Posted Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Steven Adams made his long awaited American debut this week and after ten days in a Notre Dame Prep uniform the reviews are in. Despite a somewhat disappointing performance at the Spalding Hoophall Classic, the reviews are largely positive at this point as he opened his prep school career with 23 points and 13 rebounds against Nerlens Noel at the BABC Prep Classic and capped Notre Dame’s triple header with an MVP performance at Monday’s Big Apple Basketball Classic. While…
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Posted Friday, January 20th, 2012
It’s a snowy weekend in New England and that means our typical Saturday prep school slate is somewhat diminished, but here’s a look back at the week that was in NEPSAC basketball. Class AAA • Brewster continues to bulldoze over any opponent in their path. Friday it was the defending champions MCI who caught an 89-56 beating before the Bobcats held off Tilton on Sunday’s nationally televised contest. Big wins over Proctor (Jakarr Sampson 19 points) and Winchendon (T.J. Warren…
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Posted Thursday, January 19th, 2012
The Southborough 6th grade Metrowest Division 1 team has started the season on a roll. Currently they are undefeated in league play – 5-0 and just participated in the Hoophall Classic this past weekend in Springfield coming up short to a strong regional team by 2 points in the semi finals. Southborough (overall 15-3) is ranked as the top team in Southeastern Massachusetts according to the Select Hoops poll (http://www.selecthoops.com/sh-power-rankings-6th-grade.html). Their schedule gets very challenging over the next few weeks playing…
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Posted Thursday, January 19th, 2012
While most teams stayed at home last weekend for a variety of top local events, St. Andrew’s School made the long trip to Abbotsford, Canada for the Abbotsford Collegiate Snowball Classic, a very prestigious tournament in Western Canada. The trip began last Wednesday when St. Andrew’s flew out to Seattle and then took a 55 passenger coach bus for a two and a half hour drive to Abbotsford, a city of approximately 170,000 people located one hour outside of Vancouver. …
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Posted Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Bangor high school’s six-foot-seven forward Patrick Stewart will be staying close to home for the next four years after making a verbal commitment to Colby College. Stewart reportedly committed to Colby’s first year head coach Damien Strahorn following his early decision acceptance. A long and skilled forward with a good deal of upside, Stewart ran with the Main MAC on last spring and summer’s AAU circuits, quickly intriguing college coaches with his consistent signs of untapped potential. Maine MAC head…
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Posted Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Mike Yagmin's third installment of the Connecticut Week in Review looks back on the week that was in the CIAC: -The state was well represented at the Hoop Hall Classic in Springfield, MA this weekend but there was also some good basketball played earlier in the week as well. East Catholic (4-4) handed Windsor (8-1) their first loss of the season, 61-55, by controlling the tempo and using solid guard play to not only break the Warriors' press but their…
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Posted Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Rivers School’s six-foot-five senior forward Kyle Reardon had made a verbal commitment to the University of Rochester. He was widely recruited by a number of schools at the division II and III levels while also generating plenty of division I interest over the course of his three year career at Rivers. “I am blessed to be in a position where I can use basketball as a tool to further my education,” Reardon said. “The University of Rochester is the perfect…
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Posted Monday, January 16th, 2012
Duke’s Mike Kryzewski, VCU’s Shaka Smart, Kentucky’s John Calipari, Providence’s Ed Cooley, and Harvard’s Tommy Amaker headlined the lengthy list of college coaches on hand for the final day of the Hoophall Classic on Monday. In a tournament where stars were expected to shine, #1 ranked recruit Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA-bound Kyle Anderson, future Oregon floor general Dominic Artis, and the sharpshooting UNLV-signee Katin Reinhardt came to play on Monday afternoon on one of the biggest stages of their high school…
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Posted Sunday, January 15th, 2012
After six weeks of play in the books thus far, one team in each division remains undefeated in division play. St. Raphaels (Division 1), West Warwick (Division 2), and Prout (Division 3) all stand their ground with a 7-0 record. St Raphaels - The Saints bounced back from New London this week by sneaking away with two three point victories. The Saints gave Central their first loss of the season Tuesday night. Charles Correa scored the game-high 19 with Cesar…
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Posted Sunday, January 15th, 2012
Some of the top teams in the country once again took the floor Sunday at the Hoophall Classic at Springfield College. Each team had multiple division 1 prospects, which would explain the dozens of scholarship level schools that were in attendance all day long, including UMass’ Derek Kellogg, UConn’s Jim Calhoun, Kentucky’s John Calipari, Providence’s Ed Cooley, Cincinnati’s Mick Cronin, N.C. State’s Mark Gottfried, and St. John’s Steve Lavin. As expected, the heavyweight matchup of Brewster vs Tilton was the…
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