Posted Saturday, June 14th, 2008
No Erik Murphy. No Nate Lubick. No Jason Morris. No problem. That was the story of the day for the New England Playaz as they won their pool and advanced to the gold bracket despite the fact that three of their best players were in Atlanta for Adidas Nation. While the Playaz got contributions from a variety of players on Saturday, it was Austin Carroll and Jordan Williams who led the way. While Carroll is known by many as a…
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Posted Friday, June 13th, 2008
In the biggest upset of the opening night, the Mass. Raiders knocked off Team Final in overtime 73-68. The Raiders were led by Danny O’Keefe who scored a team high 18 points, including 12 in a dominant first half. After the fundamentally sound forward hit his first two shots from behind the three-point line, he had opportunities to show off the rest of his game as he attacked close-outs to get to the rim, knocked down his one dribble pull-ups,…
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Posted Thursday, June 12th, 2008
#5 Keiran Ramsey to Southern Connecticut: There are few people that could have predicted that Keiran Ramsey would have ended up at Southern Connecticut playing for Art Leary. In October, Ramsey had just been named South Kent’s captain and was generating recruiting interest from a variety of mid and low major division I programs. Meanwhile, Leary was about to begin his second season away from the sidelines on a leave of absence. But 8 months later things have changes, Leary…
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Posted Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Recruiting is the life line of any good college program. And while there are a variety of factors that go into building a cohesive team, more often than not it simply comes down to talent. Most coaches will tell you that to win at any level, you need players who can play at higher levels: the best division III programs in the country are filled with scholarship level talent; many top division II programs would do very well for themselves…
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Posted Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Nextplay.com and the New England Recruiting Report were both in Boston this weekend to watch the Boston Shoot-Out. The small field assembled 8 extremely strong programs from around the Northeast as BABC, BABC South, Connecticut Basketball Club, MBR, Albany City Rocks, New York Gauchos, New York Pride, and New York Metro Hawks all participated in the Boston Amateur Basketball Club’s host event. BABC was able to claim the championship of their own tournament by defeating arguably the next three best…
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Posted Monday, June 9th, 2008
Preye Boyle is heading to the NEPSAC. The 6’5” forward, who would have been one of the MIAA’s best players had he returned to Central for his senior year, will take his game to Winchendon and play for Head Coach Mike Byrnes. “Coach Byrnes is one of the best coaches in the NEPSAC, and I think he can really help me,” said Boyle. “I love the discipline they teach you there and the academic structure of the school.” Boyle is…
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Posted Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Justin Johnson has good size at 6’8”, an above average skill set, and impressive athleticism. He is versatile enough to play as either a face-up four or a small forward. He also comes from good pedigree being the son of former NBA sharp-shooter Eddie Johnson. Nevertheless, the talented forward didn’t have too many suitors at the division I level for most of this season. After struggling with some injuries throughout the year, he never really got the opportunity to show…
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Posted Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Games of the Day:BABC South-76 New York Metro Hawks- 71The first game of the day was also the day’s most hotly contested and intense. Emotions were running high as BABC South looked excellent in the first half, pounding the ball inside to their polished big man Mike Clifford. The Metro Hawks’ zone could not keep BABC South on the perimeter, and Clifford was able to catch the ball on the block and go to work. Clifford was undoubtedly the story…
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Posted Friday, June 6th, 2008
After leading his BABC team to a terrific start to the AAU season, Phil Pressey has reclaimed the title of New Engalnd's #1 ranked player in the class of 2010. Nate Lubick and Jason Morris also climb up a spot, while Dion Waiters falls to 4 and Nadir Tharpe rounds out the top 5. Morris and Waiters lead the way in Connecticut. Josh Turner and Luke Matarazzo come in at 3 and 4 after playing very well this spring with…
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Posted Thursday, June 5th, 2008
• We told you last week that Victor Kashouh had committed to Wheelock. Well, that was just the tip of the iceberg as Head Coach John Preziosa has added nine players in his first recruiting class. Other New England products include point guard Kyle Pierce from Burlington High School (MA) who was a 1st team all-conference player in the Middlesex League while averaging 20 points per game and shooting 88% from the free-throw line, 6’8” center Eric Rice, 5’8” point…
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