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Shore Sports Network basketball blogger Tim “Nep84″ McCollum gets ready for the 2014-15 season, which includes a new coach, Joe Fagan, at his alma mater, Neptune, after Fagan came over from Jackson Memorial.  I went to my son’s winter concert at Neptune High School the other day...

From the minute basketball practices began in early December, Point Beach was expected to accomplish a feat that it had never achieved in the 77-year history of the Shore Conference Tournament.

Shore Conference Tournament Bracket BRICK TWP. – Christian Brothers Academy basketball coach Geoff Billet and his players would prefer that their team be the best in the Shore Conference every season, which also happens to be the year-in, year-out standard for the program...

*Shore Conference Tournament homepage* *CBA-Neptune photo gallery by Bill Normile* As Joe Piscopo’s 10-footer from the baseline splashed through the net to send the home crowd into stunned silence and the visiting fans into delirium, the Christian Brothers Academy basketball version of Armageddon had just shockingly transpired...

Photo Gallery by Bill Normile LONG BRANCH – Although it had been a while since they were in a tight game in the fourth quarter against a Shore Conference opponent, it was not hard for the Christian Brothers Academy basketball players to draw on their experience in a close game because it was a shocking, last-second loss in the Shore Conference Tournament that has been ingrained in their minds for

Player of the Week Dan Pillari, Sr., Shore This week’s honor goes to the hottest shooting hand on one of the Shore’s hottest teams at the moment. The Blue Devils have won six straight games, all by a margin of at least 18 points, and Pillari has led the team in scoring in each of its last two wins...

FREEHOLD TWP. – Despite what the final scores of its games might suggest, the Christian Brothers Academy basketball team – No. 2 in the Shore Sports Network Top 10 – insists that its Class A North schedule has been challenging the Colts...

Shore Sports Network basketball blogger Tim "Nep84" McCollum gives his take on the latest in Shore Conference boys basketball Nep’s Top 10 Let’s get right into this with a quick top 10. Point Beach The next 13 teams in the Shore Sports Network top 10 ... Read More ...

MIDDLETOWN – The Christian Brothers Academy basketball team featured one of the youngest lineups in the Shore Conference last season, but that did not change the lofty expectations for the Shore’s banner basketball program. Now, the Colts – the No...