Posted Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
With only a few hours left in the July live period a number of division I coaches, many of whom were on their way home from the Eastern Invitational All-Star game, made one last recruiting stop. Coaches from the Patriot League, America East Conference, and Northeast Conference all pulled off the Wilbur Cross Parkway to get a glimpse of a workout featuring Pete Banos, the skilled 6’10” center from Christian Heritage School in Trumbull, CT.One of the coaches in the…
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Posted Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Brewster Academy’s Emmanuel Negedu, who has already offered a verbal commitment to the University of Arizona, topped the list of local products as he was ranked as the nation’s 13th best prospect in the class of 2008. Negedu is a super athletic and powerful forward who is known for his hard working nature and explosive finishes around the rim. The top ranked public school product was Allan Chaney, a 6’9” forward from New London High School in Connecticut, who committed…
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Posted Monday, August 27th, 2007
For years the Ivy League was always seen as a two horse race. Year after year the championship seemed to end up at either Pennsylvania or Princeton. But in recent years Pennsylvania has emerged as the conference’s powerhouse while Princeton has suffered from a high degree of turnover in their head coaching position that has resulted in their fall from grace within the league. But when Sydeny Johnson, a former Ivy League player of the year at Princeton, accepted the…
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Posted Saturday, August 25th, 2007
In order to win at the division III level you need to have scholarship level talents. Well Eastern Connecticut Head Coach Bill Geitner has added two such talents to his roster for the upcoming season. Courtney Simmons, who was widely considered a future division I player during his career at Xavier High School, will suit up for the Warriors next year as will Broderick Sawyer, a big man who graduated from McMahon High School after starring at the St. Luke’s…
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Posted Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Nick Greenbacker, a 6’9” center from East Catholic High School in Manchester, Connecticut, has ended his recruitment by announcing his plan to attend Sacred Heart University beginning in the fall of 2008. “I have a real good relationship with Coach Latina,” said Greenbacker. “He and [East Catholic Head] Coach Reilly are close so it was easy for us to get to know each other.”Greenbacker becomes the third Connecticut product to offer the Pioneers a verbal commitment this summer. He joins…
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Posted Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Allan Chaney’s story has been well documented. Perhaps no player in the country saw his stock elevate more during the month of July than the skilled 6’9” forward. It began at Rbk U where shined despite being a late entry into the camp. From there he turned in consecutive dominant performances at Reebok Summer Classic East and Triple S Harley Davidson Classic. By the time the shoe tournaments in Vegas had come around he was already being followed by some…
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Posted Monday, August 20th, 2007
It’s a good time for Sacred Heart men’s basketball program. Coming off their most successful season since joining the division I ranks in which they advanced all the way to the finals of the Northeast Conference Tournament and were about a minute away from going to the big dance, the future looks even brighter for the Pioneers as they return a young and talented team and continue to earn major victories in the recruiting world. The latest addition is Stanford…
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Posted Sunday, August 19th, 2007
Lucas Croteau wasn’t a name many people had heard outside of New Hampshire before this summer. Certainly no player on the New York Gauchos AAU team was aware of him before they locked up with his New Hampshire Playerz squad at the Rumble in the Bronx Tournament. But you can bet they all remember him after Croteau went for a tournament high 50 points. “I think that the Rumble in the Bronx really helped my recruiting go to the next…
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Posted Saturday, August 18th, 2007
A group of the most talented rising 6th – 9th graders came together this weekend for the Stars of Tomorrow camp held at Mass Premier Courts in Foxboro. Skill development was the name of the game as the players received instruction from a variety of division I coaches from the likes of Northeastern University, Sacred Heart University, and the University of Connecticut. After a long day of intense work the players left with a wider knowledge of the game, a…
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Posted Friday, August 17th, 2007
By the time Troy Gillenwater had arrived at Boston University on Wednesday for the New England Elite 75 Showcase the cat had already been let out of the bag. Gillenwater was scheduled to announce his college selection in front of the numerous media members on hand that day, but the word had already gotten out that he was on his way to New Mexico State. Gillenwater is a Massachusetts native who headed out to the west coast three years ago…
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