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2025 Slam Dunk NY/Crusader Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova For the January 3-4 weekend, RecruitTheBronx.com joined more than three thousand high school basketball fans at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, NY for the annual Slam Dunk New York/Crusader Classic. This event is a staple in the Tri-state area and features some of Westchester’s finest talent from both Section ... Read more
2024-25 St Peter’s High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St Peter’s Boys School has proudly served the Staten Island community for more than 100 years. With a rich history and tradition of distinction, St. Peter’s is committed to faith through service, excellence, and cultivating a community of mindful teachers and learners within an inclusive community. The Eagles var... Read more
2024-25 Archbishop Molloy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Archbishop Molloy High School is a co-educational, college preparatory, Catholic school for grades 9-12, located on six acres on 83-53 Manton Street, Briarwood, Queens. It is a top college preparatory school in New York. The boys varsity basketball team competes in the Brooklyn Queens AA Division of the CHSSA. Since 20... Read more
2024-25 Mount St Michael Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Mount Saint Michael Academy is an all-boys’ Catholic high school in the Wakefield neighborhood of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Their varsity basketball team competes in the historically talent-loaded Catholic High School Athletic Association AA division. The team is head coached by 30 year veteran, Tho... Read more
2024-25 Baldwin Senior High School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Baldwin High School is a public high school located in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. This school serves students in grades 9 to 12. It is the eighth-largest high school in Nassau County. Their boys varsity basketball team has a strong recent history. They were the 2022 Long Island Champions, and the 2022, 2023 and ... Read more
2024 Swoosh Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Sunday afternoon, December 15, we showed up at South Shore Educational Campus in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn for the third annual Swoosh Classic, which was presented by Nike. The two boys games featured some of the best boys talent in the Tri-state area. Here are the standouts from both of the games: Amadou “Ha... Read more
2024 NYC Invitational Top Performers
By David Cordova On Sunday, December 8, we paid a visit to James Monroe Educational Campus in The Bronx for the NYC Invitational, put together by E.T.S Academy (Education Through Sports) and the PSA Cardinals. The event had a group of top New York City high school teams and also strong teams from Pennsylvania and upstate New York competing. We... Read more
2024-25 Frederick Douglass Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Located in the heart of Harlem, Frederick Douglass Academy 1 stands out as a premier college preparatory school, renowned for academic excellence and dedicated to equipping students with the tools needed for successful college endeavors. Their boys varsity basketball team competesin the PSAL Manhattan A II Division 2. ... Read more
Kennedy Catholic High 2024-25 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com John F. Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School is an Roman Catholic, co-educational high school located in Somers, New York. It serves 630 students in grades 9–12 from Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam and Fairfield counties and the Bronx. Their boys varsity basketball team is coached by Marcus Matthews in his second year ... Read more
2025 Gotham Hoops Classic Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Gotham Hoops Classic is an in-season, multi-day showcase, being held at the Bronx Community High School. The annual event features high school teams from diverse regions. This platform significantly boosts visibility for aspiring players, offering exposure to college coaches from various two-and-four year programs ... Read more
2024-25 College Achieve Asbury Park (NJ) Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com College Achieve Asbury Park is a free education Kindergarten through high school public charter school committed to preparing scholars to excel in and graduate from top colleges. The stated mission is to produce college graduates who will return to their communities to become leaders. Their boys basketball team has ... Read more
2024-25 Bedford Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Bedford Academy is a high school in Brooklyn that prepares its students for careers in medicine, engineering and law. Its boys varsity basketball team competes in the New York City Public School Athletic League Brooklyn III, Division 3A. The team is coached by Robert Phelps, Sr. Coach Phelps is a former professiona... Read more
2024-25 Canterbury School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Canterbury School is an independent, college preparatory, coeducational boarding and day school for students in grades 9-12 and postgraduates, located in New Milford, CT. Its boys varsity basketball team competes in the college prep level NEPSAC Class B (midsized schools) conference. The Canterbury players get addi... Read more
2024-25 Winchendon School NYC Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Winchendon School of Massachusetts has a long tradition of developing student athletes into college basketball players. Last year was their inaugural to also run a program out of New York City in order to directly tap into the deepest metropolitan pool of basketball talent in the world. It went well, and they are e... Read more
2024-25 New Fairfield High Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New Fairfield High is the public high school in New Fairfield, CT. It enrolls approximately 600 students in grades 9-12. Their boys basketball team competes in the South-West Conference of the CIAC (SWC) and is set to put some dynamic college prospects on the floor this year. As head coach Donnell Harvey enters his ... Read more
2024-25 Hotchkiss School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Hotchkiss School is a highly regarded academic, coeducational prep and boarding school in Lakeville, CT that was founded in 1891. Its boys varsity basketball team competes in the college prep level NEPSAC Class A (large schools) and the Founders League. Their players get additional college scout exposure by also pa... Read more
2024-25 St Lukes School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St Lukes School is a secular, private day school serving grades 5-12 in New Canaan, CT. Its boys varsity basketball team is coached by former Quinnipiac College Assistant Coach Tony Newsom and is assistant coached by Evan Downey. St Luke’s has a long history of placing their players onto college teams. They compe... Read more
2024 Achievement First Veterans Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Sunday afternoon, November 10, RecruitTheBronx.com made it to Achievement First High School in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn for the Achievement First Veterans Classic. This event consists of a series of exhibition games for Greater NYC teams before the beginning of the regular season. On this date, we caught three... Read more
2024-25 Our Saviour Lutheran Regional Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Our Saviour Lutheran High School is a private, co-educational school located in Morris Park, Bronx. Its high school was established in 1955. In basketball, under coach Peter Wehye, they have created a tremendous college prep program. This year they are running five teams. Wehye head coaches the top team, that competes... Read more
2024-25 South Kent School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com South Kent School is an all male boarding school, founded in 1924 and located in Litchfield County, CT. Over the years, It’s basketball program has been uber-prolific in producing high level college prospects. This past September, their head coach Raphael Chillious was hired back into the NBA. Accordingly, then A... Read more
2024-25 Rye Country Day School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Rye Country Day School is a very high academic, co-educational, independent day school in Rye, NY about 30 miles from New York City. The boys varsity basketball team is coached by Jared Jones in his first year at the helm. Coach Jones has over a decade of experience coaching, including roles in Division I programs at C... Read more
2024-25 New Rochelle High Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New Rochelle High School is the public high school in New Rochelle, NY, located 23 miles north of New York City. Its student body is very diverse, with the students’ families originating from 60 countries. The school’s athletic teams, the Huguenots, compete in the New York State Public High School Athletic ... Read more
2024 Empire 8 Tip-off Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Sunday, November 3, RecruitTheBronx.com got ourselves to Lawrence Woodmere Academy in Woodmere, Long Island, for the Empire 8 Tip-Off Classic. This was the debut event for the newly formed Elite 8 League. The League consists of eight postgraduate programs from New York City and Nassau County, Long Island. In all four gam... Read more
2024-25 Brunswick School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Brunswick School is a 120-year old, all boys, private college preparatory private school in Greenwich, CT, educating pre-Kindergarten through grade 12. Its boys basketball team plays in the Fairchester Athletic Association, and they can earn a seed in the NEPSAC Class A post-season championship tournaments. The team... Read more
2024-25 Hoosac School AA Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded in 1889, The Hoosac School is a coeducational college preparatory school for grades 8-12 and post-graduate students in Hoosick, NY, 30 miles east of Albany, near the Vermont border. Seven years ago, Athletic Director, Mike Ryan brought in Bojan Grubisic and Nemo Maric to bring the mens basketball program up to ... Read more
2024-25 Daniel Hand High Key Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Daniel Hand High is a comprehensive public high school in Madison, CT located about 19 miles up the Long Island Sound coast from New Haven, CT. It serves approximately 830 students in grades 9 through 12. Its boys varsity basketball team competes in the Quinnipiac Division of the Southern Connecticut Conference. The t... Read more
2024-25 Archbishop Stepinac Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Archbishop Stepinac High School is an all-boys’ Roman Catholic high school in White Plains, New York. The boys varsity basketball team under Coach Pat Massaroni has helped lead a surge of Greater New York City basketball back into being considered one of the nation’s premier sources for High Major college recruiti... Read more
Lawrence Woodmere Academy Varsity Blue 2024-25 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Lawrence Woodmere Academy is an independent school located in Woodmere, NY a hamlet in Nassau County, Long Island. It is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools and the New York State Board of Regents. The history of the Academy began with the founding of Lawrence Country Day School in 1891 ... Read more
2024-25 Masters School - New York Player Profiles
The Masters School is a rigorous, college preparatory, five and seven-day boarding and day school located on 96 acres, 12 miles north of New York City. The boys varsity basketball team is coached by Joey Kuhl. Kuhl had previously coached in the NBA’s G League, at the Air Force Academy and at Iona College. The team competes in a local confer... Read more
2024-25 Putnam Science Elite Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Putnam Science Academy is one of the premier prep school programs in the nation. It has won the National Prep School Championship Tournament four times since 2018. Although last March they lost to Link Year Prep in the finals of that championship, they still earned the 2023-24 #1 national computer ranking for their ove... Read more
Empire 8 Prep League Debut Season
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The path for talented high school basketball players to land a spot on a college roster, more times than not, involves taking an additional year of development as a post grad in a prep school program. This accomplishes a number of things for the prospects. One, it gives them additional year of physical and basketball d... Read more
2024-25 Greenwich Country Day School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Greenwich Country Day School is a co-educational, independent day school in Greenwich, CT 39 miles from New York City. The boys varsity basketball team is coached by former college head coach, Pat Scanlon, who also teaches history at the school. The program has been on a steady rise since he took over six years ago. Th... Read more
2024-25 Loomis Chaffee School Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Loomis Chaffee School is a high academic, coeducational, college preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, including postgraduate students, located in Windsor, CT, seven miles north of Hartford. It was founded in 1874 by James Chaffee Loomis, a lawyer and politician. Seventy percent of Loom... Read more
2024-25 The Masters School (CT) Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Master’s School is an independent, college-preparatory, non-denominational Christian day school enrolling children in preschool through post-graduate, located on a beautiful 76 acre, 10 building campus nestled in the woods atop a hill in West Simsbury, CT. about 18 miles from Hartford. Its boys basketball pro... Read more
Mamaroneck High 2024-25 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Mamaroneck High is a New York State public high school located on a campus in Mamaroneck, NY, about 28 miles north of New York City. Mamaroneck High educates students from the village of Mamaroneck, the town of Mamaroneck, and the village of Larchmont. It’s boys varsity basketball competes in the Class AA-1 of... Read more
Darrow School 2024-25 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Darrow School is an independent, co-educational college-preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9-12 and PG. Its New Lebanon, NY campus is a 365-acre property just to the west of the boundary between New York and Massachusetts in the Taconic Mountains. Their mens’ basketball program runs two ... Read more
2024-25 Broome Street Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Broome Street Academy Charter High School is a charter high school located in the SoHo section of New York City. Their boys’ varsity basketball team is head coached by Curtis Jackson (6th year) and he is assisted by Damel Carnegie (3rd year). In 2020 they went undefeated in route to winning the Charter School Schola... Read more
Kellenberg Memorial High 2024-25 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Kellenberg Memorial High is a private, independent Catholic school established in 1987. It is located near the middle of Nassau County, Long Island, NY. The boys varsity basketball team is coached by Christopher Lyons. Coach Lyons played DII collegiate basketball at Molloy College after graduating from Kellenberg Mem... Read more
2024 IS8 Nike Fall Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, October 5, RecruitTheBronx.com made it over to Intermediate School 8 in Jamaica, Queens for the annual IS8 Fall Classic, in which club teams from the Tri-state area come out to compete in preparation of the upcoming high school season. Throughout the day, we got to check out three games on the schedule. Below are ... Read more
No Days Off Training College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Steven Johnston is an independent player development coach and founder of No Days Off Training LLC (aka NODAT Training). Purpose of NODAT is to provide comprehensive, high-quality basketball training that merges physical skill enhancement with holistic practices that nurture mindfulness, resilience, and a balanced life... Read more
2024 Mecca Ball Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Monday, September 30, RecruitTheBronx.com made it over to the Elmcor Youth and Activities Center in the Corona section of Queens for the inaugural Mecca Ball Classic. This is a fall league in which some of the best high school teams in the city gear up in anticipation for the upcoming season. We caught a game that featured... Read more
2024 CRC Showcase Top Performers
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Dan McHale, former D1 head coach and his partner, Jaren Sina, a standout player in high school, at Seton Hall, George Washington and professionally overseas now run a New Jersey based company that helps place kids in college called CRC. On September 29, they held a showcase at Gill St. Bernard’s School in Gl... Read more
2024 Top Gunnas Elite Camp Prospect Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Sunday, October 6, Konya Sports Recruiting will host D1 and D2 prospects in their Top Gunnas Elite Camp at Brandeis High in Manhattan. This camp will be featuring up to 50 players who are collegiate ready. The Konya program has placed over 200 players in the past years, so they understand what it takes to get that j... Read more
2024 CHSAA Tom Konchalski Showcase Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Tuesday, September 24, RecruitTheBronx.com made it to Archbishop Molloy High School in the Briarwood section of Queens for the annual Tom Konchalski Senior Showcase, which was put together by the CHSAA (Catholic High School Athletic Association). The showcase was designed for players from all 31 schools in the boys portion... Read more
2024-25 Brooklyn Collegiate Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Brooklyn Collegiate Prep School is a public school established to ensure urban scholars not only have the foundation to succeed in high school, but to gain access to higher education and beyond. They enroll fewer than 400 students in grades 9-12 and maintain an outstanding teacher to student ratio of 11 to 1. Not surpr... Read more
2024-25 Redemption Christian Academy Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded in 1979 in Troy, New York by Pastor John Massey, Jr., Redemption Christian Academy (RCA) provides quality education in an affordable structured, Christian environment. Pastor Massey believed that in the right environment, any student, regardless of race, sex, or background, could achieve academic excellence. Hi... Read more
2024 Respect All Fear None Showcase Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, September 21, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to John Philip Sousa Middle School Campus in the Baychester section of The Bronx for the Respect All Fear None Showcase, which is a preseason event showcasing many a few of the premier teams in the Tri-state area. On this date, we caught the final two games of the ev... Read more
2024 St. John’s Prep Open Gym Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Thursday, September 12, RecruitTheBronx.com got to St. John’s Preparatory School in Astoria, Queens for the program’s Open Gym run, as the team prepared for the upcoming season. Last season, the Red Storm were the finalists in the CHSAA B division as they made it to the championship game. This year, they will be moving... Read more
2024-25 Kingswood-Oxford School Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Located in West Hartford, CT, Kingswood Oxford is a private, co-ed, college preparatory day school for grades 6-12. Their varsity basketball team is coached by Brad Seaman who will be going into his 7th season with the Wyverns. They compete in NEPSAC Class B (mid-sized schools) and the Founders League conference. ... Read more
2024 Our Saviour Lutheran Open Gym Top Performers
By David Cordova, Our Saviour Lutheran High School is a private, co-educational school located in Morris Park, Bronx. Its high school was established in 1955. In basketball, under coach Peter Wehye, they have created a tremendous college prep program. They run multiple teamsthat are loaded with college prospects. Wehye head coaches the top team... Read moreLawrence Woodmere Academy 2024-25 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Lawrence Woodmere Academy is an independent school located in Woodmere, NY a hamlet in Nassau County, Long Island. It is accredited by the New York State Association of Independent Schools and the New York State Board of Regents. The history of the Academy began with the founding of Lawrence Country Day School in 1891 ... Read more
2024 Fall Open Gym Schedules
College Scouts, Below are the Open Gym schedules for RecruitTheBronx coverage area teams that we have received. (We will continue to update this list as they come in). Click on the name of the school below to pull up their Open Gym schedule. Also note that you can go to the RecruitTheBronx.com Prospects section, filter by high school and yo... Read more
2024-25 New York Military Academy Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com New York Military Academy (NYMA) is a very small school with under 40 total students. It is located in Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY which is about an hour from NYC. NYMA has a 147 acre campus and a gym that was built by the Knicks in the late 60s/early 70s and used as a practice facility. NYMA is also known for legendary sum... Read more
2024-25 St Francis Prep Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St Francis Preparatory School is based in Queens, 151 years old and is the the largest private Catholic secondary school in the United States. It’s varsity basketball team competes in the Catholic High School Athletic Association, Brooklyn-Queens AA Division. Head coach Jimmy Lynch will be entering his eighth yea... Read more
TT-S' s 2024 E75 Frosh/Soph Top Performers
By Ty Staples Santos The NERR Elite 75 Frosh/Soph Showcases have long been the “first look” exposure platform for many of our region’s future stars, including multiple future pros. This year NERR ran the event in two locations. We stopped in on the September 9 version hosted at Hamden Hall Country Day’s terrific Beckerman Center in ... Read more2024-25 Putnam Science Academy Prep Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Putnam Science Academy is one of the premier prep school programs in the nation. It has won the National Prep School Championship Tournament four times since 2018. Although last March they lost to Link Year Prep in the finals of that championship, they still earned the 2023-24 #1 national computer ranking for their ove... Read more
Shots with Patience Prep 2024-25 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Shots with Patience Prep is a sports specific preparatory school located on Long Island, NY. Their aim is to help young men achieve a quality education and an elite level athletic experience at an affordable cost. The program has its roots in the Team Underrated Basketball Academy. The program is led by Team Underrated... Read moreHoosac School AAA 2024-25 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded in 1889, The Hoosac School is a coeducational college preparatory school for grades 8-12 and post-graduate students in Hoosick, NY, 30 miles east of Albany, near the Vermont border. Seven years ago, Athletic Director, Mike Ryan brought in Bojan Grubisic and Nemo Maric to bring the mens basketball program up to ... Read more
Upper Room / 238 Academy 2024-25 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Upper Room Christian School is a private school and was founded in 1981 is sponsored by Upper Room Christian World Center, a born-again, Spirit-filled, non-denominational church, located in Dix Hills, NY. Upper Room Christian’s basketball program is running a Post Grad team in addition to their high school team. The ... Read more
Suffield Academy 2024-25 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Suffield Academy is a private preparatory school located in Suffield, CT. It was founded in 1833. They have more than 140 adults there to help prepare their 410 students for college. Their varsity basketball team is head coached by Drew Gamere and assistant coached by Sean Atkins. They compete in the NEPSAC Class ... Read more
2024-25 Our Saviour Lutheran Prep Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Our Saviour Lutheran High School is a private, co-educational school located in Morris Park, Bronx. Its high school was established in 1955. In basketball, under coach Peter Wehye, they have created a tremendous college prep program. This year they are running five teams. Wehye head coaches the top team, that competes... Read more
2024-25 First Love Christian Academy Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com First Love Christian Academy is a New York City based program. Their post graduate basketball program advancing its reputation and impact since veteran coach Tony Bergeron took over the helm in 2021. This post grad team will compete in the newly formed Empire 8 Prep League, consisting of high level college prep pr... Read more
St. Thomas More School 2024-25 Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com St. Thomas More School is a college-preparatory school in Oakdale, CT. The school serves grades 8–12 and postgraduate courses. It was established in 1962 by James Hanrahan, a former Fairfield University D1 basketball coach. Over the years, the athletics program at St. Thomas More gained national relevance, especially... Read more
2024 Smartball Championship Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Tuesday, September 3, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to the Abraham Lincoln Playground in Harlem for the finale of the Smartball Classic, a 32-team single-elimination tournament played throughout the month of August that featured many of the New York metropolitan area’s finest high school teams, as well as some of the ... Read more
The Bright School 2024-25 College Prospects
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Bright School is based in Putnam, CT. It was formerly known as We Believe Academy, is an educational institution founded by former NBA basketball player, Ta’Quan Zimmerman. From its original beginnings as a basketball academy, Bright School has evolved into a comprehensive educational institution with the pa... Read more
2024-25 Trinity Pawling School Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Trinity-Pawling School is a boarding prep school in Dutchess County, NY that was founded in 1907. It’s boys varsity basketball team competes in two leagues, the Founders League and the Tri-State League and competes to get seeded in the NEPSAC Class A (large school) post season tournament. Tarik Smith is goi... Read more
Bedford Academy 2024-25 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Bedford High School is a public school located on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. It serves 381 students in grades 9-12. Its boys varsity basketball team competes in Division AAA - Brooklyn III The team is coached by a New York City scoring legend, Robert Phelps. Phelps led the city in scoring at Nazareth High in 199... Read more
Curtis High 2024-25 Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Curtis High School is one of seven public high schools located in Staten Island. It was founded in 1904, the first high school on Staten Island. The boys varsity basketball team competes in the 4A Brooklyn/Staten Island Division 2 conference of the New York City Public School Athletic League. The team is coached by Dwa... Read more
2024-25 Millbrook School Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Millbrook School is a coeducational, college preparatory boarding school for students in grades 9-12. It’s 800-acre campus is located in Millbrook, NY. Its varsity basketball program has been on a steady rise over the past decade since coach Billy Thom took the helm. They compete in the NEPSAC Class B (mid-si... Read more
2024-25 B.A.C.E. Academy Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com B.A.C.E. (“Be A Community Educator”) is a Queens, NY based nonprofit organization that was organized in 1987 to help Queens youth succeed in life. As part of their efforts, they chose to run a post grad basketball program with the mission to prepare student athletes both academically and in basketball to play a... Read more
2024-25 Knox School Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Founded in 1904, The Knox School is Long Island’s oldest established private school. Knox is a progressive, co-ed, independent college preparatory boarding and day school located on 40 acres of serene waterfront property along the North Shore of Long Island, New York. The basketball program is currently undergoing... Read more
2024-25 Marianapolis Prep Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Marianapolis Preparatory School is an independent, co-ed, Catholic boarding and day school located in Thompson, CT for grades 9-12 and postgraduates. The boys varsity basketball competes in the talent-rich NEPSAC Class B Division (medium sized schools), led by fourth year Head Coach Tommy DiColella. Coach DiColella is ... Read more
2024-25 Taft School Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Taft School is a high academic, private coeducational school located in Watertown, CT. The school was initially founded in 1890 by Horace Dutton Taft, the brother of president William Howard Taft. It educates students in grades 9-12, including more than 600 students from 51 countries and 34 states. Its boys vars... Read more
2024-25 Avon Old Farms Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Avon Old Farms School is highly regarded boarding school for boys located in Avon, which is in Hartford County, Connecticut. Their athletic program has a deep tradition of placing their grads into college careers. Matt Mihalich is headed into his sixth season as the head coach at Avon. The Winged Beavers compete in the... Read more
2024 Watson Basketball Classic Quarterfinals Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, August 24, the action was at Parque de Los Ninos Playground in The Bronx for the quarterfinals of the Watson Basketball Classic. On this date, we caught two games as The Nation played GTA and Team Watson played against Team Tracey. In the end, The Nation and Team Watson would win to advance to the semifinals, whi... Read more
2024-25 Pomfret School Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Pomfret School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory boarding and day school in Pomfret, Connecticut, serving 350 students in grades 9 through 12 and post-graduates. The Boys varsity basketball competes in the talent-rich is Class B Division, led by third year Head Coach Ronnie Turner. Pomfret School... Read more
2024-25 Bridgeport Prep Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Bridgeport Prep is located in Connecticut’s largest city and it’s mission is to enhance their students-athletes academically, mentally, physically as well as skill development. They play against the country’s best prep programs, including their participation in the Power 5 AAA conference. Greg Thomas is t... Read more
Smartball Classic Top Performers 8/19/24
By David Cordova, On Monday night, August 19, RecruitTheBronx.com made it to the Manhattan Center High School for Science & Mathematics for the Smartball Classic. On this date, there would be two games in this single-elimination tournament that would decide which team goes on to play in the quarterfinals. Two teams from the CHSAA Brooklyn... Read more
2024-25 Wings Academy Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com In 1994, the New York City Department of Education sponsored the first systemic effort to redesign a large high school in the Bronx. Wings Academy was one of five pioneering small schools resulting from that effort, founded on the premise of helping young people use their minds well. Their boys basketball team compete... Read more
Lincoln Park Summer Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Wednesday night, August 14, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Lincoln Park in New Rochelle, New York, for championship day at the Lincoln Park Summer Classic, a tournament that showcases some of the best high school programs in Westchester County and New York City. In the 15u division, Mount St. Michael, comprised of their... Read more
2024 In The Water 845 Showcase Standouts
By David Cordova, On Friday night, August 9, RecruitTheBronx.com got to Beacon High School in Beacon, New York for the second annual In The Water 845 Showcase, put together by the Elijah Hughes Foundation, a non-profit organization started by former NBA player Elijah Hughes, a native of Beacon. In this game, players from all over Duchess Count... Read more
2024-25 Choate Rosemary Hall Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Choate Rosemary Hall is one the nations most academically prestigious, private, co-educational, college-preparatory boarding school. It is located in Wallingford, CT., and was founded in 1890. Their Mens Varsity Basketball team is head coached by Drew Dawson, and he is assisted by Kemar Bailey and Katelyn Skinner. Th... Read moreSmartball Classic Top Performers 8/5/24
By David Cordova, On Monday night, August 5, RecruitTheBronx.com made it to Abraham Lincoln Playground in Harlem for the opening night of the Smartball Classic, which is a single-game elimination tournament in which many of the best teams in the New York metropolitan area come out to compete to advance to the championship game on August 31st. ... Read more
2024 NY vs. NY Quarterfinals Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Tuesday, July 30, RecruitTheBronx.com paid a visit to Parque de Los Ninos Playground in the Soundview section of The Bronx for the quarterfinals of NY vs. NY, in which all four teams would play in order to advance to the semifinals, which will be played at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday, August 10th. In the quarterfinals,... Read more
2024-25 Bridgton Academy Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Bridgton Academy, incorporated in 1808, is a one-year, postgraduate, day and boarding school for young men located in North Bridgton, ME. It enrolls more than 180 young men and employs over 30 faculty members. Its’s mens basketball team plays in the highly competitive NEPSAC AAA division, traditionally the nation... Read moreNY vs. NY Week 4 Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Tuesday, July 23, we got to the Monsignor Kett Playground in the Inwood section of Manhattan for Week 4 of the NY vs. NY Tournament, which is the final regular season matchup before the start of the playoffs, which will be next week at Parque de Los Niños Playground (home of the Watson Classic) in the Soundview section of... Read more
2024 Rens United 16u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Rens United is an high academic oriented team affiliated with the renown NY Rens program. The program is New York City based but players are sourced from multiple states. They have a strong history of sending athletes to high-academic universities at all three levels across the northeast. The 16u team is head coache... Read more
2024 Konya College Prospect Camp Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The 2024 Konya College Prospect Camp will host a combination of college players and high school aged college prospects on Sunday, July 28th. This camp is open to D2and D3 college coaches. It will be featuring up to 50 players who are collegiate ready. The Konya program has placed over 200 players in the past years, so th... Read more
2024 Nike EYBL Peach Jam Top Performers
By David Cordova, This past week ending July 21, we continued our visits to the big Southern AAU Live Period tournaments, by getting to the Riverview Park Activities Center in North Augusta, South Carolina for the Nike EYBL Peach Jam. This event is the undisputed national championship for the teams of Nike EYBL circuit. Throughout the week, we ... Read more
2024 Team Ready Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Ready Inc. is a small non profit, charitable organization headquartered in New Haven, CT. It is organized to provide educational assistance and recreation for disengaged youth in the Greater New Haven region. Several years ago, it added a grassroots basketball program under the name of Team Ready. They are currently as... Read more
2024 3SSB Palmetto Road Championships Standouts
By David Cordova, On the weekend of July 13/14, we joined the migration of Greater NYC grass roots talent down to the Rock Hill Sports and Events Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina for the Adidas 3SSB Palmetto Road Championships. This event was the final 2024 session for all of the teams that played on the 3SSB circuit. During the last couple ... Read more
2024 Pro Level Titans 17u Elite Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Pro Level Titans are a New York City based grass roots program that strives to educate athletes and build life-enrichment skills such as work ethic, commitment, self-motivation, integrity, perseverance, and self-discipline. The program motivates, inspires, and pushes their athletes to the max in every practice. Giving ... Read more
2024 94 Foot Elite Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com 94 Foot Elite is a Westchester-based AAU program that was founded in 2022. It competes in the varsity high school level at tournaments and summer leagues in the metropolitan Tri-state area, including Changing Youth Basketball League, The Valley Basketball Classic, and the Riverdale Summer Classic. The 18u team is c... Read more
2024 MADE Hoops East Summer Clash Standouts
By David Cordova, On Sunday afternoon, July 7, we swung over to the Sportika Sports facility in Manalapan, New Jersey for the MADE Hoops East Summer Clash. This was an event for many of the grassroots programs as a prelude for the NCAA July Live Period. Here are some of the standouts from the event from the New York City and New England areas: ... Read more
2024 New Haven Heat-Made Hoops 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The New Haven Heat is a highly regarded developer of college-bound talent in the basketball rich Greater New Haven, CT region. Doc Kennedy runs the program and coaches their 17u Made Hoops circuit level team. Here is the New Haven Heat Made Hoops 17u roster for this season: (Clicking on the... Read more
2024 Rens United/Riverside Hawks Select College Night Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Monday, July 8th, Rens United, Riverside Select, and Rising Stars will host a college night with upwards of 50 prospects, as profiled below. The event is open to all Division II and III coaches who wish to attend. Packets will be provided containing contact information and gpa for each player. The event will be h... Read more
2024 Manhattan Sports Summer League Standouts
By David Cordova, Since 2011, One of Greater NYCs hardest working event operators, Lucky Brannon of Manhattan Sports has brought in a terrific variety of teams to play in his summer league at the House of Sports in Ardsley, NY. In addition, to running the games, Brannon brings terrific effort in getting the student athletes exposure in the for... Read more
2024 Nassau Pride 17u-Vieux Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Nassau Pride Hoops, founded in 2013, is a Long Island-based AAU basketball organization offered for boys and girls of multiple age brackets. Their more experienced teams will compete in many of the top tournaments in the Tri-state area. While the Pride develops enhanced skillsets, they also place a great emphasis on te... Read more
2024 6th Boro Hoops-Bajana Player Profiles
RecruiTheBronx@gmail.com 6th Boro Hoops is a long-term oriented program with the goal of holistically developing their players. The program was founded and is directed by Nihad Musovic, a four year player at Fordham Prep ‘11, Fordham University ‘15 and two year member of the Montenegrin National Team. Two of their 2024 teams are... Read more
2024 CHSAA Team Camp Top Performers
By David Cordova, This past weekend, June 28 and 29, we joined the college coach migration to Iona Preparatory School out in New Rochelle for the annual Catholic High School Athletic Association Team Camp, in which all 31 Catholic schools within the five boroughs of New York City and Westchester County all competed, as an audition for a chance... Read more