Posted Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
St. Thomas More’s sophomore center Andre Drummond has been a busy young man this week as he has played in front of some of the nation’s most prestigious college basketball coaches. Kentucky head coach John Calipari made the trip to Connecticut last Friday. Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun was in the gym on Monday. On Tuesday, North Carolina head coach sat next to Villanova head coach Jay Wright. Assistants from West Virginia, Georgetown, UMass, and Providence have also been in…
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Posted Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Maine Central Institute forward Steven Roundtree made is heading to the Summit League to play for head coach Scott Sutton at Oral Roberts. Roundtree is an explosively athletic six-foot-seven one-hundred-and-ninety-pound forward who was a post-graduate at MCI this year. “We’re pretty excited to able to sign a player of Steven’s caliber,” said Sutton. “We’ve been recruiting him for almost two years. He has a ton of potential. He’s a great athlete, a versatile player and in time he’ll be a…
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Posted Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Markus Kennedy will be spending one more year at the Winchendon School before heading to Villanova, Winchendon head coach Michael Byrnes confirmed this week. Kennedy, a six-foot-nine two-hundred-and-seventy pound center, committed to Villanova almost exactly a year ago during his junior year at Living Faith Academy. He made the decision to transfer to Winchendon later last summer and was an important part of a team that advanced all the way to the NEPSAC finals this season. Kennedy was originally recruited…
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Posted Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The Middlesex Magic went 5-0 this past weekend to take the championship at the New England AAU Super Regional. Middlesex Magic founder and longtime director Mike Crotty Sr., who tragically passed away this February, was honored during a halftime presentation of the quarterfinal game and inducted to the New England Amateur Athletic Union Hall of Fame. Mike Crotty Jr. led the Magic u17 team from the sidelines as they defeated a talented Boston Warriors squad in the quarterfinals, the New…
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Posted Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Evan Kelley held a press conference at the George Washington Carver Community Center in Norwalk last week where he officially signed his National Letter of Intent to play for Sacred Heart University in the fall. Kelley, a six-foot-four guard, led the FCIAC in scoring this year and saw his recruiting stock consistently grow throughout the course of his senior season. In the end he claimed offers from St. Francis PA, Long Island, Central Connecticut, and Sacred Heart. “I’m really happy…
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Posted Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
New Hampton’s post-graduate forward Thomas Bropleh has made a commitment to Boise State University for next season where he will play for newly appointed head coach Leon Rice. Bropleh was a post-graduate at the New Hampton School this year after graduating from George Washington High School in Denver, Colorado last year. Bropleh had very little division I interest when first arriving at New Hampton but saw recruitment from places like Northern Colorado, Wyoming, Northeastern, New Hampshire, Montana State, and Stony…
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Posted Monday, April 19th, 2010
The New England Recruiting Report caught up with Keegan Hyland at last week’s Northeast Hoops Festival to get the latest on his recruitment and his plans for next year. Hyland missed all but the last two games of his senior season at South Portland High School this year after suffering a stress fracture in his groin area. He saw recruitment from conferences as high as the Atlantic 10 last spring and summer and eventually made a brief commitment to Vermont…
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Posted Monday, April 19th, 2010
The Boston Herald reported on Monday that Carson Desrosiers met with new Wake Forest head coach Jeff Bzdelik on Sunday and reaffirmed his commitment to the ACC school following the meeting. Desrosiers was one of five players recruited by former head coach Dino Gaudio who signed during the fall signing period. Four of those five players, Desrosiers included, were top 100 ranked players in the country. Since assuming the head coaching duties last week, Bzdelik’s first order of business has…
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Posted Sunday, April 18th, 2010
The New England Playaz traveled to Arkansas this weekend for the prestigious Real Deal on the Rock Tournament. Formerly known as Real Deal on the Hill, the event featured a loaded field with programs like All Ohio Red, Atlanta Celtics, DC Assault, Grassroots Canada, California Supreme, M33M Ballerz, Memphis Magic Elite, and the New York Panthers all in action. But the Playaz more than held their own, advancing to the semi-finals before falling in overtime to the eventual champions. “This…
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Posted Sunday, April 18th, 2010
CBC won their second tournament title in as many weekends on Sunday, defeating Connecticut Select 94-54 in the finals of BasketBull’s New England Championships. CBC opened their grassroots season last weekend by claiming victory at the Northeast Hoops Festival. Everyone got involved in the final as Andre Drummond, Tavon Allen, Brandon Sherrod, and Phil Gaetano all played well. But their biggest test of the weekend came in the semi-finals against Connecticut Elite where they barely hung on for a hard…
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