With some teams across the region finishing up holiday tournaments following Christmas and some on break, there were still a good list of standouts in this holiday edition.  It is the second straight appearance here for Michael McNabb. The senior guard raised the stakes this week with a 48 point game in a win over a very good Onalaska team.  Je’Shawn Stevenson continues to   More...

As we get deeper into the current high school season, there are plenty of players worthy of some recognition. Here are several under the radar juniors having great seasons for college coaches to be familiar with.  Anestis Hadjistamoulou – 2025 – PG – Glenbrook South (IL) One of the more skilled 2025-point guards in his area who has only continued to get better   More...

After plenty of coverage of the seniors from day one of the Jack Tosh Tournament, now it’s time for the juniors with plenty starting the tournament in a big way.  Jax Abalos – 2025 – G/F – Batavia There are plenty of aspects to like from the game of Abalos. He has good size out on the wings standing at 6’7” in addition to his length. As well, Abalos   More...

One article was just not enough for all the great talent from the 2024 class on display on Tuesday at York. Here is part two from the Jack Tosh Tournament.  Natez Nazos – 2024 – PG – Batavia Nazos was a big piece of Batavia’s 53-43 victory. He scored an efficient 11 points but impressed even more with his point guard play. The senior is a true floor general who   More...

As arguably the best holiday tournament in all of Illinois and with 32 teams there was plenty of great basketball on display amongst the 16 games. Here is part one of our standouts from Tuesday at York High School.  Stefan Cicic – 2024 – C – Riverside Brookfield Cicic played a big role in RB’s double-digit victory and all the success of their 11-1 season. As   More...

In addition to some big news on the national level there was also plenty of regional recruiting news over the past week.  Out of a final group that consisted of Alabama, Florida State, and Georgia, Derrion Reid made his commitment Alabama. The five-star forward was one the top ranked available senior nationwide.  It was a big week for Washington and head coach Mike Hopkins. The   More...

The bar for this list continues to grow as high schoolers from across the region continue to have huge performances. Here are the standouts performances from the past week. While we have seen several 40+ point performances already this season, there hasn’t been many 50 point games and that is exactly what Azayah Washington did. The junior guard has continued to put up monstrous numbers   More...

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The newest commitment from Illinois’ senior class was Dezmund Jackson. Over the weekend, the 6’4” wing guard of Rock Island High School and the Iowa Barnstorms announced his commitment to University of Illinois Springfield and head coach Matt Brock. Illinois Springfield is a division two program and a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.  Jackson took a visit to   More...

  Plenty of recruitment news over the past several days coming from all levels. From some high major offers to some division three offers and commitments. Check out all the recruitment news in the region recently.  Andrew Jensen has added an offer from West Virginia University. The offer comes after he took a visit to the Morgantown campus back in the fall. In addition to the   More...

One of the more under recruited players in Illinois 2024 has finally saw a scholarship offer for himself. That player is Malachi Johnson of Rockford Guilford High School. The 6’2” guard had a breakout grassroots season with Greater Purpose Athletics where he was one of the top guards on the NY2LA Association.  The offer for Johnson came from Franklin Pierce University, a   More...

With tons of remarkable performances this past week, there was some great competition for this edition stars of the week article. Here are the week’s biggest standouts.  There have been some tremendous performances early in the season in Wisconsin, though it looks like Bradley commit, Jaquan Johnson may have had the best this week. The senior put up a staggering 50 points all in   More...

Following a stellar grassroots season with the Illinois Predators and a big start to his senior season, Sebastian Hill has developed into one of the better available guards in Illinois’ 2024 class. The 6’3” combo guard is currently averaging 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 2.6 assists for Meridian High School as they have a 6-4 record. Even while being one of the leading scorers in   More...

While none of these players are unknown, they are all some of the top players in their area and should be on plenty of college coaches’ radars. Each have varying levels of recruitment and should be very popular named amongst college coaches for the remainder of this season and moving into the spring.  Wilson Huckeby – 2026 – G – Freeland (MI) Following up a   More...

This high school season has seen plenty of freshmen burst onto the varsity scene. We already featured Dooney Johnson and Davion Thompson last week who are having exceptional freshman seasons. Here are several others that are stepping up big early in their high school career’s.  Jaxson Davis had plenty of hype coming into his high school career and is living up to it. He may have   More...

Part one of this series included Dekwon Brown, Calvin Robins, Stefan Cicic, Braylon Roman, and Jurrell Baldwin, though there is plenty of additional uncommitted seniors in Illinois. Here are five more of the top available seniors across Illinois.  Camden Cerese – 2024 – PG – Lake Park Cerese had a breakout junior season as one of the better guards in the state and has   More...

One of the higher upside recruits in Illinois’ 2025 class is fresh off a visit to a Big 10 school. Over the weekend, Jonah Funk of El Paso-Gridley High School and MidPro Academy took a visit to Iowa.  “The visit was great,” Funk first said about his trip where he was in attendance for the Hawkeyes game up against Michigan. “It was a true blessing to be there. I   More...

Washington University in St. Louis continued to add to their 2024 recruiting class. On Sunday they landed a commitment from one of the top remaining seniors in all of Illinois in 6’7” wing Connor May. Right now, the senior is averaging 19.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 2 assists per game for 6-3 Palatine High School. “The campus and school itself is amazing,” May said on   More...

As we get further into the high season, there continues to be plenty stellar performances around the region. Here are some of the best from this week.  While we saw plenty of 40+ point games last week in this article, Drew Daoust took it up a level. The 2025 guard went for a remarkable 53 points in a blowout victory for Southern Door.  6’7” Zach Behn was mentioned in   More...

From freshmen to sophomore season is when plenty of players make big jumps in their game. Here are five that have taken that jump and then some from around the Midwest.  Dominik Baxter – 2026 – SG – Peshtigo An under the radar sophomore who is putting up some monster numbers this season. This includes a 36 point, 13 rebound performance earlier this week. The   More...

After looking at some breakout juniors up in Wisconsin, now it is time to look at some in Illinois. Here are five breakout juniors in the state.  Seth Cheney – 2025 – G – Providence Catholic  Game after game this season, Cheney has only continued to produce. While he has been scoring the ball very effectively putting up some big point totals to win game, he is   More...

While we looked at some wings and front court players yesterday, today we are looking in the backcourt at five gifted point guards. All five of these players need to be on college coaches’ radars.  Josh Fridman – 2024 – PG – Glenbrook North Fridman started off the season in a big way earning Tournament MVP honors. This comes after a huge junior season in which   More...

While few freshmen play varsity basketball at the high school level and even fewer excel there, Davion Thompson is doing just that. While he is just a few games into his high school career, the 6’3” guard is doing just that at Bolingbrook High School (IL).  Through the first five game of high school career, Thompson is currently averaging 16 points and 3 rebounds per game to   More...

Every year plenty talented seniors go under recruited and end up being steals at the college level. With the difficulties in the recruitment process and the current recruitment landscape, this is true more than ever. Here are a few of the talented and available 2024 players from the Midwest region.  Christian Dunn – 2024 – PF – East Lansing  While Jake Stephens   More...

Forty-two-point game, game winning three-point shot, All-Tournament team, 1,000th career point, it has been an early season filled with big accomplishments for Luke Smith. The 2025-point guard of Addison Trail High School (IL) and All In has only continued to shine during his junior season while just a couple weeks in.  Following a sophomore season in which he averaged nearly 20 points   More...

While it is early in on the season, Brady Sehlhorst has proven to be one of the top players in Illinois 2025 class. As well to the strong start to his season, the 6’7” wing guard of Notre Dame College Prep has continued to pull in some offers.  Just a few days ago, Western Illinois became the latest division one program to offer Sehlhorst a scholarship. Last week he also   More...

With Wisconsin and Iowa now fully in action with the other Midwest states there were plenty of eye-popping performances. Plenty of competition for the list with tons of players in the region going for 40+ points. Here are some of the week’s standouts.  In one of the craziest stat lines out there, 6’10” junior Jaydon Awe not only had 36 points but also added with that 35   More...

Throughout his high school career over the past year, Stephen Brown has proved to be one of the top players in Illinois’ 2026 class. From his freshmen season at Marist High School to his grassroots season over the spring and summer, the 6’7” forward has only continued to shine on the hardwood. As well, he earned co-mvp honors at the Pangos All-Midwest Camp back in   More...

While many of the top senior in Illinois are committed, there are plenty of others available and having big starts to their seasons. Here are five that are under the radar and having stellar seasons early on.  Rakim Chaney – 2024 – G – Rockford Auburn There is much to like from the game of Chaney. As well to having some size in the backcourt he is also a versatile   More...

Over the past several months, Lincoln Williams has developed into one of the top players and prospects in all of Illinois’ 2026 class. It started with a breakout grassroots season with the Mac Irvin Fire and has continued into the early high school season so far with Kankakee High School. Right now, Williams is averaging 23 points per game.  While back in the spring he was not   More...