If there was ever a lineup worthy of trust, Westtown certainly has it. Overall, as Seth Berger described it, it’s somewhat of a young team but it’s not at all lacking for experience.

"A lot of these guys are going to be under a baptism-by-fire situation, which I don’t think is a bad thing at all," Brandon Williams said. "I think when you have as talented of a 2028 core as you have, you’ve got to take some lumps, but you have to give them the opportunity to take those lumps."

As the Markward Club approaches its 80th anniversary, the country’s longest running basketball club is reflecting upon its past and looking toward its future as it continues to leave its imprint on the Philadelphia-area basketball community.

The 3rd Annual Rare Footage Classic will take place this weekend at Bensalem High School and Archbishop Ryan, with several dozen teams from around the region taking part.

Last weekend, the MADE Hoops Northeast Preview brought several dozen teams from as far away as Connecticut and D.C. up to King of Prussia for a couple days of high-level high school warmup action.

For any fan of local girls’ basketball, watching the St. Joe’s women practice is like watching a local all-star squad.

CoBL was able to catch up with Atlee Vanesko at the start of October, about a month away from the beginning of her last preseason at Westtown, to break down her college commitment to Ohio State.

Audenried has its eyes on three championships in 2025-26. It is familiar with the path that it takes to get there.

Despite last year’s stellar record, Pottsgrove lost in the PAC and District 1 5A semis before its defeat to eventual state champs Neumann-Goretti in the state bracket, the Frontier Division title its only claim from a successful season. The Pottsgrove c/o 2026 doesn’t want to go out that way.

The Red Raiders are coming off a 24-7 season last year, losing in the District 1 Class 6A semifinals to eventual District champ Conestoga, and reaching the state quarterfinals, where they fell to eventual PIAA state finalist Roman Catholic.

In an era in which you can set your watch by offseason turnover in college basketball, La Salle’s can still likely one-up most programs in terms of the change it’s experienced since the end of the 2024-25 season. Sophomore Eric Acker is the only returner from last year's team.

On the heels of the best season in Upper Dublin boys’ basketball history, the plan is simple: top it.

Philly hoops are represented throughout the country on Division I programs from coast to coast. Here’s Part 3 of our 2025-26 CoBL alumnae roundup, featuring 20 more players who are on scholarship on a Division I roster this season.

Last year's PIAA Class 6A champs have a very different look this year, which is expected when the greatest senior class in program history has moved on to college. A year ago, PV came in with a decided goal of state title or bust then went out and got it. This year’s group is starting its own path.

Heading into the 2025-26 season — one that has the potential to capitalize on the program’s upward trajectory, but also has as much roster turnover as any other season, which presents its challenges — the Owls will be looking to the character of its program to drive success in a pivotal season.

We’ve split the area’s D-I alumnae into a three-part list, with all the representation being too big to run at once. Here’s Part 2 of our 2025-26 CoBL alumnae roundup, featuring 20 more players who are on scholarship on a Division I roster this season.

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 most squads this time of year. Not Drexel. Not when you have 6-foot-8 Garfield Turner back for his 4th season at University City.

Philly hoops are represented throughout the country on Division I programs from coast to coast. Here’s Part 1 of our 2025-26 CoBL alumnae roundup, featuring 20 players who are on scholarship on a Division I roster this season.

Coming off the best year in program history, winning the program’s fourth-ever Catholic League title and its first PIAA 6A championship, the Crusaders are primed to do it all over again.

The longest-running community-run ALS charity event in the country, the Billy Lake ALS Basketball Marathon held its 33rd edition on Saturday at Bonner-Prendergast, with two girls’ games and seven boys’ games featuring area high school teams. Here's who stood out to CoBL staff.

We’ve split the area’s D-I alumni into a four-part list, with all the representation being too big to run at once. Here’s Part IV of our 2025-26 CoBL alumni roundup, featuring more than 20 players who are on scholarship on a Division I roster this season.

It'll be college hoops season before you know it! Here’s a look at the highlights of each of this year’s non-conference slates for the city’s Division I men’s squads.

College basketball season lurks around the corner, just a month away, and with it, schedules for the 2025-26 season have come fully into focus. Here’s a look at the highlights of each of this year’s non-conference slates for the city’s Division I women’s squads.

After going from a hopeful Division I recruit to finding himself the favorite of a handful of D-I programs in the span of just a few months, Archbishop Wood's Brady MacAdams found a favorite program of his own: Marist University.

Each year, well over 100 Philly-area ballplayers are spread around Division I rosters, from East Coast to West Coast, North to South, low-major to high-major and everywhere in between. Here's Part III of our Men's D-I Alumni roundup.

Father Judge 2026 wing Max Moshinski announced his commitment to Iona last week.

We’ve split the area’s D-I alumni into a four-part list to update you on how their careers are going and what’s expected of them in the year to come — here's Part II.

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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 set himself on the right path after his hoops career is done.

When Kevin Willard put together his first Villanova squad this spring, he pulled in players from all over the country. Their primary goal is to end a skid of 3 years without an NCAA Tournament appearance.

Philly hoops are represented throughout the country on Division I programs from coast to coast — here's Part 1 of our 2025-26 CoBL alumni roundup, featuring more than 20 players who are on scholarship on a Division I roster this season.

Charlotte Aldridge, who averaged 10 points and seven rebounds a game as a junior for the Cougars, is projected to be a guard at UTEP, after playing in almost every game the first three years of her high school career.

Father Judge senior Rocco Westfield committed to Merrimack College in September, continuing a pipeline that’s building from Solly Ave. to North Andover.

On Tuesday, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced the addition of Holy Ghost Prep as a full member of the Philadelphia Catholic League, beginning with the 2026-27 school year.

One of the longest-running area hoops events, the Billy Lake Marathon returns this weekend, bringing good hoops for a good cause to Bonner-Prendergast on Saturday.

Without a clear best team in the city entering the year and the entire Big 5 in need of a big-time spark, it’s going to be interesting to see if any group in the city finds something special and starts stringing together wins.

The countdown to the 2025-26 Division I basketball season is officially on – here's a look at each of the Big 5 women's teams as the preseason gets underway.

Here’s who stood out to our writers over the course of Sunday’s games at the 4th Annual CoBL Girls’ Fall Classic. ⬇️

Nearly 60 different high school girls’ basketball teams from the Delaware Valley (and beyond) descending upon Royersford this weekend for the 4th Annual CoBL Girls’ Fall Classic. Here’s who stood out to our writers over the course of Saturday’s games 👇

Thanks to all of the colleges that came out to the CoBL Fall Classic!!

There’s only one place to be this weekend in the area’s high school girls basketball scene — the 4th annual CoBL Girls’ Fall Classic at Spring-Ford High School.

Thank you to all of the colleges and universities who came out to our Interstate Shootout last weekend! It was an incredible weekend of hoops down at the 6th Man Center. 👏

CoBL had writers and scouts on hand in the gym all weekend long, watching as much action as we could catch — here are our staff picks for standouts over the course of Sunday’s action 👇

Nearly 120 teams from the Delaware Valley and beyond came to the Alan Horwitz ‘Sixth Man’ Center this past weekend for the 10th Annual CoBL Interstate Shootout — here are our staff picks for standouts over the course of Saturday’s action 👇

The 10th Annual CoBL Interstate Shootout takes place this weekend, September 20-21, with 114 teams from five different states and the District of Columbia coming up to the Sixth Man Center for two games each of warmup action in the run-up to the 2025-26 high school season.

ICYMI this week: Steve Donahue takes over as St. Joe's head coach after Billy Lange took a job as an assistant coach with the New York Knicks.

Father Judge star Derrick ‘Mir’ Morton-Rivera, a first-team All-Catholic League and All-PIAA Class 6A selection as a junior, announced his commitment to Temple by social media on Tuesday night, five days after he called up Owls coach Adam Fisher and delivered the good news.

Kennedy Coles, who averaged 15 points, 6, rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals a game her junior year, accepted a scholarship offer to play basketball at Niagara.

"I love to coach, I love being on the court, I love helping young people, and I was concerned at the level I was doing it at for the last 25 years might not be available. I couldn’t be more thrilled." Steve Donahue takes over St. Joe's men's program after Billy Lange departs for the Knicks.

"It was kind of like Philly South to me." On August 23, during a visit to Florida Gulf Coast University, Kingston Wheatley took the opportunity to check off a big box when he committed to Eagles’ coach Pat Chambers, the former Penn State coach and Philadelphia University standout.