One of the top remaining players from Indiana’s 2024 class is off the board. On Wednesday evening, point guard Micah Davis announced his commitment in front of a crowd at his school, Franklin High School.  Amongst a lengthy list of scholarship offers, the 6’2” point guard of the Indy Heat program announced his commitment to Eastern Kentucky University. Eastern Kentucky   More...

Following a breakout sophomore season at St. Ignatius College Prep, the recruitment stock has continued to greatly build for 6’3” guard Phoenix Gill. He was a big reason why St. Ignatius was able to advance all the way to the 3A Illinois state semifinals back in March. Additionally, he was named special mention all-state by the IBCA as only a sophomore.   Illinois was the   More...

While the first team had a great deal of talent with Stevie Elam, Drew Murphy, Corey Pittman, Robert Smith, and Leshawn Stowers, there was still plenty of talent on this second team as well. Each of these five players has tremendous springs and summers and played a key role in their team success.  Gavin Grondin – 2025 – PG – Wisconsin Blizzard It was a breakout season   More...

One of the top available players in Illinois’ 2024 class made their commitment on Wednesday. This was from Davis Bynum of East St. Louis High School and Team Ramey. The 6’8” wing made his commitment to Cal State Fullerton.  The senior chose Cal State Fullerton over his other finalist of Illinois State, Lindenwood, and Southern Illinois Edwardsville. Other schools to have   More...

Following up on our seniors to know series from Illinois, we know take a look at the Hoosier state. Amongst a strong 2024 class is also a deep on with plenty of under the radar players. Here are five players from the state with varying levels of recruitment that need more looks from college coaches.  Cole Duncan – 2024 – C – Indiana Ice Duncan is one of the higher   More...

One of the top available 2024-point guards in the entire Midwest currently is Gianni Cobb. The senior of Homewood-Flossmoor High School (IL) and Team Rose recently made a couple of official visits and could be nearing a commitment.  Over the past few weeks, the super quick playmaker took official visits to both UW-Milwaukee and Columbia University. When asked about his trip north to   More...

With all the great uncommitted players in Illinois’ 2024 class, one part for this was just not enough. Camden Cerese, Davee Flowers, Luke Kinkade, Jimmy Tarjan, and CJ Worsham were featured in part one but there are plenty of more seniors in the state with a higher ceiling then their current recruitment.  Jack Dabbs – SF – 2024 – All In  The game of Dabbs   More...

There was no shortage of talent at this years Generation Next All-Star Camp and the 2029 and 2030 classes were some of the best. Here are some of the top performers from the camp at these two classes.  Kevin Edwards – 2030 – PG – Locked In With his great play in each of his games, Edwards was awarded the mvp honors of the 2030 level of this camp. As well to being one   More...

Following a stellar grassroots season for both their 2024 and 2025 teams, which included an NY2LA Association championship for the 2025 group, it is not surprising to see several of their players picking up plenty offers over the past couple of months. In just this past weekend, three of their players received scholarship offers from division one programs. Hank Alvey, Dietrich Richardson, and   More...

One of the biggest stock rising big men in the Midwest’s 2025 class has been Gavin Gores over the past few months. Throughout the spring and summer while playing with the Wisconsin Playmakers, he was able to get on plenty of college coaches’ radars.  With his growth as a player also came his first division one scholarship offer. Back in July, Loyola Maryland offered the   More...

With the current state of college recruitment, it continues to be more difficult for high schoolers to gain the exposure and offers they deserve. There are plenty of gifted seniors across the nation with tons of college availability and this is especially true in the state of Illinois. All five of these players below are on college coaches radars with some having scholarship offers but should all   More...

Another member of the talented 2024 Wisconsin Blizzard team has made their college commitment. First it was Will Hornseth pledging to Northern Iowa, then Ty Fernholz to Michigan Tech, and now it is Brady Corso committing to Saint Leo. This group won the NY2LA Association last year at the 16U level and this season were the runner ups with Corso playing a prominent role in both of   More...

One of the most sought-after recruits from Wisconsin over the past decade, Kon Knueppel has made his college commitment. The five-star two guard will not be staying in-state and instead has made his commitment to Duke on Thursday evening.  “The Brotherhood just got bigger,” Knueppel wrote in his commitment post. Duke had initially offered him this summer back in early July.   More...

With all the great depth and talent this year on the 16U level of the NY2LA Association, there was great debate for this list. While a number of players could have earned their way onto it, here are the five players that made the first team.  Stevie Elam – 2025 – G – The Academy In addition to making his way on to this first team list, he was also named Most Valuable   More...

Even down at the young age groups at the 2031 and 2032 classes there was some good talent at the Generation Next All-Stat Camp on Sunday. Here are a few of the players that had great performances for themselves.  Mason Borgen – 2031 – G – 24:Up Borgen is a high energy guard that is a first to floor type of player. In both of his game, he was all over the court making   More...

As well to the standouts, there was much more talent on display this past Sunday in Milwaukee at the Generation Next-All Star Camp, especially in this 2028 class. Here are six more players that had tremendous days for themselves on the hardwood.  Izayah Cunningham – 2028 – PG – Geek Squad Elite Cunningham is an energetic point guard that made plenty of plays in both   More...

While these players are still a year out from high school, there was plenty of talent amongst the 2028 group at the Generation Next All-Star Camp on Sunday. Here are some of the players that stood out the most to me.  Charles Hardiman II – 2028 – G – 94 Feet Elite While still in middle school, Hardiman has size in the backcourt at 6’0” with a good skill   More...

The recruitment of Jake Stephens to the University of North Georgia quickly came along this month. He took his visit there earlier this month on the 4th-6th. Right following the visit, they offered the 6’4” guard of Chelsea High School (MI) and DV45. Now, a couple weeks following the visit and offer, he announced his commitment to the division two program.  “I loved it   More...

MVP’s, standouts, and now stock boosters. Here are several underclassmen to know for the upcoming high school season that all impressed with some great play at the recent NY2LA Futures Camp.  Tyson Busch – 2027 – G – 24Up Over the course of his games as well as the drills, Busch proved to be one of the top shooters of the camp. He has a great looking jumper and   More...

As well to the four most valuable players of the NY2LA Futures Camp, there were several other players who had stellar camps. Here are a few more players that really stood out to me on Saturday.  Jaden Boyd – 2027 – PG – ABC Young Lions With his tremendous performances, Boyd was an easy pick for the floor general award. He is an incredibly skilled passer with such a   More...

The strength of the regions talented 2026 and 2027 classes were on full display at the Futures Camp this past Saturday in Milwaukee. Here are the most valuable players honors from both classes as well as all the honorees.  Max Jones – 2027 – G – 24Up Jones played extremely well amongst both the 2026 and 2027 groups to be named co-MVP in the 2027 class following up on   More...

As well to the MVP’s and Standouts, there were plenty of other players having stellar performances. Here are several more players from Saturday showcase that really helped themselves out with their high level of play.  Javerion Banks – 2025 – PG – World Hoops Elite Banks played well at the Futures Camp last year and now had another strong performance this year   More...

As well to the three MVP winners (Jamarion Batemon, Zach Kinziger, and Sekou Konneh) there were plenty of players with standout performances. Here are the additional top performers from the NY2LA Junior/Senior Showcase this past Saturday. Gavin Gores – 2025 – F/C – Wisconsin Playmakers The game and stock of Gores continues to rapidly grow. He stands at 6’9”   More...

With a gym full of quality prospects at the NY2LA Junior/Senior Showcase on Saturday in Milwaukee, there was much competition for each of these MVP honors. There were several players that excelled and were candidates for the awards, but it was Jamarion Batemon, Zach Kinziger, and Sekou Konneh who earned the honors. Also below are all the other award winner.  Jamarion Batemon – 2025   More...

While he has just entered high school, Jack Kohnen has already made a name for himself. The wing appears to one of the top incoming freshmen in all of Wisconsin.  This past season while playing with Chapman Basketball Academy, Kohnen was one of the top players in the 2027 class on the GNBA. Playing alongside Trey Resch, Mike Rogers Jr., and Tref Rademaker, they formed a dominant team that   More...

As one of the top shooters in Michigan’s 2024 class, Daniel Smythe has been receiving interest from college programs on all levels. The 6’3” guard of Orchard Lake St. Mary’s also received his first scholarship offer after a breakout grassroots season playing with Team Rose.  Last month, Smythe received an offer from in-state Rochester University. When asked about   More...

Over the course of the season on the NY2LA Association this year, 2025 Luke Westerdale proved to be one of the top scorers at the 16U level. With his big season, the highly skilled 6’1” guard has started to see his recruitment build.  “The season this year with Academy went great,” Westerdale said. “We had countless big wins and playing in the NY2LA with my   More...

The Northern Michigan coaching staff continuously watched the Chapman Basketball Academy 2024 team all spring and summer and this has continued to pay dividends. First, they landed a commitment from Michael McNabb back in July. Now, they have landed a commitment from his CBA teammate in Isaiah Allen.  The versatile 6’4” guard of Milwaukee Lutheran High School, has been one of   More...

One of the top remaining seniors available in all of Illinois right now is Chris Riddle. The 6’6” wing of Kenwood Academy and Mac Irvin Fire already has a long list of division one offers.  The list of offers for Riddle has passed into double figures drawing them from mid major and high major programs nationwide. Included in the list of offers for the senior are Akron,   More...

While just entering his sophomore year at Whitney Young High School, the recruitment stock of Marquis Clark has continued to greatly build. The 6’2” guard already has himself a few scholarship offers and is fresh off a couple visits.  Bryant, Cal, Northern Illinois, and Pacific have all already extended an offer to Clark, all coming over the past few months. He just took a   More...