Posted Sunday, March 30th, 2014
There is a reason why Philadelphia University head coach Herb Magee is the winningest men’s basketball coach in NCAA history and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Actually, there are a multitude of reasons, but it all starts with his ability to recruit talented student athletes and then continue the development of their skills. While Philly U’s rosters are typically made of players from the Middle Atlantic region, the Rams landed their second 2014 commitment in…
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Posted Saturday, March 29th, 2014
Binghamton returned to New England again this weekend, picking up their fourth 2014 commitment in the region, this time with South Kent big man Dusan Perovic. Perovic joins his South Kent teammate Romellow Walker, as well as Marianapolis Prep forward Bobby Ahearn and Cheshire Academy forward Wilfredo Rodriguez in committing to Bobcats' head coach Tommy Dempsey for next season. The six-foot-eight big man was one of the top remaining players left on the board and seemed to be attracting a…
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Posted Friday, March 28th, 2014
Matt Costello, a senior captain at Bishop Fenwick High School, has committed to playing basketball at Suffolk University for Coach Adam Nelson. Costello was a four-year varsity player and three year starter for Fenwick. He is a two-time Catholic Central League All-Star and was named The Boston Globe’s “Player of the Week” on four occasions. The six-foot-three swingman was the leading scorer and rebounder for the Crusaders over the last two seasons, and had 13 double-doubles over this period. Despite…
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Posted Thursday, March 27th, 2014
Four different state champions were crowned last weekend at Mohegan Sun Arena, culminating another exciting season in the CIAC. Here’s a look back at those finals as well as well as the Connecticut High School Coaches’ Association All-Star Game from earlier this week. Class S: Sacred Heart 65 Valley Regional 56Sacred Heart came into the game as the heavy favorite but got as much as they could handle from Valley, who held a 35-29 lead at halftime. The game ultimately…
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Posted Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Isaiah Robinson, Salisbury School’s six-foot-five power forward, committed to Connecticut College and Coach Tom Satran on Wednesday night. Robinson came to Salisbury a year ago, repeating 11th grade, after missing most of his junior year at St. John’s Prep with knee surgery. He made an immediate impact on the frontline teaming with Quinnipiac-bound Samuel Dingba.Robinson injured his back during the winter vacation this year and sat out 15 of the Crimson Knights’ remaining 17 games. In his two appearances in…
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Posted Monday, March 24th, 2014
Holderness power forward Willem Brandwijk made a verbal commitment to Siena on Tuesday, after having previously trimmed his list to just three schools. The news was first confirmed by Brandwijk’s AAU coach with Metro Boston, Mo Vasquez. “I’m proud of the fact that he took his time to visit, with his family, each school and then come to a decision,” Vasquez said. Brandwijk’s recruitment took off last summer as he pulled in as many as 16 different division I scholarship…
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Posted Monday, March 24th, 2014
Jordan Brand, a division of NIKE, Inc., announced the rosters for the Jordan Brand Classic’s Regional Game, which will feature the top prep players from the greater New York area. The regional game will be played at Barclays Center on Friday, April 18 along with the International and All-American games. Local New England products including Kimball Union Academy’s Abdul-Malik Abu, Brewster Academy’s Jared Terrell, and Fairfield Prep’s Paschal Chukwu were selected. The Home Team includes Khadeen Carrington (Bishop Loughlin/Brooklyn,…
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Posted Monday, March 24th, 2014
Just as the end of the college basketball season ignites the start of the college coaching carousel so does the end of the high school season ignite the annual exodus of local high school players to the prep ranks. Only days after the high school season has now officially come to an end in all six New England states, we already have three high profile players confirmed to be heading to prep school next season. The first two stem from…
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Posted Sunday, March 23rd, 2014
Indiana freshman Noah Vonleh told CBS Sports that he would declare for this June's NBA Draft following his freshman season at Indiana. The New England product is a native of Haverhill, Massachusetts and just one year removed from his senior season at the New Hampton School, which culminated with his selection to both the McDonald's All-American Game as well as the Jordan Brand Classic. Ironically, Vonleh was once a part of the 2014 class, after reclassifying upon his transfer to…
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Posted Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
On Thursday Night, the Boston Amateur Basketball Club started their 2014 BABC Mass/RI Select Tour with two games at Holyoke Community College. The first game pitted the BABC Freshmen against the Western Mass Select Freshmen and Sophomore team. In a well contested, hard fought game, the BABC Freshmen pulled away in the latter part of the 2nd half to earn the 88-79 victory. In a back and forth affair, BABC led 45-39 at half and opened up a ten point…
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