A talented freshman class continues to evolve in the state of Illinois and Jeremy Fears Jr. of Joliet West is one reason why.  His smooth skills with the ball in his hands and his ability to make plays on both ends of the court has college coaches very excited. Currently Fears holds offers from Chicago State, Detroit, UIC and Ohio… JO - What has the jump from Middle School to   More...

The state is full of talented backcourts. Today we look at three backcourts that have become dominant over the past few years. Between the six players listed, every single player is either committed to a D1 school or has a D1 offer… SIMEON  ’21 6’2 SG AHAMAD BYNUM Bynum continues to show his worth at Simeon. He is one of the most explosive guards in the state   More...

On Friday, I was on hand as Metro League conference rival MICDS Rams traveled five minutes down the road to face the John Burroughs Bombers. Both programs have young rosters and talented young coaches who recently assumed the helm at their respective schools after arriving with impressive resumes. MICDS is ranked fourth in Class 4 of the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association State   More...

The Poplar Bluff Mules made the trip to St. Louis from Southeast Missouri to face the Ladue Rams on their home court Saturday. The game featured an entertaining matchup between two teams that boast a talented backcourt duo and a physical post player. For the Mules, it was the combination of junior Joseph Hardimon and senior Josiah Kilgore with the inside being manned by senior Luke Becker. For   More...

Northwest Indiana, better known as “The Region, has produced some of the best talent in the state of Indiana: Glenn Robinson, Robbie Hummel, Bryce Drew, Delray Brooks, Dan Palombizio, Roger Harden and many more.  Jalen Washington promises to be the next big-thing from “Da Region”. Jalen is a 6’8” forward that plays for West Side Leadership Academy in Gary,   More...

The class of 2021 in Indiana is absolutely loaded like a twice-baked potato in talent and Khristian Lander may be the “cream” on the top of said talent spud.   This 6’2” dynamo-guard hails from Evansville Reitz and is a 5-star recruit by most recruiting publications.  A consensus top 25 national prospect, Lander is being courted by a number of schools   More...

Whenever a freshman has multiple NCAA Division I offers, that must mean a kid can play!  Malik Olafioye has been putting up numbers for the Ecorse Raiders this season and people are starting to take notice of the Freshman Phenom. Malik is averaging 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game this season and is one of the main reasons why Ecorse is competitive every game.  Even as a   More...

When you're six-foot nine-inches tall by a young age you get attention. When you're tall, can move well for your size, and shoot, you find yourself as a top prospect. 2021 Center/Forward Andrew Morgan of Waseca has found his way into that discussion.  Morgan has stepped into a bigger role as a junior after 2019 Senior Malik Willingham graduated and moved on to college. As more of   More...

Danville High School entered the prestigious Pontiac Holiday Tournament off to a big 6-2 start this seaon. Then the season quickly went backwards from there as they lost their opening round game of the tournament and things got even worse in the next round when star guard Tevin Smith went down with an injury. Smith is still currently out with an injured knee and Danville has dropped their record   More...

The first few months of the season for Brady Olson and Cuba City High School have been very entertaining. While Cuba City has played seventeen games so far this year, they have yet to suffer a loss. A big reason for the 17-0 record has been the stellar play of Olson who is currently averaging 16.7 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists.  When talking about all the success Cuba City has been   More...

McHale Korf is well balanced 2021 point guard from Pelicans Rapids. Korf is leading the Vikings in scoring this season while breaking the 1,000 point career make. Korf impressed playing MN Comets Servaty last summer at The Great Plains Alliance and got some recognition playing in the NY2LA series.  Pelican Rapids started the year 9-2 but have dropped four straight including a one point   More...

After receiving his first college scholarship offer back in September, Connor Hickman saw his recruitment cool off a bit. Elon University was the first to pull the trigger early on this school year but no other schools joined in on extending any further offers, until now.  Over the weekend not only did Hickman pick up his second offer, but his third one as well. Furman University became   More...

2021 6-10 F/C Logan Landers scored 26 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to power Brookfield Academy (WI) to victory Tuesday.

2022 G/F Steven Clay scored 38 points and 2022 PG Seth Trimble added 21 points to pace Menomonee Falls (WI) to an 88-79 win Tuesday.

2020 G/F Jalen Johnson scored 20 points to pace Nicolet (WI) to an 87-60 win Tuesday.

2022 G/F Danilo Jovanovich scored 25 points to pace Whitnall (WI) to an 89-51 win Tuesday.

2021 G Tanner Resch scored 23 points and 2021 G/F Patrick Baldwin Jr. added 20 points to pace Sussex Hamilton to a 91-68 win on Tuesday.

2021 PG Tyrese Hunter scored 34 points grabbed 6 rebounds and collected 4 steals to lead Racine St. Catherines (WI) to a 70-57 win on Tuesday.

While there are plenty of juniors across Illinois having big years, here are five that are more than excelling. All five of them have taken their games to new a level this season.  Ty Johnson – 6-2 – PG – DePaul Prep Skilled point guard who has really emerged this season. Can score and distribute the ball both at a high level. Quick and shifty with the ball to get into   More...

There are two things that happened this season for Javaughn Hannah that isn’t normal for your regular sophomore basketball player.  On February 5th in a game against Pontiac Arts & Technology he scored an astounding 60 points!  Pete Trammell, the high school coach at Mt. Clemens, had this to say about Hannah and the school record. “Truth be told that record was broken   More...

Caleb Druvenga is a 6-foot one-inch guard who shares the backcourt with Jamestown committed teammate Will Cordes. On the wing they have Charlie Katona and another starter Aaron Bosley. All 2020 Senior's. All played together since Junior High. Shakopee is 15-3 behind their four senior’s with Charlie leading the way in scoring at 18 a game with Caleb trailing at 13.7, Cordes at 13 and   More...

When most people think of Iron Mountain, they think of Tom Izzo but the biggest basketball name now is Foster Wonders.  The rising junior is making sure that people around Michigan don’t forget about the small town in the Upper Peninsula by putting up big numbers.  We had a chance to catch up with Foster to see how his season and recruitment is going.  Q:  How is your   More...

We’re checking-in on 2020 Purdue commit Jaden Ivey from nationally ranked LaPorte La Lumiere.  Many may know his mother Niele Ivey, who was the associate head coach for Notre Dame and is now impressively an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies in the NBA.  Jalen though has made quite the name for himself and Rivals puts him as a 4-star recruit and as the 18th best at his   More...

After having a strong summer playing with the Illinois Wolves, Landon Moore has built upon that with Bloomington High School this winter during his junior season. The point guard is one of the better scorers in central Illinois, currently putting up 18.5 points per game. Scoring is not all he can do as he is also averaging 6 assists per game.  Moore is an electric playmaking guard that   More...

When you start next to Jalen Suggs and Chet Holmgren you can sometimes become an afterthought. But when you're six-foot six-inch prototypical 3 and D wing like Prince Aligbe, you get attention. 10 total offers from schools including Minnesota, Florida, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Iowa State, and others. 24/7 Sports ranks him a 4 star athlete and has him 55th overall in the 2022   More...

2021 SG Zac Johnson scored 26 points to pace River Falls (WI) to victory Tuesday.

2021 F David Joplin scored 30 points and 2021 PG Ben Nau added 9 points and 9 assists to help Brookfield Central (WI) to victory Tuesday.

Every high-level team needs a leader on the floor and that is exactly who Kareem Rozier of Orchard Lake St. Mary’s is.  The sophomore point guard, can control the tempo of the game, get his teammates involved and is one of the premiere floor-leaders in the state.  We were able to talk with him and get some insight about his goals, his game and his future going forward. Q:    More...

While the 2020 class may be front and center right now, a stellar class of 2021 prospects continue to showcase their abilities night in and night out.  That being said while a number of them are already known or becoming known, there are some solid sleepers delivering quality performances each week.  The state of Wisconsin is no exception to the latter and here’s a look at five   More...

Joshua Brown is a six-foot three-inch shooting guard from Park Center who can seriously shoot the ball from deep. This season Brown has hit for more than 20 points four time and is averaging 13.9 points per game on a deep Pirates squad. Brown has gained interest from a few D1 schools while having been offered by a couple D2 schools. In July Minnesota Duluth offered the Park Center shooter and   More...

Trey Longstreet is a 2021 point guard from Delano who's played the wing position for 2 years next to senior point guards Calvin Wishart and Derek Techam. Now that Wishart has moved on to Georgia Southern and Techam to Gustavus.  Longstreet offers a unique skillset at the lead guard position by being six foot six inches tall, especially at the high school level. Now in a role where he   More...

2020 F Alex Antetokounmpo scored 17 points and 2021 G/F Delone Austin added 17 points to pace Dominican (WI) to victory Tuesday.

2021 G Kobe Johnson scored 30 points kicked out 10 assists grabbed 10 rebounds and collected 8 steals to help Nicolet (WI) to an 84-44 win Tuesday.

Tarris Reed Jr. is having a really nice sophomore season playing with the Chaminade. The Red Devils are a storied program that boasts the likes of Jayson Tatum, David Lee and Brad Beal among its list of alumni. The 6-8 forward is aware of the historic performances witnessed on his home court and now seems destined to write a memorable story that’s all his own.  The nimble post   More...

This year Evanston High School has been one of the top teams in all of Illinois, and a large reason for that has been the stellar play of Jaylin Gibson. The 6’5” junior has been putting up big numbers across the board with 15 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals per game to help lead Evanston to a 20-3 record currently.  Even with Evanston’s tremendous start to   More...

When you can play, people will notice that even when you are just a Sophomore in high school.  For Kyler Vanderjagt, he’s not only putting people on notice but colleges are paying attention too.   Kyler is making his name for being one of the top players in the 2022 class.  This super sophomore is averaging 18 points and 6 rebounds a game and is leading his Northview   More...

As with any team, the unsung heroes don’t always receive the attention but make no mistake without them the team is destined for failure.   Alex Schmidt (2020) is a 6’2” combo-guard from Chesterton High School in NW Indiana.  On the varsity level, he experienced some success last season but had to wait his turn, so to speak, playing behind several   More...

It takes place with nearly every sports team when key players go down with injuries and the “next-man-up” mentality must take over.  Parion Roberson 6’3” junior for Gary West Side Leadership Academy has taken that mentality and ran with it. West Side has had several substantial injuries and Parion has stepped up averaging 13ppg and 5rpg.  One of those key   More...

Tariq Henry is a six foot two inch 185 pound 2020 guard from Osseo High School has good size for point guard. Before breaking his hand, Henry was averaging 15 points and 5 assists through 3 games for 2019-20 season. In one of those three vs Owatonna Henry had 23 points and shot 13 free throws. While recovering, I chatted with Henry about the season and getting a recruiting update. Q:    More...

Keagen Smith, a relative late bloomer and when a underclassman stationed behind more senior teammates, has burst on the Minnesota 3A scene this season. He's the 2nd leading scorer at Delano getting 19.2 points per outing, and has 3 games of 28 or more.  With three high power players at Delano in 2019-20 Delano has raced out to a 12-2 record. The three players, Trey Longstreet, Terron   More...