Posted Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018
Putnam Science Academy forward Akok Akok retained his spot in the recently updated ESPN 60. The ESPN 60 ranks the top prospects in the national junior class. Akok came in at #57 in the class of 2019, up two spots from where he sat following the summer. The New Hampshire native had a break-out spring last year, pushing his recruitment to the highest levels, and has been playing at a high level this winter as well while taking on an…
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Posted Monday, January 22nd, 2018
ESPN updated their national rankings in the class of 2018 on Monday with a new ESPN 100. Of those 100 top prospects from around the country, nine currently play in New England and two others have ties to the region. The list begins with Vermont Academy forward Simisola Shittu, the recently named McDonald's All-American and Vanderbilt signee, who remains the region's lone five-star prospect and checks in at 11th on the list. Cole Swider continues to climb the national charts…
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Posted Sunday, January 21st, 2018
St. Andrew's senior forward Cole Swider scored 36 points in Sunday's 91-81 win over Vermont Academy at the NEPSAC AA Classic and in so doing became the all-time leading scorer in school history. The previous mark of 2442 was set by former UConn guard Tony Robertson nearly 20 years ago. In that time St. Andrew's has produced other stars including Rakim Sanders, Michael Carter-Williams, and Bonzie Colson among others. Appropriately, Swider broke the record with a pull-up three from the…
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Posted Saturday, January 20th, 2018
The fourth annual Elite 75 Academic Experience is still eight weeks away but already college coaches are lining up to work the event. One of the things that separates the #E75 from other showcase style events is that we can guarantee exposure by putting together an event staff made up of the very coaches that prospects are hoping to impress. To that end, active coaches from the following schools have all committed to working the event - Williams College, Middlebury…
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Posted Friday, January 19th, 2018
The Big East's senior associate commissioner for men's basketball, Stu Jackson, is the latest guest of the Upside Podcast. Prior to joining the Big East, Jackson was the Executive Vice-President of Basketball Operations for the NBA and that position came after two decades of working in both the NBA and college basketball. A former player at Oregon and Seattle, Jackson was an early star in the coaching business resulting in a spot as Rick Pitino's top assistant at Providence College…
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Posted Thursday, January 18th, 2018
Kimball Union Academy post-graduate Nick Timberlake has been taking his game to new levels in recent weeks and college coaches are now starting to pay attention. The Braintree High School graduate has gone now gone for 30+ points in each of his last three games. The streak began ten days ago at Loomis Chaffee School when he went for a game high 32 points in a 78-77 loss. He was back at it four days later when KUA played the…
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Posted Thursday, January 18th, 2018
New England has four of the top six prep school programs in the country according to Prep Circuit's Post-Grad 10, which was released on Wednesday. While Scotland Campus Sports and Massanutten Military Academy occupy the top two spots in the poll, the next four all go to local programs with Woodstock Academy coming in at 3, Putnam Science Academy at 4, Northfield Mount Hermon at 5, and Brewster Academy at 6. Hargrave Military Academy, IMG Academy, CBD Montverde, and Fork…
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Posted Tuesday, January 16th, 2018
Vermont Academy forward Simisola Shittu was one of 24 high school seniors from around the country to be named McDonald's All-Americans on Tuesday afternoon. The announcements were made on ESPN's The Jump. Shittu is the first McDonald's All-American selected from the New England region since 2013 when both Noah Vonleh and Wayne Selden were selected for the nation's most prestigious all-star game. McDonald's does not consider any fifth year players eligible for the game and so Shittu was the only…
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Posted Tuesday, January 16th, 2018
The Spalding Hoophall Classic wrapped up on Monday night at Springfield College, bringing an end to arguably the nation’s premier high school event. While the Hoophall brought some of the very best prospects and teams from across the country to Springfield, it also provided a forum for some of New England’s best to standout. Here’s a look at the five prospects who seized the opportunity. 1. Tyler Bertram, Vermont Academy Playing without both Simi Shittu and Thornton Scott, Vermont Academy…
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Posted Sunday, January 14th, 2018
Woodstock Academy post-graduate and Brighton High School graduate Tyrone Perry exploded on Saturday in his return to Boston as he went off for 52 points and 13 three-pointers in a 116-90 win over Tilton at the BABC Prep Classic. Perry's performance earned him an offer from St. Bonaventure, who joined Fordham to become the second Atlantic 10 School to offer him a scholarship, following the game. Perry did not hold a division I scholarship offer upon his high school graduation.…
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