Posted Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Since 2008, the Elite 75 Showcase – Frosh/Soph Edition has been New England’s premier forum for underclassmen to announce their arrival on the region’s exposure scene. The long list of talented prospects to come through the event includes the likes of Kaleb Tarczewski, Kris Dunn, Georges Niang, Domonique Bull, Zach Auguste, Wayne Selden, Kuran Iverson, Rene Castro, Noah Vonleh, Goodluck Okonoboh, Jared Terrell, and Kaleb Joseph among others. With the 5th annual event set to take place on Saturday at…
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Posted Thursday, September 13th, 2012
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Posted Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Samuel Dingba is a unique basketball player in more ways than one. It was two years ago that the Cameroon native arrived at Salisbury School, only able to speak his native French. “When he first got here he could say two things, ‘no problem’ and ‘ok’,” Salisbury head coach Jeff Ruskin recalled. From a basketball standpoint, he made an immediate impact on the defensive end where his length and instincts made him an immediate presence, but his offense as initially…
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Posted Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
The defending NEPSAC AAA champions opened the contact period with a crowded workout on Sunday morning as they hosted nearly 20 different on-looking college basketball coaches. The New England Recruiting Report, accompanied by BALLAS TV, was also on hand to take in the action. The 2011-2012 season will go down in the record books for Northfield Mount Hermon, as they finally climbed to the top of the mountain, capturing the highest prize in all of the NEPSAC. With six players…
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Posted Sunday, September 9th, 2012
It happens every summer. A prospect comes into the evaluation period with limited recruitment and a month later, walks away with a handful of offers. This summer that breakout player was Kurt Steidl. The six-foot-six swingman from Ridgefield High School had only division II offers when the month of July began, but by the time his Connecticut Basketball Club team had wrapped up their last tournament in Orlando he had picked up offers from schools in the CAA, America East,…
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Posted Sunday, September 9th, 2012
Few NEPSAC programs have demonstrated the same level of consistency over the years as Marianapolis Prep and coming into the 2012-2013 season, head coach Andrew Vitale is once again set on leading the Golden Knights to a successful season. This year’s roster will draw their strength from the interior, where the versatile trio of Greg Senat, Bobby Ahearn, and Eric Long not only provides a group of frontcourt players with complimenting styles but also three players who are all coming…
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Posted Saturday, September 8th, 2012
The second annual coaches clinic to benefit “In Brayden’s Eyes, The Brayden Carr Foundation” will take place on Friday, Sept. 21 at the Rutgers Athletic Center. Notable hardwood mentors Billy Donovan, Jim Calhoun, Tom Crean, Stan Van Gundy, Kevin Eastman and Fran Fraschilla are scheduled to lecture at the highly anticipated event.“In Brayden’s Eyes, The Brayden Carr Foundation Inc.”, is a 501(c)(3) non- profit charitable organization established by Jim and Natalie Carr, parents of the late Brayden James Carr. Jim…
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Posted Saturday, September 8th, 2012
No player shot up the national rankings more than Kuran Iverson did this summer and Next Best Basketball was able to catch quite a bit of it on camera. Iverson's rise began with a huge performance at the NBA Player's Association Camp and was solidified by two more impressive showings at the Kevin Durant Skills Academy and New England Elite 75 Showcase. From there it was a couple of performances with his New York Lightning squad, some action in the…
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Posted Friday, September 7th, 2012
Our fourth and final Elite 75 – Frosh/Soph flashback looks back to last fall’s event, which once again hosted the top underclassmen the New England region has to offer. In the year since the event has taken place a number of big men have established themselves as high-major prospects in New England’s 2015 class – and they were all in attendance at the 2011 Elite 75 – Frosh/Soph as Jarred Reuter, Djery Baptiste, and Aaron Falzon all starred during the…
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Posted Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Putnam Science Academy may not yet be an official member of the NEPSAC, but there is no denying that they are a rising prep power in the New England region. Now in his seventh season at the helm of the program, head coach Tom Espinosa has not only his most talented roster yet, but also his most experienced. It begins with Dayshon Smith, who will be returning to PSA for his second season after a breakout summer during…
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