Connecticut Young Gunz Basketball Club

Charoy Bentley
2006 Reebok ABCD All-American

BJ Monteiro
2006 Reebok Camp Next All-American

Alan Chaney
2006 Eastern Invitational All-Star

Jeron Belin
2006 Co-MVP Best of the Fall tournament @ SHU

Tyrone Gardner
2006 Adidas All-American Camp All-Star

RJ Evans
2006 Spring Fling & Playaz Ball All-Tournament Team

Greg Langston
2006 Adidas All-American

Cory Andrews
2006 Adidas All-American

Daryl McCoy
2005 Metro Hoops Showcase All-Tournament

Josh Turner
2006 Adidas All-American Camp All-Star

Jason Pierre
Top 5 2010 Player in CT

Mike Myers-Keitt
Division I Bound Wing

Young Gunz 2006 Fall 17U Team
2006 Best of the Fall 17U Champions

Top 2010 Players in CT
Greg Langston, Josh Turner, & Cory Andrews

Nikko Acosta
Division I Bound 2007 PF

Weaver - Tyrone Gardner
2005 Young Gunz Showcase Camp



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Connecticut Elite Basketball Program's Player Watch & Team articles (2002 - Current):

 

Congratulations to CT Elite's former 4 year starter Daryl McCoy for committing to Drexel University 11/15/08

Congratulations to CT Elite's former player Jordan Williams, who has committed to the University of Maryland. 10/10/08

 The Storm is Over  (BJ Monteiro) 7/20/08

Connecticut Elite's 16U National Team makes it to Championship Game in Hoop Group's Reebok Summer Jam Fest - Led by 4 of CT's top rising juniors: Jason Pierre, Denzel, Cory Andrews, and Greg Langston 7/16/08

Connecticut Elite's 15U National Team wins the adidas Phenom National Classic over New Heights (NY) 6/29/08

Connecticut Elite's 16U National Team wins the adidas Phenom National Classic over RI Breakers 15's 6/29/08

Kevin Clark (CHS-2011) competes in adidas Phenom All-American Camp in CA 6/27/08

Connecticut Elite's 15U National Team wins the Reebok Summer Invitational @ Basketball City in Boston, MA over CMBC (MA) 6/22/08

Connecticut Elite - West 13U team beats the RI Breakers in the Championship @ Basketball City-Boston in the Reebok Summer Invitational 6/22/08

Babikian's 16U CT Elite White wins the Breaker's Commotion By the Ocean Tournament in RI 6/1/08

Greg Langston is selected to the Reebok All-American Camp (Only player in CT to be selected) 5/19/08

Jeron Belin Transfers from Polk Jr College (FL) to Monroe Jr College (NY) for his final Juco year - Belin is receiving interest from Tennesse 5/15/08

Connecticut Elite - West 15U Team wins the adidas Kingz of the Court Tournament 5/11/08

CT Elite 12U Blue National Team makes it to Championship in the Hall of Fame tournament 5/18/08

Connecticut's 12U (Blue) team finishes in 3rd place in the Division I CT Districut Playoffs 4/27/08

Connecticut Elite's 15U (Blue) team finishes in 2nd place in the Division I CT District Playoffs 4/27/08

BJ Monteiro is the Newest Duke 4/24/08

Connecticut Elite's 12U (Blue) team wins Brewster Sports Tournament Championship over the Gauchos 4/13/08 

Connecticut Elite's 14U (Blue) finishes 3rd at the Battle on the Hardwood AAU Super Regional Championship:  Awarded Division I National Bid 4/20/08

Connecticut Elite's 12U (Blue) goes undefeated & wins division at the Battle on the Hardwood AAU Super Regional Championship:  Awarded Division I National Bid 4/20/08

CT Elite standout Mike Myers-Keitt committs to Monmouth Hawks 4/1/08

Congratulations to BJ Monteiro for guiding his Crosby High School team to the CIAC Class LL State Championship  3/15/08

CT Elite's Anthony Ireland named CIAC Class LL State Championship Game MVP for Crosby High School 03/15/08

CT Elite's BJ Monteiro gives Coach Everhart and Duquesne University a solid verbal commitment to attend Duquesne in the fall.  2/24/08

Connecticut Elite's BJ Monteiro gets offer from DI Duquesne University (Official visit is set). 1/28/08 

McDonald All-American Nominees that have played in the  Connecticut Elite Program:  BJ Monteiro, Alan Chaney, Shane Gibson, Chris Prescott, & RJ Evans 03/08

RBK U ALL-AMERICAN BASKETBALL CAMP - Connecticut Players

Jeron Belin getting interest from Miami, Florida State, Duquense, Sacred Heart, Quinnipiac, and more.........

Shane Gibson signs National Letter of Intent to attend Sacred Heart University. 11/9/07

Chris Prescott signs National Letter of Intent to attend St. Joseph College. 11/9/07

Alan Chaney signs National Letter of Intent to attend University of Florida. 11/9/07

Jamal Turner signs National Letter of Intent to attend Fairfield University 11/9/07

Connecticut Elite wins the 14U Championship @ the 5th annual Best of the Fall Tournament @ Sacred Heart University. 10/8/07

Northwest Catholic's Chris Prescott commits to St. Joseph College 10/1/07

Killingly's Shane Gibson committs to Sacred Heart University 10/12/07

NFA's RJ Evans commits to Holy Cross 10/10/07

Connecticut Young Gunz/Connecticut Elite alumni named as a starter for the University of Maryland Football Program.  Bruce Campbell arrives on the campus of College Park and becomes starting offensive tackle as a freshman. 08/27/07

Chaney Committs to back to back defending National Champions 08/27/07

Allan Chaney commits to Billy Donavan & University of Florida 08/25/07

Jamal Turner commits to Fairfield University 07/20/07

Christian Heritage's Jason Pierre, Sacred Heart's Josh Turner, and St. Joseph's Greg Langston make the All-Star Team @ the National adidas Phenom All-American Basketball Camp in California. 06/28/07

Connecticut Elite 17U players grabbing DI scholarship offers and DI interest:  Alan Chaney:  University of Florida (offered), Virginia (offered), Connecticut, Ohio State, West Virginia, Providence (offered), St. Joseph (offered), Rutgers, Seton Hall, Virginia Tech, Fordam (offered), Rhode Island (offered)BJ Monteiro: Penn State (offered), Fordam (offered), George Mason (offered), Virginia, West Virginia, Seton Hall, Georgetown, St. Joseph.  Jamal Turner: Fairfield (offered - Solid Verbal Commitment).  Shane Gibson: Sacred Heart (offered), Fairfield, Quinnapiac.  Mike Myers-Keitt: Fairfield, Quinnapiac, Sacred Heart (offered).  Jeron Belin: Duquense (offered). 07/21/07

Connecticut Elite's 17U Squad lost a tough Championship game to D.C. Assault in the Reebok / Hoop Groups Triple S Harley Davidson Jam Fest in West Virginia. 07/16/07

NATIONAL EVENT:  Generation Next Basketball National Championship Elite Division final results go to:

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Josh Turner to compete @ the Adidas Phenom Top 150 Basketball Camp in CA 06/14/07

Connecticut Elite Alumni (formerly CT Young Gunz) will compete in the Atlantic 10 conference next fall.  Number 1 ranked player in Connecticut; Charoy Bentley (07) to sign National Letter of Intent to Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA. 6/8/07

Jeron Belin will attend American Christian Prep School in the fall and has accepted an Invitation to compete @ the Reebok U All-American Camp this summer. 5/25/07

Connecticut Elite 17U Team Wins the Connecticut Division I State Championship finishing Undefeated!  Led by BJ Monteiro, Alan Chaney, Daryl McCoy, Shane Gibson, Greg Langston, Lamar Burgess, Jamal Turner, & George Jordan.  5/6/07

CONNECTICUT ELITE 12 & UNDER TEAM WINS THE 2007 CONNECTICUT DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!  4/22/07

CONNECTICUT ELITE 13 & UNDER TEAM WINS THE 2007 CONNECTICUT DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!  4/22/07

CONNECTICUT ELITE 14 & UNDER TEAM LOSSES IN THE 2007 CONNECTICUT DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.  4/22/07

Connecticut Elite 16U team advances to the Quarter-Final Game @ the Pittsburgh Jam Fest.   4/22/07

Connecticut Elite 17U team faced the #4 team in the Nation - Metro Hawks in Pitt this weekend.  After an Elite 16 point lead in the first half, the Hawks pulled away at the end of the second half to defeat Elite in front of 200 Division I College Coaches in the Peterson Center @ University of Pittsburgh.  4/21/07

Connecticut Elite's 17U team beats New Heights (NY) and advances to the Semi-Finals @ the Charlie Weber (DC) Tournament.  04/09/07

Connecticut Elite's 17U team wins pool and advances to the Quarter-Finals @ the Adidas Spring Fling.  (Spring Fling Elite 8 teams:  Connecticut Phenom Elite, NJ Playaz, Metro Hawks, Gachos, DC Blue Devils, DC Assualt, Albany City Rocks, & Triple Threat). (03/31/07)

Providence Offers a Scholarship to Alan Chaney

3rd Annual Best of the Fall Tournament Results

Damian Saunders verbally commits to Marquette 11/14/06

Saunders On Visit at Marquette 10/28/2006

Three Connecticut Freshman Ranked Top 75 in the Nation 10/17/06

Fordham University offers BJ Monteiro & Alan Chaney 10/14/06

Reebok Summer East Classic All-Tournament Team 10/14/06

Saunders Favoring Big East 10/10/06

Reebok Fall Jam Fest All-Tournament Team 10/01/06

Young Gunz finish in Semi-Finals in Reebok Fall Jam Fest 10/02/06

CT Top 50 Invitational Clinic – Event Recap 10/04/06

Rivals.com 2007 Top 150 Prospect Rankings

Connecticut Young Gunz Players Rise at New England Showcase 8/17/2006    

  Bentley Ranks #10 All-Time at Reebok Big Time Tournament 7/27/2006

  Harding High's Charoy Bentley Named to Reebok Big Time All-Tournament Team 7/27/06 

Prescott: Ten Contenders 07/16/06

Prescott Attracks High-Major Interest at the Reebok / Hoop Group Harley Davidson Summer Jam Fest 07/16/06

Charoy Bentley: Harding's #1 Ranked Player In Connecticut Gets Invitation To Reebok's ABCD All-American Camp. 07/03/2006

Chris Prescott:  Northwest Catholic's #1 Ranked Rising Junior In Connecticut Gets Great Evaluation At Reebok's All-American Camp 'Camp Next' 6/25/2006

BJ Monteiro: Crosby's #2 Ranked Rising Junior In Connecticut Gets Great Evaluation At Reebok's All-American Camp 'Camp Next' 6/25/2006

Josh Turner: Sacred Heart's #1 Ranked Rising Freshman in Connecticut Gets Ranked In The Top Five In The Nation In The Class of 2010.  (ESPN Interview and Pictures to follow). (Adidas All-American Camp All-Star). 6/25/2006

Tyrone Gardner: Weaver's #1 Ranked Rising Sophomore in Connecticut Gets Ranked In The Top 25 In The Nation in the Class of 2009.  (Adidas All-American Camp All-Star).6/25/2006

 

Connecticut Big Headed Prep 6/13/06

  
 
Young Gunz 16U White Wins Kingz of the Court Championship 5/14/06
 
 
Connecicut Young Gunz 16U White - Wins Back to Back Division I AAU CT State Championships 4/24/06
 
 
Charoy Bentley getting Atlantic-10 Interest 4/30/06
 
 
 

Connecticut Division I State Play-Off Quarter-Final Games 3/13/06

 Young Gunz 14U Squad takes Championship back to Connecticut 3/12/06

 Fessler dominates Staples on Senior Night 2/22/06 

Fitch Excells Against Laurinburg Prep (NC)

 Masters Prep wins St.Sebastian Tournament in Boston 12/31/05

 Day 2 of the Doc Hurley Holiday Classic: Young Gunz players excell and grab the MVP trophies:  Jared Willis (Northwest Catholic) and Walter Jones (Weaver) 12/15/05

Nick Fessler scores game high 28 points in season opener for New Canaan High 12/14/05

Young Gunz 18U PG, Destin Damachoua has three Scholarship Offers:  Delaware, Marist, Niagara 12/15/05

Masters Prep steals a win in overtime against St. Thomas Moore on buzzer beater three pointer by Damachoua 12/9/05

The Masters Prep School finishes 3-0 and wins the Delco Prep Tournament Championship in Philadelphia.  Albie Watson named tournament MVP, Destin Damachoua and Harvey Pannell voted to the All-Tournament Team      12/3/05

Delaware Coaches evaluate Master Prep's Destin Damachoua and Albie Watson in Philadelphia  12/2/05

Masters Prep's Destin Domachua takes unofficial visist to St. Johns.  Destin like's the fast tempo play of the Red Storm. 11/26/05

Hillhouse High's Chazz McCarter getting Strong Interest from Delaware, Central CT, Hartford, and High Point (offered) 11/15/05

Crosby High's Monteiro gets letter from Syracuse and is getting interest from UConn.  Crosby is ranked #20 on the East Coast according to 11/15/05

Northwest Catholic's Prescott getting interest from UConn and letters from Syracuse and Louisville. 11/15/05

Hillhouse High's Kendall Walker getting Strong Interest from Sacred Heart, Central CT, Long Island, but will most likely Prep at Worchester Academy. 11/14/05

2005 Best of the Fall tournament:  Champions and MVPs 11/12/05

Metro Hoops Freshman / Sophomore Showcase Rankings: Prescott #1 Combo Guard, Monteiro #4 Wing, Samuels #2 Post player. 10/23/05

Tyreke Evans (#1 in the Nation for Class of 2008), Chris Prescott (#1 in CT for Class of 2008), and BJ Monteiro (#3 in CT for Class of 2008) finish in the TOP 7 at the Sophomore Showcase. 10/23/05

Crosby's BJ Monteiro teams up with the Nations #1 ranked Sophomore, Tyreke Evans in the Sophomore Showcase in New Jersey. 10/23/05

Northwest Catholic's Chris Prescott gets strong interest from University of Massachusetts.  Also getting letters from Clemson, Penn State, & Stanford. 10/5/05

 

Connecticut Young Gunz Win the Reebok Fall Jam Fest Championship: 

SIX Young Gunz players named to the        All-Tournament Team  10/03/05

 

YOUNG GUNZ BEAT NIKE POWERHOUSE 'DC BLUE DEVILS' AT CHARLIE WEBER TOURNAMENT IN MARYLAND 9/28/05

Hill House's Scoring leader, Chazz McCarter takes visit to Central Connecticut State University. 9/14/05

 Young Gunz 17U Team advances to the Quarter-Finals in Reebok's Big Time Tournament in Las Vegas.  Led by Chazz McCarter, Charoy Bently, Darius Moody, Curt Fitch, Nick Fessler, & Kendall Walker. 7/26/05

Young Gunz 16U Team advances to the Sweet Sixteen in Nike's The Main Event in Las Vegas.  Led by Kwamaine McCarter, Darien Tompkins, Kendall Walker, & Sharon Ellison. 7/26/05

Young Gunz 15U Team advances to the Quarter-Finals in Nike's 'The Main Event' in Las Vegas.  Led by Chris Prescott, Tyrone Gardner, Gabe Fumudou, Tywan Samuels, & Charles Mooreland. 7/26/05

Young Gunz 16U Team advances to the Championship Game at the Reebok /Hoop Group Harley Davidson Summer Jam Fest in West Virginia.  Led by Charoy Bently, Chris Prescott, Curt Fitch, Tyrone Gardner, Wayne Waite, and Kendall Walker. 7/16/05 

Young Gunz 15U Team wins Reebok Summer Classic East Championship.  Led by Chris Prescott, Mike Massey, Gabe Fumuduo, Jamal Coombs, Tyrone Gardner, & Charles Moreland. 7/10/05

Charles Moreland named to All-Star Team at Session II of the  Eastern Invitational 7/8/05

Young Gunz's All-American, Chris Prescott named to the All-Star Game at Reebok's Invite Only All-American   Camp  'Camp Next'. 6/29/05

Ten Connecticut Young Gunz Players named to the Reebok / Eastern Invitational Camp All-Star Game in Three different Age Divisions. 6/26/05  

Chazz McCarter enjoys visit to University of Massachuttes - Getting Interest from three Atlantic 10 Schools. 6/19/05

Go to In the News for Battle on the Hardwood Results 6/19/05  

2005 KINGZ OF THE COURT RESULTS (Go to In the News)  5/6/05

2005 Kingz of the Court All-Tournament Team (In the News) 5/6/05

Former Master's Prep Star Mopa Njila Leads UVM past Syracuse 03/20/2005

 

Connecticut Young Gunz lose in 15U Championship Game to the Fairfield County Stars @ the NHA Peak Tournament. 06/10/02.

Connecticut Young Gunz wins the 16U Championship over Middletown Bulldogs @ the 2001 Young Gunz Shootout in Hartford.  04/15/02

Connecticut Young Gunz wins the 15U Championship over Hartford Heat @ the Young Gunz Shootout in Hartford.  04/15/02

 




Crosby - Damian Saunders
Class of 2006 (1 year YG) Marquette

Hillhouse / Trinity Catholic - Chazz McCarter / Ryan Blackmon
2004-2005 CT Division I Semi-Final Game

Hillhouse - Kendall Walker & Kwamaine McCarter
Class 2006 (Walker) Class 2007 (McCarter)