Posted Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Prep school prospects headlined the New England talent featured at last week's Hoop Group session at Albright College. With college scouts abound, several of the New England prep schools' best players flocked to Reading, Pennsylvania including Notre Dame Prep's Angel Nunez and South Kent's Mo Harkless. -Maurice Harkless, South Kent: A Queens native headed to South Kent for his final year of high school, Harkless garnered the title of "best player in camp" by just about everyone. For the four…
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Posted Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Providence head coach Keno Davis, Fordham head coach Tom Pecora, Boston University head coach Pat Chambers, Penn head coach Jerome Allen, and New Hampshire head coach Bill Herrion joined numerous head coaches from the Northeast 10 Conference as well as assistants from Pittsburgh, Texas A&M, Boston College, and dozens of other division I schools for Friday's New England Elite 75 Showcase. Here is a look at which players seized the moment. Top 5 Performances of the Afternoon Session John Papale,…
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Posted Thursday, July 8th, 2010
The Boston Amateur Athletic Club had no trouble defeating the Irish Junior National Team 88-37 at Boston University on Friday morning. Jaylen Brantley – The standout player of the game was Brantley. He led the way with 32 points, including 10-13 from behind the arc. He was equally impressive with his court vision and passing abilities, and had quiet control of the game. On the defensive end, his ball pressure and help defense forced constant turnovers and made it difficult…
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Posted Thursday, July 8th, 2010
The New England Elite 75 Showcase tips off this morning at Boston University’s Case Gymnasium. Now in its fifth year the Elite 75 has developed a rich history hosting over 90% of New England natives who have gone on to earn division I scholarships in that time. Players like Alex Oriakhi, Erik Murphy, Jamal Coombs-McDaniel, Jordan Williams, Rakim Sanders, Allen Chaney, Mike Marra, Nate Lubick, Troy Gillenwater, Gerard Coleman, Carson Desrosiers, Billy Baron, Thomas Knight and Evan Smotrycz are just…
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Posted Thursday, July 8th, 2010
For the third consecutive year all Adidas sponsored grassroots programs began the live period at the Adidas Invitational, previously known as the It Takes 5ive Classic. The New England Playaz have had good success at this event in the past, and this year was no different as they ran to the tournament's semi-finals defeating the likes of D-One Sports, Florida Elite, and D.C. Assault before falling to New Heights in the semi-finals. Alex Murphy had yet his latest coming out…
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Posted Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Hoop Mountain Super Week 2 wrapped up with its all-star game, awards ceremony, and dunk contest on Wednesday night, followed by the playoffs on Thursday morning. The week was a tremendous success, with most of the top players in New England choosing to stay close to home and attend Super Week 2. They were certainly rewarded by an impressive turnout of Division 1 coaches, from low major to BCS schools. Here’s how camp finished up: All-Star Game The all-star game…
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Posted Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Wednesday was another full day of action at Super Week 2. With all the talent in the gym, it is not surprising that many of the same Division 1 coaches that were present on Tuesday came back for a second look, as well as a variety of newcomers. Games were hotly contested and well-played, with every team featuring multiple scholarship-level players looking to impress the coaches on hand. Top Single Game Performances Tavon Allen, Worcester Academy- Facing a…
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Posted Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
The 2010 edition of Super Week 2 is one of the strongest sessions in recent memory at Hoop Mountain. The best players throughout the northeast, not to mention over 100 college coaches, descended on Stonehill College Tuesday for the first full day of camp. On the first day of the live period, assistant coaches from Georgia Tech and Boston College were in attendance, along with Head Coaches Derek Kellogg of UMass, Jim Baron of URI, Bruiser Flint of Drexel, Mitch…
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Posted Monday, July 5th, 2010
At the midpoint of his high school career Eli Lubick has finalized his college plans. The rising junior made a verbal commitment to Colgate earlier this weekend, rougly ten days after visiting the school for their elite camp. "It was just the whole weekend...," Lubick said. "All of the coaches were very inviting, I had a really good connection with Coach Snyer, I loved the campus. Everything about it was great." With still two years to go before the completion…
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Posted Saturday, July 3rd, 2010
The University of Massachusetts picked up a big commitment earlier this weekend from New Hampshire native Jordan Laguerre. The timing couldn’t be better for the Minutemen as they lock up one of the region’s most talented guards just prior to the beginning of the evaluation period. Laguerre is the rare talent who can thrive on both ends of the floor. He is an explosive offensive player who can get anywhere he wants with his dribble, has an endless array of…
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