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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 3h

"Prepping for Preps" 2025-26...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 2d

Back to a lot of preview content coming out today, starting with the Drexel MBB squad, which has nine returning players, not an easy thing in this era of the transfer portal.

Dan Arkans with the feature and focus on fifth-year senior Garfield Turner: www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article...

2025-26 Season Preview: Garfield Turner ready to lead Drexel men

By Dan Arkans (@danarkans) Most college basketball teams are lucky to return players from year to year in this new era of NIL and the transfer portal. Name tags and icebreakers are the norm for m...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 3d

The defending Catholic League and PIAA Class 6A champs, there was nobody more fitting to start this year's "Prepping for Preps" series than with Father Judge.

A look at the 2025-26 Crusaders: www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article...

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Father Judge

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 se...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, no….

Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 3d

Eagles haven't played well enough yet this season to be 5-0. Heck, I'm not even sure they've played well enough to be 4-1. Ultimately, still a long season, but they have not played a whole game yet, and the offense still isn't clicking.

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 7d

Battling through injuries in high school, Bishop Shanahan grad Sean Griffin took a post-graduate year at Peddie School (N.J.) and turned that into an opportunity at the Naval Academy, which he scooped up at the end of last month:

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Shanahan grad Sean Griffin turns post-grad opportunity into Naval Academy commit

By Olivia Valania Sean Griffin’s college decision was not only a commitment to where he will continue his basketball career. It was bigger than that: a commitment to serve his country, and a way to...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 7d

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2025-26 CoBL-Area Men's Division I Alumni (Pt. 1)

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) Ed. Note: This article is part of our 2025-26 season coverage, which will run for the six weeks preceding the first official games of the year on Nov. 4. To access all of ou...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 7d

Each year, City of Basketball Love does an annual round-up of all the area's high school alumni/alumane currently playing Division I basketball this season.

We started this year with the men's list, which is split into four parts, alphabetically. Please let us know if we missed anybody...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 8d

Getting back to journalism (and some social media posting). We've got a bunch of commitment stories coming on @hooplove215.bsky.social in the next few days:

Charlotte Aldridge (DEast/UTEP)
Rocco Westfield (Judge/Merrimack)
Max Moshinski (Judge/Iona)
Sean Griffin (Shanahan/Naval Academy)

Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 9d

Big news in the Catholic League today:

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Holy Ghost Prep to join Catholic League in 2026-27 season

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) When Tom Heston was at Holy Ghost Prep, playing the Catholic League never really crossed his mind. The former Firebirds guard, who graduated in 2012, was focused then on ...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 26d

Heading down to West Chester tonight and tomorrow for the Big 64 -- not going to keep stats or write up any standouts, just going to watch hoops, take pictures and do interviews for our season previews. The 2025-26 edition of "Prepping for Preps" will start on Weds., October 1.

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · 28d

Been focused heavily on CoBL's events the last 5-6 weeks. That'll change soon enough, after our fall events + the hiring of a new events director.

Will have something up tomorrow on the whole St. Joe's MBB coaching situation, after a press conference with Steve Donahue.

Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Sep 1

One of the greatest players to wear the Roman Catholic uniform, former Pitt Panther and Boston Celtic Bradley Wanamaker took over the reins of the Cahillite program earlier this summer.

@hooplove215.bsky.social's Rich Flanagan with the feature: www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article...

Brad Wanamaker takes over at alma mater Roman Catholic

Rich Flanagan (@richflanagan33) Brad Wanamaker has something that very few players in the history of Philadelphia basketball have: his picture inside the Palestra. He can always find himself ther...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Plymouth Whitemarsh-to-Penn men's basketball pipeline is growing, as PW big man Michael Pereira publicly committed to the city's Ivy League program last night: www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article...

Plymouth Whitemarsh big man Mike Pereira talks Penn commitment

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) Penn was already high on Michael Pereira’s list, the burgeoning young big man attracted to the institution’s academic profile and the overall level of Ivy League hoops. ...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 20

Though she didn't start playing organized basketball until 8th grade, Gloucester Catholic (N.J.) wing Jahzara Green made up for lost time in a hurry, committing to St. Joe's WBB earlier this month.

My feature on the South Jersey standout: www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article...

Jahzara Green goes from late-bloomer to St. Joe's WBB commit

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) Jahzara Green didn’t play organized basketball for the first 13 years of her life. Once she picked the ball up, she hasn’t put it down since — and though she’s late to...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 19

A story that was overdue to be on @hooplove215.bsky.social -- on former CoBL writer Ari Rosenfeld, who's keeping the area's scouting tradition alive and well:

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Comer: Ari Rosenfeld keeping the area's scouting tradition going

By David Comer Ari Rosenfeld cannot pinpoint where his love of basketball started. He just knows that’s been his favorite sport since he was growing up in Cherry Hill, N.J., in a family of Philadel...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 18

Standouts are LIVE for all three of this weekend's @hooplove215.bsky.social Exposure Camps!

Underclassman: www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article...

Girls' College Exposure: www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article...

Boys' College Exposure: www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article...

2025 CoBL Underclassman Camp Standouts (Aug. 16)

By CoBL Staff (@hooplove215) The 2025 edition of the CoBL Underclassman Exposure Camp took place this past Saturday at the Alan Horwitz ‘Sixth Man’ Center, bringing together a collection of many of...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 16

Three hundred campers locked and loaded for our biggest weekend of CoBL Camps ever. Here we go!!

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CoBL College Exposure Camps: Updated Player Lists (Aug. 16-17)

By CoBL Staff (@hooplove215) CoBL’s final camps of 2025 are just around the corner — which means time and space are running out to claim your spot to participate in the best one-day basketball camp...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 12

The 2025 edition of the Danny Rumph Classic -- the charity tournament now in its 20th year -- ended in exciting fashion last night as Blue Magic and TBB squared off in front of a packed house at the DAC.

Joseph Santoliquito with the report: www.cityofbasketballlove.com/news_article...

Archie Goodwin celebrates his first Rumph Tournament with a championship and an MVP

Joseph Santoliquito (@JSantoliquito) PHILADELPHIA — Archie Goodwin was a little torn. He had heard great things about Philly’s Danny Rumph Classic. The 6-foot-5 Little Rock, Arkansas native had som...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 12

There are more than 260 players registered for this weekend's CoBL Exposure Camps -- and still a few spots left! Don't miss out on our biggest weekend of camps EVER at the Sixth Man Center.

Updated player lists and links to register found here:

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CoBL College Exposure Camps: Updated Player Lists (Aug. 16-17)

By CoBL Staff (@hooplove215) CoBL’s final camps of 2025 are just around the corner — which means time and space are running out to claim your spot to participate in the best one-day basketball camp...

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 10

2025 Rumph men’s semifinals: Blue Magic (Jordan Hall, Archie Goodwin, Tre Duval, Ed Croswell) up 48-31 with 16 left on Rumph Center (Samme Givens, Rahsool Diggins, Khalif Mears, Tyree Corbett, Nick Jourdain)

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 10

Team Harper won the 2025 Rumph women’s championship.

Jordan Wallace (Sterling, NJ/Rutgers) won the MVP honors. Taylor O’Brien (Plymouth Whitemarsh/Bucknell/FSU) also had a big pair of games this weekend.

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 10

Rumph Classic 2025 women’s championship coming down to the wire. Tied 30-30 with four minutes left. (Games are low scoring due to running clock).

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Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 8

Game 2: LOE vs. Rex6

LOE: Tony Carr, Lamar Stevens, Josh Sharkey, John Harrar, Ahmad Gilbert, Xzayvier Malone

Rex6: Quade Green, Quadir Welton, Yazid Powell

Josh Verlin @jmverlin.bsky.social · Aug 7

Martin, Jaworski and Timko all going off, simultaneously. TBB up 66-33 with 13:38 left. (These games are played with running clocks).

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