Posted Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
In less than one year since New England Basketball Services was created we have already run several great events including the New England Elite 75 Showcase which featured the top college prospects in the region including Rakim Sanders (committed to Boston College), Alex Oriakhi (committed to UConn), and many more; the Fall Challenge which featured Melquan Bolding (committed to Louisville), Terrell Halloway, David Gibbs (committed to UMass), Chris Prescott, and more; and the National Prep Showcase which included 9 prep…
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Posted Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
Every year in November when most college coaches have made the rounds to open gyms and seen all of the players listed on websites and in recruiting reports everyone starts looking for a “sleeper”. This year was no different as countless college coaches started looking for the diamond in the rough. At some point word began to leak that there may be a very talented player at Hebron Academy in Maine. But the rumor was hard to investigate as Hebron…
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Posted Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Tilton/Proctor Basketball TournamentThe event kicked off Thursday night as the host Tilton faced off against the Berkshire School and Ben Felix who has already committed to Northeastern. 6’5 sophomore Givon Crump (pictured above) led a Tilton second half run that extended their 8 point halftime lead well into double digits. Crump finished with 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists while Bentley bound forward Joe Fremeau chipped in with 18. Also playing well were Michael Flemming who showed off his…
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Posted Thursday, December 28th, 2006
On Tuesday night, Madison Park defeated Somerville 68-58 behind four players who scored in double figures. Sophomore guard Malik Smith led the way with 16 points, while senior Raheem Singleton added 15 and juniors David Daniels and Peterson Bernard had 12 each. Somerville star junior guard Ta'Keame Gomes had 12 points, half of them coming on a couple of clutch three-pointers as they tried to rally in the second half.Smith shows plenty of promise from the wing, while Bernard is…
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Posted Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
The third day of the BABC Holiday Classic began with two games in the Prep Invitational as Brimmer & May took on St. Mark’s and Lawrence Academy challenged the Winchendon School. In the first game Brimmer & May did well to stay with a St. Mark’s team that appears to be back to full strength now that Tommy Hubbard has returned to the line-up. Behind Hubbard and New Hampshire bound point guard Sal Abdo St. Mark’s has two battle tested…
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Posted Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
There is little disputing that Chris Prescott, B.J. Monteiro, and RJ Evans are three of the best guards the CIAC has to offer in the junior class. The interesting question occurs when you try to compare the three. On Wednesday we had the opportunity to see all three play, including a mid-day battle that featured two undefeated teams in Evans’ Norwich Free Academy and Prescott’s Northwest Catholic. When the game tipped off a variety of college coaches were on hand…
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Posted Monday, December 18th, 2006
Remy Cofield has been a hot name in the state of Massachusetts for the past several years. Now, the powerful guard who has starred for both the Roxbury Latin School and the Metro Boston AAU Basketball Club is on his way to the University of Pennsylvania to join first year Head Coach Glen Miller. Miller and his staff obviously took advantage of their strong New England ties to lock down one of the region’s most well known prospects. Cofield will…
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Posted Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
On Thursday night the 32nd annual Doc Hurley Scholarship Classic came to the Hartford Civic Center for four entertaining games. The most exciting of which took place when East Hartford battled Northwest Catholic. East Hartford was able to carry a double digit lead into the break, despite 18 first half points from Chris Prescott, thanks to their full court pressure and transition offense. In the second half 6’4 junior power forward Jerome Stewart stepped up to provide NWC with the…
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Posted Monday, December 4th, 2006
Michael Beasley once again sits at the top of the list in the class of ’07. The 6’8 forward who is currently attending Notre Dame Prep en route to Kansas State next year has battled various nagging injuries since arriving in Fitchburg but it is hard to argue that there is a better prospect in the region than this versatile forward. Moving up 4 spots to #2 is 6’0 point guard Malcolm Grant from Winchendon who is committed to Villanova.…
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Posted Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
This weekend Hoop Mountain hosted their second Prep Classic in as many years. This year the field included two teams from New York and some of the top New England programs including BB&N, Brimmer and May, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wilbraham and Munson, Tilton, and the host Marianapolis Prep. The event was well attended by college coaches from the division I, II, and III levels. SaturdayMarianapolis Prep 82 Wilbraham and Munson 52Head Coach Dave Vitale’s team came out in a stifling…
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