Posted Monday, April 18th, 2011
For the second time this year one of New England’s top prospects in the class of 2012 is leaving school a year early. St. Mark’s forward Alex Murphy will head to Duke in the class of 2011. From the time that the star forward made his initial commitment in February, he never denied this was a possibility. “When the spring approaches I’ll sit down with my family and discuss the 2011 option,” he said at the time. True… READ MORE >
Posted Monday, April 18th, 2011
BABC ran away with championships in both the u15 and u16 divisions at this weekend's Hall of Fame New England Championships. The freshmen squad knocked off two New York teams en route to the final, defeating New Heights 83-50 in the quarterfinals and then Riverside Church 83-38 in the semfinals, before defeating Expressions Elite 67-49 in the final. The victors were led by head coach Eggie McRae and used an eight man rotation of Bonzie Colson, Tyree Robinson, Bobby Ahearn,… READ MORE >
Posted Monday, April 18th, 2011
No NEPSAC team was more improved this year than Vermont Academy who saw a rebirth under first year head coach Jesse Bopp. One of the key’s to their success was the play of junior shooting guard Martin Dixon-Green, who finishes the season as the state’s top ranked player in the class of 2012. Dixon-Green is the latest in a growing line of Canadian talent to migrate south and this particular prospect has the tools to intrigue a variety of coaches… READ MORE >
Posted Sunday, April 17th, 2011
The Real Deal in the Rock is one of the most prestigious grassroots tournaments of the spring, attracting top programs from coast to coast and sweeping up all the talent in the south. This year’s tournament had a distinctive New England feel as both the New England Playaz and Connecticut Basketball Club advanced to the tournament’s semifinals. It was in the Final Four that the two local programs found themselves matched-up for the second time in as many weeks after… READ MORE >
Posted Saturday, April 16th, 2011
BasketBull’s Hall of Fame Championship Series is making their annual stop in Connecticut this weekend at Wesleyan University in Middletown. Saturday’s action was highlighted by a late night match-up between BABC and the Mass Rivals in the sixteen-and-under division. The game was hard-fought for all 32 minutes with BABC clinging to a slim lead for the first 24 minutes before utilizing a late second half run to ultimately pull away for a 55-42 win. Defense once again proved to be… READ MORE >
Posted Friday, April 15th, 2011
Coppola Staying Close to Home Watertown’s senior star Marco Coppola will be staying in Massachusetts for the next four years but taking his game to Worcester where he will star for WPI. Coppola was one of the best shooters in the MIAA in recent years and led Watertown to their latest post-season run this season, culminating with a spot in the division III finals. While he is best known for his shot making prowess, Coppola’s total game has developed at… READ MORE >
Posted Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Maine Central Institute’s sharp-shooting post-graduate Omari Grier made a verbal commitment to Florida Atlantic yesterday. Grier was one of the top available players left in New England and one of the best pure shooters in the greater northeast. Grier took an official visit to Florida Atlantic’s campus in Boca Raton, Florida last weekend and chose the Owls over Arkansas-Little Rock, who he was scheduled to visit later this week. Prior to arriving at MCI, Grier starred at Episcopal High School… READ MORE >
Posted Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
A trio of local prep products realized their goal recently, earning scholarships to play division II basketball. At Lee Academy, Ben Teer signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday with Alaska Fairbanks and will head north next year. A scrappy and rugged point guard who is known for an incredible work ethic, Teer maximized his post-graduate year and exceeded expectations in order to earn his scholarship. A Maine native who played and graduated at Washington Academy prior to arriving… READ MORE >
Posted Monday, April 11th, 2011
The Fay brothers ended their recruitment late last week as senior Jared Fay and sophomore Jake Fay both made verbal commitments to play for Fordham University in the Atlantic 10. Jared heads to the Bronx next year as a redshirt walk-on and then begins the first of his four year scholarship as an academic sophomore, meaning that he and his younger brother will have three years together when Jake arrives in the fall of 2013. The Fays join their Brimmer… READ MORE >
Posted Monday, April 11th, 2011
Braeden Anderson made a verbal commitment to Kansas this weekend, putting to an a long and well documented recruiting process. The Canadian native arrived at Wilbraham & Monson Academy this September as a post-graduate, made a commitment to DePaul in the fall, and signed during November's early signing period. Since receiving his release in January there have been a variety of conflicting reports about just who was recruiting him and to what extent. One thing that became abundantly clear however,… READ MORE >