One of the top remaining seniors in Illinois has made their college commitments. On Monday, David Douglas, a 6’5” guard of Yorkville Christian High School and Breakaway Basketball, announced his commitment to Wisconsin-Green Bay. Douglas was one of the top scorers in the entire Midwest region this season scoring over one thousand points on route to earning himself 1A first team   More...

With coach Kim English making the move from George Mason to Providence College, that has made some shifts in the Patriot’s 2023 recruitment class. Richard Barron has opened up his recruitment from George Mason and has been granted his release from his George Mason.  Barron, the 6’5” wing guard of St. Ignatius College Prep and Meanstreets, now becomes the top available   More...

One of the top seniors left in Illinois announced their commitment on Friday. Zack Hawkinson of Sacred Heart-Griffin High School and MidPro Academy made his commitment to North Georgia. The senior is one of the more impactful players in Illinois and has seen plenty of success during his high school career. As a junior he was a big piece of Sacred Heart-Griffin’s state championship and then   More...

Following an official visit on Friday, Mason Funk picked up his first scholarship offer. The 6’5” wing guard of University High School and Illinois Predators picked up the offer from Minnesota State.  In his senior season, he averaged 17.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, 2.8 blocks, 2.6 assists, and 2.2 steals while shooting 49% from the field and 35% from three. He was awarded first   More...

The Opening by OnTheRadar Hoops has become a great annual tournament to get things started on the travel scene in the Atlanta area. This year’s edition came in the Woodstock area last weekend as a strong collection of teams competed to give us an early look at what we should expect this spring. Here are a few of the 2025 prospects who caught my eye during the two-day   More...

While Eric Kenesie may not be amongst the big-name players in Wisconsin’s 2024 class, he did have a record-breaking performance recently in the state tournament. In Kenosha St. Joseph’s state semifinals victory, the 6’0” guard scored a staggering 51 points. This set the state record for most points scored in a Wisconsin state tournament game.  Not only did he score   More...

There are few Illinois seniors who can match the success that Tyson Swanson had on the court this season. The 6’3” wing guard was a leader for Metamora High School who captured the Illinois 3A state title this season.  In the championship season he averaged 13 points and 5 rebounds on his way to earning honorable mention all-state honors. This includes a game high twenty   More...

Not only one of the top uncommitted seniors in Illinois, Donaven Younger is also one of the more high upside 2023 players in the entire state regardless of commitment status. While he battled through an injury plagued senior season after getting injured in September, the power forward has a great deal of tools for the collegiate level.  Younger said that Southern Illinois Edwardsville and   More...

With the speculation turned fact of Ed Cooley will be making the move from Providence College to fellow Big East foe Georgetown, Garwey Dual has opened up his commitment from the Friars. The 6’6” guard of So Cal Academy and George Hill All Indy instantly becomes of the top available players in the 2023 class now.  Just roughly a year ago, Dual was an unknown prospect   More...

One of the more consistent and impactful players over the past two seasons on the NY2LA Association has made their college commitment. Over the weekend, Matt Schmainda announced his commitment to Michigan Tech.  The 6’2” guard of Brookfield East High School and the Wisconsin Swing chose the Huskies over his other scholarship offer from Hillsdale College plus interest from a   More...

As another grassroots season approaches we take a look at 5 prospects in the state of Wisconsin who are primed to see their recruitments blow up this Spring. 2024 6’7 PF MJ Stackhouse  There is an argument to be made that no player in the state of Wisconsin improved more over the last year than MJ Stackhouse out of Kenosha. After struggling to find consistency as a sophomore,   More...

Out of Texas, Jordan Lowery has continued to emerge as a star in the 2025 class. Not just a star in the lone star state, he has also developed into a top one hundred players nationally. The 6’2” point guard of Guyer High School has already received a trio of scholarship offers for himself plus interest from plenty of high major programs. Schools coast to coast are starting to recruit   More...

The newest player from Wisconsin’s 2023 class to receive their first scholarship offer is Tre Miller. After two highly productive seasons at Janesville Parker High School, it finally paid off in the offer. After averaging 17.3 points as a junior last year, the 6’1” guard has been one of the top scorers in the area averaging 22.5 points per game this season. This led to him   More...

Over the past several days, Warren Marshall IV has pulled in a few scholarship offers for himself. While he entered March with some division two offers, the 6’5” 2024 guard of Brother Rice High School (MI), he not only received his first division one offer but a trio of them.  The offers for the juniors came from Central Michigan, Detroit Mercy, and Oakland. He previously held   More...

One of the fastest rising 2024 prospects in the nation has announced his college commitment tonight on Tuesday. Marcus Adams Jr., the 6’8” small forward of Narbonne High School in California has picked Kansas and Bill Self over a long list of other offers. Over the past month Adams recruitment has continued to rapidly develop with prominent programs nationwide.   In just a   More...

Caleb Steger, the 6’5” two guard of Jesuit Prep in Dallas, has just picked up his first scholarship offer. The offers for the sophomore came from an in-state Big 12 program.  TCU and Jamie Dixon became the first program to pull the trigger in offering Steger. The offer comes after Steger took a visit to the nearby Fort Worth campus. “It’s a blessing to know that my   More...

The scholarship offers continue to roll in for Jared Harris. Over the past few days, the 6’4” junior shooting guard of Silsbee High School (TX) received a pair of offers. This includes one from a blue blood program.  Last summer Harris was one of the biggest stock risers in the entire country from the 2024 class picking up a long list of offers from high major programs while   More...

Minnesota and head coach Ben Johnson made a big splash to start off their 2024 recruiting class. They just received a commitment from one of the top, if not top ranked, in-state juniors with the verbal pledge from Isaac Asuma. The commitment comes after he just took a visit to Minnesota recently in February for their game against Penn State.  On Thursday following his high schools’   More...

One of the top available seniors in all of New England has made their college commitment. Alvin Baez had announced his commitment to Adelphi University on Thursday.  The 6’4” guard of Springfield Commonwealth Academy (MA) and the Rhode Island Elite program chose Adelphi over an offer from Post University. Plus, he had interest from a number of division one and two programs   More...

Nate Oats and Alabama landed a critical piece for their 2023 recruiting class on Friday when Kris Parker announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide. The 6’7” wing guard of Crossroads Academy and Team Breakdown picked Alabama over his other three finalist.  Parker had just announced his final four schools a few days ago. Alabama came out on top ahead of Missouri, UCF, and   More...

Not only a star on the hardwood, Daniel Freitag is also a star on the grid iron. The 6’2” junior of Jefferson High School (MN) is one of the top dual sport athletes in the entire nation. He has earned high major offers in both basketball and football.  While Freitag is currently unsure of what sport he will play at the next level, his recruitment in both sports continues to   More...

One of the most skilled 2024 scorers in Kentucky and the entire region is Jay Rose. In his junior season, the 6’4” two guard averaged 21.1 points and 7.8 rebounds for Madison Southern High School to help them to a 19-14 record. Even as a junior, Rose already surpassed the lofty 1,500-career point park as well to setting his schools record for points at 697. While he is an   More...

Back in the spring of his freshman year, Jaden Smith received his first scholarship offer coming from TCU. Since then, he has continued to reel in the offers that is now nearing double digits for the junior of Kenwood Academy and Mac Irvin Fire.  His newest offer came in over the weekend on his visit to the University of Dayton. “Watched shoot around, took a tour around campus,   More...

It has been a big couple of day for Angelo Ciaravino. As well to helping Mt. Carmel High School win a regional championship in the Illinois state tournament on Friday, the junior has also just added his third division one scholarship offer.  In a win over Bogan in the regional finals, the 6’6” wing guard had a dominant performance scoring 32 points. This raised his scoring   More...

One of the bigger breakout sophomores in the greater Chicago area this season was Jordan Tunis of Schaumburg High School. Not only was he a captain as just a sophomore but also led his team in scoring for the season.  For his sophomore season, Tunis averaged 13.5 points, 3.6 assists, and 3.2 rebounds per game. This led to the point guard being named an all-conference player in the Mid   More...

Over the past several months, the recruitment has continued to heat up Malachi Moreno. The 6’11” sophomore has established himself as one of the top big men and top fifty players in the 2025 class nationally.  Right now, in his sophomore season he is averaging 15.4 points and 11.7 rebounds for Great Crossing High School (KY). From last June the high major offers have continued   More...

It has been a busy month for Cole Hayworth who is not only finishing up his junior season but has also taken a pair of college visits. The 6’5” wing of Fort Wayne Concordia High School (IN) and Focus Premier visited two in-state NAIA programs so far in February. First, Hayworth visited Bethel University this month and more recently Goshen College. When asked about the visits, he   More...

One of the top available seniors in Chicago as well as all of Illinois right now is Chikasi Ofoma. Over the past two years, the 6’7” forward of Curie High School has been one of the top 2023 players in the city. While he has seen interest from schools on various levels, he has yet to receive a scholarship offer from a division one or two program. Last year during his play with the   More...

After just making an official visit to Syracuse University over the past weekend for their game against Duke, seven foot two William Patterson announced his commitment to Jim Boeheim and the Orange on Monday. A Brooklyn native, the senior center attends The Patrick School in New Jersey and played with the New Heights NYC. Before making his commitment, he racked up offers from a few high major   More...

The scholarship offers continue to pour in for Cole Certa. Certa, the 6’5” two guard of Bloomington Central Catholic High School and the Illinois Wolves, has picked up a couple new offers already this week.  Just in the mater of the last couple of days both Butler and Nebraska have offered Certa. Additionally, Illinois, Penn State, and Rice had offered him during this high   More...