Posted Sunday, October 19th, 2014
The New England Hoops Festival hosted many of the top AAU programs in the region this weekend. Our first recap from an exciting weekend of action looks back on the varsity division, where a relatively new program made a name for themselves this weekend. Basketball 2 the Limit, or B2L as they were widely known as this weekend, made their presence felt from start to finish, proving themselves both individually and collectively before the weekend was done. Most impressive was…
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Posted Sunday, October 19th, 2014
Former BABC and Notre Dame Prep product Jaylen Brantley made a verbal commitment to the University of Maryland on Monday after visiting over the weekend. Brantley is currently at Odessa Junior College in Texas and will have three seasons of eligibility with the Terps beginning in September of 2015 after being ruled a partial qualifier during his freshmen season at Marshall. A Springfield, Massachusetts native, Brantley was well known as one of the best point guards and shooters in New…
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Posted Saturday, October 18th, 2014
New Hampton forward Jeremy Miller made a verbal commitment to Northeastern on Saturday while on their Boston campus for an official visit. Happy to say that, I just committed to NorthEastern University 🔝💯✔️ pic.twitter.com/5xfSvccjsr — Jeremy Juice Miller (@imjuice21) October 18, 2014 The commitment is a huge one for Northeastern since Miller was widely considered to be a high-major caliber talent after committing to Boston College at one point in his junior season and also seeing recruitment from a variety…
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Posted Friday, October 17th, 2014
Norfolk State, a division I program in the state of Virginia, came north to New England and scored a bit of a steal this weekend when they landed a commitment from Kimball Union Academy big man Moses Toriola, who took to his twitter account to announce his decision: By the grace of God, with the help of family, friends, and coaches: I have verbally committed to NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY! #SpartanBball — Moses Toriola (@MosesOlaitan44) October 17, 2014 This six-foot-eleven center…
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Posted Thursday, October 16th, 2014
The college basketball season is officially here and that means Midnight Madness happened in college gyms throughout the country this weekend. The defending national champions, the University of Connecticut, were the big draw, not only with dozens of top prospects from up and down the east coast but also with live coverage from ESPN. UConnÂ’s First Night attracted the fourth ranked sophomore in the country, Zach Brown, a seven-footer from Miami along with V.J. King, Nazi Reid, Nate Pierre-Louis, and…
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Posted Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
There isn’t a class AA program with a stronger recent tradition than the Tilton School Rams. With four consecutive NEPSAC championships that spanned from 2008 to 2011, and another trip to the finals in 2012, head coach Marcus O’Neil’s club was simply the standard by which others were judged. That tradition also includes a long line of highly talented individual players including the likes of Alex Oriakhi, Jamal Coombs, Gerard Coleman, Wayne Selden, Georges Niang, and others. Current senior Terance…
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Posted Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
Belmont Hill swingman Hilal Dahlel made a verbal commitment to Middlebury earlier this week, pending acceptance of his early decision application. Dahlel took to his twitter account to announce his decision. Middlebury College class of 2019 #Panthers🏀 — Hilal Dahleh (@HilalDahleh14) October 14, 2014 A product of the Metro Boston AAU program, Dahlel spent two weeks in Kentucky during this summer’s July evaluation period but made a big impression locally before leaving. He began the month with a strong performance…
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Posted Monday, October 13th, 2014
Mike Mannix is not your average first year head coach. While he may be sliding over a chair following the departure of former head coach Chris Sparks, Mannix has been intimately involved with every aspect of the program since 2009 when he arrived at WMA after previously serving on the coaching staff at Drexel. Mannix also returns a strong nucleus from last year’s WMA squad that he’ll look to build around this season. First and foremost is Curtis Cobb, the…
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Posted Sunday, October 12th, 2014
Eight days after wrapping up the last of his official visits, Aaron Falzon was ready to make his decision on Monday morning and he committed to Northwestern as was first reported by ESPN.com. The decision ended what had been a long, and sometimes tumultuous, process that ultimately ended with two choices – Harvard and Northwestern – which he visited in consecutive weeks. “This was the toughest decision I’ve ever seen an NMH basketball player have to make because both programs…
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Posted Sunday, October 12th, 2014
Putnam Science Academy post-graduate big man Vincent Eze made a verbal commitment to Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, becoming the second frontcourt player to commit to the Jaspers in a matter of hours. Manhattan started the day with a pledge from Cardinal Hayes (NY) and New Heights big man A.K. Ojo, whose presence inside the lane at six-foot-eleven will presumably allow Eze to slide over to the power forward position down the road. An interior tandem of Ojo and Eze has…
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