Lora Changes Mind; Albertus Magnus Gets Huge Steal

Posted Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Albertus Magnus head coach Mitch Oliver has just landed arguably the biggest recruiting steal we’ve seen all year long in 6’7” big man Jefferson Lora.  Lora, who was originally a member of the class of 2010, committed to Central Connecticut earlier in the fall.  But after earning enough credits to graduate this year he has decided that he wants to go to college in September…and he wants to go to Albertus Magnus.  “It was my decision,” Lora told the New… READ MORE >

NMH’ers Set for Academic All-American Game

Posted Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Northfield Mount Hermon’s Mike Marra, Peter McMillan, Andrew McCarthy and Ryan Peters have all been selected to play in this weekend’s Feinberg Academic All-American Classic featuring the finest basketball players in the country who have also excelled in the classroom.  This is the inaugural year of the classic and the event’s festivities will feature two games (North vs. South and East vs. West), a three-point competition, and a dunk contest.  The classic will be held at the 130 million dollar… READ MORE >

Ferguson Keeping It In The Family

Posted Monday, May 4th, 2009

Charlton Young has yet to coach a game on the Georgia Southern sidelines, but he has already scored a major victory for Eagles program. The newly appointed head coach pulled off a recruiting coup by convincing his godson, Winchendon’s Eric Ferguson, to verbally commit to him and the Georgia Southern program.  Ferguson is a 6’6” swingman who spent the past season at the Winchendon School in Massachusetts.  Earlier this spring, when he decided that he would be returning to Winchendon… READ MORE >

Desrosiers Visits Purdue and Marquette

Posted Monday, May 4th, 2009

Carson Desrosiers is taking two unofficial visits this week as he’ll visit the campuses of Purdue and Marquette.  In addition to Purdue and Marquette he has also taken unofficial visits to Arizona State, Providence, Stanford, Syracuse, and UNLV.  All of those schools have offered scholarship as have many others.  “He has many other offers, but at this point these schools seem to be the ones to intrigue him the most,” Rivals head coach Vin Pastore said of the schools which… READ MORE >

Baskin to Visit Manhattan

Posted Monday, May 4th, 2009

Tevin Baskin spoke to SNY's Adam Zagoria earlier today and filled him in on his plans for the rest of the year.  While he plans on visiting Manhattan College in the next couple of weeks, he's taking a wait and see approach before setting the rest of his visits.  "I'm still hearing from Providence.  Missouri and Georgia Southern are showing interest," Baskin told Zagoria in a text.  "I'm going to wait it out and see what happens and what offers… READ MORE >

Massachusetts 16-Under AAU Recap

Posted Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

WESTON, Mass. - The Rivers School was home to the Massachusetts 16-under AAU Tournament this weekend.  For the first time, the format featured two levels, Division I and Division II, with 15 teams in the former and 12 in the latter.  The higher level of competition was in Division I, although neither was loaded with talent.  A number of the best travel teams in the state are not playing the AAU circuit, so a lot of the best talent was… READ MORE >

Parrom Following Miller to Arizona

Posted Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

Kevin Parrom, who originally committed to Xavier this fall, will follow former Musketeers head coach Sean Miller to the University of Arizona.  Former Xavier assistant coach Emmanuel “Book” Richardson also made the move from Xavier to Arizona, and that was no doubt an important factor in Parrom’s re-recruitment.  Richardson, the former director of the New York Gauchos AAU program, had been the lead recruiter for Parrom throughout the entire process. “I’ve known Book for a long time and I’ve known… READ MORE >

CT AAU State Tournament – Event Recap

Posted Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Sunday was championship day in Hartford as seven teams earned the title of Connecticut’s best.  Among those were the Connecticut Basketball Club in the 17u & 16u divisions, and Connecticut Elite in the 15u division.  Of all seven divisions, the 17’s had the least amount of competition as CBC blew out their opponent in each of their four games, not winning any contest by less than 20 points despite playing without Majok Majok, Dominique Langston, and Jefferson Lora.  The exclamation… READ MORE >

Commitment Catch-Up

Posted Friday, May 1st, 2009

Palozej to Endicott Stafford (CT) High School’s Heyden Palozej was one of the first players to commit to play next year for newly appointed Endicott head coach Phil Rowe.  Palozej averaged just under 20 points per game for Stafford this year and was named to the Hartford Courant honorable mention list for their Fab. 15 team.  Palozej is a tough scoring guard who puts immediate pressure on the opposing defense.  He began to stand out to college coaches last spring… READ MORE >

Stony Brook Gets a Good One in Preboye

Posted Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Stony Brook head coach Steve Piekell received a verbal commitment from Springfield, Massachusetts native and Winchendon post-graduate Preye Preboye on Tuesday.  He is expected to sign his National Letter of Intent on Sunday.  The 6’5” forward sent his recruiting stock consistently upwards this year as he thrived during his post-graduate season at the Winchendon School, averaging 15 points and 10 rebounds per game.  Prior to arriving Winchendon, Preboye began his high school career at Amherst High School and then transferred… READ MORE >

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