Posted Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
The annual Spalding HoopHall Classic takes place this weekend at Springfield College and once again hosts top talent from both the local and national ranks. After four games from local Western Massachusetts teams on Thursday followed by five girls’ games on Friday, things will really get busy on Saturday with eight games on the schedule. Here’s a day-by-day rundown of what local fans can keep an eye out for: Saturday The state of Vermont will be represented for the first…
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Posted Monday, January 8th, 2018
The Green Light Podcast hosted NERR founder and ESPN national recruiting analyst Adam Finkelstein on Sunday night.
The discussion topics included the Zion Williamson, the Ball family, national rankings, Duke, Kentucky, and overall recruiting philosophies.
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Posted Saturday, January 6th, 2018
It began in September with our prep profiles and grew into profiles of entire classes and associations. But now, four months later, we have done our best to cover the top prospects at every level of high school and prep school basketball in New England. Did we get everyone? Of course not. But we got everyone we were aware of. The question is, what does a player do when they think they should be recognized but aren't. This isn't just…
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Posted Friday, January 5th, 2018
The winter season is now about a third of the way done and we have finally profiled all of the top prospects in all of New England's twelve different divisions including all six classes of the NEPSAC and all six of the public state associations. Believe it or not, that doesn't yet cover everyone as there are a growing number of prep schools that are not affiliated with the NEPSAC, and if so, perhaps only as an associate member, which…
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Posted Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018
The sixth and final of our state association previews takes us to New Hampshire and the NHIAA. The Granite State sees massive defections to the prep ranks every year, perhaps even more so than other New England states given the prevalence of various prep options relative to the population of the state, but what last season reminded us is that there are still sleepers to be found in the local ranks. Kearsarge big man Tayler Mattos was a virtual unknown…
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Posted Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018
The RIIL is almost always good for some budding young talent, and this year is no different, but what there may be slightly more of this year is upperclassmen talent that has opted against moving into the prep ranks for the time being and instead choosing to stay home and compete for a local championship. Bishop Hendricken lost a ton from last year’s team, including Justin Mazzulla to George Washington, but the return of Tyrone Weeks gives them another scholarship…
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Posted Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018
Next up in our tour of New England’s six state associations is Maine’s MPA. While not quite at the same level as its counterparts in Connecticut or Massachusetts, this is a relatively strong year in the MPA, led by a fairly deep crop of college prospects in the senior class. Terion Moss is, without question, the most decorated player in the state. He won the Gatorade Player of the Year award as a junior, has won consecutive state championships, and…
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Posted Monday, January 1st, 2018
2017 is officially in the books and it was another exciting year for New England basketball. We saw local prospects represented on stages ranging from the Jordan Brand All-American Game to the Adidas Euro Camp in Italy and numerous other spots in between. We saw nearly 100 players accept full athletic scholarship offers to places like Kentucky, Villanova, Syracuse, and numerous others and, just as important, others use basketball as a vehicle to earn educations from the likes of Yale,…
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Posted Saturday, December 30th, 2017
As we said when we updated our state rankings earlier this fall, there are a lot of unknowns in the state of Vermont this year. Of the six New England states, Vermont was the one that very rarely made their presence felt beyond their own state’s borders in many exposure settings and as a result they aren’t as well known to college coaches. There were, of course, some exceptions. Kam Farris had a breakout travel season while running with the…
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Posted Saturday, December 30th, 2017
Naismith Hall of Famer and former University of Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun is the latest to join the Upside Podcast. Coach Calhoun is a true legend who led UConn to three national championships and numerous regular season and conference tournament championships in the Big East. This wide-ranging conversation includes the specific philosophies that led to him building a national powerhouse program including recruiting philosophies, branding, and the psychology behind motivating his players, specifically his star players. He talks about…
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