NPSI THANKS

Be sure to check out CoxSports' presentation of the 14th annual National Prep School Invitational all this month on your local CoxSports channel.  In case you missed any of the live-streaming from this past weekend, Cox will air those NPSI games on TV. Several of the event's standout performers are featured on the CoxSports' YouTube channel as well. 

Thanks to CoxSports' for their presenting of the NPSI this year, the Rhode Island College staff for all their assistance with the facility, and of course all the NPSI staff and volunteers.

We'd also like to thank the near 100 college coaches that came to our state to watch the collection of top prep school teams from across the country, and a thank you to all those prep coaches and schools for their annual participation in the NPSI.

Next year marks the 15th anniversary of the NPSI and we expect it to be the best yet.

Thanks for making 2012 another success.

NPSI ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Congratulations to Bridgton Academy (ME) and Notre Dame Prep (MA) for going 3-0 and to Cushing Academy (MA), Lee Academy (ME) and South Kent (CT) for going 2-0 at the 14th annual National Prep School Invitational.

Here are this year's players named to the NPSI All-Tournament Team...

MVP - Myles Davis (Notre Dame Prep)
Steven Adams (Notre Dame Prep)
Rene Castro (Worcester Academy)
Markus Crider (Bridgton Academy)
AJ English (St. Thomas More)
Donnele Munda (Vermont Academy)
Georges Niang (Tilton)
Nerlens Noel (Tilton)
Ethan O'Day (Northfield Mount Hermon)
Oskars Reinfelds (Canarias Academy)
Aaron Ross (St. John's Northwest Military Academy)
Jakarr Sampson (Brewster Academy)
Darrick Wood (Bridgton Academy)

COXSPORTS' NPSI LIVE-STREAM

The next best thing to being there at Rhode Island College this weekend for The National Prep School Invitational presented by Cox Sports will be watching streaming LIVE games on http://www.go.coxsportsonline.com/

The games will be replayed through the month of February on Cox Sports, channel3 (HD 1003). See the schedule below for specific dates and times.

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Cox Sports TV Stream/Replay Schedule

Thursday 2/2/12

Brewster Academy vs. SJNWMA    Streaming 1:15pm            Replay  2/11 @ 6:30pm
Canarias vs. NIA Prep       Streaming 2:45pm            Replay  2/11 @ 8pm
Wilbraham & Monson vs. Notre Dame Prep    Streaming 4:15pm           Replay   2/11 @ 9:30pm
South Kent vs. La Jolla Prep  Streaming 5:45pm            Replay  2/12 @ 4pm

Friday 2/3/12

New Hampton vs. SJNWMA       Streaming 12:00pm            Replay  2/12 @ 5:30pm
Notre Dame Prep vs. Canarias      Streaming 1:30pm            Replay  2/17 @ 6:30pm
NIA Prep vs. South Kent     Streaming 3:00pm            Replay  2/17 @ 8pm
Mont Clare vs. St. Thomas More    Streaming 4:30pm           Replay   2/17 @ 9:30pm

Saturday 2/4/12

Cushing vs. New Hope        Streaming 12:00pm           Replay 2/25 @ 6:30pm
REDA vs. Vermont Academy      Streaming 1:30pm            Replay 2/25 @ 8pm
Northfield Mt. Hermon vs. Bridgton      Streaming 3:00pm           Replay  2/25 @ 9:30pm
La Jolla Prep vs. Notre Dame Prep    Streaming 4:30pm           Replay 2/26 @ 2:30pm

Sunday 2/5/12

Winchendon vs. Wilbraham & Monson     Streaming  10:30am            Replay  2/26 @ 4pm
Next Level Prep vs. St. Thomas More    Streaming 12:00pm            Replay 2/26 @ 5:30pm
Tilton vs. REDA                Streaming 1:30pm            Replay 3/1  @ 7pm
Lawrence vs. Northfield Mt. Hermon    Streaming 3:00pm            Replay 3/1  @ 8:30pm

NPSI OFFICIAL RELEASE

PROVIDENCE, R.I. --- Twenty-eight of the country’s top prep school basketball teams, up to 100 college coaches on hand to evaluate prospects, and several NBA scouts are expected to gather for the 14^th annual National Prep School Invitational.

Held at Rhode Island College from Thursday, February 2 through Sunday, February 5, the nation’s elite exposure event will once again have its top games broadcasted on COX Sports and will be live-streamed on CoxSportsOnline.com.

With an upwards of 50 players impressively already committed to colleges, the event’s main goal is to provide a springboard for many more to join that group.

The featured young talent competing ranges all the way from the traditional powers of the New England Prep School Athletic Council to as far as the Canarias Basketball Academy of the Canary Islands.

Highlighting the field is last year’s National Prep Championship Tournament winner St. Thomas More (CT) and NEPSAC champion Maine Central Institute (ME).  Previous titleholders Brewster Academy (NH), Bridgton Academy (ME), Notre Dame Prep (MA) and Tilton School (NH) return as well.

Considered the strongest All-American candidates for their success throughout their high school and prep school careers are South Kent’s Ricardo Ledo (Providence) and Tilton’s Nerlens Noel (Undecided) along with Brewster Academy duo Mitch McGary (Michigan) and TJ Warren (North Carolina State).  Notre Dame Prep recently welcomed Steven Adams (Pittsburgh) for the second semester, a talented center from New Zealand who made waves this past summer with his play at the Adidas Nations global event.  Some of college basketball's top contenders are also showing high interest in a number of underclassmen on the rise - Tilton's Wayne Selden and Goodluck Okonoboh, New Hampton's Noah Vonleh and Jared Terrell, and Vermont Academy's DaQuan McNeil, Dominic Woodson and Jamel Artis.

St. Andrew’s (RI) star All-American guard Michael Carter-Williams (now at Syracuse) took home back-to-back NPSI MVP awards in 2011 and 2010.  The 2009 MVP went to Lawrence Academy’s Shabazz Napier, who has since gone on to win a NCAA National Championship at the University of Connecticut.

Currently, 28 active NBA Players have participated in the NPSI.  Those once awarded the NPSI MVP for their performances in the event include Michael Beasley (Notre Dame Prep ‘07/Kansas State/Minnesota Timberwolves), Lazar Hayward (Notre Dame Prep ’06/Marquette/Oklahoma City Thunder), Shawne Williams (Laurinburg Institute ‘05/Memphis/New Jersey Nets) and Dorell Wright (South Kent/Drafted from Prep to Pros/Golden State Warriors).

Tickets are $10 per day or passes for the entire event can be purchased at the door.  Admission is free to those under the age of 18.

For more information, visit NPSIhoops.com.

Media Requests please contact Pat Stevens at pat@npsihoops.com.

NPSI COLLEGE BOUND PLAYERS

Semaj Christon (G - Brewster Academy - Xavier)

Mitch McGary (F - Brewster Academy - Michigan)

Jalen Reynolds (F - Brewster Academy - Xavier)

Aaron Thomas (G - Brewster Academy - Florida State)

TJ Warren (F - Brewster Academy - NC State)
Jarryn Skeete (G - Bridgton Academy - Buffalo)

Alex Furness (G - Cushing - Bentley)

Tyler McFarland (G - Cushing - Bentley)

Darrell Bowie (F - La Jolla Prep - Northern Illinois)

Strahinja Gavrilovic (G - La Jolla Prep - Southern California)

Darnell Harris (F - La Jolla Prep - Cleveland State)

Jarion Henry (G - La Jolla Prep - Oklahoma)

Travion Leonard (C - Lee Academy - Fordham)

Barry Webster (F - Lee Academy - Maine)

Jared Brandon (F - Maine Central Institute - Cal State Fullerton)

James Farr (F - Maine Central Institute - Xavier)

Tobe Okafor (C - Maine Central Institute - Loyola Marymount)

Barrington Alston (F - New Hampton - Towson)

Zach Auguste (F - New Hampton - Notre Dame)

Olivier Hanlan (G - New Hampton - Boston College)

Tommy Carpenter (F - Northfield Mount Hermon - Dartmouth)

Evan Cummins (F - Northfield Mount Hermon - Harvard)

Ethan O'Day (F - Northfield Mount Hermon - Vermont)

Steven Adams (C - Notre Dame Prep - Pittsburgh)

Myles Davis (G - Notre Dame Prep - Xavier)

Adonis Filer (G - Notre Dame Prep - Clemson)
Mandell Thomas (G - Notre Dame Prep - Fordham)

Shawn Valentine (G - Phelps - Rider)

Richard Audu (G - REDA - Siena)

Naz Long (G - REDA - Iowa State)

Jarrod Davis (F - Robinson School - Maryland Eastern Shore)
Jhamir White (G - Robinson School - Virginia State)
Josh Cohen (G - Robinson School - Johnson & Wales)
Clarence Ellis (G - Robinson School - Johnson & Wales)
Marlon Court (F - Robinson School - Southeastern JC)
Jaelyn Coston (G - Robinson School - West Alabama)
Aaron Cobb (G - Robinson School - West Alabama)
Michael Phillip (F - Robinson School - Jamestown JC)
Ramon Johnson (F - Robinson School - North Carolina Central)

Laimonas Chatkevicius (C - South Kent - Kansas State)

Ricardo Ledo (G - South Kent - Providence)

Chris Ortiz (F - South Kent - Kent State)

Cedric Kuakumensah (F - St. Andrew's - Brown)

Josh Hall (F - St. John's Northwest Military Academy - Cal Poly)

Andy Martin (C - St. John's Northwest Military Academy - Montana)

Curtis Jones (G - St. Thomas More - Manhattan)

Barrington Stevens (G - St. Thomas More - South Alabama)

Dominique Bull (G - Tilton - Missouri)

Kevin Crescenzi (G - Tilton - Dartmouth)

Georges Niang (F - Tilton - Iowa State)

Tevin Falzon (F - Winchendon - Sacred Heart)

Akosa Maduegbunam (G - Winchendon - Penn State)

Nick Victor (G - Winchendon - Yale)
Alex Ramon (G - Wilbraham & Monson - Colgate)
Oliver Betu (G - Worcester Academy - UC Davis)
Canaan Severin (G - Worcester Academy - Virginia)

NPSI MVP's in Action

NPSI highlights from St. Andrew's back-to-back MVP Michael Carter-Williams (Syracuse) and from Lawrence Academy's 2009 MVP Shabazz Napier (UConn)...

HERE WE GO

January is half way over and the countdown is officially on with just two-and-a-half weeks remaining until the 2012 National Prep School Invitational.

Scroll down to check out last year's leaders, scores from the past five years, the NPSI All-Tournament Team history and the NPSI Alumns in the NBA!

Follow us on twitter @PREPSCHOOLHOOPS for future updates.

NOTE - The schedule will be finalized Monday, January 23 with team previews, past highlights, and more to then start the countdown to the 2012 NPSI.