It has been an incredibly busy few weeks in recruitment of Zavier Zens. This all ended on Friday when he announced his commitment. Zens, the 6’7” small forward won Wisconsin Mr. Basketball, Gatorade Player of the Year for Wisconsin, as well to three straight state championships with Wisconsin Lutheran. In his senior year, he averaged 23.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 4.4 assists in an   More...

After his breakout play over the past year, Noah Maniscalco has announced his college commitment. This breakout started last grassroots season playing with the Wisconsin Legends and continued into his senior year at De Pere High School for the 6’0” senior guard. Last season on the NY2LA Association, Maniscalco was one of the top scorers while averaging 16.8 points per game. Then in   More...

One more article of coverage from the 15U group with ones to watch. Kartier Calvert – 2029 – F – Team Herro Calvert is an emerging forward in Wisconsin’s 2029 class. Not only is he already 6’6” but showed some abilities throughout Team Herro’s run to the championship. He plays with some strength and scored it with his physicality at a very high   More...

Another group of players to watch from the 17U level of the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish Tournament. KJ Cross – 2027 – G/F – Wisconsin Dynasty Cross is a 6’5” wing with a strong build who was a highly impactful player throughout the tournament. He uses his strength to be an aggressive downhill driver who can battle through defenders as well to outrebounding posts   More...

Next up for the 17U coverage from the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish tournament is Ones to Watch. All of these players had some stellar games during the weekend and are names for college coaches to know. Arthur Abbey – 2027 – PG – Y&R Abbey is an extremely quick, playmaking point guard on both sides of the ball. He was consistently making a variety of plays throughout the   More...

Fully packed issue of recruitment news this week with tons of commitments and offered to catch up on. 6’4” Senior Jordan Boyd has made his college commitment. The wing guard of MidPro South and De Smet Jesuit will be headed west with his commitment to Utah State. He picked them over offers from SIUE, North Dakota State, SIU, and others. In just the past few days Connor Brown has   More...

The talent of the future was on display at the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish tournament this past weekend in Wisconsin. Here are several players who all greatly impressed and are ones to track as they move to the high school level this fall. Nasier Faniel – 2030 – G – Mac Irvin Fire Faniel is a lengthy and athletic guard who also showed good offensive tools as well. He scored   More...

At the 14U level of the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish there was a lengthy list of highly quality teams leading to some great action. Here are the five who stood out the most. Justin Cato – 2030 – G – Power 5 This Power 5 14U team was dominant at Swish N’ Dish in winning the platinum championship and Cato was a big reason for this. The guard was one of the top scorers at   More...

Over the past year, the game of 2027 Will Stremlow has continued to grow. This has also resulted in the great growth in the recruitment of the 6’4” guard of Verona High School and the Wisconsin Swing. In his junior season at Verona, Stremlow averaged 23 points to earn first team all-conference in the Big 8. This high level of play has continued into the spring in with the Swing. He   More...

The first team at the 15U included Max McMullen, Keiwon Gulley, Bear Collins, Jackson Rykal, and Kayden Liner. Here are the next five up from the 15U level. Caiden Tinson – 2029 – PG – Team Ramey Tinson was one of a few standouts from this very good Ramey squad who was able to make it all the way to the semifinals with a few impressive wins. The point guard made a ton of   More...

Starting off the 15U coverage from the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish with first team all-tournament. There was plenty of competition for this list but here are the five who stood out the most helping their teams win games. Max McMullen – 2029 – PG – Team Herro McMullen shined throughout the entire tournament leading Team Herro to the 15U platinum championship. While just a   More...

First team, second team, stock boosters, sleepers, and now ones to watch. Here are several more intriguing players from the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish at the 16U level. Robert Darling – 2028 – PG – Nikia United Darling is an under the radar guard who made a ton of plays on Saturday helping his team to a two-point win. This was his with his scoring, on ball defensive play,   More...

As well to all the top talent that was present at the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish, there were plenty of under the radar talent. Here are ten of the sleepers from the tournament who need to be on college coaches’ radars. Blake Basich – 2027 – PG – Pro Lane Walz Basich was a standout throughout the tournament with both his outside shooting as well as his point guard   More...

As well to the first and second teams from the 16U level, there were plenty of other players impressing. Here are some stock boosters who should be moving on to college coaches’ radars. Brock Brown – 2028 – G/F – MidPro Academy Brown proved to be one of the top shooters of the entire tournament. This included while scoring 19 points and hitting three threes in a   More...

Every level of this weekend’s Swish N’ Dish tournament was loaded with talented teams from across the region and beyond. Here are all the champions and runner ups from all the age groups and divisions. Congratulations to all the teams listed below. 17U Division Platinum Champions: Teams Herro EYBL Platinum Second Place: Illinois Wolves UAA Gold Champions: Pro Lane   More...

The first team for the first team of the 16U of the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish included Alex Robbins, Amarion Smith-Holley, Kyler Payne, Ka’Shawn Gill, and Derrick Murray. Here are the next five up. Logan Brown – 2028 – G/F – Y&R It was a huge stock boosting tournament for Brown to earn his way on this second team list. He started the tournament in a big way with   More...

The 16U level of the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish was stacked with talent. Here are my five picks for the players who had the top performances of the tournament. Ka’Shawn Gill – 2028 – G – Power 5 Gill was one of the top guards as well as prospects of the entire tournament. He has great size as a 6’5” to go along with his length and an advanced offensive   More...

The 17U level of the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish was loaded with many of the areas top programs and players. There are countless players of deserving of this list but here is the first group of coverage coming from the 17U level. Christian Cast – 2027 – PG – Power 5 Cast was one of the top scorers of the tournament helping Power 5 reach the platinum semifinals. Much of his   More...

With championships on the line Sunday, there were many standouts and here are a few of the top ones. Justin Cato – 2030 – G – Power 5 Cato was a huge piece of the championship run for the 14U Power 5 team. On Sunday it started with him scoring a game high 24 points in the quarterfinals win. The in the championship game, Cato once again led his team scoring 19 points in   More...

Saturday was packed with non-stop actions and countless standouts. Here are a few of the top ones with plenty more coverage to follow in the next few days. Up next is championship Sunday. Cormac Hanus – 2027 – G/F – Full Package After being in the Friday portion of this article, Hanus is back in it once again and for the same reason. After a game winning driving basket on   More...

Homestead was packed Friday night for an electric evening of hoops. Here are just a few of the many standouts from day one of the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish. Cormac Hanus – 2027 – G/F – Full Package There were plenty of standouts from Full Package in their one-point win to open up their tournament. This included Landon Lethunya and Nathan Stephens but it was Hanus coming up   More...

With all the talent and under the radar names of this weekends NY2LA Swish N’ Dish, here is another five names for college coaches to watch. Tyson Busch – 2027 – PG – Racine Truth Busch already holds an offer from Barry University and should continue to generate interest from scholarship level programs. The guard is a standout with his scoring ability, averaging 20.6   More...

Not only will be there plenty of players with high major offers at this weekend NY2LA Swish N’ Dish, but there will be tons of talented players that do not. Here are five players with high upsides and are ones to watch over the three days in the Milwaukee area. Mohammad Badwan – 2027 – G – CBA North Badwan put up some huge numbers in his junior season for Salam as   More...

The annual NY2LA Sports Swish N’ Dish Spring Warm-Up hits the hardwood this weekend in Wisconsin, and once again it’s loaded with talent up and down the age groups with teams from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Texas and Ohio set to compete.  The measuring stick for tournaments to kick off the grassroots travel season for the past two decades,   More...

Friday of the NY2LA Swish N’ Dish tournament features several must see games as well to some high-level players. With all the talent including several shoe programs, the opening round of the tournament will be must see basketball. 17U Team Herro vs. Illinois Wolves Homestead High School – Ct. 5, 8:30pm It’s an EYBL versus UAA battle at the 17U level between Herro and   More...

Even with the portal opening, there is still plenty of recruitment news taking place at the high school level. Here is the latest from the past week. A few commitments that were covered in previously articles were Amare Hereford to UW-Milwaukee, Bryson Mossman to Quincy and Quentin Coleman to Illinois. After being very busy in the portal, Northern Illinois and new head coach Matt Majkrzak have   More...

The spring is here and here are five more who college coaches will want to be looking at. Jarrel Brown – 2027 – SF – Zero Fears Brown has a ton of tools for the next level. Not only does he have good physical tools as a 6’6” wing with a good frame and has a big motor but also a well-rounded game. This includes outside shooting ability where Brown is a   More...

With the senior class moving on, it is time to take a look more at the 2028 class as they become closer to becoming juniors. Here are five that are already on college coaches’ radars or need to be. Owen Birschbach – 2028 – F – Mammoth Basketball Birschbach put together another very strong season for New Holstein in his sophomore season. This included 18.2 points, 8.1   More...

With all the talent and depth of the Midwest’s 2027 class we’re now on to part six of this series. Expect some major moves in the recruitment of these five juniors in the coming months. Jack Broderson – 2027 – SG – Chapman Basketball Academy Broderson was a key piece in Whitefish Bay winning a state championship this season. In the title game, the junior guard   More...

The recruitment of Bryson Mossman quickly came along over the past few weeks. This all finished recently with a 6’4” senior of Routt Catholic High School (IL) and MidPro Academy announcing his college commitment to Quincy University. The commitment comes just a few weeks after Mossman was offered by the in-state division two program. “I really like the coaching staff and   More...