When practice is just starting and no games have been played yet, everyone is optimistic about the season. But that’s not the only reason optimism was running high in the nation’s capital at CAA Media Day, and may continue to run high well into the season.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced that it will sponsor a senior all-star game in Division III much like the ones that already exist in Division I and II. The game will be played this season at the Division III men’s basketball championships on March 19 and 20, 2010 at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va.

Some quick hitters on schedules, including a major prep school event in November, along with Penn State, Tennessee and more recruiting information.

A relatively new fall high school basketball league is starting to make waves in Boston. The reasons are simple: kids compete, they know each other, and good teams from inside and even well outside the city come to play.

We look back at the second annual New England Elite 75 Frosh/Soph edition, where we got a look at plenty of young talent.

It’s a new year and a new look for the Brimmer & May School. Last season’s team made it to the semifinals of NEPSAC Class B before bowing out, certainly not a bad run for a team in its first year there and that two years earlier was in Class D. If this season’s team is to make a similar run, they will have to do it differently.

Brewster Academy has another team stacked with talent and depth. At the end of the day, it won’t surprise anyone if they are once again in the hunt for a NEPSAC Class A title.

St. Mark’s once again drew a good crowd of college coaches on Sunday. There’s a simple reason: they have plenty of talent once again for a third straight title run.

Boston Trinity Academy has been on a roll the past two years, going 55-6. This season’s team will try to keep that going.

New Hampton Prep has some good talent, including a frontcourt that doesn’t have much in numbers but is better than some might think.