Posted Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Last week we went through the list of upcoming unofficial visits. This week Providence College is putting together a list of their own as a number of the top prospects in New England are making the trip to the Big East campus. It began on Monday when the top ranked player in the class of 2011, Naadir Tharpe, came to town. Also visiting on Monday was incoming St. Mark’s big man Kaleb Tarczewski whose stock has soared through the roof…
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Posted Monday, August 24th, 2009
NATICK, Mass. - When Andrew Mirken lined up all the kids to put teams together for the afternoon portion of the Boston Best 40 on Saturday, he suddenly realized something: he had a few more kids than he expected. The count: 91 kids. It’s hard to believe that just a couple of short weeks earlier, the coach at the Rivers School, site of the event, was hoping to find more kids, as if even getting 40 was going to be…
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Posted Monday, August 24th, 2009
UMass Dartmouth Completes Class 08-09 was a bit of a dream season for UMass Dartmouth. They took the Little East Conference Tournament Championship, advanced all the way to the Sweet Sixteen of the Division III NCAA Tournament, and finished with an overall record of 27-4. Now they’re adding three new recruits to the program that they hope can help them sustain their winning ways. Two of the additions are division II transfers who project capable of making an immediate impact. …
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Posted Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Perhaps no AAU program in New England is as diligent about video taping their games and posting highlights on YouTube as MBR. This week's "Video of the Week" is one of four highlight reels MBR created from their run at AAU Division I Nationals. Be sure to check it out at the bottom on the home page. Every week the New England Recruiting Report will be selecting a new "Video of the Week". If you or your team has…
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Posted Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
It is pretty safe to say that there won’t be another time this year when as many college coaches will be in the same gym at the same time in the state of Vermont. It was one stop shopping for those coaches last night as virtually all of the top players in the Green Mountain State were in action at St. Michael’s gym for Lone Wolf Athletics’ Vermont College Showcase. Even Joe OShea, who has already trimmed his recruiting list…
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Posted Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Brewster Academy’s rising senior forward Melvin Ejim ended his recruitment and committed to Iowa State on Sunday. “The fan support and coaching staff was really important,” Ejim told the Cyclone Sports Report. “The players were great during my visits and they just really welcomed me into the team. I felt like I just fit in perfectly and Iowa State was clearly the right fit.” Also important was Ejim’s relationship with current Cyclone big man Craig Brackins, who starred for Brewster…
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Posted Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Last week we announced our updated rankings in the classes of 2010, 2011, and 2012. In that time we’ve also received a good number of inquiries about when we will release the first set of 2013 rankings. Readers will have to wait a little bit longer for those, as we’re going to use the next couple of months to learn as much as we can about the incoming freshmen class. Because of the new NERR Junior Elite Division, which covers…
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Posted Friday, August 21st, 2009
The Basketball Spotlight held their annual All-Star Classic last weekend in New Jersey, featuring 24 of the top rising 9th graders in the northeast. Boston’s Ramone Gibbons was the only player from New England selected to participate and Gibbons showed his best stuff, earning MVP honors for the North squad. Gibbons scored a team high 15 points primarily by using his strong body to get inside the lane and finish at the rim. “Gibbons took the ride down I95 and…
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Posted Friday, August 21st, 2009
Central Catholic big man Carson Desrosiers, a consensus top 100 player in the country according to every major recruiting service, has trimmed his list down to three. Desrosiers will choose from among Wake Forest, Arizona State, and Marquette according to his Mass Rivals AAU coach Vin Pastore. The skilled big man is planning to officially visit all three schools next month. Wake Forest will be first up as he's set to travel to the North Carolina campus the weekend of…
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Posted Friday, August 21st, 2009
With the July live period having come and gone and college coaches having set their sites on their first round of targets, August is a big month for unofficial visits. Last week we saw Dominique Langston and Corey Wright Jr. both make verbal commitments following unofficial visits to Quinnipiac and Long Island University respectively. Here’s a look at what we’re hearing in terms of some other visits that have taken place or are scheduled for the near future: • Fresh…
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