ESPN Search

After six long but highly successful years together, the run of the Hoop Heaven Heat Elite team has now come to an end. Started by ESPNU 60 PG Jaren Sina's (Lake Hopatcong, N.J./Gill St. Bernard's) father, Mergin Sina, when his son was just in the s...

Blog | Conversation | August 05, 2011

My trip to Las Vegas was my first chance to see ESPNU 100 SG Katin Reinhardt (San Juan Capistrano, Calif./Mater Dei) in person and I was immediately impressed. I was told going in that Reinhardt had all the tools, but a tendency to try and do too mu...

Blog | Conversation | August 04, 2011

One of the more pleasant surprises of the second half of the live period was PF Christopher Obekpa (Nigeria/Our Savior New American) who has emerged as another high-major big man in the 2012 class. The 6-foot-9, 200-pounder, who only arrived from Ni...

Blog | Conversation | August 03, 2011

Jared Terrell (Weymouth, Mass./New Hampton) arrived in Orlando determined to make an impression. Terrell, who will transfer to the New Hampton School and reclassify to the Class of 2015 this fall, had a big season on the local New England grassroots...

Blog | Conversation | August 02, 2011

Reputations are won and lost in the month of July and two guys from Team Philly are walking away as big winners. Team Philly began the month without a sure thing high-major prospect on their roster, but leave the month two players now holding hi...

Blog | Conversation | August 01, 2011

Andre Drummond (Middletown, Conn./St. Thomas More) is the current No. 1 player in the Class of 2012, however, you could count the number of head coaches following him this week in Las Vegas on one hand ... and still have a couple of fingers left over...

Blog | Conversation | July 28, 2011

It was supposed to be a three-horse race for Kaleb Tarczewski (Claremont, N.H./St. Mark's). The 7-footer took unofficial visits to Kansas, Arizona and North Carolina in June and was widely expected to make his final decision sometime in August. But ...

Blog | Conversation | July 26, 2011

While the basketballs have temporarily stopped bouncing this week, the six-day hiatus between live periods is anything other than a break. Instead, it's a chance for college coaches to hit the phones and thus provides an opportunity for them, and pr...

Blog | Conversation | July 20, 2011

Myles Davis (Plainfield, N.J./Notre Dame Prep) put an end to his recruitment late Monday night when he announced his commitment to Xavier. Davis had previously named a top three of Xavier, Pittsburgh and Georgetown going into the live period but Mus...

Blog | Conversation | July 19, 2011

I headed to Wayne, N.J., on Friday for the Joe Brown Memorial Tournament, hosted by Playaz Basketball Club director Jimmy Salmon. The one-day event featured a small, but competitive field comprised of top programs from New York and New Jersey. Eight ...

Blog | Conversation | July 18, 2011

I've been patrolling the Northeast this week, starting in Boston before heading to Springfield, Mass., Philadelphia, back to Hartford, Conn., and finishing up today in New Jersey. Here are some news, notes, and recruiting lists I've picked up along ...

Blog | Conversation | July 15, 2011

The live period began for me at Hoop Mountain's Super Week II. The camp, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, is annually my first stop of the summer because of its history of showcasing top young talent from the New England region an...

Blog | Conversation | July 07, 2011

Today is July 5th and that means college coaches from all across the country are saying goodbye to their families and heading to local airports, intent to reach their destination a night early so that when the live period officially starts on July 6 ...

Blog | Conversation | July 05, 2011

Two years ago, when Pat Chambers was named head coach at Boston University, he quickly proved his recruiting prowess by tapping into his Philadelphia roots to land the America East's highest rated incoming class. Since returning to Pennsylvania earl...

Blog | Conversation | June 30, 2011

The Connecticut Huskies will play host to two up-and-coming frontcourt players on Tuesday. Zach Auguste and Noah Vonleh, who have teamed up with the Mass Rivals AAU program in recent years and will once again join forces next year at the New Hampton...

Blog | Conversation | June 28, 2011

I admit it. I used to be the 12-year old glued to the T.V. on NBA draft night, mock draft in hand, ready to compare my picks to those announced by David Stern and even jotting down trade scenarios as if I was on the brink of a Doogie Howser-type gene...

Blog | Conversation | June 24, 2011