Prep Profile – South Kent

Prep Profile – South Kent

Posted Sunday, October 28th, 2012

South Kent School has had one of the most prominent prep basketball programs in the entire country over the last decade.   In each of the last nine seasons the school has put together a loaded roster with alumni including NBA players like Andray Blatche, Dorrell Wright, Isaiah Thomas, and Mo Harkless along with a plethora of big names from college basketball like Matthew Bryan-Amaning (Washington), Gilbert Brown (Pittsburgh), Maurice Creek (Indiana), Kevin Parrom (Arizona) Russ Smith (Louisville), J.J. Moore (Pittsburgh),… READ MORE >

Castro Calls it for Butler

Castro Calls it for Butler

Posted Friday, October 26th, 2012

Worcester Academy senior guard Rene Castro took to his twitter account early Saturday night to announce his commitment to Butler.  “Thanks for all of my family and friends who support me i have decided to commit to butler university to play basketball,” he tweeted at 6:52p.m. His commitment comes nearly ten days after trimming his list down to four schools – Butler, Duquesne, George Washington, and Boston University.  “Butler had the right match for Rene with great academics and basketball,”… READ MORE >

Holy Cross Adds Latest Pledge

Holy Cross Adds Latest Pledge

Posted Friday, October 26th, 2012

Holy Cross picked up their fourth commitment in the class of 2013 on Friday when Riley Criswell made a verbal commitment to head coach Milan Brown. Criswell is a six-foot-seven wing from Carrollton High School in Georgia and the Atlanta All-Stars AAU program.  He averaged 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 blocks last year as a junior playing under his father at Carrollton and is known as a versatile swingman who can shoot the ball well to three and has… READ MORE >

Prep Profile – New Hampton

Prep Profile – New Hampton

Posted Friday, October 26th, 2012

Noah Vonleh has been the story at New Hampton this fall, first making headlines with his move back to the class of 2013 and recently by trimming his list down to six schools.  On Friday, that attention shifted to first year senior point guard Travis Jorgenson, who announced that he was re-opening his commitment after having been committed to his hometown University of Missouri for over the last year.  The move makes Jorgenson one of the top five rated available… READ MORE >

Dingba’s Move to 2014 Reshuffles Rankings

Dingba’s Move to 2014 Reshuffles Rankings

Posted Wednesday, October 24th, 2012

In a story that was first reported by ESPN.com, Samuel Dingba announced on Wednesday that he would be staying at Salisbury School for a post-graduate year after graduating in the class of 2013 as planned.  The move had nothing to do with basketball - he should be a full qualifier after this season and had over two dozen scholarship offers in 2013 - and everything to do with preparing himself academically for college after arriving in the United States little… READ MORE >

Prep Profile – Brewster Academy

Prep Profile – Brewster Academy

Posted Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012

It was 13 years ago that Jason Smith was named the head boys basketball coach at Brewster Academy, a school that lacked a basketball tradition and was anything but a national powerhouse.    Since that time he has built Brewster into one of the premier post-graduate programs in the entire nation.  Last year’s National Prep Championship made them the only school in the country to win multiple titles since the National Championships originated in 2007.  In the last five years alone,… READ MORE >

Vermont Scores with Douse

Vermont Scores with Douse

Posted Monday, October 22nd, 2012

  The University of Vermont scored a huge verbal commitment on Tuesday from Lee Academy point guard Kiefer Douse.  The point guard position was the Catamounts top priority heading into the summer recruiting period and after targeting a number of talented options from the northeast and beyond, they ultimately zeroed in on Douse.  The six-foot-three Canadian native spent this weekend visiting Vermont officially before offering his verbal commitment less than 48 hours later.  He had visited Arkansas State earlier this… READ MORE >

Devin Gilligan Earns Scholarship

Devin Gilligan Earns Scholarship

Posted Monday, October 22nd, 2012

Kimball Union Academy senior forward Devin Gilligan made a verbal commitment to Augustana College this weekend while on their campus for an official visit.  Augustana College is a private liberal arts collegel in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and a member of the Northern Sun Conference, considered to be a highly competitive division II league.  “Augustana combines academic excellence with outstanding athletics,” Gilligan said.  “They made my visit special and I am very appreciative for this opportunity.”Gilligan, who transferred to KUA… READ MORE >

CCSU Finds PG in Maryland

CCSU Finds PG in Maryland

Posted Sunday, October 21st, 2012

  Central Connecticut State University landed their latest recruit from the state of Maryland on Monday in Ahmaad Wilson, a six-foot point guard from Randallstown High School and Baltimroe Supremme.    Wilson, who was on the Blue Devils' campus this weekend for his official visit, becomes the fourth player to commit to CCSU in the class of 2013 joining six-foot-seven power forward Kevin Mickle from St. Benedict's (NJ), six-foot-seven forward Rashard Todd from Mount Carmel (MD), and Worcester Academy post-graduate guard… READ MORE >

Garland Owenes Commits to Boston College

Garland Owenes Commits to Boston College

Posted Sunday, October 21st, 2012

Boston College landed a commitment from Garland Owens on Sunday.  Owens is a six-foot-seven forward currently doing a post-graduate year at Massanutten Military Academy.  On the AAU circuit, Owens runs with Mid-Atlantic Select where he has teamed with local prep products including Zaid Hearst, Daquan Simpson, and Jalen Myrie.  Mid-Atlantic Select traveled to New England twice last year, for the Northeast Hoops Festival as well as the Super 16 Showcase, and Owens starred in both events.  Owens is an exceptional… READ MORE >

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