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Thursday / March 28.
  • Eli Cain’s Player Blog

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    Eli Cain is a shooting guard at St. Benedict’s Prep who is receiving increasing interest and offers from Division 1 schools. He will be contributing periodically to ZAGSBLOG. Here’s his first entry:

    What’s good, everybody?

    My name is Eli Cain and I was born and raised in Willingboro, N.J., which is a small town in South Jersey.

    Last year I attended Medford Tech High School in Medford, N.J., where my teammates and I had a great season but took a tough loss in the state finals. During the summer I play AAU ball with the best squad out, the New Jersey Playaz!

    Before high school ball started this year I decided to transfer to St.Benedict’s Prep in Newark, N.J., and reclassify to the class of 2015. It was a very hard decision to make because of the family-like atmosphere that I had at Medford Tech, but I felt it was best for my future.

    Before I reclassed I had offers from St. Joe’s, Temple, Drexel, Delaware, Rider and Binghamton. Since I made the move to reclass I’ve heard from a lot of high major schools like Seton Hall, Creighton, UVA, Notre Dame, Maryland and Texas Tech. On Monday, I was offered by Memphis.

    I’m proud of the offers and attention I am currently getting but I am not satisfied. I am real big on loyalty. So I don’t get too excited about the achievements I accomplish because I still remember my freshman year when I got cut from making the JV squad and I was a nobody. I’m just working on every aspect of me on and off the court and trying to become a better player and person!

    I leave you all with something from the rapper, J.Cole. “They only care about the kid when he’s a dunking a ball” See yall next time! #PlayazFamForLife

    Photo: CityofBasketballLove.com

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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