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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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 moreEmpire 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 moreMamaroneck 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 moreDarrow 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 more2024-25 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 moreKellenberg 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 more2024 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 moreNo 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024-25 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 moreTT-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 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 moreShots 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 moreUpper 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 moreSuffield 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 more2024-25 1st Love Christian Academy Season Preview
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com 1st 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 prog... Read moreSt. 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 more2024 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 moreThe 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 more2024-25 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 moreBedford 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 moreCurtis 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 more2024 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 more2024-25 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 moreSmartball 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 more2024-25 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 moreLincoln 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 more2024 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 more2024-25 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 more2024 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 more2024-25 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 more2024 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 moreThe TS-S Scouting Report 7/2/24
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Ty Staples-Santos Sr. is a player development coach and Co-Founder of New England Supreme Basketball Academy. He is also now a contributing scout for RecruitTheBronx.com, focused on exposing under-the-radar talent from the ranks of Connecticut basketball. Below, we detail his recap of a couple of the college level pote... Read more2024 NY vs. NY Top Performers Week 2
By David Cordova, On Tuesday, June 25, we rolled on to Gershwin Park in the East New York section of Brooklyn for the second stop of NY vs. NY, as there were two games that were played on that night. In the first game, the Bronx-based Watson Classic routed the Harlem-based Tri-State Classic. In the second game, the home-team, Gersh Park, the d... Read more2024 PSAL Team Camp Showcase Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday, June 22, we joined a throng of college coaches in the audience at the Major Owens Center in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn for the 2024 PSAL College Exposure Team Showcase, in which schools from the 2A, 3A and 4A classifications, all came to audition for earning a college uniform. Here are the standouts fro... Read more2024 NY vs. NY Top Performers Week 1
By David Cordova, On Tuesday, June 18, we were at the world-famous Rucker Park in Harlem for the first stop of NY vs. NY, the annual tournament put together by Nike and Game Seven Marketing. The competing teams are comprised of players representing the six Nike-sponsored tournaments (Tri-State Classic, Dyckman, Gersh Park, Lincoln Park, West 4... Read more2024 Gary Sims Day Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Sunday afternoon, June 16, we got to Edmonds Playground in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn for the high school game for the annual Gary Sims Day, powered by NYC Prospects. In this game, many talented players from the city & surrounding areas all came out to play for a great cause in celebrating the life of the late ... Read more2024 Fordham Team Camp Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday afternoon, June 15, we were at the Bronx’s Atlantic 10 Conference entry, Fordham University in The Bronx for their annual Team Camp. High school varsity teams from around the region gathered to get in some summer game play. In this event, games were played across five courts in Rose Hill Gym and the Lombardi ... Read more2024 The Pound Invitational Top Performers
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com On Saturday, June 15, the inaugural “The Pound Invitational” was held at the newly renovated Yosemite Park in Greenburgh, NY. It was a beautiful day for some outdoor hoops in Westchester County. The event was created by Greenburgh’s Fred Bowers and his partners: D’andre Tilford, Jaleel Barr, David Slater an... Read moreThe TS-S Scouting Report 6/12/24
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Ty Staples-Santos Sr. is a player development coach and Co-Founder of New England Supreme Basketball Academy. He is also now a contributing scout for RecruitTheBronx.com, focused on exposing under-the-radar talent from the ranks of Connecticut basketball. Below, we detail his first submission of under-recruited, colleg... Read more2024 Iona Team Camp Standouts
By David Cordova, On Saturday afternoon, June 8, we got to the Hynes Athletic Center on the campus of Iona University in New Rochelle for the Iona Team Camp. High school teams from the Tri-state area came out to play against each other in a set of games throughout the weekend. Here are the standouts from the event: Kai Harvey 5-6, Point Guar... Read more2024 Team Finesse Varsity Player Profiles
By RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Team Finesse, founded and coached by Austin Carretta of Finesse Hoops Training and Finesse Fitness Gym in Wallingford, Connecticut, is a new basketball program with a big goal: to become a leading force in providing an avenue for Connecticut basketball players to get opportunities for higher education and basketbal... Read more2024 IS8 Spring Classic Championship Standouts
By David Cordova On Sunday, June 2, we were at Eagle Academy III in Jamaica, Queens for the semifinals and championship games of IS8 Spring Classic. In all three games, the competition level was high and the games were very competitive from start to finish. In the first game, The Bronx-based Kips Bay played a strong game against the Long Isla... Read more2024 Rens United CT 17u 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 2024 Rens United CT tea... Read more2024 Connecticut Elite 17u - Perrier Player Profiles
RecruittTheBronx@gmail.com Connecticut Elite is the largest premier youth basketball and development program in Connecticut. Their 2024 17u HGSL team is coached by Albertus Magnus College Assistant coach and Elite 50 Showcase operator, Jason “JP” Perrier, and below is his roster. Ryan Tolliver (2025) 6’7 wing, Northwest Catholic... Read more2024 Castle Athletics 16u-Herc Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Castle Athletics is a New York City based youth athletics program that is run by a deep and impressive staff. The Castle basketball program provides seasoned and respected coaches, superior training and opportunities to compete at the highest level. Their student athletes also participate in required weekly tutoring se... Read more2024 King Hoops Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com King Hoops is a New York City based AAU program with kids from all five boroughs and is loaded with college basketball talent across all levels. Follow KING Hoops on Instagram and Twitter @KINGHoopsNY. College scouts can reach out to Coach Josh Horowitz at josh@kinghoops.org to inquire about the Kings Hoops program a... Read more2024 Kings County Classic Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Monday, May 20, the place to be was Thomas Jefferson Educational Campus in East New York, Brooklyn for the inaugural Kings County Classic, established by the Brooklyn-based NYC Prospects. In this event, players from the borough that played in the PSAL 4A division all came out to showcase their talent. Here are the standouts... Read more2024 Nike EYBL Session 3 Standouts
By David Cordova, On Saturday, May 18, we traveled to the Pacers Athletic Center out in Westfield, IN for Session 3 of the Nike EYBL Three programs from the New York City area, PSA Cardinals, New Heights Lightning and the New York Rens, plus upstate New York’s City Rocks and New England’s Expressions Elite we’re playing. This spring all ... Read moreCoach Naclerio’s Underrecruited 2024s
RecruitTheBronx.com The 2024 pre-occupation of college coaches with scouting the upperclassman transfer portal has left many worthy class of 2024 high schoolers under-scouted and underrecruited. On May 20, a RecruitTheBronx.com editor caught a social media comment from NYC PSAL’s winningest coach Ron Naclerio saying that college coaches a... Read more2024 IS8 Playoffs - First Round Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Wednesday night, May 15, the place to be was Intermediate School 8 in Jamaica, Queens for the start of the playoffs at IS8, one of New York City’s most prestigious tournaments. In both first-round games, there were some talented players on the court and the games were super-competitive. In the first game, there would ... Read more2024 Boys2Men Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Long Island’s Boys2Men (NY) is an AAU program providing high school athletes with the knowledge and skills to advance beyond the borders of the basketball court. Established in 2016 by Adurramahn Kareem, LI Boys2Men has grown to support players across Long Island and surrounding areas from grades 8th-12th under c... Read more2024 Hoops Showdown Top Performers
By David Cordova, On Saturday afternoon, May 11, we were at the Bronx River Community Center for the annual Hoops Showdown event in which some of the city’s finest players came to play in three games. They were competitively played. When it was all said and done, it was Team Rundown who emerged victorious and won this year’s event. ... Read more2024 Academic Basketball Club 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Academic Basketball Club is a Fairfield (CT) and Westchester (NY) County grassroots program focused on working with student athletes with a minimum gpa of 3.0. The program has earned renown for its impressive consistently high level of placement of its layers into top academic universities. ABC plays in tournaments... Read moreIS8 2024 Team Long Island
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Team Long Island is a completely sponsored team designed to showcase Long Island’s best basketball players and show the basketball community that Long Island’s best can play with anybody. They qualified for their 14th straight IS8 Playoffs this spring and have advanced to two Final Fours and one Championship Game. ... Read more2024 Select Hoops 16u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com Select Hoops is a new and up and coming grassroots program located in Queens with players being from all across the five boroughs and upstate. Their players are being recruited by multiple D3 and D2 schools. The program is founded by Kew Forest School Boys Varsity Coach, Noah Griffith. The goal is to create an atmos... Read more2024 Mt Vernon Elite 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Mount Vernon Elite program was created by the Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon. Entrusted with their code of conduct and principles, The Mount Vernon Elite has branched off into a separate entity. The Mount Vernon Elite program has flourish beyond expectations. The Mount Vernon Elite basketball program offers ... Read more2024 Lightning Amateur Basketball Club Defenders 17u Player Profiles
RecruitTheBronx@gmail.com The Lightning Amateur Basketball Club in its second year of existence playing on the UA Circuit led by its Director Artie Cox. Cox is a well known coach in the NYC area coaching many years in the CHSAA at Christ the King and Monsignor McClancy. He also has many years coaching AAU basketball at a handful of teams like ... Read more