Posted Monday, June 25th, 2018
The 2018 Elite 75 College Showcase will tip on Tuesday night at WPI in Worcester, Massachusetts. Last year's event attracted over 80 college coaches and produced 14 scholarship players. This year's event is shaping up to be even better. Here's a look at everything you need to know about Tuesday's event: Who: The event is now sold out. The field is comprised of rising seniors and post-graduates in the class of 2019 who are definite college basketball prospects and have…
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Posted Friday, June 22nd, 2018
ESPN released updated national rankings on Friday which included a new and expanded ESPN 100 in the class of 2019 as well as the ESPN 60 of 2020 and an inaugural ESPN 25 of 2021. As usual, New England was well represented across the board. Putnam Science and Mass Rivals forward Akok Akok remained right in the middle of the pack, checking in at 60th overall. St. Andrew's and BABC guard Brycen Goodine, who is already committed to Syracuse, made…
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Posted Thursday, June 21st, 2018
The 2018 NBA Draft took place on Thursday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and, as expected, there were a number of former New England prep products that heard their name called. It began with the final pick in the first round as former MacDuffie School and St. Thomas More School big man, and PSA Cardinals product, Omari Spellman was selected by Atlanta Hawks which means he'll earn a guaranteed contract. The first round also included NERR event alums…
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Posted Thursday, June 21st, 2018
The 2018 NBA Draft takes place Thursday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and 48 hours before it was all set to go down the world's preeminent expert on all things NBA Draft, Jonathan Givony, visited The Upside Podcast. Givony, who now serves as the head of ESPN's draft coverage, talked about his roots and rise in the industry, some of the latest intel leading into Thursday night, and top prospects in the field. The conversation ends…
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Posted Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
We’re now less than one week away from the Elite 75 College Showcase and interest continues to swell as we remain focused on bringing in prospects in the class of 2019 that have a chance to compete for scholarship level looks. There are a number of factors that make this one of the most unique exposure opportunities in New England. There’s the fact that we hire exclusively division II coaches to work the event, that there were over 80 coaches…
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Posted Sunday, June 17th, 2018
As predicted, the June 15th contact date brought a plethora of new scholarship offers in the class of 2020. While we continue to maintain it's important to keep these offers in perspective, it's also important to recognize the combination of talent and hard work that often times goes into making these early offers a reality. With that in mind, here's a look at which rising juniors picked up offers this weekend: John Adams, Wilbraham & Monson (MA) - Bryant Aidan…
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Posted Saturday, June 16th, 2018
The 2018 NBA Draft takes place on Thursday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. There are a number of former New England prep products hoping to hear their name called. Here's a rundown: Bruce Brown, Miami - The former Vermont Academy and BABC guard was one of the best freshmen in the country last year and getting early pub as a potential lottery pick. He returned for his sophomore season but was unfortunately limited by injury. While…
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Posted Friday, June 15th, 2018
Friday, June 15th if the first date permitted by the NCAA that their member coaches can directly contact perspective student athletes in the sophomore class. Translation - college coaches can call, text, email, or DM players in the class of 2020 beginning at midnight last night. Inevitably, this date brings a long list of contacts and potential scholarship offers. It's an exciting time for many young prospects as they get to hear from college coaches directly for the first time. …
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Posted Thursday, June 14th, 2018
We're just 12 days away from the Elite 75 College Showcase. The Elite 75 debuted back in 2006 and has since expanded to a series of showcases throughout the course of the year that are specifically designed to give each age group one opportunity each calendar year to come together. The College Showcase though is unlike any of the other Elite 75's. First and foremost, there's a limited capacity for rising seniors/post-grads only on an invite-only basis. Secondly, the coaching…
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Posted Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
In the world of grassroots basketball, the month of June is typically one dominated by camps. Regionally, there are numerous colleges holding elite camps and team camps while nationally each week brings about a high profile, invite only, type of event. The month began with the Pangos All-American Camp in California. Last week, Nike held their Elite One Hundred Camp in Saint Louis, This week, comes the NBA Players Association Top 100 Camp or "NBA Camp" as it has come…
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