Posted Monday, March 15th, 2021
Bridgeport Prep sophomore PJ James was well on his way to having a breakout season, putting up almost 18 points and 6 assists per game before he was sidelined with an MCL and meniscus tear. While the recovery from the injury could take as long as four months, James isn't deterred and already making plans to star with We-R1 on the Under Armour Association. Here's a look at everything you need to know about a player who is bound to…
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Posted Sunday, March 14th, 2021
While there was no new episode of The Upside Podcast this week, NERR founder Adam Finkelstein joined the Level Up Your Basketball Podcast to discuss his path.
Hosts Jesse Winter and Evan Conti did a ton of research and tracked Finkelstein's path all the way from his high school years up through his college coaching career to the roots of NERR alongside his experiences scouting in the NBA and working with ESPN.
The full podcast is available below.
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Posted Saturday, March 13th, 2021
The Elite 75 Frosh/Soph list is winding down and should now be wrapped up by next week with only 4 spots remaining. The most recent additions included Worcester Academy and City Rock's 2023 wing Kayvaun Mulready, Brockton and Mass Rival's 2024 guard Cameron Monteiro, and Williston Northampton and NE6's wing Connor Jenkins. All announcements are first made via the NERR social media platforms and later posted on the site. This year's #E75 Frosh/Soph list was selected based on the players…
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Posted Friday, March 12th, 2021
The Be Seen Tour continues to travel to the top programs in New England. Most recently, we visited a NEPSAC AAA program that has come on strong in recent years with a deep collection of international talent, Hoosac School. This year's team already has three players committed to division I schools in Veljko Ilic, Milos Ilic, and Novak Perovic along with available prospects for those levels in Aymeric Toussaint, Nikola Milojevic, and Zach Smith. Local product Sebastian Thomas runs the…
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Posted Thursday, March 11th, 2021
The MacDuffie School, a small NEPSAC school located just outside of Springfield, has developed a proud basketball tradition over the course of the last decade with players like Omari Spellman, James Bouknight, and a variety of other D1 players coming through their doors. Even Kentucky head coach John Calipari saw the value, sending his own son, Brad Calipari, to play for MacDuffie. Last year, marked the beginning of a new chapter in the program’s history as Aaron Patterson took over…
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Posted Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
College placement has never been harder for high school basketball players hoping to take their game to the next level and accordingly, each player that is able to solidify their spot playing college basketball deserves recognition. Our most recent commitment catch-up recaps some of the commitments we've seen over the course of the last six weeks. All commitments were initially announced on the NERR social media platforms (@NERRhoops on both Twitter and Instagram). New Hampton School post-grad wing Peter Lash…
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Posted Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
Class AAA of the NEPSAC is the most competitive league in the country featuring programs that have been perennial powerhouses for decades – Brewster Academy, St. Thomas More, NMH, Bridgton, New Hampton, and others. A few years ago, when an upstart Hoosac program petitioned to join the league, it raised a lot of eyebrows. They had a roster full of unknown names from overseas and appeared to be in over their head. Initially, they struggled as expected, but before…
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Posted Sunday, March 7th, 2021
Last week, we profiled one of the fastest rising programs in Class B of the NEPSAC, Governor's Academy. Head Coach Mike Shelton has returned to New England and is building a championship program from the ground up for the second time. This squad features the likes of Will Batchelder, Holden Symonds, Drew Sachs, Liam Dunfee, Kalu Anya, Ryan Rudnick and more. Click here to see the full written feature and see below for all of the video highlights care of…
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Posted Saturday, March 6th, 2021
On this episode of The Upside podcast, Adam Finkelstein dives into the world of sports cards with Mike Gioseffi, the founder of Sports Cards Nonsense & newest host (alongside Jesse Gibson) on The Ringer Podcast Network. While the world of sports cards used to be an affordable hobby years ago, it's now turned into big business, attracting investments from the likes of Kevin Durant, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Bill Simmons among others. In this podcast, Adam and Mike dive into how…
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Posted Friday, March 5th, 2021
The Be Seen Tour, in conjunction with Chared Up Productions, visited Notre Dame High School in Fairfield recently. The Lancers are one of the most improved programs in the CIAC this year with the arrival of head coach Brian Kriftcher and a roster that includes the likes of Akim Joseph, Rassoul Abakar, Andrew Saint-Louis, Vonni Bennett, Sean Lee, Carmelo Ayala, Finn Miller, Nate Charlton, and more. Be sure to check-out the full feature that ran on NERR earlier this week…
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