While we are in the basketball offseason, the past few days could be monumental for the future of Eastern Michigan basketball. In less than a week, Eastern Michigan was able to land a trio of commitments for their 2027 recruiting class. These came from Elijah King, Brayden Williams, and Brodrick Wyatt.  King, a 6’3” point guard of South Bend Saint Joseph High School and the   More...

A wide array of news in this issue covering stories across all levels of college hoops. This includes multiple division one commitments.  From La Lumiere and Meanstreets, Jeffrey Hassan has made his commitment. The senior forward formerly of Kaneland High School has selected University of San Diego. Eastern Michigan has picked up another commitment. This one came from Elijah King, a   More...

As Kayden Turner has continued to show he’s one of the top prospects in Illinois’ 2028, his recruitment has taken a major step this weekend. This came with the 6’5” guard of Peoria High School and the Illinois Wolves receiving his first division one offer.  The offer for Turner came from Northern Illinois. This came while he was taking a visit on Saturday to DeKalb   More...

Following the four all-state preseason teams, there are plenty more highly talented players to include. All of the below players are amongst the top players in the entire state and will contend for the top four all-state teams over the course of the season.    Arthur Abbey - 2027 - PG - Rock Island  Luke Alvarez - 2027 - G - Loyola  Amir Beasley - 2028 - F -   More...

One final team with our preseason projections for Illinois as we reach the fourth team. Plenty of talent is still here with these five below.  Phillip Jones - 2027 - PG - East St. Louis  Jones played a huge role last season as a junior in helping East St. Louis win the 3A state title. On the season, he averaged 11.4 points, 5 rebounds, and a staggering 7.4 assists per game to earn   More...

After plenty of talent filled the first and second teams, the third is no different. This third team features a couple of state champions from last season and a few of the top prospects in the state. Chase Kasten - 2028 - G/F - Normal Community  As being one of the top juniors in the state, Kasten has a real argument for the second team, but ends up here on the third team, at least for   More...

With all the talent across Illinois, there continues to be great competition for each of these spots with hundreds of players considered for these spots. The first team consisted of Cole Kelly, Brady Pettigrew, Mason Martin, Markese Peoples, and Ed Stasys.  Cole DuBois - 2027 - PG - East Peoria  There are few playmakers in the state as good as DuBois. He is coming off a junior   More...

Over the past couple of years, Graysen Becker drew plenty of suitors in his recruitment. Recently, the 6’2” senior combo guard of the Wisconsin Playmakers and Altoona High School put an end to his recruitment making his college commitment. Out of his list in the double figures, Becker made his commitment to Angelo State.  During his recruitment, Becker received offers from   More...

There has been plenty of movement to this list combined with some high profile transfers along with some major stock boosting players, though there are still some locks for this first team with national level talent. Here are the projections for first team all-state in Illinois with three more teams to follow.  Cole Kelly - 2028 - SF - Neuqua Valley With everything he has shown   More...

Now in September, this issue is filled with offers from division three programs as well as a pair of commitments to division two programs and one to a division one.  Northern Michigan continues to add to its 2027 class with a commitment out of Illinois. This came from Timmy Sloan, a guard of Breakaway and Lyons Township.  Reid Creager, a senior guard of Ohio Buckets and Patrick   More...

From his play with Wauwatosa West as well as Power 5, Bear Collins has established himself as one of the top guards in Wisconsin’s 2029 class. This has led to the guard getting a start with his recruitment.  Collins recruitment got a real jump this month when he received his first division one offer. This scholarship offer came from Milwaukee. “The feeling was so surreal, it   More...

In addition to the four all-state preseason teams, there are plenty of other worthy candidates who will compete for all-state honors in the upcoming high school season. Here is a sample of some of the top players to contend for the honors in Wisconsin.    Mohammad Badwan - 2027 - SG - Salam Blake Basich - 2027 - PG - Arrowhead  Oliver Belot - 2027 - G -   More...

Included here is the last of our four teams for Wisconsin’s preseason all state projections. The state's talent is as deep as it has been in recent years and there was a very lengthy list for each of these spots.  Calvin Bahr - 2027 - G/F - Aquinas Bahr has been one of the more accomplished players in the state over the past couple of seasons. This included winning a state   More...

As we move to this third team, there is still plenty of high level talent below for these five. The list includes four seniors and our first sophomore. Expect all of them to contend to be some of the top players in the state.  Graysen Becker - 2027 - G - Altoona  In his junior season, Becker was one of the top scorers in all of Wisconsin while doing so very efficiently. He   More...

The first team of Wisconsin preseason picks included a ton of talent with Kager Knueppel, Will Krueger, Jalen Brown, Jack Kohnen, and Donovan Davis. Here are the picks for the second team with all these players having a legitimate claim to the first team.  Zeak Jones - 2027 - G - Dominican In his all-state junior season, Jones was one of the leading scorers in all of Wisconsin. He did   More...

Between the graduation of players like Zavier Zens and the transfer out of the state from Dooney Johnson, there are some openings on this list from past cemented picks. There is still great competition on all these teams especially with the state's star studded 2027 class.  Jalen Brown - 2027 - PG - Wauwatosa West Brown is already an incredibly established player in his first three   More...

As we move into the fall, more and more commitments from the senior 2027 class are happening. A senior from Michigan making their commitment to a division one program recently was Wycell Davis.  The 6’4” wing guard of Detroit Catholic Central and 1of1 Detroit will be staying in-state with his commitment to Central Michigan. Davis selected the MAC school over his other offers   More...

We move on to part three of this series with so many extremely worthy candidates to choose from.  Cam Beekman - 2028 - F - MidPro Academy With what he showed during the grassroots season and all his translatable tools, look for Beekman to have a big junior season with Metamora and boost his recruitment. As well as being 6’7”, Beekman is an athletic forward with a growing   More...

Over the past few years the term underrecruited has become extremely overused. Though, if a player were to ever fit the term of underrecruited perfectly, it is senior point guard Breaker Heller.  Whether he has been playing for Westland High School (OH) or the Renaissance University on the grassroots level, Heller has continued to produce throughout his high school career over the past   More...

Over the past twelve months, there have been plenty of headlines in the basketball career of Alex Robbins of Team Herro. This has included his recruitment, change of scenery, and class for the 6’7” wing forward.  It was just a year ago in September of last year when Robbins received his first division one offer. This came from Western Michigan. “The Western Michigan   More...

Over the past few months, more players in the 2028 class have started to see their recruitment get a start. One of these being Brock Brown, a 6’6” wing of MidPro Academy and Taylorville High School (IL).  The recruitment of Brown heated up in July with the wing receiving his first division one offer. This offer came from Northern Illinois. When asked if there was anything he   More...

As we head further into commitment season, another of Illinois top 2027 players has made their college decision. The newest being Cole DuBois, a 5’11” point guard of East Peoria High School and Elevate.  This week, DuBois announced his commitment to UNC Greensboro, a division one program in the Southern Conference. “Really everything,” he said were the top things   More...

Following Milwaukee’s Elite Camp, they extended offers out to a few of the players in attendance. One of these being sophomore Max McMullen. Over the past year, McMullen has developed into one of the top players in the Midwest’s 2029 class while playing with Team Herro and Brookfield East High School (WI).  “It feels really good,” McMullen said about receiving this   More...

It has been a monumental summer in the basketball career of Brody Champagne. As well to seeing great growth in his game, the 6’6” wing guard of Clarkston High School (MI) and The Family has also seen his recruitment get a jolt start. While Champagne is just entering his sophomore year of high school, that has not stopped him from receiving a pair of division two offers this summer.   More...

After previously receiving an offer from a NAIA program, the recruitment of Jayce Cook has now gone to another level. This was with the 6’2” senior guard of New Berlin West High School (WI) and 24UP getting his first division one offer. Milwaukee became the first division one program to offer Cook. The Horizon League program extended the offer to the senior this past weekend.   More...

The first part of this series featured Alex Cohan, Will Still, Noah Hester, Josiah Hall, and Braylon DeCleene. Here are five more in varying levels of their playing career who are all poised to take their game to the next level. Logan Brown – 2028 – G/F – Young & Reckless Brown has been one of the bigger stock risers in Illinois’ 2028 class over the past few   More...

It was one of the busier weeks of recruitment news as we finish up August. Plenty of noteworthy commitments and offers included. Expect the recruiting news to only heat up as we move into the season of open gyms, visits, and commitments. Central Michigan landed an in-state commitment for its 2027 class. This came from Wycell Davis, a 6’4” wing guard of Detroit Catholic Central and   More...

Over the past few months, Codey Bush has started to emerge as one of the top 2029 guards in the entire Midwest. This has led to the recruitment of Summit Academy (MI) and Phenom United guard starting to take off. While playing with Phenom United this past grassroots season, Bush was one of the top 2029 guards on the 3SSB circuit. This included averaging 17.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists,   More...

While it often takes for players to reach high school for their physical tools and skills to develop. Though for some, this starts earlier in their middle school days. One of these being Power 5 wing Braylin Calhoun. Especially over the past several months, Calhoun has proven his tremendous abilities on the hardwood and an even brighter future as moves along in his basketball career. Even   More...

As we wrap up this series, here are five more under the radar players from across the Midwest who have continued to excel on the hardwood. Oliver Evans – 2027 – C – Wisconsin Breakaway Evans is a true post who has continued to greatly develop his game and needs to be on more college coaches’ radar. He has good size standing at 6’8” with a solid build and   More...