Posted Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
Hyde School's six-foot-eight rising senior big man Kenny Grant made a verbal commitment to Rider on Tuesday night. Grant, who doubles as a two-sport athlete at Hyde, is a product of the Sports U grassroots program and also attended the Reebok Breakout Classic earlier this summer. He saw wide-ranging recruitment, including schools like Wichita State and George Mason, but ultimately decided to return closer to his New Jersey home. A physically powerful and left-handed post player, Grant is an outstanding…
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Posted Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
Last September, incoming postgraduate Chester Victor arrived on the Tilton School campus as an unknown in New England. It didn’t take long, however, for the slender and athletic 6-foot-1 guard from LaPlace, Louisiana to prove himself a reliable offensive threat – capable of knocking down big shots in clutch moments – alongside Wayne Selden. Over 29 games, he compiled averages of 17 points, three assists and three rebounds per game. He also developed a reputation as a solid perimeter defender…
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Posted Monday, August 12th, 2013
Next up in our Summer Superlatives series is a look at New England’s top three-point shooters during the month of July. Now, three-point shooting may not sound like an under-appreciated part of the game, but the reality is that the true “shooters” are quickly becoming an endangered species. There simply aren’t many guys who are automatic when left unchecked around the arc, capable of stopping quick in transition, or running their man off screens. While shooters themselves are becoming harder…
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Posted Saturday, August 10th, 2013
PROVIDENCE – On Saturday afternoon, Providence College hosted its annual elite camp at Alumni Hall. Highlighted by the Friars’ four players who have been offered from the class of 2014 – Paschal Chukwu (Fairfield Prep), Abdul-Malik Abu (Kimball Union Academy), Kaleb Joseph (Cushing Academy) and Jared Terrell (Brewster Academy) – the event involved dynamic stretching, warm-up and agility exercises, individual skills development sessions broken out by position, instruction and execution of offensive plays, and scrimmages. Particularly intriguing was watching Chukwu,…
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Posted Friday, August 9th, 2013
Brewster Academy rising senior guard Kevin Zabo made a verbal commitment to San Diego State on Saturday afternoon. Zabo is a Canadian native who spent his freshman season at St. Mark's before transferring to Montrose Christian. He returned to New England for his junior season in Wolfeboro and is set to rejoin the Bobcats for his senior season. The six-foot-two guard runs with CIA Bounce on the AAU circuit and is known for his strong skill set and balanced floor…
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Posted Thursday, August 8th, 2013
Wilbraham & Monson big man Goodluck Okonoboh and Brewster Academy forward Chris McCullough are among 24 players from across the country selected to play in this year's Elite 24 game. This year's event will return to New York City for the first time since 2009 as the 8th annual game will be played outside under the Brooklyn Bridge at the historic Tobacco Warehouse on August 24 at 7PM EST and will be televised live on ESPNU. Since its inception in…
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Posted Thursday, August 8th, 2013
Summer Superlatives is a three-part series designed to recognize the often under-appreciated prospects in New England. Throughout the month of July we constantly hear about those who scores points, create off the dribble, or make high level plays, and rightfully so since those are the players college coaches most often notice first as well. But when it comes to winning games there are always players who are no less important than the leading scores, but often far less celebrated. While…
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Posted Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Just two weeks after previously announcing that they were trimming their respective lists to 10 schools, Abdul-Malik Abu and Jared Terrell both announced their final four schools through Expressions Elite head coach Tyron Boswell on Wednesday night. Abu is down to Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina State, and Provide while Terrell will choose from Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, Providence, and Rhode Island. That means that if Abu and Terrell are going to school together, it will be to Providence College. It also…
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Posted Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
ANDOVER, Mass. – Chat with Scott Hazelton about how the current landscape of college basketball recruiting differs from when he was a McDonald’s All-American in 2000, and he will share stories about competing at regional camps each summer on makeshift, asphalt surfaced courts that otherwise functioned as parking lots; how friends and family – serving as a first-line of defense – answered his home landline and took messages from college coaches while he sat nearby; and how recruiters could not…
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Posted Monday, August 5th, 2013
The 6th annual New England Elite 75 Showcase – Frosh/Soph Edition will return on Sunday, September 15th at the University Sports Complex, the brand new state of the art facility in Hanover, Massachusetts. The Elite 75 – Frosh/Soph Edition has annually been the premier proving ground for the region’s top underclassmen and provided us glimpses at up and coming stars like Kaleb Tarczewski, Kris Dunn, Georges Niang, Wayne Selden, Noah Vonleh, Kuran Iverson, Goodluck Okonoboh, Abdul-Malik Abu, Kaleb Joseph, Jared…
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