PSA’s Pride is Bryant Bound

Posted Saturday, January 5th, 2019

Putnam Science Academy and New York Jayhawks guard Charles Pride made a verbal commitment to Bryant University and first year head coach Jared Grasso on Friday. His decision came on the heels of his official visit earlier this week. Pride has had a breakout year dating back to his senior season at Liverpool High School where he led the team to a New York state championship. He followed that up with a terrific showing in the Adidas Gauntlet as he… READ MORE >

Stock-Risers: Minor Lands D1 Offer

Posted Friday, January 4th, 2019

Brimmer & May senior forward Jordan Minor has been one of New England's biggest stock-risers through the first month of the winter season.  It's been a reemergence of sorts after landing an early division I offer last year as a repeat junior, only to see most of his scholarship level interest dissipate since.  This winter though, Minor has quickly re-asserted himself into the scholarship equation as the undersized big man has put up huge numbers, not just in terms of… READ MORE >

Tabor is Big East Bound

Posted Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019

Sacred Heart High School junior Nate Tabor made an early commitment to St. John's on Thursday.  The news was first tweeted by Zach Braziller from the New York Post and shortly thereafter by Evan Daniels on Fox Sports 1.  Tabor is currently the top ranked prospect in New England's class of 2020 and the only local product included in the ESPN 60. He began his high school career at Sacred Heart but transferred briefly to Our Savior New American as a… READ MORE >

Andover’s Filien Ivy Bound

Posted Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019

Phillips Academy post-graduate big man Marcus Filien announced his verbal commitment to Cornell University on the morning of New Year's Eve.  The commitment is a dream scenario for the upstate New York native who arrived at Andover primarily with division II and III recruitment but clear division I potential.  The former Albany Academy product announced his decision via his twitter account: Ithaca, NY... ���� pic.twitter.com/4mMkstA7xT — Marcus Filien (@M_Filien) December 31, 2018 Filien, who is the son of longtime college… READ MORE >

#RealTalk - Conclusions of Rankings Revisited

Posted Monday, December 31st, 2018

The basic formula for evaluating players takes into account their physical tools (size, length, athleticism, fluidity), skill set (shooting, passing, creating), feel for the game (being able to think the game, react instinctively, and play with spatial awareness), and intangibles (character, work-ethic, competitiveness, and attitude). Those criteria aren’t necessarily unique but it’s the ability to find the appropriate indicators of each and weigh them accordingly that leads to the best evaluations. Over the course of the last three days, we’ve… READ MORE >

Rankings Revisited: 2015, 2016, & 2017

Posted Sunday, December 30th, 2018

Our third and final rankings rewind will examine the most recent classes of 2015, 2016, and 2017 even though the jury is still out in all three. While the alums of those classes are typically still in the college ranks, there are already six players on active rosters in the NBA with more sure to join in the coming years. Class of 2015 Donovan Mitchell’s rise over the last three-years has been both virtually unprecedented as well as well-documented (click… READ MORE >

Rankings Revisited: 2013 & 2014

Posted Saturday, December 29th, 2018

Yesterday, we looked back on New England’s classes of 2011 and 2012, arguably the best two-year window for our region over the last decade. Today, rankings rewind will take us to 2013 and 2014, which weren’t quite as deep, but still produced some true stars. Class of 2013 It was always considered a two-horse race for the top spot in 2013. It was Noah Vonleh, Wayne Selden, and everybody else. Five years later, and that still appears to be accurate.… READ MORE >

Rankings Revisited: 2011 & 2012

Posted Friday, December 28th, 2018

Yesterday, we launched our #RealTalk series, which strives to provide transparency on a variety of subjects impacting prospects and their families, and simultaneously combat the growing amount of “noise” filling gyms and social media alike from people who have no frame of reference on what most college coaches are really looking for, or worse yet, an agenda they’re trying to promote by perpetuating certain narratives. The first subject in this series was evaluating prospects and rankings where we detailed, among… READ MORE >

#RealTalk – Rankings & Evaluating Prospects

Posted Thursday, December 27th, 2018

One of the most frustrating aspects of the recruiting world is the amount of misinformation that prospects and their families have to sort through. So much of the “noise” filling gyms and social media outlets comes from people who have, at best, no clue what most college coaches are looking for because they’ve never been there and have no frame of reference, or at worst, an agenda they’re trying to promote by perpetuating certain narratives that they know to be… READ MORE >

15 New England alums in NBA action on Christmas Day

Posted Wednesday, December 26th, 2018

Christmas Day is known as the unofficial start to the NBA season as there are five straight nationally televised games beginning at noon and going all the way past midnight. For local New England fans, the slate of games provided a reminded of just how many local products, prep or otherwise, are now playing at the highest level as there were 14 New England alums scattered through the day’s five games. Bucks 109 Knicks 95 Noah Vonleh’s breakout season continued as… READ MORE >

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