Posted Tuesday, June 9th, 2020
In high school, the most notable players are the ones who can make plays with the ball in their hands. But in college, when you’re facing more sophisticated and disciplined defenses, not everyone can be a primary playmaker. More than that, playmakers need room to operate and that spacing is reliant on other players who stretch-out opposing defenses with their ability to shoot the ball. Consequently, shooting is perhaps the most coveted skill at the next level, and not…
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![Rising Senior Spotlight - Clifton Goode]( "Rising Senior Spotlight - Clifton Goode")
Posted Monday, June 8th, 2020
St. Paul's School forward Clifton Goode is a Virginia native who just finished his first season in the New England prep ranks. He is currently hearing from the likes of Union, Carnegie Mellon, Hamilton, RPI, and WPI with the goal of playing at the highest level possible while receiving a good education and majoring in engineering. It's very possible that he may just be scratching the surface of his potential though as both his rookie season in the NEPSAC and…
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Posted Sunday, June 7th, 2020
Deerfield Academy and NE6 big man Bennett Pitcher announced his verbal commitment to Harvard University, pending admission, in the class of 2021 on Sunday. Pitcher has been a two-sport star throughout his high school career, starring on both the gridiron and the hardwood. An offensive tackle on the football field, he was reportedly being recruited by several high-major programs, but saw his basketball stock increase steadily this spring as well, despite the pandemic. His announcement began by calling basketball his…
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Posted Sunday, June 7th, 2020
During this period of intense racial discord in America, The Upside has looked at some of the black leaders in the community of sports to give us their perspective on these historic events effecting every corner of our nation and the systematic issues behind them. Missouri head men's basketball coach Cuonzo Martin was the second such guest. Martin was born in Saint Louis and returned to Missouri three years ago at a team when both the university and the surrounding…
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![Re-Ranking the Class of 2016]( "Re-Ranking the Class of 2016")
Posted Saturday, June 6th, 2020
In recent weeks, we’ve gone back to “re-rank” the classes of 2017 and 2018. The exercises have proven to be both popular among our readers and useful internally as it helps to pinpoint commonalities among players that were either over or under-rated. The vast majority of the time, rankings tend to reflect a prospect’s market value in an effort to illuminate the viewpoint of college coaches. Prospects with wide-ranging high-major recruitment are ahead of prospects with mid-major recruitment and so on. The fixation…
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![Rising Senior Spotlight - Ben Merritt]( "Rising Senior Spotlight - Ben Merritt")
Posted Friday, June 5th, 2020
Kingswood-Oxford point guard Ben Merritt took a notable step forward during his junior season and in the process proved that he was well on his way to playing at the college level. Merritt is the latest in a growing numbers of guards who have springboarded their recruitment from K-O in recent years as he follows in the footsteps of guys like Sean James and Nick Bray, both of whom were similarly relative unknowns until taking their games to new levels. Unfortunately, with…
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Posted Thursday, June 4th, 2020
Jake Daly was a basketball star in his hometown of Lagrangeville, New York. He attened Millbrook High School where he was a three-year starter who had essentially earned every accolade there was to earn - he was the top scorer in the county, sectional MVP, All-County, and All-State. He needed to measure himself against higher levels of competition though and so when Paul Lee left his coaching position at nearby Marist College to take over at the Kent School, Daly…
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Posted Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020
If you walked into Cushing Academy's gym this year you saw guys who were bigger, stronger, or more athletic. If you looked at their roster you noticed names that were more well-known. But if you watched them play, you didn't see anyone who played harder than Jaden Bobbett. And if you had seen them play the year before, you didn't see anyone who had improved more over the course of a year than Bobbett either. He's made significant strides, across…
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Posted Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020
Dr. Scott Brooks is the latest guest on the Upside Podcast and the first in a series of discussion that will strive to increase the conversation and awareness surrounding racial injustice in this country. Dr. Brooks is the Director of Research at the Global Sports Institute at Arizona State. He is also a senior fellow at the Wharton Sports Business Initiative and the Yale Urban Ethnography Project. He authored the book “Black Men Can’t Shoot” in 2009 and has consulted…
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Posted Monday, June 1st, 2020
Upstate New York native Nick Benton was big, strong, and very productive on the basketball floor at an early age. That productivity helped him develop an early reputation and college interest before he arrived at the Millbrook School for his NEPSAC debut last fall. In the eight months since though, Benton has made clear strides. His game has matured while his body and skills have continued to develop. His recruitment has grown along the way with interest from Air Force,…
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