Category Archives: Features

2013 Jr. All-City Classic rosters released

Posted on June 18, 2013 by jmverlin

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) – With five months to go until the start of the 2013-14 high school basketball season, many of the city’s teams are just starting to figure out their rotations. The incoming freshmen are no longer middle schoolers, … Continue reading →

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Villanova Team Camp Notebook (Part 2)

Posted on June 17, 2013 by jmverlin

Tim Gallagher (@TimCGallagher) – Saint garnering high-academic interest This is a big year for Neumann-Goretti forward Tony Toplyn. The 6-6, 200-pound forward started all last season, averaging 5.5 ppg on a team that went 23-9 and won its fifth-straight Catholic … Continue reading →

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Podcast of Basketball Love: Episode 2

Posted on June 17, 2013 by jmverlin

City of Basketball Love is always looking to bring you the best hoops coverage in the Philadelphia area and, through the Podcast of Basketball Love, we have another great medium to bring you information on what’s going on with Philadelphia … Continue reading →

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Small-college prospects impress at Widener camp

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Ian Simon

Ian Simon (@coachsimon200) – Drove out to Widener on Sat., June 15 for their annual team camp. Once again Widener put on a great camp, getting teams from Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Some of the top teams in South … Continue reading →

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Class of 2015 Recruiting Recap–June 15

Posted on June 15, 2013 by jmverlin

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) – Saturday was a huge day for a lot of area players in the Class of 2015, as college coaches became able to call and text rising juniors per NCAA recruiting rules. Interest and offers for quite … Continue reading →

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Villanova Team Camp Notebook (Part 1)

Posted on June 15, 2013 by jmverlin

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) – Here’s the first notebook from Villanova’s team camp this weekend, featuring 18 teams from Philadelphia, New York and the Baltimore/DC area: St. Joe’s Prep retools It’s going to be tough for St. Joseph’s Prep to repeat … Continue reading →

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A Dragon’s Tale: Major Canady

Posted on June 11, 2013 by jmverlin

Major Canady (@major25canady) – (Ed. Note: Major Canady, a 6-foot-3 combo guard, is an incoming freshman at Drexel, where he’ll be playing for Bruiser Flint and the Dragons. He wrote this story for CoBL about his journey to get to … Continue reading →

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Penn Team Camp Notebook (Part 1)

Posted on June 8, 2013 by akoob

Andrew Koob (@AndrewKoob) & John Iatesta (@JohnIatesta) – Penn held its team camp on campus on June 8, with 24 teams playing in a pool-style format. Teams from throughout the area and some out-of-state as well participated in the camp and got a … Continue reading →

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Traci Carter following in footsteps of cousin Dion Waiters

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Jeff McDevitt

Jeff McDevitt (@JeffMcDev) – After playing the last season at Roman Catholic, Traci Carter will begin a new era of his high school basketball career at Life Center Academy (NJ) in the fall. An athletic 6-foot-1 point guard averaged 7.6 … Continue reading →

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Growth spurt has Kuzma in high-major territory

Posted on June 7, 2013 by jmverlin

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) – A big growth spurt over the last three years has Kyle Kuzma’s recruitment hitting new levels as he prepares for his senior year of high school. When he began high school back in his hometown of … Continue reading →

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