HGSL Announces Awards

Posted Monday, August 23rd, 2021

The Hoop Group's HGSL announced their awards for the recent season last week and there were a lot of familiar names on the list.  Team Spartans Elite big man Donovan Clingan, who committed to UConn in June, was named the league's MVP.  Rhode Island Elite point guard Sebastian Thomas, who is expected to enroll at the University of Rhode Island this month, was named the 2021 MVP.  His Rhode Island Elite teammate, Isaiah Miranda, was named the 2023 MVP. Miranda… READ MORE >

Brown is America East Bound

Posted Friday, August 20th, 2021

Team New England and incoming Vermont Academy guard Dion Brown announced a verbal commitment to UMBC on Friday.  He becomes one of the first players to commit to new Retrievers head coach Jim Ferry, who took over the program this spring after former head coach Ryan Odom accepted the heading coaching position at Utah State.  Brown previously starred at Mountain Monument High School in Massachusetts, where he put up huge scoring numbers, but still didn't make much of a name… READ MORE >

Marist Lands McCool

Posted Thursday, August 19th, 2021

South Kent and House We Built forward Matt McCool announced his commitment to Marist on Wednesday.  McCool is a New Hampshire native who began his career at Souhegan High School and with the WrightWay Skills AAU program.  He quickly made a name for himself and made it clear he was one of the top prospects in the NHIAA, despite being young for his age.  Last year, he arrived at South Kent and ultimately made the choise to return for a… READ MORE >

Introducing Dom Barlow

Posted Wednesday, August 18th, 2021

Dom Barlow has made a name for himself in national recruiting circles over the course of the last month.  It began with a breakout performance at the Nike Peach Jam which resulted in offers fromt he likes of Kansas, Florida, Illinios, Syracuse, Miami, Xavier, USC, DePaul, South Carolina, Nebraska, Iowa, and Seton Hall among others. That was after already being courted by Providence, Rutgers, and Pittsburgh, who proved to be ahead of the curve by offering this spring.  But for those… READ MORE >

Coaches vs Cancer Coaching Clinic

Posted Sunday, August 15th, 2021

Coaches vs. Cancer announced their first ever New England coaches clinic, scheduled for next month at Brown University.  The clinic features the very best names in men's basketball within the region including Boston Celtics' Brad Stevens, UConn's Dan Hurley, Providence's Ed Cooley, Boston College's Earl Grant, Yale's James Jones, Harvard's Tommy Amaker, Hartford's John Gallagher, Bryant's Jared Grasso, Boston University's Joe Jones, and Brown's Mike Martin, who will serve as the host of the event.  The clinic takes place on… READ MORE >

Lesburt Commits to Brown

Posted Saturday, August 14th, 2021

Bradford Christian Academy and Mass Rivals senior AJ Lesburt announced his verbal commitment to Brown on Friday.  Lesburt has come on strong within the last year after being relatively unknown earlier in his career.  While the pandemic may have delayed his ascension, he started to make a name for himself last fall and solidified his place as a division I player with strong performances at both the NEPSAC Showcase is June as well as on the Adidas 3SSB circuit in… READ MORE >

Summer Stock Risers - 2022 Guards

Posted Friday, August 13th, 2021

Earlier this week, we posted a question on twitter - which 2022 guard was the biggest stock-riser in New England this summer? We offered Cushing Academy's Chase Ross, NMH's Rowan Brumbaugh, and St. Thomas More's Desmond Claude as the top three candidates.  After 24 hours of voting, Desmond Claude came out on top with 45% of the vote, just ahead of 41% for Brumbaugh.  In reality though, all three players had tremendous summers and took their recruitment to new levels… READ MORE >

Brumbaugh Names Top 6

Posted Thursday, August 12th, 2021

Northfield Mount Hermon point guard Rowan Brumbaugh, who ran with Prospect U this spring and summer, has accumulated more scholarship offers than any other player in New England's class of 2022 to this point.  On Wednesday he released his top six - Maryland, Miami, Kansas, Northwestern, Texas, and Oregon - while posting with the hashtag #RecruitmentOpen.  In conjunction, the post indicates that those are the six schools who have already offered Braumbaugh that he will consider moving forward, but remains open… READ MORE >

Lee’s Ngopot Makes Late D1 Pledge

Posted Tuesday, August 10th, 2021

Lee Academy big man Jerry Ngopot will play division I basketball next year after all.  After it was initially announced that the 6-foot-10 big man would sign with Dawson Community College, yesterday he made a commitment to Saint Peter's.  A native of the Senegal, Ngopot participated in both the NBA's Basketball Without Borders and NBA Academy Africa prior to arriving at Lee Academy.  He has tremendous size, a naturally strong frame, and a deveoping skill set both facing the basket… READ MORE >

Local Products Shine at Hoop Group Future All-American Camp

Posted Monday, August 9th, 2021

The Hoop Group Future All-American Camp hosted some of the top underclassmen in the northeast region last week.  Several New England products stood out and earned recognition with their performances among that crowd including the likes of new Team New England big man Ugonna Kingsley, Brewster Academy and Expressions Elite's Jeremiah Jenkins, Avon Old Farms and PSA Cardinals' Jason Schofield, Windsor High School and New York Rens' Tyler Betsey, and Team New England and Putnam Science Academy's Duane Thompson.  Spending… READ MORE >

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