Video: Early Contenders - Roman Catholic
MaxPreps 2015-16 High School Basketball Early Contenders, Presented by Dick's Sporting Goods and Under Armour
Head coach: Chris McNesby (140-51 career record)
2014-15 record: 31-2, Class AAAA state champions, No. 18 final national ranking
State association: Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
Enrollment: 1,000
2015-16 Roman Catholic basketball team
Photo by Randy Sartin
Players to Watch
Nazeer Bostick (6-3, Sr., G) … Committed to Penn State
Tony Carr (6-4, Sr., G) … Committed to Penn State
Mikeal Jones (6-6, Fr., F) … Expected to be one of Philly's top frosh
Paul Newman (6-7, Sr., F) … Offer from Towson
Lamar Stevens (6-7, Sr., F) … Committed to Penn State
Mark Tobin (6-2, Sr., G) … Standout goalkeeper on Cahillite soccer team
Guard Tony Carr
Photo by Randy Sartin
Key Dates
Dec. 11-13 – Gonzaga D.C. Classic
Dec. 18-22 – Chick-fil-A Classic
Dec. 28 – vs.
Christ the King (Middle Village, N.Y.) at Slam Dunk to the Beach
Jan. 6 – vs.
Neumann-Goretti (Philadelphia)Jan. 16 – vs.
Montverde Academy (Fla.) at Spalding Hoophall Classic
Guard Nazeer Bostick
Photo by Randy Sartin
Cahillite Storylines
* McNesby is a 1995 graduate of Roman Catholic. After a number of near-misses, he helped his alma mater break through for its first state title last season.
* Excitement for Penn State basketball is high thanks in part to the pledges of Bostick, Carr and Stevens. A fourth Nittany Lion commitment, 6-foot-6 forward Joe Hampton, plays at
Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.).
* The Jan. 6 meeting between Roman Catholic and Neumann-Goretti should be one of the more highly anticipated Philadelphia Catholic League games in recent years. Neumann-Goretti has owned Philadelphia high school basketball, but the Cahillites flipped the script in 2014-15 by going 2-0 against the Saints — including a 64-59 win in the PCL tournament final.
View gallery of preseason Early Contenders photo shoot with Roman Catholic
