Words. Matthew Gibson
After topping off his incredible Simeon basketball career with a fourth state title, Duke commit Jabari Parker was named the 2013 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year on Monday at the Ronald McDonald House. MORE >
Words. Matthew Gibson
When talking about the best all-time basketball talent to emerge from Massachusetts, the first name that comes to mind might be Patrick Ewing . But bridging that gap from yesterday to today, three Boston natives and products of the Tilton School (Tilton, New Hampshire) have found themselves under the All-American spotlight in the past five years alone. Following in the footsteps Missouri center Alex Oriakhi and Kentucky centerpiece Nerlens Noel is Kansas commit Wayne Selden, the latest Tilton student-athlete to gain All-American accolades after being selected for both the McDonald’s All-American game and Jordan Brand Classic this spring.
I had the chance to catch up with the electrifying 6-5, 220-pound senior guard as he reflected on his memorable High School career and looks forward to Big-12 Basketball. MORE >
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What a finish! I had the chance to check out the New England Prep School Class AA Championship this past weekend between the St. Andrews School (RI) and Cushing Academy (MA) and what an atmosphere it was. Fans were crowd-surfing. It was that crazy. MORE >
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Crazy stuff out of NYC this weekend. The Class AA final matchup between Mt.Vernon and New Rochelle featured an unlikely series of events that triggered the Westchester County Center to erupt into pure pandemonium. MORE >
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WOW. Xavier Rathan Mayes (Huntington Prep/Scarborough, Ontario) resurrected the Shammgod last night against Teays Valley Christian (Teays Valley, West Virginia), breaking down his man right before dishing out a no-look dime to 6-9, 210-pound Moses Kingsley, who throws it on a defenders head.
Rathan-Mayes, a 6-3, 180-pound Florida State commit scored more points than the other team combined, dropping 55 points and seven assists in an easy 121-50 victory.
Watch video of the move here – you can see that Andrew Wiggins is impressed: MORE >
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Aaron Gordon, newly appointed McDonald’s All-American is at it again. The 6’8/205 pound forward out of Archbishop Mitty HS (San Jose, California) decided to get his Blake Griffin on the other night in a 59-57 victory over Soquel HS (Soquel, CA), going coast to coast for a massive dunk. As he trots back for a defensive possession, the opposing bench can’t help but laugh at the situation that just went down: MORE >
