CHAMBLEE, GA – Gathering at the Core4 facility, Under Armour brought in 24 of the top high schoolers in the country to practice and perform in front of coaches, scouts and media. Before the main event Saturday night (8pm, ESPNU), the two groups of 12 each squared off in a highly competitive scrimmage Friday. A few standouts below: By: Keith Agran Flory Bidunga | 6-10 | 2024 | Kokomo HS (IN) Easily the most active of the big men on Scrimmage Friday, classic modern day up and down the floor fleet-footedness who......
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ATLANTA, GA – With fall leagues right around the corner, we continue our look at Summer Stock-Risers from the various Georgia classifications. After highlighting five 2024 backcourt guys residing in or around the ATL-Metro, we look toward the frontcourt in 7A. By: Keith Agran David Clark | 6-7 | Campbell Really sets up more as a big guard at the next level with the way he can handle the ball and play the face-up game, but with his good size he plays more of a hybrid G/F role with the Spartans and......
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EMERSON, GA – The folks at Halftime Sports put on their annual US Games tournament at LakePoint, and once again talent from a variety of parts of the country both boys and girls came in to compete. I wanted to use my time at the event to zero in on some of the Georgia teams represented, and from Saturday I got a chance to see some really strong rising Peach State talent. By: Keith Agran Taj Saragba | PF | 2027 | Woodstock PLAYED WITH: GEORGIA (GRAVES) On what was probably the......
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GAINESVILLE, FL – After a wide-ranging and varied OTR schedule took the crew from Atlanta to Birmingham to Northern Kentucky then down the coast to Spartanburg SC and as always further south into the Sunshine State, back we were to north central Florida for the last tournament of the season, The Final Run. From the new and expansive Alachua County Sports & Event Center, Jon Hemingway and I had the courts covered deep, his recaps can be found on our News page, and I’m going to delve deeper here into some guys......
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GAINESVILLE, FL – After a wide-ranging and varied OTR schedule took the crew from Atlanta to Birmingham to Northern Kentucky then down the coast to Spartanburg SC and as always further south into the Sunshine State, back we were to north central Florida for the last tournament of the season, The Final Run. From the new and expansive Alachua County Sports & Event Center, Jon Hemingway and I had the courts covered deep, his recaps can be found on our News page, and I’m going to delve deeper here into some guys......
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ATLANTA, GA – OTR is headed to Gainesville (FL) for our Final Run tournament, but the bulk of the travel season is behind us, and as August and fall leagues approach, let’s look at some stock-risers from the Atlanta metro area. First, five guards from 7A: By: Keith Agran Trey Shephard III | 6-6 | Hillgrove First with GA Canes and most recently in a Team Scoot uniform Shephard has been really impressive regardless of uniform colors, the size and the scoring chops are a meaty combination encompassing a multi-range scoring package......
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DULUTH, GA – Over to Notre Dame Academy I ventured as new boy’s head coach at the school, Marshawn Hampton, held an evaluation showcase for scouts from town. There were quite a few guys on hand who have had outstanding travel seasons, and who will look to be potential breakouts for their high school teams this fall. Here were 6 who were hard to miss: By: Keith Agran Alex Young | 6-5 | 2025 | Brookwood Has been on a steady climb for a couple of years now playing some steady and......
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MARIETTA, GA – Two more action-packed days made of OTR’s Power 24 as the last of four live periods once again rolled through the Atlanta-area. After Recruit Look brought in a bevy of teams from the Midwest and further for Elite 32, another big turnout this past weekend featured a large amount of the Southeast’s top organizations. From Sunday over at McEachern some Impression-Makers: By: Keith Agran Avery Thomas II | 2024 | Team Carroll Premier Long and wiry and handled the ball as a big PG at times at 6-7 which......
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MARIETTA, GA – Two more action-packed days made of OTR’s Power 24 as the last of four live periods once again rolled through the Atlanta-area. After Recruit Look brought in a bevy of teams from the Midwest and further for Elite 32, another big turnout this past weekend featured a large amount of the Southeast’s top organizations. From Saturday some Impression-Makers from my day at Hillgrove HS: By: Keith Agran Christian McAllister | 2025 | Team Huncho Another loaded Huncho team features star power across the roster but it was McAllister who......
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MARIETTA, GA – After a busy June for high-schoolers back on their homefronts, OTR was back at it with its 4-day long basketball extravaganza and once again teaming with Recruit Look Hoops for another incredibly diverse field of teams from all regions. For the first of two July live periods for prospects, our crack team had main venue Next Play 360 covered with multiple evaluators canvassing the 4 courts, I took to outer venues Kell HS and Sequoyah HS to see if we could uncover some gems. Some willing and skilled interior......
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