Thursday, January 30, 2014

1/30-31 News and Notes

Articles and Recaps
http://coxsportsonline.com/2014/01/npsi-preview-cushing-academy/
Cushing Academy team preview for the National Prep Invitational.

http://coxsportsonline.com/2014/01/npsi-preview-new-hampton/
New Hampton team preview for the National Prep Invitational.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings/_/order/true
ESPN 2014 updated top 100 rankings. Chris McCullough is ranked 29th, while Kaleb Joseph is ranked 49th.

http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-2353283790768097182/willingboro-57-at-trenton-catholic-71-boys-basketball/
Malachi Richardson leads Trenton Catholic with 22pts in a 71-57 victory over Willingboro.

http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-2353284790774097173/pope-john-67-at-morris-hills-44-boys-basketball/
Moustapha Diagne scores 26pts and 16rbs in a 67-44 victory over Morris Hills.

http://zagsblog.com/recruiting/2016-roselle-catholic-guard-asante-gist-adding-offers-interest/
2016 PG Asante Gist claims interest from SU among others.




Daily Updates
Kimani Lawrence is a name to remember in New England. Freshman forward has some major upside and really contributed off baseline sets

with 15 points, 10 assists, and 6 rebounds in Cushing win.

Tyler Lydon showing off some toughness at the tin. Protecting rim and rebounding it in traffic. Love potential of future Syracuse forward










2 comments:

  1. Surprised to see McCullough drop so far in ESPN's rankings. I believe he was previously ranked #16. Seems to not just be other players passing him -- his rating was downgraded to 89 moving him from 5-star to 4-star. Not that it matters, but I'm curious how much of this because of his in-season move to IMG and how much is performance. Seems he's done well at IMG.

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    1. McCullough imho is a definite top 10 player in this class and is probably the most athletic overall. Unfortunately he did everything wrong since his Junior year was over for his stock to drop. Such as playing uninspired in major events during the spring/summer and getting kicked out of Brewster wasn't a good look as well. He has played well at IMG and while playing there is good for his development, he's playing on the post grad team and they don't play in too many national showcase games. So I doubt any scouts have seen him so far. I wouldn't worry about rankings because remember ESPN had about 5-6 other PG's rated higher than Ennis and we see how laughable that is now. I'm sure when McCullough is at SU jumping through the roof dunking on people and making NBA scouts drool, ESPN will look like fools once again.

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