Posted Sunday, November 21st, 2010
Game of the Day: Alif Muhammad Nia School (NJ) 90 New Hampton Prep (NH) 80 In a contest between two well-balanced teams featuring a combination of speed and skill on the perimeter and size and physicality inside, Nia Prep took on New Hampton to start off Sunday’s evening action. Mid-way through the first-half, with UMass-commit Jordan Laguerre on the bench in foul trouble for New Hampton, Nia began featuring a variety of three-quarter court and half-court zone-trap looks that forced…
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Posted Saturday, November 20th, 2010
Game of the Night: Notre Dame Prep (MA) 87 Westwind Prep (AZ) 81 In a match-up of two well-balanced teams featuring a mixture of outstanding guard-play and physical presence on the interior, Notre Dame took on Westwind in what turned out to be a highly-entertaining, up-and-down contest. Westwind lead-guard Kiwi Gardner controlled the pace in the game’s opening 20 minutes, pushing the tempo at every opportunity for transition buckets and pulling-up for jumpers in-front of defenders struggling to match his…
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Posted Friday, November 19th, 2010
The big news on Saturday at the National Prep Showcase wasn’t necessarily the action being played on the floor but instead a major development on the recruiting scene. Khem Birch, the second ranked prospect in the class of 2012 has signed a National Letter of Intent with the University of Pittsburgh and reclassified to the class of 2011. Rumors of Birch's signing were swirling around the Albertus Magnus gym throughout the day but it wasn't until Birch was actually on…
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Posted Friday, November 19th, 2010
Day Two of the National Prep Showcase tipped off on Saturday in front of another capacity crowd full of fans, college coaches, and national media members. Game of the Morning: Bridgton Academy (ME) 73 Fork Union Military Academy (VA) 72 In what looked to be a blow-out in the opening game of day two, Bridgton would erase a 20-point half time deficit against a tough, disciplined Fork Union team to storm back in the second half and tie the game…
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Posted Friday, November 19th, 2010
Fork Union Military Academy 71 (VA) Northfield Mount Hermon (MA) 80 With both teams struggling to find an offensive rhythm in the opening minutes of the event’s first contest, the tempo eventually picked up as Fork Union and NMH went back-and-forth in what turned out to be a highly-competitive first half. Seton Hall commit Aaron Cosby led the attack for NMH, knocking down multiple three-point shots and attacking close-outs to get into the lane for easy scores. 6’5” forward Ryan…
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Posted Thursday, November 18th, 2010
The National Prep Showcase, one of the top post-graduate basketball events in the entire nation, is coming to New Haven, Connecticut this weekend from Friday, November 19th to Sunday, November 21st at Albertus Magnus College. The event features a 23 team field, including all of the top ten schools in the country and the defending national champions from each of the last four seasons. The National Prep Showcase will also feature an overwhelming amount of individual talent, adding to an…
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Posted Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
The Brimmer and May basketball program has been of a victim of their own success in recent years. A very small day school in Chestnut Hill, they saw tremendous success early in the decade playing against similar sized schools in class D. But that success eventually came at a price as they eventually had problems scheduling games against willing opponents and were consequently forced to move up to class C where the process only repeated itself two years later with…
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Posted Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
The University of Vermont scored a commitment from six-foot-seven forward John Kopriva on Tuesday night. Kopriva attends Marquette University High School in Wisconsin where he is a two sport athlete, doubling as both the star forward of the basketball team and the football team's starting quarterback. Kopriva was a very hot prospect in recent weeks, reportedly scoring about a dozen offers from scholarship and Ivy League schools before making a verbal commitment to Vermont head coach Mike Lonergan on Tuesday…
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Posted Monday, November 15th, 2010
Hillhouse senior guard Freddie Wilson ended his recruitment on Friday when he not only made a verbal commitment to Seton Hall but also immediately signed his National Letter of Intent. Wilson visited Seton Hall in October and was also considering Fordham and Drexel. He was rumored to be potentially waiting until the late signing period to finalize his plans as recently as last week but ultimately couldn’t pass up the opportunity to join Seton Hall’s program according to Hillhouse coach…
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Posted Monday, November 15th, 2010
The first ever Scholar Roundball Classic will take place from Friday, December 10th to Saturday, December 12th at Babson College in Massachusetts. The event, which is presented by the New England Recruiting Report and Hoop Mountain, picks up on the tradition created by Hoop Mountain's Academic All-American Camp of hosting the premier student athletes in the country. The inaugural Scholar Roundball Classic will feature many of the premier academic schools in the northeast including Phillips Exeter Academy, Phillips Andover, Choate…
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