Posted Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker scored his latest recruiting victory on Monday, landing a verbal commitment from Kenyatta Smith, a highly coveted six-foot-eight center from Flintridge High School in California. Smith saw his recruitment jump to the high-major level this summer when schools like Vanderbilt and Northwestern jumped into his recruitment, but following an official visit to Harvard's Cambridge campus this weekend, the talented big man decided he didn't need to see anymore. The California native made his New England…
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Posted Sunday, September 19th, 2010
St. Mark's held one of their two annual fall workouts on Sunday and as usual the event drew a plethora of college coaches. Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, Kansas head coach Bill Self, Texas head coach Rick Barnes, Virginia head coach Tony Bennett, and Boston College head coach Steve Donahue were all front and center and were joined by high-major assistants from Pittsburgh, West Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan, Florida, Notre Dame, and Iowa. In addition to all of the high-major…
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Posted Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Worcester Academy's six-foot-six forwar Jordan Wejnert made a verbal commitment to UMBC this weekend. The New Jersey native had only recently arrived in New England to begin his post-graduate year and quickly became a target for the America East school as head coach Randy Monroe was in the Worcester Academy gym last Sunday. Wejnert, who ran with the Jersey ShoreShots on the AAU circuit, is a high level athlete and face-up forward who should contend for a spot in Worcester's…
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Posted Saturday, September 18th, 2010
Domonique Bull has only just arrived at the Tilton School but after only two weeks of being a Ram, he’s going to stay that way for the next six years. Bull, who will spend the next two years starring for the Tilton Rams, made an early commitment to the Rhode Island Rams on Friday. “The style of play is for me,” Bull said. “They are an up and down type of school who like to run.” While Bull was just…
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Posted Friday, September 17th, 2010
Pat Connaughton made a verbal commitment to the University of Notre Dame late Saturday morning after having visited the South Bend campus officially last weekend. Connaughton will head to Notre Dame on a basketball scholarship although he is also expected to pitch for the Fighting Irish baseball team. The six-foot-five swingman made national headlines this summer, breaking out as the surprise performer at the AAU Super Showcase and Nationals, and scoring a plethora of high major scholarship offers in the…
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Posted Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Brewster Academy was the undisputed champion of prep school basketball last year. They began the year as the number one seed in the country, went on to claim the NEPSAC Class A title, and then take the National Prep Championship. Some even went as far as to say that the 2009-2010 Brewster Academy squad was among the best prep school teams ever. Attempting to follow up on that type of year will be no easy task for this year’s Brewster…
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Posted Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
On September 18, 2010, La Salle Academy will host a basketball clinic for all boys and girls youth, CYO, Catholic Athletic League, middle school, and high school coaches. Invited participants include: all head and assistant coaches throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts area. The clinic will be held at the McLaughlin Athletic Center on the La Salle campus at 612 Academy Avenue in Providence. “Rhode Island has a great tradition of basketball coaches at all levels, this is a wonderful opportunity…
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Posted Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
For anyone who knew Derrick Wilson and his long history of excellence on the hardwood, it was easy to see that he wasn’t his normal self this summer. The Hotchkiss guard ran with the New York Gauchos for the second consecutive summer, but had a new group of teammates after playing up in the seventeen-and-under division last season. This summer’s Gauchos squad featured a number of highly talented perimeter players, who all needed the ball in their hands to be…
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Posted Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
Could this be the year St. Thomas More claims the NEPSAC championship? While they may not have quite the depth of high-major talent as other programs in the league, what they do have is the number one player in the country and one of the most respected coaches in the country. In other words…they will have a chance. Andre Drummond’s first season in the NEPSAC was a learning experience. He was just coming off a breakout summer which saw him…
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Posted Sunday, September 12th, 2010
When Ryan Hurd took over as the head coach at Notre Dame Prep, the basketball program was coming off an unprecedented period of success. They finished the 2005-06 season as the top ranked prep school program in the country and had just seen Michael Beasley lead the team to the first ever National Prep Championship in 2006-07. When Hurd took over the program he provided an incredibly smooth transition from longtime head coach Bill Barton while maintaining Notre Dame’s annual…
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