Posted Thursday, June 11th, 2009
The first ever New England Skills Academy was held recently in Connecticut. The program featured two weekly sessions for a six week period with a cumulative skill development curriculum. Led by former Quinnipiac University head coach Joe DeSantis, the program was designed for high school players hoping to play college basketball in the future. Initially, players worked to develop their individual skills: learning how to play off the bounce; off the catch; and on the move. As the weeks…
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Posted Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Bob Hurley Sr. and his son Danny Hurley will be running a week long camp next week at the Belmont Hill School in Massachusetts for high school players from the area. Coach Hurley and the camp staff will present the approach to basketball excellence he developed at St. Anthony’s High School. Danny Hurley teaches these same skills at St. Benedict’s High School. Coach Hurley will bring 10 of his returning varsity players, his strength and conditioning coach, and a few…
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Posted Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Reigning America East rookie of the year Jake O’Brien has decided to return to Boston University for his sophomore season. O’Brien asked for, and was granted, his release following the school’s firing of former head coach Dennis Wolff. Nonetheless, Chambers continued to pursue O’Brien upon landing the BU job, essentially recruiting him as if he would any other uncommitted player. O’Brien visited St. Joseph’s and Temple in recent weeks and was generating interest from other Atlantic 10 and Big East…
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Posted Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
NBA Players Camp Rosters Announced The NBA Players Association released the roster for their upcoming Top 100 Camp. The field is especially strong this year as 49 of the top 50 players in the country, according to scout.com, are slated to participate. In many ways, this is the country’s premier camp of the year as selection is not based on any type of shoe affiliation and so you truly get almost a clean sweep of the nation’s best prospects. The…
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Posted Monday, June 8th, 2009
On Monday ESPN published an updated set of rankings in both the class of 2011 and 2012. The 2012 list is limited to only 25 players and one of those 25 is New England’s Nerlens Noel. Noel played his first season of high school basketball this year at Everett High School and has established himself on the national scene playing with the Boston Amateur Basketball Club (BABC) this spring. While he may be still slender and fairly raw on the…
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Posted Monday, June 8th, 2009
We told you last week that Andre Drummond was one of just 17 players from around the country selected to the Team USA Development National Team. After a week of try-outs 12 of those 17 players will be selected to represent the United States this summer at the FIBA u16 National Championships. Three days into those try-outs and Drummond is earning rave reviews. Jerry Meyer, recruiting analyst for Rivals.com, has been at the U.S. Olympic Training Center covering the try-outs…
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Posted Sunday, June 7th, 2009
It was almost a year ago when Austin Carroll first began to strongly consider the idea of doing a post-graduate season. He had been limited by a nagging ankle injury for most of the spring and was still feeling some lingering effects heading into the summer live period. With limited mobility and just enough rust, he wasn’t able to seize the opportunity to show college coaches his best game during the two live periods. That was the point when he…
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Posted Saturday, June 6th, 2009
The Granite State Jayhawks were the talk of the weekend heading into the finals, but unfortunately for the pride of New Hampshire, Cinderella’s run came to an end in both the u16 and u17 divisions. The Jayhawks 16’s advanced to the final by knocking off MB Nation in the opening round and then scoring an upset over the Albany City Rocks in the semi-finals behind 26 points from Sean McClung and 20 from Connor Green. The Jayhawks 17’s scored an…
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Posted Friday, June 5th, 2009
For the last three years the New England Elite 75 Showcase has been the region’s most prestigious showcase. Year in and year out, the event has featured the top scholarship prospects the region has had to offer. This year is expected to be no different…except that the division I coaches will now be allowed to watch as the event will take place on July 9th during the NCAA Liver Period. The Elite 75 has partnered up with Reebok Basketball and…
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Posted Thursday, June 4th, 2009
The Reebok Breakout Underclass Camp, to be held June 19-21 in Dallas, is designed for the best freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in the country. Six players earned invitations last week following their performance at the Reebok Headliner Try-Out Camp. Here’s a look at who punched their tickets to Dallas: Marco Banegas – Benegas has been making quite a name for himself this spring running the show for BABC’s seventeen-and-under team. We saw glimpses of his talent this weekend as he…
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