Harvard Announces Annual Coaches Clinic

Posted Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Harvard Basketball has announced their sixth annual coaches clinic, set for Sunday, October 30th.  This year's keynote speaker will be Hall of Famer Larry Brown, the annual coach in history to win both an NCAA and NBA championship.  Brown has 1098 wins on his NBA coaching record and is also the only head coach in NBA history to lead eight different teams to the playoffs.  The clinic will also include remarks from Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker, a full Harvard… READ MORE >

New England Flooded by Coaches

Posted Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

The opening of the fall contact period annually brings a steady stream of college coaches into New England's borders and this year has been no different with schools from all six states drawing visitors throughout the first five days of the period.  But Wednesday's activity was at an all time high as a coordinated workout schedule between Brewster Academy, Tilton, and New Hampton allowed college coaches to potentially visit all three schools during the course of the day.   Brewster kicked… READ MORE >

Vermont Scores Swingman

Posted Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

First year Vermont head coach John Becker landed a verbal commitment from Brendan Kilpatrick, a six-foot-five swingman from Malvern Prep in Pennsylvania, who took an official visit to the school this weekend.  Kilpatrick earned Inter-Academic League MVP honors for Malvern last year after averaging 17 points and 6 rebounds per game and had an equally strong season on the summer AAU circuit playing alongside Villanova bound point guard Ryan Arcidiacono on the PA Playaz.  Kilpatrick has a college ready game… READ MORE >

Prep Profile – Marianapolis & Putnam Science

Posted Monday, September 12th, 2011

Before the contact period officially began last Friday we traveled to Marianapolis Prep for an early look at two powerful prep programs, Marianapolis and Putnam Science Academy.  The respective programs are in very different places, Marianapolis an already established team that advanced to four straight class B finals before last year’s realignment, and Putnam Science, a budding club that isn’t yet an official member of the NEPSAC but continues to add more talent each and every year.  Because the two… READ MORE >

St. John’s Prep Takes Pre-Season Title

Posted Sunday, September 11th, 2011

Beantown Hoops hosted several of the MIAA's top programs this weekend for their second annual Fall Shootout.  St. John's Prep picked up right where they left off last season, taking this particular pre-season title behind the strong play of Steve Haladyna, who appears poised to assert himself even more this season with Pat Connaughton having moved on to Notre Dame.  NERR contributor Lucas Shapiro was on hand to capture the action on video and he tells us that one of… READ MORE >

Prep Profile – Vermont Academy

Posted Sunday, September 11th, 2011

It’s hard to overstate just how far the Vermont Academy’s basketball program has come in the last two years.  They used to be the perennial doormat in class B of the NEPSAC, taking annual poundings from most of the league’s serious basketball programs and calling a run to the post-season a best case scenario.  When New Hampshire native Jesse Bopp took the reins of the program last year and not only opted to play in the newly formed class AA… READ MORE >

Prep Profile – Northfield Mount Hermon

Posted Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Not many prep school programs work quite as hard to establish a brand as does Northfield Mount Hermon.  For several years now head coach John Carroll has worked to portray his program as “the best combination of academics and basketball in the United States,” as it states in the opening sentence of the introductory letter to college coaches this year.  While the claim could once be construed as fairly bold, NMH now has the numbers to add support.  Of the… READ MORE >

Quinnipiac Scores Point

Posted Friday, September 9th, 2011

Quinnipiac needed a point guard in the class of 2012 and they got their man on Saturday when they received a commitment from Kendrick Ray from Middletown High School in New York while he was on campus for an official visit.  This was Ray's second trip to Quinnipiac's campus after visiting unofficially in early August.  Ray is a scoring point guard known for his ability to make shots in bunches from long range.  He averaged 16 points, 6 assists, and… READ MORE >

Frosh/Soph Flashback 2010

Posted Friday, September 9th, 2011

It may have been only a year ago, but already lots has changed since the last Elite 75 Showcase – Frosh/Soph Edition.  At the time, Noah Vonleh might have been an already proven prospect on the local circuit but still an unknown at the national level.  He dominated the Frosh/Soph showing an improved skill set that let him handle the ball and create off the dribble with his powerful frame.  Less than two months later he would make his national… READ MORE >

NCAA Contact Period Begins Friday

Posted Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Today marks the beginning of the NCAA contact period, meaning division I college coaches are permitted to conduct “in-person, off-campus evaluations and contacts.”  Essentially, that means coaches are permitted to attend school workouts and meet with prospects and their families for in-home visits.  For New England in particular, this means it’s the beginning of “open gym season.” While the contact period allows coaches to evaluate prospects, they are only allowed to do so at the prospect’s high school gym and… READ MORE >

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