Posted Thursday, August 14th, 2008
The New England Elite 75 Showcase has become a must-attend event for all of the best home grown players in the region. In the three years since the event’s inception, virtually all of the top local players have competed at one point or another. This year’s showcase began with the traditional position based skill instruction. The big men were led by former James Madison assistant Mike Kelly, former NBA player and division I coach Jay Murphy, and Windsor High School’s…
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Posted Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
In the last two years the New England Elite 75 Showcase has established itself as the region’s premier showcase. The invitation only field welcomes the best players from all six New England states. This year’s roster will include the likes of Erik Murphy, Alex Oriakhi, Jamal Coombs, Mike Marra, Jordan Williams, Carson Desrosiers, Evan Smotrycz, Thomas Knight, and many others. Registration will begin at 3pm with the basketball beginning at 4pm with an hour of position based skill instruction. As…
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Posted Monday, August 11th, 2008
Few players helped themselves more during the month of July than Shabazz Napier. The point guard took Orlando by storm as he put on a series of commanding performances over the course of the AAU Super Showcase and the AAU Nationals. Now Napier hopes to keep that recruiting attention coming as he will transfer to Lawrence Academy and reclassify to the class of 2010. Napier will fill the gap left by the graduation of Stevie Mejia, another point guard who…
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Posted Sunday, August 10th, 2008
As the camp directors told the campers first thing Monday morning, “this is not your ordinary camp. We’re going to get on you and we’re going to push you”. They weren’t kidding. Even potential high-major prospects like Carson Desrosiers, Evan Smotrycz, and Matt Brown weren’t immune to a tongue lashing when they made the occasional poor decision or lazy play. But to their credit, the kids listened, and raised their game as a result. Here are two quick stories as…
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Posted Saturday, August 9th, 2008
It has been quite a long time since we updated our rankings for the class of 2011. While we tried to catch glimpses of the youngsters as often as we could this spring and summer, we admittedly spent much more time evaluating the upper classmen. Consequently, this list should be thought much more of as a starting point then as hardened truth. After all, these players are very young, and lots can change in the next three years. One thing…
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Posted Friday, August 8th, 2008
The Nike Global Challenge and Adidas Nations Basketball Experience are both taking place this weekend. The concept behind both events is similar; an eight team international tournament featuring some of the best young players around the world. With similar events and overlapping dates, the battle between the shoe companies to attract the top young players is now just as intense in August as it has traditionally been in July. The Nike Global Challenge, in conjunction with USA Basketball, began on…
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Posted Thursday, August 7th, 2008
When Carson Desrosiers’ high school career comes to an end in two years, he is likely to look back on the summer of 2008 as the time when he made his big break. Before the summer began he had scholarship offers from Fordham, New Hampshire, and a few others. Now, a week after the live period came to an end, he looks like a player destined for the highest levels of college basketball. The 6’10” big man from Central Catholic…
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Posted Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Reebok is looking for 15-20 players in the Greater Boston area to be a part of the second annual Reebok Pre-Seaon Tune-Up sponsored by Shooting Touch. The program will last for six weeks and meet twice a week. Tuesday nights players will travel to Reebok headquarters in Canton, Massachusetts while Saturday sessions will be held at the Boston Athletic Club in South Boston. The workouts consist of two hours each session and will include one hour of strength and conditioning…
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Posted Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Coming into the month of July, the AIC coaching staff might have felt uneasy about still having an open scholarship. But good things come to those who wait, and it couldn’t have gotten much better for AIC than landing Isiah Wallace. Coming out of Sabis Charter (Springfield, MA) in the spring of 2007 Wallace already had division II scholarship offers on the table. But he nevertheless decided to head to prep school for an extra year and wound up at…
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Posted Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Here is a look at some of the local players who managed to separate themselves from the competition during the three day event. Eric Benvenuti: Arguably one of the top players at camp, Benvenuti was very consistent all week. He continued to shoot well from behind the arc, and displayed good ball skills. He showed off his toughness on the glass, and improved confidence around the basket.Matt Gibson: Gibson showed off much of the same skills that helped his stock…
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