The Grassroots Invitational and the first of the July live periods got off to a big start on Friday. Here is small sample of the many standouts from an action-packed day of great basketball. Tarik Bajramovic – 2027 – SF – Team Ramey While there was plenty of high scoring outputs on the day, Bajramovic may have had the best scoring half. In just the second half of his game   More...

While there are several dozen games that could be included on this list, here are several that should be atop the list. 17U D Rice Elite vs. Wisconsin Legends Friday – Court 3 5:10pm @ Pacer Athletic Center There is plenty of talent all over in this 17U matchup of two of the top teams from the spring on the NY2LA Association. D Rice Elite got great production of their own all   More...

One more article in this series of players to watch in July with the upcoming live periods to get underway tomorrow. Look for these players at the NY2LA Grassroots Invitational this weekend. Nasir Avery – 2027 – PG – Team Herro National Avery is an under the radar guard who showed some high-level play in the spring. At both the NY2LA Sports Invitational and Grassroots   More...

Out of all the highly talented players in Wisconsin’s 2027 class, one of the most talented point guards in the class is Massimo Ruz. With all his great point guard abilities, the rising senior of Pius XI Catholic High School and 24UP has started to attract greater college interest. The newest development in his recruitment was taking a visit to DePaul recently back at the end of June.   More...

With all the great talent in Wisconsin’s loaded 2027 class, it has taken some players recruitment a big longer to start up. One of these being Trace Damrow, a 6’5” wing guard of the Wisconsin Legends and Howards Grove High School. The breakout play of Damrow started in his junior high school season this past winter. He averaged 19.6 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.3   More...

Plenty of must-see players over the next two weekends, here are five more to watch. Alex Cohan – 2028 – G/F – Full Package During his spring season with Full Package, Cohan flashed plenty of upside. He has good positional size on the wings at 6’6” with some length along with a versatile game. This includes being a consistent spot up shooter from three, able to   More...

The second part included Riley Walz, Kendall Meyers, Cormac Hanus, Elijah OClaire, and David Udoiwod. Here are the next five up in this series. Joseph Arnold – 2028 – PG – D Rice Elite Arnold has continued to showcase elite playmaking abilities with the ball in his hands. He is a highly skilled and elusive point guard who can really create for others in addition to   More...

It has been a fully packed week of recruitment news which included several division one commitments. Previously covered where Kager Knueppel picking Duke and Northern Illinois landing multiple commitments. Here is all the rest from the loaded week with some more commitments and plenty of offers. Belmont was able to pick up a commitment out of Indiana coming from Brandon Hunter, a   More...

Northern Illinois and new head coach Matt Majkrzak have gone on a serious run of landing commitments for their 2027 class. This includes Zeak Jones, a 6’4” guard of Dominican High School (WI) and Team Hali, who has recently made his commitment to the Huskies. Northern Illinois is landing one of the top scorers in Wisconsin’s 2027 class. In his junior season, Zones averaged   More...

The recruitment of Austin Luchetti quickly came along over the past several days. Just a few days after landing his first division one offers, the 6’7” forward of Monona Grove High School and the Wisconsin Playmakers has announced his college pick. On Friday, Luchetti made his college decision. The rising senior selected Northern Illinois University. The Huskies had just offered   More...

The recruitment of rising senior Nicholas Taylor quickly came along over the past several weeks. This all ended today on Thursday when the 6’8” power forward of Lanesboro High School and the MN Lightning announced his college commitment. Taylor announced his commitment to St. Cloud State, a division two program in the NSIC. The commitment comes after Taylor had just been offered by   More...

With his play from his freshman season and now into the spring and summer seasons, Ronald Johnson has continued to show he’s one of the top players in Illinois’ 2029 class. This has resulted in the point guard of Mt. Carmel and Mac Irvin Fire getting an early start on his recruitment. Last month in June, Johnson received his first division one offer. This offer came from Western   More...

It has been a very up and down several months for 2027 Austin Luchetti of Monona Grove and the Wisconsin Playmakers. This started with an injury last year and more recently a major boost in the recruitment of the 6’7” wing forward. This all started with an injury last November in a scrimmage with Monona Grove. This injury would end up costing Luchetti his entire high school junior   More...

Part two with five more players in the region for college coaches to watch this July. Owen Birschbach – 2028 – SF – Mammoth Basketball From a first team all-conference sophomore season with New Holstein and throughout the spring grassroots season with Mammoth, Birschbach has continued to be a highly impactful player. The small forward is 6’5” with a versatile   More...

Following the great growth of his game over the past few months, the recruitment has started to heat up for Boti Szabo-Zsamba. This includes the 6’9” post of Full Package and Lake Forest Academy picking up his first offer. This week, Pittsburgh State, a division two school in Kansas, extended an offer to Szabo-Zsamba. “They value physicality, they get their bigs involved, and   More...

History has repeated itself with another Knueppel committing to Duke. Following in his older brothers Kon’s footsteps, Kager Knueppel has made his commitment to the Blue Devils. Kager is a 6’10” 2027 wing forwards of Team Herro and Wisconsin Lutheran High School. He announced his commitment on Monday evening with the caption, “The Brotherhood just got bigger,   More...

One more group of standouts from the Ridgewood Shootout this past weekend. Arthur Abbey – 2027 – PG – Rock Island Abbey had a few standout games including scoring 25 points in one of them. As well to being able to shoot the three, he is also a true playmaker with the ball. He is incredibly quick and maneuvers so well with the ball through the defense being able to get   More...

With the June live periods now complete, it’s time to look ahead to the month of July and the next two live periods. Here are five players who should be on college coaches’ radars and are poised for a breakout month. Cormac Hanus – 2027 – G/F – Full Package While an under the radar wing in Illinois’ 2027 class, Hanus has continued to put together a very   More...

There were plenty of additional standouts from our first article from the Ridgewood Shootout. Here is the next group up. Keiwon Gulley – 2029 – G – Bloom With his high skill level and everything he can do, Gulley had multiple standout games at the event. Not only is the athletic guard a skilled scorer but also contributed greatly with his on ball defensive play,   More...

A packed issue of news following the second of the two June live periods. A lengthy list of offers but let’s start it off with a commitment. SIUE was able to get a start on their 2027 class with a commitment from Gavin Rahm, a 6’3” guard of Wesclin and SW IL Jets. After receiving his first pair of D1 offers earlier this month, 6’10” 2027 Charlie Hoel has added   More...

Many of Illinois’ top high school teams and players were in attendance over the weekend at the Ridgewood Shootout for the second of the June live periods. Here is my first group of standouts from the event. Mason Martin – 2027 – SG – Neuqua Valley Martin got off to hot shooting starts in each of Neuqua’s two games on Friday helping them to double digit wins in   More...

Greg Gard and Wisconsin are looking to have one of their top recruiting classes in recent history for the 2027 class. The Badgers have now landed their third commitment for their 2027 class, all coming just in the month of June over the past few weeks. The run of commitments this month started with Jalen Brown, a 6’4” point guard of Wauwatosa West High School (WI). Then just over   More...

While there are plenty of under recruited players everywhere, especially in today’s recruitment landscape, one of the biggest is Chris Retic. The 6’7” 2027 wing of Golda Meir High School (WI) and Jay Academy should be receiving much greater college interest following his breakout spring grassroots season. The growth of the game for Retic started in his junior season in which   More...

Now that we are officially in the summer, one last stock booster article looking back at the spring with a few more noteworthy players. Alex Armstrong – 2027 – G/F – West Michigan Premier During the winter Armstrong picked up an offer from a division three program and NAIA program, now his recruitment has gone to another level. This started with an offer from division two   More...

Over the past several months, Will Stremlow has been one of the fastest rising players in the entire Midwest. This all ended yesterday, when the 6’4” 2027 combo guard of Verona Area High School and Wisconsin Swing announced his commitment. The breakout play of Stremlow really took off in his junior high school season with Verona. In the season, he averaged 23 points per game. He   More...

Throughout the spring grassroots season, 6’2” Corvalis Stewart Jr. emerged as one of the top guards in Wisconsin’s 2028 class. With this, he has started to see some growth in his college recruitment. In his sophomore season at Madison West High School, Stewart averaged 16.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.6 steals per game. Into the spring season, his game has only   More...

One 2028 out of Texas already drawing plenty of college interest in Kenny Turner. This includes offers and further interest for the 6’2” point guard of 3D Empire and Mansfield High School. The 2028-point guard already holds a pair of division one offers. These are from Marquette and UT-Arlington. Each of these offers for Turner came last summer. He also has a few other programs   More...

The first part of this series included Keegan Krull, Elijah McKinnie, Amar’e Ozier, Brighton Webb, and Brock Weeden. Here are five additional players who have already proven plenty of the hardwood and could have bright futures ahead of them if their games continue to progress. Keion Bellfield – 2030 – G – Howard Pulley Bellfield is a quick and athletic   More...

It has been a standout spring for rising senior Paul Ridgway has continued to boost his play during the past few months while playing with DistinXion. This has led to the growth in the recruitment for the 6’6” wing of Sullivan High School (IN). At both the Grassroots Showcase in April and then the NY2LA Spring Extravaganza during the May live period, Ridgway was one of the top 2027   More...

Over the past few years, Edward Bullock has continued to build his game. This has developed into the 6’3” rising senior of Nicolet and Team Hali being one of the more skilled offensive two guards in Wisconsin’s 2027 class. In his junior season, Bullock averaged 10.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game for Nicolet. His game has continued to take big jumps from there   More...