Brown Goes South for Guard

Posted Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Christian Gore, a six-foot-three guard from Franklin High School in Texas, made a verbal commitment to Brown on Tuesday.  Gore, who ran with Danny Granger Elite on the AAU circuit, was given a mid-major rating of 85 by ESPN and is described as a scoring guard who shoots the ball well from the perimeter but can also make athletic drives to the bucket.  The El Paso native selected Brown over a wide variety of other Patriot and Ivy League programs according… READ MORE >

Prep Profile – Northfield Mount Hermon

Posted Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

The 2009-2010 season was arguably the most successful in the history of the Northfield Mount Hermon basketball program as NMH matched a school record with 23 wins, advanced to the semi-finals of the NEPSAC tournament, and then upset both Notre Dame Prep and Hargrave Military Academy en route to the finals of the National Prep Championship.  However, at a place like Northfield Mount Hermon, success is measured by more than just wins and losses, but by the balance of academic… READ MORE >

Quinnipiac Keeps Prep Product in CT

Posted Monday, September 20th, 2010

Quinnipiac scored their first commitment in the class of 2011 late this weekend when Zaid Hearst made a verbal commitment following an official visit to the school’s campus.  Hearst made his debut in New England last season, arriving at the Salisbury School as a junior and earning All Western New England nods in just his first season in the region.  The talented guard continued to standout this summer, running with Mid-Atlantic Select, and starring at both the New England Elite… READ MORE >

BC Lands West Coast Forward

Posted Sunday, September 19th, 2010

Boston College head coach Steve Donahue and his staff continue to stockpile frontcourt talent in the class of 2011.  The most recent example comes from the west coast in Ryan Anderson, a six-foot-eight skilled face-up four man who projects as an ideal fit in Donahue's offensive system.  A good shooter and passer with a high feel for the game, Anderson selected B.C. over Arizona, Washington, California, and San Diego State.  Anderson told ESPN.com last week that he didn't plan on… READ MORE >

Harvard Scores Big

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… READ MORE >

St. Mark’s Draws a Crowd

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… READ MORE >

Worcester Post-Grad Heading to America East

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… READ MORE >

Bull Becomes a Ram

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… READ MORE >

Connaughton Picks Notre Dame

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… READ MORE >

Prep Profile – Brewster Academy

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… READ MORE >

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