Coaching Carousel Impacting Local Recruits

Coaching Carousel Impacting Local Recruits

Posted Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

The annual college basketball coaching carousel is officially upon us as over 40 division I college basketball head coaching changes have already taken place.  Those mounting changes are starting to impact an equally growing number of local products, many of whom have been in the news in recent days:South Kent guard Shane Rector, who made a verbal commitment to Rutgers earlier in the winter, opted to re-open his recruitment yesterday after former head coach Mike Rice was fired.  No word… READ MORE >

NEHF Schedule Announced

NEHF Schedule Announced

Posted Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

The sixth annual Northeast Hoops Festival tips off this weekend in the greater Hartford area and once again includes the very best talent the New England region has to offer.  With virtually all of the region's top programs set to compete in the high school divisions, this year's event hopes to duplicate the success of the 2012 NEHF by showcasing the best New England has to offer.  BABC, Expressions, Mass Rivals, ECE-Mass, CBC, Rhode Island Hawks, Connecticut Select, Metro Boston,… READ MORE >

Bey Bound for Assumption

Bey Bound for Assumption

Posted Sunday, April 7th, 2013

Assumption College landed their third commitment in the last week, and this one was a big one as Wilbraham & Monson senior Kamali Bey is the latest to commit to the Greyhounds.  Bey has had a long and decorated career, beginning at the Sabis International Charter School, where he first competed at the high school level as just a 7th grader.  He scored his 1000th career point during his sophomore year and led Sabis to an MIAA state championship that… READ MORE >

New Highlight Videos

New Highlight Videos

Posted Sunday, April 7th, 2013

The New England region is very fortunate to have a variety of top video outlets bringing the region’s coverage to brand new levels.  Here’s a look at some of the most recent highlight videos to be added to our prospect database (click each player link to view the most up to date highlight videos).  Paschal Chukwu – Next Best BasketballRaiquan Clark – Next Best BasketballDarryl Reynolds – 2eZ MixtapesAndrew Chrabascz – 2eZ MixtapesLuis Montero – 2eZ MixtapesJarred Reuter – 2eZ… READ MORE >

Agbeko Reportedly A-10 Bound

Agbeko Reportedly A-10 Bound

Posted Saturday, April 6th, 2013

South Kent post-graduate big man Reggie Agbeko made a verbal commitment to St. Louis, multiple media outlets were reporting on Saturday.  The six-foot-eight 225 pound big man had taken official visits to Loyola Marymount, Missouri State, and St. Louis within the last week but was at home in Buffalo this weekend to make his decision.  He originally had a fourth official visit scheduled for next week at Illinois State and held additional offers from Oklahoma, Tulane, Tulsa, Kent State, Marshall,… READ MORE >

Recruiting News & Notes

Recruiting News & Notes

Posted Friday, April 5th, 2013

Every week ESPN.com releases a list of recruiting news and notes that have happened within the last seven days within the northeast region.  Last week’s report featured several items relating to New England prospects including analysis of recent commitments by Duane Notice, Matt Atewe, Rich Williams, Denzel Gregg, and Jayde Dawson.  Here’s a look at some of the other news and notes:• Northfield Mount Hermon (MA) forward Josh Hearlihy took a visit to Tulane over the weekend.  He had previously… READ MORE >

Boston College Offers a Pair

Boston College Offers a Pair

Posted Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Boston College extended a pair of scholarship offers on Thursday, reaching out to two of New England’s most prominent up and coming forwards, Northfield Mount Hermon’s Josh Sharma and St. Mark’s Aaron Falzon.  The news of Sharma’s offer was first reported by the NMH Basketball twitter account while Falzon’s offer was first reported by HoopRootz founder A.J. Stokes.  This is not the first high-major offer for either talented young player.  Sharma held previous offers from Providence and Kansas State while… READ MORE >

SNHU Lands Latest STM Product

SNHU Lands Latest STM Product

Posted Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

St. Thomas More post-graduate swingman Chris Walters made a verbal commitment to Southern New Hampshire on Wednesday. Walters came to St. Thomas More after a successful high school career at Westhill High School in Connecticut.  His stock began to rise over the summer as he starred with United Sons and Daughters on the AAU circuit.  Best known for his high level athleticism and slashing ability, Walters was been able to improve his skill set and offensive versatility in the last… READ MORE >

Assumption Building Frontcourt

Assumption Building Frontcourt

Posted Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

Assumption picked up a verbal commitment from Cushing Academy’s post-graduate forward Matt Mareno earlier this week.  He will join Columbia transfer, and NMH alum, Chris Fitzgerald, in the Greyhounds’ incoming recruiting class.  Mareno is an athletic six-foot-six forward who came to Cushing from California, where he played his high school basketball.  He provided the Penguins with a live body around both rims this year and was an important part of their run to the Class AA championship.  While Mareno should… READ MORE >

Gregg Staying in Atlantic 10

Gregg Staying in Atlantic 10

Posted Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

It’s very unusual when a player signs with one school and then ends up at another school in the same conference, but that’s exactly what has happened with Denzel Gregg.  The St. Thomas More School forward made a verbal commitment to Fordham in September before signing his National Letter of Intent during November’s early signing period.  He was subsequently released from his NLI last month, and after Tuesday’s commitment to St. Bonaventure, it is now apparent that the release had… READ MORE >

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