Posted Saturday, October 24th, 2009
As was first reported by Alex Schwartz of the Northstar Basketball Blog, Northeastern University picked up a verbal commitment from six-foot-seven forward Alex Bates earlier this week. After an impressive month of July on the camp circuit, Bates ended up with over 10 division I scholarship offers. Ultimately, Bates told Schwartz that Northeastern stood out among the pack because of the competitiveness of the CAA, the quality of the school’s academics, and the family like atmosphere with head coach Bill…
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Posted Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Phillips Exeter Academy operates within two very distinct worlds. Academically, they are one of the top secondary schools in the country. Athletically, their basketball team competes in Class A of the NEPSAC, arguably the most competitive basketball conference in the country. Occasionally, those two worlds can be at odds with each other, creating challenges for the Exeter basketball program that other schools in the league don’t have to consider. To put it into perspective, imagine if Yale or Harvard was…
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Posted Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Holy Cross first year head coach Sean Kearney went to Kansas to pick up his second verbal commitment of the 2010 class. Steve Carver, a six-foot-seven face-up four man from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Kansas, pledged to Kearney and the Crusaders on Tuesday morning. Carver is described as a long and skilled forward with a high upside who should fit in very well with the motion system that Kearney plans to bring from his days at Notre Dame. …
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Posted Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Continuing my series of looking at the NHIAA’s top prospects, next up is the class of 2011. This is a class that used to have Kaleb Tarczewski and Jared Fahmy, but both players transferred to prep schools this summer. Still, there is a lot of talent in this class and a lot of these kids are very underrated. David Madol, Trinity HS – Madol, a 6’6” forward, is one of the most improved players in NH. He came off the…
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Posted Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
The 08-09 season was Kelvin Jefferson’s first at the helm of the South Kent program and he led the Cardinals to one of their most successful seasons ever. South Kent finished the regular season atop the Class A standings, advanced to the finals of the NEPSAC tournament, and earned an invitation to the National Prep Championship. A year later Jefferson returns for his encore performance, but this time with a brand new team. This year’s South Kent team features the…
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Posted Monday, October 19th, 2009
Dominic Borelli, a six-foot-seven big man who anchored the interior for MBR this summer on the AAU circuit, has made a verbal commitment to attend St. Anselm’s College on a full four year scholarship. St. Anselm’s is a member of the Northeast-10, arguably the most competitive division II conference in the country. Borelli plays for Westbrook High School during the school season and is the New England Recruiting Report’s top ranked big man in the Maine public school ranks. “Dom…
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Posted Monday, October 19th, 2009
Dashun Wiggins committed to Seton Hall this weekend as first reported by SNY’s Adam Zagoria. Wiggins had a pre-existing relationship with Pirates assistant coach Dermon Player that dated back to when he was 11 years old and committed to Seton Hall while back home in New York for the weekend. The six-foot-three power guard came to Bridgton from Wings Academy in New York where he averaged 19.4 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Sources indicate that Wiggins’ commitment is for…
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Posted Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Earlier this morning we gave you a glimpse at New Hampton’s prospectus for the upcoming season. Later in the morning came news that post-graduate forward Kyle Cain had made his decision and ended his recruitment. Cain, a super athletic six-foot-seven forward from Illinois, had trimmed his list to four schools – Nevada, Northern Illinois, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin-Green Bay – earlier this month and on Monday opted to stay in New England for another four years and head to Rhody. …
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Posted Sunday, October 18th, 2009
In the two years that Pete Hutchins has been at the helm of the New Hampton program, his teams have developed a reputation for playing one of the most competitive schedules in the country. In no uncertain terms New Hampton will play anyone, anywhere, at any time. Last season Hutchins and his team were almost penalized for their strength of schedule by not being eligible for the post-season NEPSAC tournament. With the only requisite for entry being a .500 overall…
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Posted Saturday, October 17th, 2009
Following his junior season at Phillips Exeter Academy, his first in Class A of the NEPSAC, Greg Newton knew there were areas of his game that needed improvement. “I spent a lot of time with Coach [Jay] Tilton watching film, analyzing my game, and developing a plan for me to improve certain areas,” Newton told the New England Recruiting Report. That plan involved an intense post-season training regiment last spring which typically included daily double sessions of three potential workouts…
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