Posted Monday, April 20th, 2009
Mass Rivals & Others Turn Heads in Pittsburgh Scout.com’s Evan Daniels, ESPN’s Reggie Rankin, and Hoopscoop’s Clark Francis all liked what they saw in Pittsburgh this weekend from some New England products. The Mass Rivals in particular stood out as a number of their players received national media attention. Here’s a look at the New Englanders in the news from Pittsburgh: Daniels on Evan Smotrycz: “A recent Michigan commit, Smotrycz is the perfect prospect for John Beilein’s system. At 6-foot-8,…
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Posted Monday, April 20th, 2009
South Kent swingman and New York native Kevin Parrom has re-opened his recruitment and has quickly assembled a long list of potential suitors at the high major level. Parrom asked Xavier for his release following Sean Miller’s departure to take over the program at Arizona. Also making the move was assistant coach, Emmanuel “Book” Richardson, who was the primary recruiter for Parrom. Miller’s associate head coach, Chris Mack, was elevated into the head coaching position and allowed Parrom his release…
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Posted Sunday, April 19th, 2009
BABC defeated the Granite State Jayhawks in the finals of both the u16 division and the u17 division of the New England Super Regional this weekend. Ironically, both games had similar final scores as BABC won the u16 final 69-63 and the u17 final 68-63. In the u17 division the Jayhawks got to the finals by beating the Bay State Magic, NH Rivals, and Boston Warriors North. They were able to control the first two games with the play of…
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Posted Sunday, April 19th, 2009
This was supposed to be a very busy week for Derrek Tartt. After spending the weekend at the University at Albany he had visits scheduled to Northeastern and Duquesne. But after getting a first hand look at the Albany program this weekend, Tartt decided he had seen all that he needed to see as he made a verbal commitment to head coach Will Brown before leaving Albany’s campus and subsequently cancelled his remaining visits. Tartt is an Illinois native who…
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Posted Saturday, April 18th, 2009
The New England Playaz have been on a roll to start the spring season, claiming victory in the Spring Fling Tournament and going to the finals at D.C. Assault’s Take Your Best Shot. But early in the day on Sunday it looked as if their run might be coming to an end when ankle injuries to Naadir Tharpe and Austin Carroll left the team with 6 healthy players to get through bracket play. But as is typical with good teams,…
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Posted Friday, April 17th, 2009
Central Connecticut head coach Howie Dickenman has built the Blue Devils into a perennial power in the Northeast Conference. Year in and year out Coach Dickenman’s clubs are among the hardest working, toughest, and most disciplined teams you will find, not just in the NEC, but in all of college basketball. Consequently, it takes a certain type of player to be successful in Coach Dickenman’s program. It takes a player like Devan Bailey. The Brewster Academy senior, who originally came…
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Posted Friday, April 17th, 2009
Yesterday we told you that John Daniels was headed to Columbia this weekend for an official visit. Well less than 24 hours later Daniels is now a part of the Lions program, as he made a verbal commitment on Saturday. “Columbia was one of the first schools to recruit John. Here we are towards the end of April and it is great to see the process work out,” said New Hampton head coach Peter Hutchins. “Everyone is excited for John.”…
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Posted Thursday, April 16th, 2009
• Reggie Moore, Brewster Academy: Scout.com’s Dave Telep reported on Thursday that Moore will visit the University of Oregon beginning on Friday. On Monday he’ll travel to Iowa State for another official visit. Moore also has offers from California and Washington and may visit Cal next weekend. • Derrek Tartt, Brewster Academy: Telep also reports that Tartt is visiting the University of Albany this weekend. The Illinois native is also considering Northeastern, Duquesne, and Kent State and is expected to…
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Posted Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Two Local Stars Will Prep at NMH Clancy Rugg, who was named the Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Vermont as well as the state’s Most Valuable Player by the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association, is heading to Northfield Mount Hermon next year for a post-graduate year. NMH has been very successful over the years at taking skilled forwards and turning them into division I players. Rugg fits that mold to a tee and so it will be…
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Posted Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
The top 200 players in New England’s class of 2009 have now been ranked, along with 50 in Connecticut and Massachusetts, 40 in New Hampshire, 30 in Maine, and 15 in Rhode Island and Vermont. And once again sitting atop the list is Alex Oriakhi, Erik Murphy, and Jamal Coombs-McDaniel. The debate has raged on for the last four years about where these players should fall in the pecking order, and there are a number of valid arguments. But what…
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