong athletes. Even when…
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