Posted Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Very few players helped themselves more during the month of July than Rod Odom. Standing at 6’8” with the ball skills of a guard, Odom intrigued coaches from all levels with his ability to bring the ball up the floor and play what may be best described as a point forward type of role. His recruitment went to a new level this weekend when he received his first high major scholarship offer from the Seton Hall Pirates (as was first…
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Posted Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Five Star Basketball Camp held its always competitive final session of the summer last week in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. As in year’s past the camp featured many of the top players in the northeast with the likes of Jayvaughn Pinkston, Lamont Jones, Durand Scott, Maalik Wayns, and Wally Judge all in action. South Kent’s Rashad Wright turned in one of the week’s best performances, earning the play-off MVP award and being named to the Orange and White game (the all-star game…
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Posted Friday, September 5th, 2008
Daryl McCoy wasn’t a very popular name among college coaches until last spring when he shined with the Connecticut Basketball Club at the Pittsburgh and Providence Jam Fests. His combination of size and skill intrigued coaches at the highest levels as schools including Marquette, Kentucky, and Providence all expressed interest in further evaluating his potential. Another school that began recruiting McCoy after the April live period was the University of Rhode Island. They stayed with him this summer despite some…
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Posted Thursday, September 4th, 2008
This upcoming Tuesday marks the beginning of the next contact period on the NCAA’s recruiting calendar. That means division I coaches will once again be out in full force scouring high schools and prep schools all over the country to find quality prospects. But that is the only place you will find division I coaches this fall. According to NCAA legislation that was adopted for the first time three years ago, division I coaches are only allowed to evaluate players…
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Posted Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
We already know about Alex Murphy and Domonique Bull. They were the top two prospects in the class of 2011 before deciding to reclassify (St. Mark’s and Cushing Academy respectively) to 2012. Now the gap between them and the rest of their new class is extremely wide based on everything we have seen to date. With four years left to their high school careers it may be too early to start projecting their level of play in college, but let’s…
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Posted Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
While there hasn’t been enough basketball to re-shuffle too many of the 2011 rankings in the last month, recent reclassifications have reshaped the list a bit. Naadir Tharpe’s reclassification at Brewster Academy, along with Alex Murphy’s decision to repeat his freshman year at St. Mark’s, gives Tharpe top billing in this class. With three more years of prep school basketball still to come in his career, Tharpe is sure to be the recruiting target of a variety of high-major programs. …
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Posted Monday, September 1st, 2008
While we have already told you that the trio of Nate Lubick, Jason Morris, and Gerard Coleman were tops in the region, what we didn’t tell you is that Carson Desrosiers appears to be the next unquestioned high-major talent. After the New Hampshire native exploded onto the scene this July he now features a wealth of scholarship offers, with notables coming from Providence, Syracuse, and Pittsburgh of the Big East. Desrosiers Mass Rivals’ teammate, Evan Smotrycz, recently reclassified to the…
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Posted Monday, September 1st, 2008
If you were unable to get to the Reebok Coaches Tune-up last month and see one of the best clinicians in the world, St. Anthony’s legendary head coach Bob Hurley, then we have good news for you. Reebok is releasing Hurley’s on-court presentation! The DVD is the first volume in a new four part series called “Favorite Drills from America’s Greatest Coaches”. The DVD includes: the drills that have helped Coach Hurley to win 900 games, 25 state titles, and…
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Posted Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Picking the top prospect in each class is always a difficult decision. Often times there are several candidates who are all undoubted high-major players. Making it more complicated is when these players play different positions, have different roles on their respective teams, and have rarely competed against each other head to head. All of that is true in this particular class, where the decision was one of the toughest we have ever had to make. Nate Lubick, Jason Morris, and…
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Posted Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Much like the class of 2009, it appears the top three in 2010 are indisputable as Jason Morris, Gerard Coleman, and Nate Lubick were ranked by all three sources while no other New England product made the cut. What becomes much less clear is where they rank when compared to each other. In fact, Scout, Rivals, and ESPN all list the players in different orders. We’ll begin with Scout who lists the top 75 players in the class of 2010. …
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