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Braves land Xander Alarie

Another 6'8" FW? Cool hair btw! This kid has some size at 235 lbs.

We ARE getting some guys who can play, including this guy it seems...fwiw N'eastern was horrible last season.
Solid rebounding numbers for a Freshman at the very least. Another potential contributor who'll be competing for minutes.

Seems like we may not rely much on a Center next season? This is our 4th guy who is 6'8" and 3 of them are well-built. Maybe that's all we need if they can defend & rebound.
 
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give Xander a follow ---> LINK
Transfer from Northeastern. 6-8 freshman originally recruited by Miami, then transf to Northeastern for his freshman year.
Should have 3 years of eligibility for sure and quite possibly a 4th as he played only 11 games and missed the rest with injury.
Averaged 10.3 ppg, 7.4 rebounds - pretty awesome numbers for a freshman!

In a game against Syracuse- he had 19 points & 11 reb'In a game against Wake Forest he had 15 pts, 6 reb and 6 assists
He had 23 pts and 11 reb against Harvard. He had 5 blocks in a game vs Duquesne.
His injury was some kind of shoulder injury that required surgery.

He is the son of former NBA 1st Round draft pick Mark Alarie, who played at Duke and spent 6 seasons on NBA rosters, but one
year was injury plagued - his career scoring total is 2,432 and average is alomst 8ppg/3.4rpg
 
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We profiled this recruit earlier tonight, here-

2026 and beyond recruits

Another new name... D1 portal- Xander Alarie- 6'8" redshirt-freshman forward at Northeastern University in Boston. Attended Miami University in 2024-25, but redshirted and did not play. Transferred to Northeastern U. a year ago and was a starter for the first 11 games of the 2025-26 season, but...
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Looks like a terrific recruit with 3 years of eligibility remaining!

Another new name...
D1 portal- Xander Alarie- 6'8" redshirt-freshman forward at Northeastern University in Boston. Attended Miami University in 2024-25, but redshirted and did not play. Transferred to Northeastern U. a year ago and was a starter for the first 11 games of the 2025-26 season, but then missed the rest of the season with a shoulder injury that required surgery. In the 11 games he played, he averaged 10.3 ppg and 7.4 rpg. He is from Bethesda, MD.
Bio- https://nuhuskies.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/xander-alarie/9967
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats/_/id/5238169/xander-alarie
www.x.com/KayserHoops/status/2038758682943447294
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I read that his father is Mark Alarie, who was a stud at Duke in the mid 80s when Coach K started building the program as a powerhouse.
He ranks Top 10 all-time at Duke in a few categories, including 5th most points in Duke b-ball history!
 
wow... what an off-season so far....
you just can't even blink that Bradley hasn't landed another quality player.....
I can't find an exact number but one reference said that the number of proven DI guys in the portal who were double digit scorers
was just a fraction of the total 2400 players in the portal overall.

I'm thinking this blows the heck out of the trolls who were claiming players don't want to play here or play for BW..
 
A video- www.youtube.com/watch?v=poUYuFqg6ss
He looks pretty good to me.

Xander attended St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland. He averaged 16.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg his junior year there, and 15.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg his senior year. He spent his first college year (2024-25) at University of Miami, but red-shirted and did not play. He transferred to Northeastern a year ago, and started and played an average of 28 minutes per game in their first 11 games of 2025-26. But then a shoulder injury and surgery ended his season.

Xander Alarie is the son of Mark Alarie, who played at Duke from 1982-1986-
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mark-alarie-1.html
Mark Alarie was a 1st round draft pick, 18th pick overall, in the 1986 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. He had an outstanding 6 year NBA career in the NBA that was cut short by a career-ending knee injury.
NBA stats- https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/alarima01.html
Bio- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Alarie

Xander's sister, Bella, played four years at Princeton and was drafted fifth overall by Dallas Wings in 2020 WNBA Draft.
 
Xander wore #8 in his one season at Miami (2024-25), and he wore #0 this year with Northeastern.
He wore #23 in high school at St. Andrews Episcopal HS in Potomac, MD.
On Bradley's 2026-27 roster, #0 is currently taken (Noah Williams), and #23 is currently taken (Gus Rugaard). But #8 is available. What number will Xander choose?
 
LittleBrave said:
Another 6'8" FW? Cool hair btw! This kid has some size at 235 lbs.

We ARE getting some guys who can play, including this guy it seems...fwiw N'eastern was horrible last season.
Solid rebounding numbers for a Freshman at the very least. Another potential contributor who'll be competing for minutes.

Seems like we may not rely much on a Center next season? This is our 4th guy who is 6'8" and 3 of them are well-built. Maybe that's all we need if they can defend & rebound.
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I think going for the 6'8" athletic guys is a better path than one or two 6'11" or 7'0" true centers. Anyone that height at the mid major level is either a project or has already hit their ceiling. With the current state of college basketball we don't need to invest in many projects, get guys who have some proven production.
 
BUfan17 said:
I think going for the 6'8" athletic guys is a better path than one or two 6'11" or 7'0" true centers. Anyone that height at the mid major level is either a project or has already hit their ceiling. With the current state of college basketball we don't need to invest in many projects, get guys who have some proven production.
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I remember years where having someone at the 5 that couldn't score was frustrating, or turned the ball over a ton. However, it's pretty clear the path to winning the MVC is by getting the best guard play possible, IMO. Having good forwards as well will make a team elite then.
 
BUfan17 said:
I think going for the 6'8" athletic guys is a better path than one or two 6'11" or 7'0" true centers. Anyone that height at the mid major level is either a project or has already hit their ceiling. With the current state of college basketball we don't need to invest in many projects, get guys who have some proven production.
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This is what I have been pushing since the end of last season. Give me 5 6'5-6'10 guys that can impact the game. We need guys flying around guarding multiple positions, and being able to rebound. As has been said, 7-footers at the mid-major level are limited, so it is a better plan to get athletic guys who can make up for their lack of height with athleticism.
 
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