Posted Saturday, August 11th, 2007
When Jon McAllian arrived in Orlando with his Team Maine AAU squad he was already receiving some division I interest. But after knocking down 7 three-pointers in the first half of Team Maine’s opening game of the tournament that interest quickly expanded. It wasn’t long before McAllian was being followed around Orlando by a good number of division I coaches. “There were definitely more coaches watching after that first game,” McAllian told the New England Recruiting Report. Very shortly afterward…
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Posted Friday, August 10th, 2007
Saturday began with a special surprise for the 40 campers in attendance as they were treated to a guest appearance and subsequent lecture by former Husky and NBA all-star Ray Allen. Allen wasn’t the only famous alumnus in Gampel Pavilion on Saturday as he was joined by Caron Butler shortly after concluding his talk. Allen and Butler then teamed with the Connecticut coaching staff as they put the campers through a series of position based drill work. The day concluded…
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Posted Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
The field is even stronger than a year ago with players from all six states represented. The Massachusetts contingent is led by the likes of Troy Gillenwater, Alex Oriakhi, Jamal Coombs, Nate Lubick, Nadir Tharpe, and many others, while the Connecticut group includes the likes of David Gibbs, Tyrone Gardner, B.J. Monteiro, Tevin Baskin, and Chris Prescott. Erik Murphy and Mike Marra headline the Rhode Island group while Patrick Saunders, Candon Rusin, and Sam Leclerc are leading the New Hampshire,…
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Posted Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Sesoo Ikpah, originally from New Jersey, completed his post-graduate year at Lee Academy in Maine this year. Ikpah had a strong season, especially on the defensive end of the floor, where he established himself as one of the premier perimeter defenders in all of New England. Offensively he is also extremely effective as he has the versatility to play several positions. His ball skills and basketball I.Q. are sound enough to handle the point guard duties while his size (6’3”)…
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Posted Monday, August 6th, 2007
153 teams from across the nation had their eyes on competing for a national championship. The MBR boys basketball team advanced to the sweet 16 bracket at the junior boys/17u AAU National Championship before losing a Virginia based team. MBR then played in the 4th round losers bracket advancing to the 6th place game before falling to Georgia’s Inner Strength 55-51 to capture the 11th place medals. MBR also played in the Super Showcase event just prior to the start…
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Posted Saturday, August 4th, 2007
In only a few short years Adidas Phenom Camps have popped up all around the country in one of the quickest growing trends in grassroots basketball…early exposure camps. This year they will be coming to New England in a big way. 6 Camps have already been scheduled in Connecticut and Rhode Island while another camp will take place this fall in Massachusetts. While players from any state are welcome to attend any of the camps, a player hoping to qualify…
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Posted Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Plans have changed for Jimmy Gunville! After having originally committing to attend the Tilton School as a post-graduate the sharp-shooting guard has instead decided to accept a scholarship offer from Mercy College and their first year head coach Tony Staffiere. Gunville is best known for his shooting prowess from behind the three-point stripe. During the fall AAU season he had back to back games with 10 or more three-pointers. He also knocked down 12 three-pointers during one game this season…
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Posted Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
We have taken the class of 2007 officially off the board and moved the class of 2008 into the senior spot. You will also notice that we have updated quite a few player profiles to reflect changes in school and/or graduation year. This process will continue for the next month or so as we learn of more changes. Some of the biggest changes have occurred in the class of 2009 where the UConn bound duo of Alex Oriakhi and Jamal…
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Posted Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
1. Allan Chaney – as we previously reported the New London big man entered the summer with offers from a variety of Atlantic 10 schools as well as Providence College. Now you can count Florida, Boston College, Virginia, Connecticut, Texas A & M, Ohio State, & West Virginia among those who have either offered or showed serious interest. 2. Ben Crenca (pictured) – the big man was as consistent of a low post scorer as we saw this month. He…
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Posted Sunday, July 29th, 2007
Orion Outerbridge has been a very busy young man during the last two weeks. It started when he traveled to Las Vegas to compete with an AAU team from Arizona along with his New Hampton teammate Michael Topercer. From there the athletic big man hopped on a flight that took him to Orlando where he met up with the Bay State Magic to compete in AAU Nationals. Unfortunately though by the time he had arrived in Orlando he was not…
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