Posted Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Patience is a virtue. And for a division III college basketball coach hoping to land a scholarship level talent, it is crucial. So few high school basketball players truly understand what a high level of college basketball most division III schools compete at. They’ve dreamed of scholarships throughout the course of their career and don’t want to consider anything less than that. At least at first. Every year there’s a fairly lengthy list scholarship level players who end up heading…
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Posted Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Wednesday was a big day for basketball at Trinity Catholic High School. On the same day that Tevin Baskin called a press conference to announce that he would be attending Quinnipiac University, senior guard Eric Jean-Guillaume finalized his plans to attend Franklin Pierce as he finally signed his National Letter of Intent. Jean-Guillaume had been rumored to be on his way to the Ravens for about a month now, but it wasn’t until Wednesday that it finally became official. “They’re…
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Posted Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Below are local New England products who were identified for their impressive performances this past weekend at the Gym Rat Challenge. Please not that award winners and associated write-ups are provided by the staff of the Gym Rat Challenge and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the New England Recruiting Report. 17:U All-GymRat CHALLENGE TEAM Tylon Smith Jr (6-1 PG) CT Knights: Dominated games here with an accurate jump shot and drives to the rim. One of the better…
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Posted Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
At noon on Wednesday, Tevin Baskin held a press conference at Trinity Catholic High School to announce his intention to attend Quinnipiac University next year and play for head coach Tom Moore. Baskin told the people in attendance that his reason for joining the Quinnipiac program was it was close to home and comfortable. Baskin’s announcement puts an end to what has been a very long recruiting process. “I’m just happy I got this process out of the way and…
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Posted Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
The Boston Warriors have already had an excellent spring, and Tuesday’s college night was the latest highlight. A high number of local college coaches were on hand for the event, which featured an hour of skill work, followed by an hour of five on five games. Here’s a look at some players who impressed: Andrew Gosselin, St. Bernard’s- This hard-nosed shooting guard was locked in on Tuesday night, demonstrating his ability to make shots off the catch, even with a…
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Posted Monday, May 25th, 2009
Ranking players is not an easy business. As we’ve said many times, it’s an inexact science to say the least. But it becomes all the more difficult when you start to talk about younger players…especially freshmen. With over three years remaining until they reach the college level, we have to consider both how the players compare against each other today as well as how they project to in the future. And that becomes exceedingly difficult as it is almost impossible…
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Posted Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Langston to St. Thomas More Kolbe Cathedral guard Dominique Langston will head to St. Thomas More next season as a post-graduate. Langston, who was one of the top players in the CIAC this year, is a strong guard with a college ready body. He’s a pure scorer who can put points on the board both by going to the rim and making shots from the perimeter. Langston is once again running with the Connecticut Basketball Club on this year’s AAU…
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Posted Sunday, May 24th, 2009
There are a couple of noted changes in ESPN’s newly updated 2010 rankings. First and foremost for New England fans is that there are now six players in the top 100 that currently reside in our region of the country. That’s double the size of local representation in the last set of rankings as Evan Smotrycz, Carson Desrosiers, and Rod Odom all made the cut for the first time. And speaking of Smotrycz, not only did he make the cut…
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Posted Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
It was an extremely busy day of action on Saturday as 80 teams were in action in the 17u division alone. There was plenty to be impressed by as certain teams caught our attention collectively while others had certain individuals stand out. Boston Warriors Bomb Away In their opening round of the tournament the Boston Warriors North squad blew out the Long Island Knights on Siena’s center court. Despite missing Akeem Williams, the Warriors scored 92 points in a game…
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Posted Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Two of New England’s most prestigious clubs will be traveling to national tournaments this weekend, while a host of others will be headed to Albany for the Gym Rat Challenge. The New England Playaz are in North Carolina for the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions. The TOC is one of the most prestigious tournaments of the entire year and attracts many of the best programs from around the country. Played in the Raleigh/Durham area including the University of North Carolina’s…
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