Notre Dame Hounds women's head coach Marc Ffrench is at the forefront of the development of prep basketball programs in Western Canada.
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Saskatchewan is already home to a storied hockey program. Now, its part of another elite group as one of the few schools with a prep basketball program west of Ontario, one of only three women's programs.Notre Dame Hounds women's head coach Marc Ffrench is at the forefront of the development of prep basketball programs in Western Canada. Athol Murray College of Notre Dame is no stranger to preparing athletes for the next level.
Prep and post-grad basketball programs have been a longtime fixture on the American basketball landscape, but their existence is newer in Canada. The vast majority of the country's prep teams tend to be centred in Ontario. "Saskatchewan and the prairies is kind of unique still. It is probably the last bastion of high school basketball being thought of as the top level of the age group. The state of it is, well, it's small, it's still an infant."
Eddie Richardson III, seen instructing his Calgary-based Edge School team, hopes to see a governing body to help provide stability for prep basketball in Western Canada. By the end of this season, all three programs will have travelled across the continent while playing in places like Florida and Utah. There have also been efforts made for the schools to host their own tournaments like the Dime Sessions and Prep West that offer an opportunity for prairie programs to compete against each other without spending thousands of dollars.Huffman has previously served as part of the governance structure of the NPA — the men's arm of the association.
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