Posted Thursday, February 6th, 2014
Between the NPSI and a string of recent commitments, it has been a busy couple of weeks in New England, and so here is a look back at the top performances in the region from the last week of January as announced by the NERR twitter account @NERRhoops. Notable Performance: @PSAHOOPS Danny Upchurch had 24pts & 5asts in win over GB Academy — NERR (@NERRHoops) January 31, 2014 Notable Performance: Notre Dame (MA) Jarvis Garrett had 6 threes in win…
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Posted Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
Putnam Science Academy post-graduate guard Anthony Durham made a verbal commitment to Rider on Wednesday and now plans to sign his National Letter of Intent during the late signing period. The six-foot-three guard came to New England after starring at Abington High School, just outside of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, where he averaged close to 15 points per game and first put his name on the division I radar. He’s been a critical component of a Putnam Science team that has…
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Posted Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
George Washington picked up a critical 2014 commitment on Tuesday afternoon from St. Thomas More forward Yuta Watanabe. Watanabe had trimmed his list to just GW and Fordham and was set to make a decision earlier this weekend before ultimately delaying the announcement until Tuesday morning. The six-foot-seven forward is in just his first season stateside since arriving from his home country of Japan, and has already made rapid strides while adjusting to the speed and physicality of the American…
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Posted Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
Suffield Academy post-graduate guard Jared Harper has accepted a recruited walk-on spot at Fairfield University following a visit to the school’s campus and meeting with head coach Sydney Johnson and his staff over the weekend. A California native, Harper decided on a pos-tgraduate year after a broken leg during his junior year in the football season kept him off the basketball court for nearly a year. Prior to his leg injury Harper was known as an explosive athlete and deadly…
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Posted Monday, February 3rd, 2014
The New England Recruiting Report’s “Unsigned Series” will profile some of the region’s top available prospects remaining in the class of 2014. One of the most common reasons a prospect doesn’t get the type of recruitment he would have hoped for is something called the “look test.”The look test is a process by which college coaches quickly rule out a prospect based on a quick first impression. In other words, the prospect isn’t quite big enough, long enough, strong…
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Posted Sunday, February 2nd, 2014
The second half of the NPSI brought two more exciting days of action as Saturday and Sunday were full of strong performances from top local prospects. Here’s a look back at who impressed the most:Terance Mann, Franklin Porter, & Johnny Joseph – Mann came out intent to make his presence felt and was the sparkplug behind a surprisingly dominant first half for Tilton on Sunday as he played above the rim, sprinted his lane, handled the ball, and controlled the…
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Posted Saturday, February 1st, 2014
The 16th annual National Prep School Invitational got off to a busy start with 18 different games taking place on Thursday and Friday. Here’s a look at the guys who were most impressive through the first two days of action: Jarvis Garrett, Notre Dame Prep – The unsigned senior guard played through the stomach flu to lead Prep to a pair of tough wins over Mt. Zion and St. John’s NW Military respectively. Garrett was particularly impressive on Thursday, knocking down…
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Posted Friday, January 31st, 2014
Burlington (MA) High School and Boston Warriors guard Shane Farley has been admitted, and subsequently committed to, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Farley has averaged over 20 points per game in each of the last two seasons, reaching a number of milestones along the way, including recently scoring the 1000th point of his career. Last year he set a Burlington record, and MIAA best in 2012-2013, with a 50 point performance against Wilmington. The versatile six-foot-three guard is a two-time Middlesex League…
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Posted Thursday, January 30th, 2014
ESPN Recruiting Nation has announced updated rankings in the national classes of 2014, 2015, and 2016 and a number of local New England products once again made the cut. Wilbraham & Monson big man Goodluck Okonoboh has remained one of the top 25 players in the country while Brewster Academy forward Isaac Copeland is now close to joining him after making a notable jump in recent months. Kimball Union Academy forward Abdul-Malik Abu is right there at #32 while Kaleb…
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Posted Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
One day after Jalen Adams made his ESPN 60 debut, ESPN 60 looks back at the setting that made it all possible. Adams went for 32 points in front of every major national media outlet at the Hoophall Classic. Kansas assistant coach Norm Roberts was also on hand to watch the performance and a week later the Jayhawks had extended a scholarship offer. But Adams was just one local product to stand out that weekend. To relive the exciting weekend…
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