Posted Friday, May 14th, 2010
For the three years that Emmanuel Negedu played in New England he was a man among boys. Having arrived at Brewster Academy by way of his native Nigeria, Negedu established himself as one of the premier big men and top overall rebounders in the entire country. He originally committed to Arizona head coach Lute Olson, but opted to re-open his recruitment when Olson's health issues created uncertainty about his future. Negedu eventually committed to Tennessee and averaged 7 minutes of…
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Posted Thursday, May 13th, 2010
The first ever New England Coaches Clinic is set to take place next Saturday, May 22nd, and the line-up of presenting coaches includes some of the most well known coaches in the country. 2009 national championship coach Bill Self from the University of Kansas headlines the field. He is joined by Indiana head coach Tom Crean, UMass head coach Derek Kellogg, new Boston College head coach Steve Donahue, former New Jersey Nets head coach Lawrence Frank, and former Boston Celtics…
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Posted Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Khem Birch and Ricardo Ledo both earned rave reviews from their performance at last weekend’s Nike Baltimore Elite Invitational. In fact, both players were selected to the tournament’s all-tournament team as selected by the staff at I95BAllerz.com. Michael Gilchrist, the consensus top player in the national class of 2011, was the tournament MVP while Ledo was named to the All-Tournament First team and Birch the All-Tournament Second team. Expressions ultimately fell to Gilchrist’s Team Final squad in the quarterfinal, 73-70. …
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Posted Thursday, May 13th, 2010
New Hampton post-graduate forward Kyle Cain recently received a release from the National Letter of Intent he signed with Rhode Island in November. When Cain originally committed to Rhode Island, he did so with interest and offers from other schools like Northern Illinois, Wisconsin Green Bay, VCU, Nevada, Northern Iowa, and New Mexico. The second time around the recruiting process and Cain has now accumulated a long list of potential high major suitors including Illinois, West Virginia, Alabama, and Arizona…
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Posted Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Jake Barnett, a post-graduate at Notre Dame Prep from 2008-2009, will transfer to St. Louis next year according to his father. Barnett committed to Toledo during his post-graduate year and was the Rocket's captain and leading scorer this season as a freshman. However following the unexpected resignation of head coach Gene Cross, Barnett received his release from the school. Barnett, a six-foot-six swingman averaged 12.9 points per game last season while shooting 37% from the three-point line and 80% from the…
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Posted Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Billy Lovett's Connecticut Elite u16 team traveled to Maryland last weekend to play in Baltimore Nike Elite's tournament at the prestigious DeMatha High School. Elite advanced all the way to the semi-finals, defeating the host squad in the process, but were eventually stopped in double overtime by Team Final, featuring highly touted St. Patrick's big man Austin Colbert from New Jersey. Our video of the week is a highlight reel of that game care of CapitolHoops.com. Elite was led throughout the…
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Posted Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Newly appointed University of Hartford head coach John Gallagher will continue to run the Hawks Elite Team Camp begun under former head coach Dan Leibovitz. The 2010 Hawks Elite Team Camp will take place on June 26th & 27th at the University of Hartford's Reich Family Pavilion. Once again the event is expected to attract top high school teams from Connecticut and beyond as programs like Northwest Catholic, East Catholic, Bloomfield, and New Britain have already committed to attending. The…
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Posted Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Notre Dame Prep isn't waisting anytime in reloading their roster for the 2010-2011 season and they're doing it with some familiar names. Khem Birch, Angel Nunez, and Grandy Glaze all recently transferred into Prep and are all currently enrolled in school and taking classes. Birch and Nunez started the year at the Winchendon School while Glaze was at Proctor Academy. While Glaze is already committed to UNLV, Birch and Nunez are both being recruited by the highest levels of college…
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Posted Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Wes Clark knows a thing or two about what it takes to make it in the Navy. Having grown up as the son of a high ranking Naval officer, Clark has seen the ins and outs of a life in the armed services and apparently it has agreed with him as he recently made a commitment to attend the Naval Academy. Clark relocated to New England for his sophomore season when his father was transferred to a local Naval base…
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Posted Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Paul Dick, a six-foot-four post-graduate swingman from Bridgton Academy, recently made a verbal commitment to Franklin Pierce University and is expected to sign his National Letter of Intent this week. Dick arrived at Bridgton Academy this fall from his home country of Ireland where he had previously led his Malchy team to the finals of Ireland’s u19 School League. Upon arriving at Bridgton, Dick quickly worked his way into the Wolverine starting line-up and established himself as one of the…
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