jump to navigation

2010 recruitment and commitments under way October 7, 2009

Posted by hoopmasters in 1.
Tags: , , , , ,
add a comment

Miles Cartwright called me last night to let me know he has given a verbal commitment to The University of Pennsylvania of the Ivy League. Miles and his family are very excited about his choice. Penn has made the NCAA tournament 4 times this decade and has a national schedule that includes teams like, Duke, North Carolina, Villanova, Penn State, and University of Pittsburgh. Their home games are played in the storied Palestra in Philadelphia. Penn’s non-Ivy league schedule also includes Temple University, LaSalle and St. Josephs University, all big time AC-10 schools with a rich history of tough, hard-nosed east coast basketball. Miles will play for Coach Miller who is known for his basketball acumen and his ability to make his teams competitive winners. Miles will also have the opportunity to be tutored by 1st year assistant coach Jerome Allen, former Penn All Ivy leaguer, former pro player (NBA and Europe) before returning to Penn this year. Allen was also inducted into the Big 5 Philadelphia Hall of fame this past February. The other Assistants John Gallagher and Mike Martin who both has a rich pedigree in basketball and academics round out a very strong coaching staff.

Miles is in great hands and the coaching staff and I are very excited about the opportunity that Miles will have to continue his basketball career at Penn. As coach AD said to me tonight.

“Penn got a guy who can play anywhere. He just knows how to get it done period.”

click here for more info on Penn Basketball

More recruiting news

Kareem Jamar is currently narrowing his choices down between University of Portland and University of Montana. He has taken official visits to both schools and will be making a decision sometime soon. Both schools offer him an opportunity to come in and play right a way and speak very highly of his overall understanding of the game. He informed the university of Detroit that he has narrowed his choices down to Portland and Montana.

Chris Barnum has several opportunities that he is considering

Solomon Singer is being recruited of UC Irvine and Cal State Northridge

Cal State Northridge and University of Detroit are recruiting Denzel Douglas

Academic Recruiting

Yes, it does pay to get those grades.

Derek Farrar is being recruited for academics to some major schools and will decide which route he will pursue as the season continues

Pharoah Green has academic offers from University of Pittsburgh, Grinnell College in Iowa, and University of the Pacific in Stockton CA.

If you are in the class of 2010, please send me any recruiting news (Student-Athlete or Academic) to me.

Loyola beat Harvard-Westlake 91-88 January 31, 2009

Posted by hoopmasters in High School update.
Tags: , , , , , , , ,
13 comments

Loyola beats Harvard-Westlake 91-88
Jerome Green
January 31, 2009

Some of the best and most passionate basketball is not being played at the Staples Center, John Wooden Court or The Galen Center. The most electrifying heartfelt basketball in Southern California is being played in High School Gyms, filled to capacity with family, friends and Students. The best part is some of these games are free (at least until CIF playoff start). Last night I was at Harvard-Westlake to watch Harvard-Westlake play the Loyola Cubs. Loyola won 91-88 behind Jordan Gathers 27 points and took over first place in the Mission League.

This was a rematch rivalry game where the Loyola teams seemed ready to come out and establish themselves very early. Loyola jumped to a quick lead by a couple baskets by Carl Hoffman. It was very clear that Loyola’s player’s intentions were to approach this game differently than they did in their losing effort a few weeks ago. Coach Jamal moved Miles Cartwright back to point, a position that he made all league playing last year and Jordan Gathers to the two spot. While the game didn’t represent the best defensive effort on either side, it did hold up to being a true rivalry game and worth the drive over the hill on the 405 to see.

Loyola Opened an 14 point lead on balanced scoring from the 6-9, Hoffman, who had 19 points, Cartwright and 6-10 Tony Wroblicky who had 14 points apiece. Harvard-Westlake stormed back into the game with a combined defensive and offensive effort. Chris Barnum who is a defensive nuisance did a good job in containing Miles Cartwright and Michael Attanasio post entry passes were better than most I’ve seen this year on the high school level. Harvard-Westlake was led in scoring by Damien Cain, 6-7 sophomore, who scored 25 points, Erik Swoopes, 6-5 junior who scored 20 points and Junior Austin Kelly who had 20 points.

You can call it a redemption game where all the participants played for the pride of representing their school and playing with all their hearts