Posted Friday, October 12th, 2007
Yesterday we told you that Mike Marra was expected to be on hand for the Midnight Madness festivities at Providence College. Well Marra wasn’t alone as he was joined by a number of other talented recruits from around the country. Among those players was 6’3” small forward Darryl Cato-Bishop (pictured) from Lawrence Academy. Bishop has many similarities to a current Friar in Geoff McDermott, a 6’8” junior who is expected to do big things this year. Both players are powerful…
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Posted Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Tomorrow officially opens the beginning of the college basketball season, as teams are allowed to hold formal practices beginning at midnight tonight. As is customary many schools will open their season with a Midnight Madness show in a pep rally type of event to get their fans enthusiastic about the upcoming season. Midnight Madness is also a valuable recruiting tool for many schools, one that two local schools are definitely taking advantage of. The University of Connecticut and the University…
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Posted Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Less then two short weeks ago St. Mark’s hosted over 50 college coaches, including numerous head coaches at the high major level, for their only open gym workout of the pre-season. Today Nate Lubick reflects upon that day and also sheds some light on his own recruitment. NERR – Were you nervous going into that workout, knowing that it would be your only chance this fall to play in front of college coaches? Nate Lubick – I wasn’t too nervous. …
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Posted Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Arguably the best performance of the night belonged to 6’7” Mike Myers-Keitt, a post graduate at Marianapolis Prep. Myers-Keitt, a native of Waterbury, CT showed off his all around game as he was scoring from just about everywhere. Many of the fans in attendence were keeping close eyes on the athletic wing man as he had several highlight dunks to go along with his supurb shooting. Another top player who impressed was 6’2” senior Josh Paulino of The Pomfret School…
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Posted Monday, October 8th, 2007
Mike Marra first gained the attention of the coaching staff from Louisville when he exploded for a 40 point performance during a game at the Reebok Summer Classic East in July. By the time the summer had ended Marra had scholarship offers from the likes of Providence College, UMass, URI, and George Washington to name a few. Now after a month of dominating the competition at Northfield Mount Hermon, Marra’s latest offer has come from Rick Pitino and the University…
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Posted Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Johnny Higgins and Kimmie English, two players who figure to be in the starting line-up when Notre Dame Prep opens their season at the National Prep Showcase, have both verbally committed within the last week. Higgins is headed to Duquesne of the Atlantic 10 and English is on his way to the Big 12’s Missouri. Both players appear to be important additions for their respective programs. At Duquesne Higgins will be reunited with former Notre Dame Prep Head Coach Bill…
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Posted Saturday, October 6th, 2007
With a senior division that included teams like the New England Playaz, Connecticut Select, Connecticut Basketball Club, Boston Soldiers, Massachusetts Rivals, and Rhode Island Hawks among others, there was certainly a good amount of talent on hand this weekend. Ultimately it came down to the New England Playaz and Connecticut Select as both programs came up with commanding wins in their respective semi-final games. Select, coming off of their 16U national championship this summer, showcased an extremely talented and deep…
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Posted Thursday, October 4th, 2007
From top to bottom Brewster Academy has as talented of a roster as you will find anywhere in New England. And while the majority of the firepower lies on the perimeter everything starts with the big man in the middle, Emmanuel Negedu. This is Nededu’s fourth year at Brewster since arriving from Nigeria when he was just a freshman. The years have certainly paid off as Negedu has developed into one of the nation’s best interior players and has already…
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Posted Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Fairfield wasn’t supposed to have a chance. Ryan Olander had already decided that when he went to college it wouldn’t be in Connecticut. “That just shows you what a great job [Head Coach Ed] Cooley and his staff did recruiting Ryan,” said CT Gold Director Kevin Kehoe. In the end Fairfield was able to beat out programs like Siena and Richmond to land the services of the senior from E.O. Smith High School. Not only was Cooley able to convince…
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Posted Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Worcester Academy may not have as many high major players as some other NEPSAC programs, they may not have the depth of some other programs, but if Tuesday was any indication, their work ethic will be second to none. For two hours on Tuesday afternoon ten players went all out. They were diving on the floor, locking down on the defensive end, and challenging one another the entire time. When it was all said and done it was apparent that…
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