BENTON, Ky., – The Marshall County Hoop Fest provided an exciting atmosphere for teams to compete against elite competition. With over 2,000 local Kentucky fans on hand to watch the games, Hoop Fest blends a traditional basketball fan base with dozens of ELITE ranked players. Here is a close look back on which players elevated themselves above the others on this December weekend. By: @JLHemingwayPSB Hoop Fest Top Performers Carlton Bragg (Cleveland, Ohio), – Villa Angela St. Joesph – 2015 The 6-foot-9 forward delivered in every way possible on Saturday evening. Locked in......
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College coaches from all over the nation lined up to watch class of 2016 wing Braxton Blackwell of Nashville, Tenn., at the Marshall County Hoop Fest. Photo cred – Davide de Pas The Marshall County Hoop Fest is one of the best stops for high school fans and college coaches to check out the nation’s top prospects. Here is a recap of Saturday evening’s games. By: @JLHemingwayPSB Saturday Evening Recap: 4:30 pm La Lumiere (IN) 77 Christ Presbyterian (TN) 48 Lalumiere took control from the very beginning of this one and never looked back. The interior duo of junior Nolan......
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Class of 2015 forward DJ Williams demonstrated his talents at the USA Basketball Mini-Camp. Read what he will bring to the Illini next season. Click here for the Full BrandonClayScouting.com class of 2015 ELITE 100 Rankings By: @JLHemingwayPSB DJ Williams – (Chicago, Ill.), –Simeon Career Academy – 2015 Height: 6’7″ Position: Small Forward Committed College: Illinois Date: October 5, 2014 Evaluator: Jonathan Hemingway Location: USA Basketball Developmental Mini-Camp (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Williams was particularly aggressive on day 1 taking the lead to score and make plays during the scrimmage portions. Although listed as a SF, he was......
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Jaylen Brown is a consensus top 3 prospect in the class of 2015 after this summer. His stock rose quicker than anyone else in the nation and his recruitment reflects that. The travel season is closed, college coaches are making their calls and many of the official visits are set. August is the month where evaluators and pundits will gather their thoughts and notes into rankings. Now it is our turn to take a look at our evaluations to tell who had the best July. By: @JLHemingwayPSB SUMMER STOCK RISERS It would be hard to......
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Evans established himself as arguably the nation’s top true point guard in the class of 2015. He fueled the Raptors to an incredibly successful spring and summer. One of the hottest 17U teams in the country this year were the South Carolina Raptors. They finished the season as the third ranked team in the country and finished the travel season with a 50-3 record. Program director Lamont Simmons put together a talented group of players who played aggressively on both ends of the floor. The strength of this group lays in their......
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Evans is one of the nation’s best point guards after his showing at the NBPA Top 100 Camp. *Photo by Davide De Pas (Nike) Editor’s Note: “Prospect Eval” is a regular piece designed to inform our readers of the staff’s most recent evaluation on a prospect. By: @JLHemingwayPSB NBPA Top 100 Camp Evaluation: Jawun Evans (Dallas, Texas), Team Texas Elite – 2015 In a setting where the best square off against the best, Evans shined as the top point guard while on the campus of the University of Virginia at the......
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Evans led his SC Raptors team to be champions at the Bob Gibbons TOC in the 17U division. *Photo by Ty Freeman By: @JLHemingwayPSB FEATURE PLAYER Jawun Evans (Kimball, Texas), SC Raptors 17U – 2015 Within a tournament full of stars, Evans proved to shine the brightest at the Bob Gibbons Tip-Off Classic. Arguably there were teams who had more talent on their roster than the SC Raptors, but on Sunday afternoon all that mattered was that Evans and his teammates held the trophy as champions. Perhaps what spoke the loudest about......
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Josh Sharma is seeing his recruitment take off to new heights. *Photo credit to Gym Rat Insider By: @JLHemingwayPSB Player Spotlight The recruitment of 7-foot center Josh Sharma of Lexington, Mass. is taking off in recent months. In March, University of Illinois head coach John Groce and his assistant flew in to watch Sharma’s Northfield-Mt. Hermon School lose in their season finale to Brewster Academy. Most recently, Sharma met with coach Bo Ryan of Wisconsin who has an offer in place for some time now. Within the past two weeks the junior......
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