<p>I am wondering what the caliber of prep school basketball is. How are the gyms? are they like stadiums? I have heard a lot about hockey and baseball, but nothing about basketball. Thanks.</p>
<p>the best sports for boarding schools go in order
hockey
lax
soccer
basketball
baseball</p>
<p>the top couple of players on each team that play A divison basketball they end up playing in the ivies after graduation and alot of kids play in the NESAC who arent good enough to play in the ivy league</p>
<p>From what we’ve seen, they’re comparable to the better small high school gyms here in coastal Maine. We have watched one game between two of the HADES-level schools. Overall, the players are bigger and more athletic than the best Class B schools here in Maine, with more blocks in one half than one would see in a full season here, but the shooting by both teams was surprisingly poor. The most disappointing thing was the boorish and vulgar conduct of one team’s head coach, actually doing a Bobby Knight imitation by physically jerking one of his players off the court while screaming obscenities at him. (By the way, his school was NOT one of the H-A-D-E-S ones but his opponent was.) The HADES coach was quite civil throughout the game.</p>
<p>so there not like arenas or anything???</p>
<p>no but there are large gyms and some schools have weight rooms only for varsity athletes and a whole seperate weight room for regular kids and some have a trophy room for several differents sports</p>
<p>how would you describe a large gym. and about how many players play D1 from prep?</p>
<p>I’m not sure what would be a common point of comparison for you and I. We’ve seen only a few HADES basketball gyms. Two were very, very nice. However, none were as large as, for example, the Bowdoin College basketball gymnasium in Brunswick, Maine. I would not be tempted in the slightest to call any of them arenas.</p>
<p>NMH sends boys bball players to Ivies annually. several players this year are already committed .</p>
<p>two boarding school kids on upenn
3 boarding school kids on cornell
2 on princeton
2 on havard
4 on columbia
7 on dartmouth
2 on brown
4 on yale</p>
<p>NMH has the best basketball program out of all of the boarding schools</p>
<p>hotchkiss has that one super kid i think. theres a video somewhere on here about him.</p>
<p>HCO u forgot football ;)</p>
<p>I believe it goes
1)Hockey
2)Football or lax
3)soccer
4)basketball
5)basetball</p>
<p>sorry bro but not true if you look at players playing coach from each sports that is the ranking overall. recruiting wise football is up there but in the level of players and the overall competitiveness of the teams in comparison to public school adn catholic school teams BS football teams really just don’t compare to the big catholic and public schools while in hockey, lax and soccer they overall are better in BS like ISL schools usually pound the local public schools who are good middlesex tied acton-boxbrough who are traditionally a mass HS soccer powerhouse</p>
<p>for example hotchkiss beat MLK which are the 11th HS team in the nation they won 1-0
heres proof
[Kings</a> of The City](<a href=“http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high_school/kingsofthecity/index.html]Kings”>http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high_school/kingsofthecity/index.html)
go to the second episode
they finished 11th in the nation by ESPN rise for catholic, private day schools, and public schools
[ESPN</a> Fab 50](<a href=“ESPN - Serving Sports Fans. Anytime. Anywhere.”>ESPN - Serving Sports Fans. Anytime. Anywhere.)</p>
<p>also kids are imported from africa
[Burns</a> Ortiz: Maworere makes the most of his opportunities - NCAA - ESPN Soccernet](<a href=“http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=515119&cc=5901]Burns”>http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=515119&cc=5901)
[ESPN</a> - Hungry for a Better Life - E-ticket](<a href=“http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=ghanasoccer]ESPN”>Hungry for a Better Life - ESPN)</p>
<p>all these kids are given full rides and obvious have grades that are unbelievably low </p>
<p>i forgot football but it doesn’t displace soccer i realize that you are biased but football teams usually have two teams with the JV being extremly small while soccer always have 3 teams and in some cases 4. so overall soccer is higher in BS athletics</p>
<p>hmm I guess it depends what level ur being recruited as well, and what schools. Schools like Exeter, Andover, Peddie, Deerfield, and Choate tell me that football has a few more selection every year. FOr instance</p>
<p>Highlights of Deerfield and Choate Day- football game
Blair and Peddie day- Football
E/A- BIG FOOTBALL RIVALRY</p>
<p>Again it depends what level ur. U nd I both will probab be recruited for Varsity and high on the list, which helps no doubt</p>
<p>i can not see links
yes they may have a big rivalry but still how does this compare to say Oaks Christian? becuase thats what hotckiss did in soccer MLK has won the city title which is harder to win than the state title for 14 seasons in the last 20 years.
or even the team in your league i know cali has good football but it has even better soccer, practically all of the US national team comes from cali
would andover football get crushed by say your high school?</p>
<p>I think basketball is tops for most schools. It think NMH might be second in the country right now? They are absolutely amazing to watch. Pretty much the whole team goes DI every year. They “specialize” in sending players to the Ivies, but they also send a fair amount to very strong basketball programs as well. They have one from last year playing for Louisville right now. Scads of DI coaches routinely show up just to watch practices. We went to the year end tourney a couple of years ago and were amazed at the level of prep school basketball. Truly an elite group.
Soccer…not so much, because to be highly recruited in soccer you have to play with your club team year round and now, it is very important to be part of the US Developmental Academy…very difficult to do this in boarding school as it requires 3 day/week practices from November-June with games most w/e’s and showcases two-three times per year which require you to miss several days of school. I know that my son’s soccer really took a hit because of bs. His school team is one of the best in NEPSAC class A, but they (and none of the NEPSAC teams) can hold a candle to the USSDA teams.
I don’t know about lax, but I imagine it’s sort of similar to soccer in that if you can’t keep up your club connection, it makes it a little harder to go to a top lax school.</p>
<p>hmmm probably hahaha
but again they do send alot of kids to ivy league football which is where i wanna play
btw we played oaks this year… we got massacred</p>
<p>hahahahaahhahaha
you play will smith’s son, Gretzky kid, and montana’s kid they must be nuts.</p>
<p>yeah well i will be playing USSDA while at boarding so it makes the perfect combo. they are only two schools where you can do this loomis, NMH, and middlesex.
thats the perfect combo and thats what i have. the reason why it does not affect my ability soccer wise. and NMH is not ranked in the top 50 at all according to ESPN rise.</p>
<p>Are you playing as a develomental player, though? Because it will be pretty difficult to make three Bolts practices a week and all of the w/e commitments. My son managed to get to one academy practice a week. Because he could not commit to at least two per week consistently, the club really can’t let you be anything except developmental. That means you can’t play more than 6 games per year. Your touch…and your exposure…will suffer. I don’t think NMH and Middlesex are the only two schools who “allow” this. Seacoast had a New Hampton kid and a KUA kid on academy. But…it is rare. Most of your school teammates will not be high level club players.</p>
<p>Number two in the country for preps, I believe.</p>
<p>Agree with keylyme about BS and soccer. BS is not the path to follow for top notch soccer play - at least not the easiest. In contrast, going to BS may be the best option for hockey and basketball players. </p>
<p>Now, if we are talking about top BS sports and college recruitment, don’t forget crew and squash. BS education combined with prowess in either of those sports is an excellent way to get into Ivies.</p>