Posted Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Championship Sunday had plenty of excitement at the Hoop Mountain Invitational. Each of the championship games went down to the wire, and there were many clutch performers. Here are some of the highlights from the day’s action:Expressions Elite Wins 17 and Under ChampionshipExpressions trailed the entire game against a very good Jersey Shore Warriors team. The Warriors appeared far more experienced than the Expressions team that has only been playing together for a few weeks. Expressions hung around, however, thanks…
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Posted Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Games of the DayCT Gold- 55 Mass Rivals- 46Points were hard to come by in this low scoring affair as CT Gold’s zone stifled the Rivals, who were cold from the outside. In fact, the Rivals were only able to can 3 threes in the entire game. Meanwhile, CT Gold was paced by a dynamic backcourt performance from Heyden Palozej. Palozej scored 24 points and controlled the game offensively. Brian Fitzpatrick also contributed with 14 and some stellar defense on…
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Posted Friday, May 9th, 2008
Anytime a division III school can convince a player to turn down a scholarship, they are getting a steal. Typically, the programs that attempt to compete at the national level attempt to land one player like this a year. To land two in the same year gives them a terrific recruiting class.Well this year Trinity College has received commitments from not one, not two, but four players who had opportunities to play at the scholarship level. With Jon Pike, Andrew…
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Posted Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The past few weeks have brought a variety of commitments from around the region. Here is a look at some of the ones we have not been able to update you on before today. Merrimack Lands Local StarAaron Strothers, a post-graduate power forward from Marianapolis Prep, has made a verbal commitment to Merrimack and is expected to sign his National Letter of Intent on Friday. Strothers also had offers from Philadelphia University as well as the University of New Haven. …
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Posted Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
A lot has changed since we last updated our rankings in the fall. Some players have had big seasons or break-out performances during the recent live period, while some others have seen their recruiting stock level off. As the month of April has shown us, things can change very quickly in the world of recruiting. All it can take is one big performance in front of the right people and all of a sudden your stock is shooting right up.…
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Posted Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
After losing their opening game on Sunday morning to the Connecticut Flame, CBC was faced with the daunting task of playing five games in a single day if they wanted to claim a state championship. They were able to do just that as they worked their way through the loser’s bracket before knocking off Connecticut Gold, Connecticut Flame in a re-match, and the Connecticut Hoop Stars in the final. Steven Samuels continued his strong play as of late as the…
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Posted Monday, May 5th, 2008
Gaby Belardo has come full circle. When he arrived at Notre Dame Prep in the fall it was thought that he would be one of the program’s most highly recruited players this year. But after facing some nagging injuries and struggling to find a role in Notre Dame’s system, his season didn’t pan out the way most had expected. To his credit he continued to persevere and finally got the opportunity to shine when playing at the Kingwood Classic in…
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Posted Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Tom Crean may have only recently arrived at Indiana, but he has been recruiting Maurice Creek for a long time. This weekend his hard work paid off as he landed a commitment from South Kent’s star shooting guard. “He recruited me at Marquette and when he went to Indiana they kept recruiting me,” said Creek. “Indiana has got one of the best basketball traditions in the nation. It is a great situation for me.” The D.C. native felt comfortable committing…
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Posted Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Chauncey Gilliam’s recruitment has been a long and windy road. It was almost 18 months ago that Gilliam thought the process was behind him when he committed to the University of Albany during his senior season at Leap Academy in New Jersey. Little did he know that was just the beginning. Gilliam ended up de-committing from Albany and heading to Brewster Academy for a post-graduate year, where he has had the opportunity to be evaluated by hundreds of college coaches. …
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Posted Friday, May 2nd, 2008
When Larry Anderson committed to Long Beach State it was a steal for sure, but at least one that could be traced back to Anderson’s California roots. How the 49ers were also able to land another steal in St. Thomas More’s T.J. Robinson is a flat out mystery. Robinson is from Connecticut and starred at Kolbe Cathedral High School (Bridgeport, CT) for four years before arriving at St. Thomas More (Oakdale, CT) this year for his post-graduate work. Like Anderson,…
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