Good Start for Basketball X-perts Showcase by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – The Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, not far from Northeastern where Reggie first became a basketball star in the Boston area, was the scene for Saturday’s Basketball X-perts Showcase. The event brought together about 80 players, mostly from […]
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St. Mark’s Open Gym
Big Men Impress at St. Mark’s by Phil Kasiecki SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. – The gym looked like it was the middle of July, as opposed to the end of September. Exactly a third of the ACC’s head coaches were there, as were a couple of Big East head coaches. UCLA head […]
Princeton’s Early Recruiting Success
Huc Gives Princeton Two Early Commitments by Phil Kasiecki New Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson has already made inroads into the New England prep school scene in his early recruiting work. Most recently, he got a verbal commitment from Max Huc, a 6’2″ point guard at Wolfeboro (NH) Brewster Academy […]
South Kent School Workout
Is This South Kent’s Year? by Phil Kasiecki SOUTH KENT, Conn. – South Kent will have a decidedly different look when it comes to personnel this year. A year after having a roster full of big bodies and a little thin on guards, head coach Raphael Chillious has a guard-oriented […]
Worcester Academy Workout
Worcester Academy a Solid, Skilled Group by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – The backcourt is clearly where Ed Reilly’s team at Worcester Academy will make its mark this season. That was readily apparent during Sunday’s workouts as the guards dominated play and generally looked like a solid bunch. The team […]
Travel Team Issues
Issues Surround Travel Team Hoops by Phil Kasiecki I have often remarked to people outside of basketball, or just delving into it, that the world of travel team basketball and recruiting is a very interesting one, if nothing else. There are a lot of things that can be said about […]
New England Elite 75 Recap
Underclassmen Impress Among Top New Englanders by Phil Kasiecki BOSTON – The second annual New England Elite 75 Showcase was held at Boston University on Wednesday. While the game is often dominated by guards at this and the college level, it was an especially good day for several frontcourt players […]
Spring And Summer Recap, Part 1
The 2007 Spring and Summer, Part One: Players and Teams by Phil Kasiecki The spring and summer travel team period has come and gone. While there are still a handful of travel team tournaments in the next couple of months, none are live for college coaches and history tells us […]
New England Elite 75 Invitational Preview
Looking Ahead to the New England Elite 75 Invitational by Phil Kasiecki The second annual New England Elite 75 Invitational, organized by Adam Finkelstein of New England Recruiting Report and Hoop Scoop and Jeff Goodman of FOXSports.com, is right around the corner. On August 15, many of the top high […]
Basketball Is Life – Is That a Good Thing?
Last Thursday evening, I arrived back in the office fresh from a good four-mile run on a hot and humid day to be greeted by shocking news. Not long after he went for a run of his own, Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser passed away earlier in the day. […]