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3SSB Mass Rivals. Developing better students, athletes & people. 2016 Champs: adidas (Gauntlet,Creators Cup, Summer Chip); 2022 adidas Open Champs
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Our guy Akok Akok working harder than hard in rehab. On his way back. Going to be better and stronger than ever.
#RivalsNation
#HuskyNation
@akokrakok
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How about my guy Wabissa Bede who just earned his Bachelor’s degree after just 3 years at Virginia Tech while playing ACC basketball. Nothing short of amazing. Bede will finish his 4 year career at VT with a Master’s degree. Basketball ➡️ education ➡️ life changing opportunities.
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We are blessed to be American & in Dallas this weekend competing in a great event. The official calling my game tells both coaches to be patient as he lost his hearing while serving our country in Afghanistan. An excellent official & the real hero of this tournament.
@TheCircuit
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Dallion Johnson sends us on to the final four. Has had an incredible career for the Mass Rivals. Thank you Dallion.
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We are celebrating big time tonight in
#RivalsNation
. AJ Reeves with 7 threes as Providence College clinches the Big East Championship. Nine years ago we predicted this 8th grader with the big smile would be something special. What a game. What a night for the Mass Rivals.
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Our prayers go out to Alum and UConn Freshman Akok Akok. Appears to have just suffered an Achilles injury in a game against Memphis. Has come back out to the bench in uniform to join his teammates. Wouldn’t expect anything less from Akok. We love and praying for you
@akokrakok
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Wabissa Bede a special young man and talent. The Virginia Tech PG was in the gym tonight working with a 6th grader on dribble penetration moves & then stayed for the next practice to instruct our high school guys. Wabissa Bede represents everything our program was built on.
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I remember 5’9 Wabissa Bede as a Merrimack Valley 8th grader with a big dream and yet a bigger heart. Today, the Virginia Tech PG begins plays in his final NCAA tournament (12:15 pm CBS). He will leave VT in 4 years with a Masters degree ready for a D1 coaching career. Dream big!
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Take a look at Lowell HS star Alex Rivera in last nights win vs Central Catholic. His game so advanced & translates to the highest level of D1 basketball. What a steal for UMass Lowell.
@Alexzrivera_
@lowellhighbball
@BostonHeraldHS
@NERRHoops
@ZeroGravityBB
@LowellSunSports
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Kur Teng on his official visit to Providence College today. The consensus top 40 national prospect scores the basketball as good as anybody in the country. Will attend shoot around and then the Villanova-PC game. The state of Rhode Island has been great to our program. All Love.
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A great surprise tonight. Wenyen Gabriel came for a visit. The Rivals Basketball Club built it’s reputation on toughness and playing hard. Wenyen Gabriel represents the best of those qualities. One of the hardest workers in the NBA. Love him.
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At Providence College this afternoon. Celebrating AJ and David and watching Makai.
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Marty Silvera with 21 first half points to reach the 1,000 point plateau for Doherty High School. Congrats Marty!
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Another Division 1 offer for Alex Rivera. UMass Lowell latest school to seek the services of the most feared shooting guard in the country.
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Ed Cooley has done yet another remarkable job coaching his team tonight. Controlled tempo, but yet played fast. Changed up defenses and confused UConn. His guys out toughed an extremely tough UConn team. A coaching clinic. I love Croswell. Give that boy the game ball.
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2018 Top 50 PG David Duke in the discussion of best PGs in the country. Incredible upside. Rhode Island's finest.
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Boston native AJ Reeves staying home to represent New England.
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At Providence College, the Dunkin Donuts Center, this morning to watch my beautiful daughter Olivia walk across the stage and get her degree. It’s been a great four years and she’s now ready to go forth and make the world a batter place.
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Alum Akok Akok underwent successful surgery late this afternoon in New York to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon. He’s resting comfortably at the hospital and will return to UConn tomorrow. We will continue to keep Akok in our prayers and hope for a speedy recovery. 🙏🙏
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Our guys AJ Reeves and David Duke at the Allen Iverson Classic in Philadelphia this weekend.
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Congrats to Phillips Andover and Mass Rivals guard Dallion Johnson who was selected Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year.
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Congratulations to our guy Gianni Thompson who just committed to UMass. He joins Mass Rivals teammate Wildens Leveque.
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To think someone told this North Andover young man he was lucky if he ever got a scholarship. Now he’s the face of the Virginia Tech Hokies in the ACC. Amazing what happens when you believe & outwork everybody. Bede never took “No” for an answer. He translates to the ACC and life
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Thank you Bede. Your 5 years as our PG were program altering. You were our leader, heart & soul, and our soothing calmness. You never took “no” for an answer & made sure we never lost a game in that incredible 22-0 Summer. Only 1 Bede in history of Mass Rivals. Love you Wabissa.
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This is what I always dreamed the Mass Rivals would become. Jalen Adams & Makai Ashton-Langford representing UConn & Providence & our club.
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6'9 Akok Akok cookin!
#NBPATop100
#adidasNations
Akok with one of sweetest strokes in USA celebrates 4th of July with an offer from UConn.
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Wabissa Bede with 10 assists, 5 points, and 5 rebounds tonight in Virginia Tech’s win. Not going to find a better true point guard in college basketball.
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Congrats to our guy Jordan Geronimo on his commitment to Indiana University. An incredible Spring & Summer, an incredible talent, an incredible student, an incredible kid. What a rise. Wow!
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For way too long, those who coach grassroots basketball have allowed others to use a broad-brush to paint them as self serving & unethical. Many of these coaches have sacrificed precious family time, money, opened up their homes, tutored & taught life lessons. Time to fight back
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New England strong with Mass Rivals. Providence College with three Top 50 national prospects.
Makai, David and AJ.
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Been doing this for a long time and still can’t understand why every elite grassroots team doesn’t want to play the best competition available in every game they play. It’s okay to lose. It’s not okay to play and not maximize improvement. Learning requires both winning and losing
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Welcome Noah Vonleh back home as a Boston Celtic. The Mass Rivals is the club Noah built. A top 10 national recruit, one and done at Indiana after leading the Big10 in rebounding, an NBA lottery pick at 18 yrs old who invited me to the Draft green room, an incredible human being.
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It's amazing what the gym can do if one is committed, coachable, & refuses to accept no as an answer. Bede chased and won.
#TheRivalsWay
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Congrats to Akok Akok on his commitment to UConn. Looking forward to watching the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ forward play in the 2019-2020 season.
#TheRivalsWay
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Congratulations to Virginia Tech Freshman Wabissa Bede with a career high 13 points in a win tonight.
#ACC
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Thrilled for Makai Ashton-Langford and his commitment to Boston College. Makai the most winning Mass Rival of all time. No player has won more games than Makai in the history of the Mass Rivals. Happy for Boston College who has landed a great local product. Everybody smiling!
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#RivalsNation
was blessed when these two young men came into our lives. Incredible talents. Two top 50 prospects. A+ people. Today the duo moves into Providence College to begin Summer sessions. Roommates on our Mass Rivals trips. Now roommates at PC.
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88 people participating in the virtual workout tonight including Indiana University bound Jordan Geronimo all the way from Newark, NJ.
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Our guy
@Duuukkeee
has begun his official visit at PC. David a top prospects in the country. Elite on both sides of ball with huge upside.
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Mass Rivals advance to the final 8 of the Sportradar Showdown with a 56 - 54 win over Southern Assault behind an incredible 20 point and 14 rebound performance from Kur Teng.
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So happy for my guy DeMarr “Boo” Langford and his commitment to Boston College today. A winner in every way imaginable. One of the finest young men I’ve ever coached. BC got a star of stars.
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Kur Teng is the best three point shooter in the country. No accident,
@KurTeng3
shot an amazing 48% from 3-point range for the adidas 3SSB season.
Final (championship 🏆 game) —
Team 6 (Blazers): 74
Team 3 (Raptors): 67
Gicarri Harris: 18p-4r-3a-1s (4-7 3FG)
Isiah Harwell: 19p-5r
Malachi Moreno: 12p-5r-2a-1b
Isaiah Johnson-Arigu: 8p-8r-1a-1s-1b
Kur Teng: 24p-4r (6-6 3FG)
KJ Greene: 11p-3r (3-5 3FG)
Mikel Brown, Jr.:…
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Alum Jalen Adams with 21 more points tonight to lead UConn to victory. The PG started his senior college season with 1,267 career points. He’s likely to finish his career as one of the top 10 scorers in UConn history.
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Junior Marty Silvera scored 21 first half points today to eclipse the 1,000 point mark for Doherty HS. But believe it or not, it’s Marty’s ability to distribute the rock that makes him one of the best PGs in NE. Check out his pass to teammate Norberto Nater.
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David Duke heading to Italy for the adidas Eurocamp June 8-12 as a member of the US Select Team. Congrats David! You Uprising!
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Said this two years ago about Akok. His time is almost here. UConn fans the lucky ones.
@_akok23
Putnam Science (CT) Akok Akok could end up being my best prospect ever. Has NBA skill set now. NE D1 head coaches should be regulars at PSA.
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A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your game and your life. No matter how many games we win, how many trophies we accumulate, we can never forgot why we chose to coach. No better platform to change lives.
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Disappointing that an adult would tell a young man that he owes him loyalty because he got him into a school or gave him a spot on a team. A ridiculous concept.
Kids owe adults nothing. Adults owe kids everything. Mentoring about doing right by kids so one day they pay it forward
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Dallion Johnson picks up his first D1 Scholarship from Rutgers after playing in front of the coaching staff. Just the beginning!
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Happy 19th Birthday to our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ guy Akok Akok. Been a great ride. Best years ahead.
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Basketball a great game that can take you a lot of places. Alums David Duke, Makai Ashton-Langford, AJ Reeves enjoying Lake Como (on the foothills of the Alps) in Italy with their PC teammates. The guys representing the cities of Providence, Worcester & Boston.
#NewEnglandStrong
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“It’s the one thing you can control. You are responsible for how people remember you—or don’t. So don’t take it lightly.” - Kobe Bryant
RIP to the man who will be remembered as having the greatest work ethic in the history of the game of basketball and thus became an NBA legend.
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With Alex Rivera today as he signs his National Letter of Intent at the Greater Lowell Boys and Girls Club. Amazing what he's accomplished. We so proud.
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David Duke absolutely incredible tonight: 22 points (9 for 11 from floor), 13 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals. Providence score 71 points, Duke scores 22 and assists on another 20 points. That’s 42 of the 71 points and adds 13 rebounds and 2 steals for fun. That’s wow, wow, wow!
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Providence College going through a 3 game stretch that includes URI, Boston College, and UMass (Friday). It would be great to add UConn to the list next season and play that game at the Mohegan Sun. That’s what New England basketball wants and needs.
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2018 PG David Duke is the biggest stock riser in grassroots basketball. National prospect with recent offers from Kansas, Florida and UConn.
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Mass Rivals and UConn Alum Jalen Adams will be working out for the LA Lakers today. Has done the same for New Orleans,
Phoenix (2), Orlando, Boston, Toronto , Sacramento, Detroit and OKC.
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AJ Reeves (24 pts) was incredible in this game but David Duke’s (9 pts, 9 asts) work on the defensive end on Ky Bowman was something special. The Freshman stepping up big time!
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At Putnam Science Academy in CT tonight to watch Marty, DeMarr and Akok. Akok warming up. Boy can he shoot it.
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Wabissa Bede just landed at Logan Airport and on his way home to North Andover dropped off a little present for me. Just Bede being Bede and the reason everybody loves him.
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Tonight we take some time to pray for Tremont Waters and his family.
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So many good people and talented coaches in the grassroots business trying to figure out how to raise enough money to travel this Summer to showcase their prospects and keep their clubs relevant. 👏👏👏 for these people not making millions but making a difference in kids lives.
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OUR PROMISES
1) No politics
2) We will play 100 % man-to-man D
3) We will move without basketball
4) We will share the basketball
5) We will play fast and physical
6) We will coach you very hard
7) We will love you harder than we coach you
8) We will win
9) Everybody will eat
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Dallion Johnson yet another great Merrimack Valley story. Haverhill boy that found his way to Philips Andover, the best Prep School in the country, and next stop at Penn State to play basketball in the Big 10. The 6’2 combo guard has great work ethic and determination. Big time!
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Congrats to Gianni Thompson on his commitment to Boston College today. Gianni has been in the gym for three years with us earning this special day. BC landed a talented, intelligent, and high character young man. He’s a winner in every way. Lots of love Gianni’s way.
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Love my guy Wabissa Bede. The Mass Rival of all Mass Rivals. Player, coach, friend on every team he ever played on. Bede translates to winning. Somebody going to be very lucky when he puts on his next uniform.
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UMass Amherst took the long drive to Lowell tonight to watch Luis Reynoso. It was all worth it. Reynoso earns his first division 1 scholarship tonight from the Minutemen.
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Have already watched a lot of HS basketball:
My Evaluation:
1) kids really struggle scoring the basketball
2) presses are affective and turnovers are prevalent because kids lack ability to handle basketball
3) overall lack of toughness
4) offseason failed many
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AVAILABLE: 6’2 dynamic PG Makai Ashton-Langford. Led the Mass Rivals to an undefeated Summer and three National Championships. Led Brewster Academy to an undefeated Winter and multiple Championships as well. Great kid who competes at a high level.
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Our guy Wenyen Gabriel with the start tonight for the Portland Trail Blazers. He’s ballin!
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Happy Birthday to our guy Akok Akok. We are excited for his big year. The UConn Freshman is one of the best college prospects in the country.
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ESPN talking about Bede and his development as a Mass Rival. So proud of our reputation nationally.
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I watched Bert Hammel change lives from my days as a Merrimack College student right until the very end. Bert found a purpose for being, and he never stopped giving. Sad to lose him, but he lives on in all the people he has inspired through the years to be better in every way.
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DeMarr “Boo” Langford just off the phone with Coach Chambers and now has an offer from Penn State.
#BigTen
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Just off the phone with Merrimack College head coach Joe Gallo. Proud to say that Lowell HS Junior Alex Rivera now has a Merrimack offer.
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Putnam Science (CT) Akok Akok could end up being my best prospect ever. Has NBA skill set now. NE D1 head coaches should be regulars at PSA.
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Thank you Wenyen Gabriel. He is likely the greatest Mass Rivals story since our beginning. He started off on the Mass Rivals high school “B” team before eventually making our “A” team and then came his meteoric rise to the
#14
ESPN ranking.
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Congrats to David Duke and AJ Reeves on their selection to the Allen Iverson Roundball Classic.
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Lowell with a win tonight against a good Cambridge team. I’ve been a big fan of the Lowell program for a long time. They play hard, they play together & they are extremely well coached. High level competitors on the court and high level character guys off the court.
#TheLowellWay
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In Worcester tonight celebrating with Makai Ashton-Langford. It's off to Providence College. Classes start Monday.
#BigEast
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It has never been about the sneakers one wears and has always been about the young man in the sneakers. Everybody needs teachers in their lives to help them develop the skills and knowledge to become self-directed. I’d recommend picking a coach, not a sneaker or a league.
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Bill Gilmore was a great father and a great mentor to so many. We keep his son Jalen & his family in our prayers tonight. We will never forget Bill’s work at the Lowell Boys Club, the people he touched, and lives he changed. He chose a life of service. TY Bill. Heaven next stop.
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Happy Birthday to our guy Wenyen Gabriel. Wishing you a special day and a great year ahead.
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Kyron Cartwright has made so many big baskets in his career. Big time two nights in a row. But the charge he took down the end of this game as big a basketball play a PG can make with the game on the line. Cartwright one of most underrated players in college basketball. Go PC!
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I’ve been saying it all year that Providence opponents, including Richmond, have a defensive strategy to double team and stop Nate Watson and thus live with other Friars getting open looks. Providence been winning all year and Nate should of been MVP of the Big East.
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Makai Ashton-Langford one amazing young man. Back at Providence Late Night Madness tonight to see his boys.
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ESPN 2020 NBA Mock Draft out and Mass Rivals and Brimmer & May Alum AJ Reeves sitting at
#35
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Some guys struggle accepting hard coaching. The think they are getting picked on when in fact it's the best way to learn & get better.
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Mass Rivals graduates doing great things on/off the court and have earned over $1,000,000 of scholarships for 2017-18 NCAA season. We are ballin in the Big East, ACC, Big 10, PAC 12, SEC, Atlantic 10, AAC, Ivy, Patriot, Colonial, American East and more.
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Let’s go Wenyen!
Wenyen Gabriel could help his case this summer to join Kings full time | NBCS Bay Area
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In his 1st college game, Alex Rivera with 5 pts in overtime and 14 on the game plus 5 rebounds in UMass Lowell win. Of all the kids I ever coached, the one opponents feared the most when he touched the ball was Alex Rivera. The River Hawks with a steal when they landed this guy.
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#AdidasSummerChampionships
takeaways:
1) Akok Akok ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2) DeMarr Langford the next in line and Top 50 prospect
3) Daniel Buie with a Wabissa Bede type Summer performance. Wow.
4) Wildens Leveque and Tyler Burton on the rise
5) Six underclassmen on the 17u roster
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