"Basketball Boarding School Blog"
Why Elite High School Basketball Players Flock to New England Prep Schools
At a party over the holidays (in Oxford, MS mind you), boarding schools came into the conversation, then the University of Michigan (via an alumnus), then Mitch McGary; then, before you know it, I was into a quick history and explication of prep school basketball. I shared the role it fills in the pre-collegiate space, [...]
Read MoreGreat Prep School Basketball Teams To Appear On ESPN
ESPN’s 2011-12 GEICO ESPNHS Basketball Showcase confirms just how good New England prep school basketball is (watch the clip above from last year’s New England championship). Five New England boarding school teams appeared in the Five Star Preseason Top 25. Four of them, St. Mark’s School, Tilton School, New Hampton School, and Brewster Academy are scheduled [...]
Read MoreNew England Boarding School Basketball Dominates Five Star Preseason Top 25
Basketball is almost here. (College basketball is here; I’ve been to two home games already.) And, as coverage of high school sports and the recruiting game has increased over the years, now, we have year-round prep basketball coverage- so far beyond the old USAToday high school polls that it’s scary. Things have changed. It used [...]
Read MoreDuke Men’s Basketball Players Credit Christ School (Asheville, NC) for Basketball Opportunity
The tough family (and locally unpopular) decision to move Mason and Miles Plumlee from their public school to a boarding school certainly paid off. After seeing that the boys’ playing time in their local school would be limited behind senior team members, Perky Plumlee made the decision to send the boys to Christ School (a [...]
Read MoreSouth Kent School: Home For Deejay Brown
Good boarding schools excel at becoming home for students no matter the reason. ESPN’s E:60 aired a story (E:60 Scared) about South Kent School student and basketball player Deejay Brown. The story hits on so much of what is good and right about boarding schools- structure, support, family. As Deejay grows, works, and plays his [...]
Read MoreKiski Basketball Features 7 foot brothers Sim and Tanveer Bhullar
No way around it, one seven footer on a team- rare; two seven footers on a team- almost never; two seven foot brothers on a team? Sim and Tanveer Bhullar arrive at The Kiski School as the school makes a push into more competitive basketball. Lead by new coach Daryn Freedman, Sim and Tanveer are [...]
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