Posted Thursday, October 12th, 2017
After featuring Woodstock, Springfield Commonwealth and Loomis Chaffee in last week’s edition. It’s only appropriate to group the following programs together in this week’s version since each of their head coaches stepped to the alter on the same day two weeks ago. They could’ve saved a lot of money by paying for AA commissioner Mike Hart to become a justice of the peace and having his preside over the ceremonies after the next conference coach’s meeting. Then again, it probably…
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Posted Thursday, October 12th, 2017
The stakes continue to increase with each passing week as the Path to the Belt is now halfway through and Zero Gravity's New England Hoops Festival on tap for this weekend with the biggest field we've seen so far this season. The varsity division alone features 50 teams, which is almost unprecedented for a fall grassroots tournament in the United States, but the field is just as talented as it is deep with the likes of Mass Rivals, Middlesex Magic,…
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Posted Thursday, October 12th, 2017
Class AAA of the NEPSAC is down to just five teams this year as South Kent School has moved to AA and after having profiled Brewster Academy, Northfield Mount Hermon, St. Thomas More, and New Hampton School over the course of the last week it is time to turn our attention to Bridgton Academy. The narrative really hasn’t changed at Bridgton in recent years as the former NEPSAC powerhouse has been relegated to strive for the role of giant killer…
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![Tiedemann Earns Full Ride]( "Tiedemann Earns Full Ride")
Posted Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
It isn't often that a product of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League earns a full athletic scholarship for basketball. In fact, it's happened just once in the last five years. That's what made the commitment of Westerly High School's David Tiedemann all the more noteworthy. The 6-foot-8 forward made a verbal commitment to Assumption College on Monday, accepting a full four year scholarship offer from the Northeast 10 Conference School. Tiedemann was a virtual unknown outside of the Ocean State…
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Posted Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
As we continue our tour through Class AAA of the NEPSAC we’ll head to New Hampton School where head coach Nick Whitmore begins his second season at the head of the program. In some ways though this second season is more of a new beginning than last year was as almost the entire roster has turned over and quite a bit of young talent has joined the program. The Returners It’s a short list – Shandon Brown. Brown is the…
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Posted Monday, October 9th, 2017
The Zero Gravity Fall Circuit is now through three weeks of competition marking the season’s halfway point. An even field led to some very competitive basketball this weekend and the emergence of some young talent on teams across all age groups. Mig’s Team of Springfield built off a championship last weekend to take the American title in the Varsity division in convincing fashion, they’re loaded with talent and having a great fall so far. The Cobras won the National division,…
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Posted Sunday, October 8th, 2017
For over a decade the New England Recruiting Report has been in the exposure business. In that time, we've seen New England basketball reach unprecedented levels of prosperity, both in terms of the success of our teams as well as the national recognition of our individual prospects. Often times though, there can be a thin line between exposure and being exposed. Everybody wants exposure until they realize that they aren't quite ready to earn it given the opportunity and while…
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Posted Saturday, October 7th, 2017
Fall in New England might be my favorite time of the year. It’s got nothing to do with the fact that I only have to pack one sweat towel per gym once the weather sets in. That’s just an additional perk. It’s the annual influx of premium basketball talent that makes all the day trips to area prep schools worth every minute. This year’s newcomers have been as good as advertised, with dozens of prospects adding scholarship offers and making…
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Posted Friday, October 6th, 2017
After examining Brewster Academy and Northfield Mount Hermon last week, today we’ll preview St. Thomas More School where head coach Jere Quinn sits at 986 career wins heading into the season. Quinn was nominated for the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame last year and is expected to be on the ballot again this year, a fitting tribute given both the number of wins and players he has helped to send on to the next level. Now entering his 39th year…
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Posted Friday, October 6th, 2017
The third week's of Zero Gravity's Path to the Belt takes place this weekend with the Beast of the East tournament. Each weekend so far this fall we've seen new programs join the fold and session III is no different as the Middlesex Magic will be making their fall debut in the varsity division where they'll join programs like Expressions, Boston Bobcats, Central Mass Swarm, and others. There will be similar talent in all of the other high school divisions…
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