Shaka Wants Brown in Texas

Posted Friday, April 3rd, 2015

Only hours after it became public that Shaka Smart would be accepting the head coaching position at Texas, and before the school had even held a press conference, he made his first scholarship offer at the helm of the Longhorns program and it went to Bruce Brown. Brown has strong ties to Smart's coaching staff having been initially recruited to Vermont Academy by Jesse Bopp, who was the director of basketball operations at VCU this season, and then having a… READ MORE >

Hartnett Chooses Salem State

Posted Thursday, April 2nd, 2015

Saint Clements (MA) swingman Jack Hartnett has committed to Salem State University where he will play for Coach Chris Harvey.  Hartnett averaged 11 points per game this season and helped Saint Clements make another deep run in the MIAA state tournament after helping to lead the team to their first state championship in the school’s 89 year history as a junior. "Jack is a tremendous player but he still has so much room to grow" Mass Elite head coach and program… READ MORE >

Wakefield’s Calnan Makes Call

Posted Thursday, April 2nd, 2015

Wakefield High School (MA) guard Chris Calnan has committed to Plymouth State University where he will play for head coach Andrew Novick.  Calnan was a four year varsity player at Wakefield who averaged 15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per season as a senior and helped lead the squad back to the MIAA state tournament. He was also a two-time Middlesex League All-Star. A longtime member of the Mass Elite AAU program, Calnan joined the club as a 7th grader… READ MORE >

Williston Guard NE-10 Bound

Posted Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

Williston Northampton post-graduate point guard Ryan Richmond made a verbal commitment to Bentley on Monday. Richmond came to Williston from his home in Toronto, Ontario and was one of the focal points for a team that went on to win the NEPSAC Class A Championship. He was especially impactful down the stretch of the second half in that championship game, making a number of big plays and good decisions with the ball in his hands. Bentley head coach Jay Lawson… READ MORE >

Lee Forward Comes off the Board

Posted Tuesday, March 31st, 2015

Lee Academy senior forward Rudolfs Stradnieks made a verbal commitment to Southern Illinois last week. The six-foot-nine power forward became a priority mid-major recruit during the course of the season scoring offers from Drexel, Miami (OH), Evansville, Wright State and Niagara among others. Stradniaks is a true senior who arrived from Latvia just prior to the school year and made a relatively quick adjustment to the speed and physicality of the American game, averaging 11 points and 6 rebounds on… READ MORE >

Trigger Burke Tip-Off - Event Recap

Posted Monday, March 30th, 2015

This past weekend, the BABC held the annual George “Trigger” Burke Tipoff tournament in Boston. The BABC FR. Gold team finished the weekend 3-0 with victories over the Boston Warriors (67-33), GT Elite (54-42), and a pesky Maine MAC team (66-58). Playing well for the freshmen was Shandon Brown and Cole Swider, among others. The BABC Sophomores also went 3-0 on the weekend with victories over the South Shore Wolfpack (61-51), Middlesex Magic Sophomores (57-35), and the Middlesex Magic Juniors… READ MORE >

Fairfield Scores with Cobb

Posted Monday, March 30th, 2015

Fairfield scored just the 11th hour recruiting victory they were looking for on Sunday when Wilbraham & Monson Academy guard Curtis Cobb committed to the Stags. Cobb, who ran with the Mass Rivals on the grassroots level, had been heavily recruited throughout the last two years. It was just two summers ago that he landed offers from Providence and Connecticut while it was programs like Butler and Wake Forest that were on him this fall. Fairfield wouldn't be deterred though… READ MORE >

Should he stay or should he go?

Posted Sunday, March 29th, 2015

We're still in the full swing of the NCAA tournament and yet former New England products are already making NBA Draft news including Providence guard and former New London High School and CBC star Kris Dunn. Dunn was named Co-Big East Player of the Year this season after missing virtually all of his first two seasons at Providence with a pair of shoulder injuries. With many people projecting him as a first round draft choice, NERR examined whether Dunn should… READ MORE >

VPA Season Wrap-Up

Posted Friday, March 27th, 2015

Rice Memorial High School won their third straight Vermont state championship this season, setting a new record for a program that was already among the state’s most prestigious. The junior tandem of Ben Shungu and Kendrick Gray, arguably the top two players in the state overall, led Rice from start to finish. The final game, played out in front of a sold out Patrick Gymnasium on the University of Vermont campus, was a battle between them and longtime rival, Burlington,… READ MORE >

RIIL Season Wrap-Up

Posted Thursday, March 26th, 2015

The only of New England’s six states to crown one undisputed basketball champion, Rhode Island first crowns champions in all three of their divisions, but then hands out one cumulative prize as the top 16 teams regardless of class battle it out in the state championship. When it was all said and done, LaSalle Academy left absolutely no doubt as to who the best team in the RIIL was, winning both the state open as well as the division I… READ MORE >

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