Posted Sunday, April 29th, 2007
Brian Rudolph (pictured above) may be the feel good story of the year in New England. The New Bedford, Massachusetts native had committed to Providence College last year when some legal problems forced him to pursue a post-graduate season at Bridgton Academy. Rudolph has admitted to making a terrible mistake and has done his best to rebuild his life since arriving at Bridgton in September. “He’s been our team’s heart and soul all year long,” Bridgton Academy Head Coach said…
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Posted Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Emmanuel Negedu has been a prime target of Lute Olson’s for quite some time. That was never more apparent than on the first day of the recruiting period in September when Olson arrived at Brewster Academy by a helicopter that landed on the school’s soccer field. Not only was that day evidence of Arizona’s apparent limitless recruiting budget but it was also an indication of just how important Olson considered the junior forward when he chose to be at Brewster…
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Posted Saturday, April 28th, 2007
Tristan Thompson Commits to North TexasTristan Thompson (pictured above) is heading home. The 6’5 swingman who is close to completing his post-graduate year at Brewster Academy will be returning to his home state of Texas where he will attend the University of North Texas. Thompson had a very impressive year for Brewster Academy and was one of the main reasons why the team was able to advance to the NEPSAC finals despite the loss of three members of their backcourt…
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Posted Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Kinard Dozier came to the Winchendon School to chase his dream of playing division I basketball, and after a year of hard work he is close to reaching his goal. Kinard Dozier has been a man on a mission for some time now. “I came to Winchendon because I was very hungry and wanted a division I scholarship,” said Dozier. “I played four years at Denham High School, which is a very small division III school in Massachusetts, and so…
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Posted Thursday, April 19th, 2007
It was never Andrew Hanson’s game that made college coaches wonder. Simply put it was whether or not he would meet the academic requirements to get through the NCAA’s clearinghouse. In fact earlier this year Robert Morris was set to offer the 5’10 point guard a scholarship only to hold up when it appeared unlikely that he wouldn’t be able to make the grade with his studies. Well as it turns out, after a year of incredibly hard work and…
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Posted Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
There aren’t a whole lot of 6’9 lefties floating around in low major conferences who can post up, shoot the three, or beat their man off the dribble. Well there is about to be one more as Mehmet Sahan has committed to Sacred Heart University of the Northeast Conference. This season the skilled big man received a significant amount of interest from programs in high and mid major conferences including the likes of Providence, West Virginia, and Richmond to name…
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Posted Monday, April 16th, 2007
New Hampton’s 6’7 forward Guy Alang Ntang collapsed during a pick-up game at his New Hampshire prep school on Monday and was rushed to Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth, NH where he was later pronounced dead. Ntang had committed to Wichita State in the fall before Head Coach Mark Turgeon accepted the head coaching position at Texas A&M. Wichita State’s new head coach, Greg Marshall, traveled to the New Hampton School on Monday to visit with Ntang and watch him…
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Posted Sunday, April 15th, 2007
In August when Pat Bergmann shined at the New England Elite 75 Showcase he was a player flying under the radar. After that performance his reputation began to grow and he eventually committed to Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. With the Bobcats making a coaching change this off-season and Bergmann having just turned in a dominating performance during the Vermont High School season, he had an opportunity to re-evaluate his options. As it turns out it didn’t take long for the…
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Posted Saturday, April 14th, 2007
With 240 teams in action, including over 80 alone in the u17 division, and games spread across gyms in the greater Providence area, the biggest challenge was trying to see everybody this weekend. While that turned out to be impossible we did see quite a few impressive performances while going back and forth from the two Rhode Island College sites on Saturday. New England Playaz u16The Playaz 16 and under squad was the most dominant team we saw on Saturday,…
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Posted Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
New Hampshire added two more local players to their recruiting class in 6’1 combo guard Alvin Abreu who is currently doing a post-graduate year at Boys to Men Academy in Chicago, and 6’8 power forward Dane DiLegro who is doing the same at Worcester Academy. For Abreu, his commitment to UNH marks the conclusion of a very long journey to reach the division I level. The Massachusetts native started at Lynn Classical High School where he had an impressive career…
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