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CBC News - Notre Dame High School to Team With Basketball Academy
2016-05-18A fledgling basketball academy is partnering with Notre Dame High School and the Ottawa Catholic School Board in the hopes of making the school a new hotbed for hoops in Eastern Ontario.
The Canada Topflight Academy pilot program aims to train 12 to 15 teenage boys to become elite basketball players while they attend classes at Notre Dame — including, potentially, international players who would be required to pay expensive tuition fees to the school board.
The academy's founder, local basketball promoter Tony House, is hoping to use a preparatory model similar to the Athlete Institute in Orangeville, Ont., which has groomed two players, Jamal Murray and Thon Maker, who are both expected to be drafted in the 2016 NBA draft in June.
Murray, a national team standout, played one year at the University of Kentucky before entering his name in the draft, while Maker is attempting to make the leap from high school directly to the NBA."
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Murray, a national team standout, played one year at the University of Kentucky before entering his name in the draft, while Maker is attempting to make the leap from high school directly to the NBA."
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