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1 week ago | 
cityofbasketballlove.com | Chad Graham |Josh Verlin |Andrew Robinson |David Comer
By Chad Graham (@cgrahamsports) +
Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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The 2025 summer of grassroots basketball is just getting underway, starting a four-month stretch that will see tournaments and showcases taking place all over the Delaware Valley (and around the country).
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
cityofbasketballlove.com | David Comer |Rich Flanagan |Josh Verlin |Chad Graham
By David Comer (@dhcomer-cobl)
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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. - It was the fall of 2019, and Tariq Ingraham was a freshman at Wake Forest University. On this day, he woke before sunrise for a 6 AM preseason practice with his new team and his new coaches in a new place. Soon, though, what started out like just another day in the life of a Division I college basketball player would turn into one Ingraham will never forget.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
cityofbasketballlove.com | Chad Graham |Rich Flanagan |David Comer |Josh Verlin
By Chad Graham (@cgrahamsports)
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PHILADELPHIA — The first day of the annual Kobe Bryant Play-by-Play Classic took place at the Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center, featuring nine area teams plus three from outside. Here are the results, followed by the standouts:
Lower Merion 64, Methacton 31
Father Judge 69, Reading 37
Plymouth Whitemarsh 72, Neumann-Goretti 64
College Achieve, N.J. 58, Westtown 56
Roman Catholic 46, Sanford, Del.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
cityofbasketballlove.com | Chad Graham |Andrew Robinson |Josh Verlin |Joseph Santoliquito
Penn Charter (Pa.) 2025 G Jamal Hicks. (Photo: Chad Graham/CoBL) The Quick Abstract Champions Challenge brought four high-level games to the former University of the Sciences campus in West Philadelphia. Here’s who stood out over the course of the day.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
cityofbasketballlove.com | Dan Arkans |Josh Verlin |Joseph Santoliquito |Chad Graham
By Dan Arkans (@danarkans)
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(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 2024-25 season preview coverage. The complete list of schools previewed thus far can be found here.)
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It’s been several years since Shayla Smith, Reynah Rattliff and Senaya Parker have been on the basketball floor together.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
cityofbasketballlove.com | Chad Graham |Josh Verlin |Joseph Santoliquito |Finn Courtney
By Chad Graham (@CGraham_Sports)
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TOWNSEND, Del. — The third annual Luv1ne Classic returned to Delaware this weekend for two loaded days of competition.
Here’s who stood out during Sunday’s action at Odessa High School:
Angel Long & Quron Elliott (2025 & 2026 | Mt. Zion Prep, Md.)
After coming up short to West Catholic earlier in the day, Mt. Zion (White) rebounded with strong play from their guards versus Howard. Helping to run the show, Elliot created a ton off the bounce.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
cityofbasketballlove.com | Josh Verlin |Joseph Santoliquito |Kassidy Ingram |Chad Graham
2024-25 Big 5 Composite Schedule CoBL Staff (@hooplove215)
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Here’s the full Big 5 composite schedule for 2024-25, with all publicly-released game times listed:
Mon., November 4
WBB: La Salle @ Maine (11 AM)
MBB: Temple vs. Sacred Heart (5:30 PM)
MBB: Drexel vs. Georgian Court (6 PM)
MBB: La Salle vs. American (7 PM)
MBB: Penn @ NJIT (7 PM)
MBB: Saint Joseph’s vs. Navy (7 PM)
MBB: Villanova vs. Lafayette (8 PM)
WBB: Temple vs.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
cityofbasketballlove.com | Josh Verlin |Joseph Santoliquito |Kassidy Ingram |Chad Graham
By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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(Ed. Note: This article is part of our 2024-25 season coverage, which will run for the six weeks preceding the first official games of the year on Nov. 4. To access all of our high school and collegepreview content for this season, click here.)
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Drexel’s women learned a valuable lesson last season:
It’s never too late to turn it around.
Amaris Baker (above) led Drexel to the 2024 CAA Championship.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
cityofbasketballlove.com | Josh Verlin |Joseph Santoliquito |Kassidy Ingram |Chad Graham
By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin)
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(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 2024-25 season preview coverage. The complete list of schools previewed thus far can be found here.)
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Connor Cahill was a fourth and fifth grader at Media Elementary school when Tyler Norwood led Penncrest to back-to-back District 1 5A championships.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
cityofbasketballlove.com | Joseph Santoliquito |Josh Verlin |Kassidy Ingram |Chad Graham
Joseph Santoliquito (@JSantoliquito)
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(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 2023-24 season preview coverage. The complete list of schools previewed thus far can be found here.)
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Tracey Sterling is counting on the whispers not gaining any volume. The Phoenixville coach hopes no one is paying attention.
