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...

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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  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...

Olivet Nazarene University continues to add to their strong 2024 recruitment class. The newest addition to the class being Keagan Holder who chose the NAIA school. The 6’3” guard of Morgan Township High School (IN) and 94 Feet Elite announced his commitment on Sunday.  The commitment comes after Holder took his visit there back in September in addition to attending their camp   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...

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...

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...

Now that we’re into the high school and college seasons and past the early signing period, the recruitment news has slowed down a bit. However, over the past several days there are been some noteworthy news.  Azavier Robinson, a top one hundred junior nationally, has continued to rack up the offers. The newest offer for the NY2LA Association MVP from this year playing with George   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...

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...

Over the past several months, DeZhon Hall has developed into one of the nation’s top 2026-point guards. With this, the 6’3” guard now who is now attending Pike High School (IN) has continued to pull in high major offers and has also visited multiple schools.  Over the past couple of months, Hall has taken plenty of visits including most recently to Indiana, Wisconsin,   More...

With the start of the high school season, there have been plenty of great performances on the hardwood. Here are some of the top performances from the past week of high school hoops in the region.  When you have games of 42 and 39 points in your first three games of the season, it’s safe to say you belong here. That is exactly what junior point guard Luke Smith did for Addison Trail   More...

After looking into some stock builders in both the senior and junior class, now up in the sophomores. Following freshman year is when plenty of players take great strides in their games, here are five that have greatly developed over the past several months.  Tyree Brister – 2026 – PG – Collinsville (IL) For just a player entering his sophomore season, Brister is a   More...

After looking at several stock builders in the senior class, we now look at some juniors across the region who have greatly helped their recruitment stock over the past several months with greatly improved games.  Zion Gross – 2025 – SG – Joliet West (IL) Following a breakout season with Team Rose, Gross has developed into one of the top guards in Illinois’ 2025   More...

From a strong junior high school season and then an even better grassroots season with Team Focus, the recruitment stock of Sam Essegian has continued to greatly build. The 6’6” senior wing has built interest and offers from colleges at multiple levels.  Currently, Essegian has earned himself athletic or scholarship offers from Bluffton, Goshen, Heidelberg, New College of   More...

Over the course of the past several months, there have been plenty of players greatly improving their game as well as their recruiting stock. While there are plenty of candidates, here are five especially deserving of this list. Part one included Hank Alvey, Malachi Johnson, Nate Nazos, Deunte Phifer, and Nolan Segner.  Trey Booker – 2024 – PG – Hidden Gems A true   More...

After making some predictions for both Illinois and Wisconsin, we now move east to Indiana. Between plenty of high-end talent amongst the 2024, 2025, and 2026 classes there was much competition for each of these spots. Only players at IHSAA schools were considered for these honors.  Jack Benter – 2024 – SG – Brownstown Central After all he did last year as a junior,   More...

During the spring and summer playing on the NY2LA Association, one of the most dynamic playmaking point guards was Taray Howell. Tournament after tournament, the senior of Evansville Bosse High School continued to lead D1 Indiana to wins.  With his play, Howell has started to see his recruitment heat up with his first couple of offers. Back in July, Marian University offered him. Then   More...

The nations top available 2024 prospects continue to make their college commitments. Plenty of more commitments over the week including one of the top players in the nation. There was also a commitment from a high priority junior.  The highly coveted 6’9” Asa Newell announced his commitment to Georgia. While the five-star forward attends Montverde Academy in Florida, he is   More...

After seeing his recruitment take off over the past few months receiving multiple offers, Isaac Schultz has announced his college commitment. The 6’7” 2024 forward of Adams Central High School (IN) and Focus Premier has committed to Olivet Nazarene. Schultz had initially attended a camp at Olivet Nazarene back in June which he called a great experience. He then visited the NAIA   More...

As well to some terrific 2026 players at the Pangos Camp, there was also plenty of talent at the 2027 level. Here are some of the standouts from the freshmen class.  Jaxson Davis – 2027 – PG – Warren Twp. HS (IL) Another time seeing Davis play and he continued to play at an extremely high level. The freshman was scoring the ball in bunches but also impressed in   More...

The Pangos All-Midwest Camp is always loaded with talent and this was especially true this year. The event had many of the top 2026 and 2027 players from around the region. Here are some of the standouts from the camp's 2026 class. More coverage coming soon.  Ben Akoro – 2026 – G/F – Principia HS (MO) One of the higher upside players of the camp who was playing   More...

One of the top remaining players from Indiana’s 2024 class is off the board. On Wednesday evening, point guard Micah Davis announced his commitment in front of a crowd at his school, Franklin High School.  Amongst a lengthy list of scholarship offers, the 6’2” point guard of the Indy Heat program announced his commitment to Eastern Kentucky University. Eastern Kentucky   More...

Following up on our seniors to know series from Illinois, we know take a look at the Hoosier state. Amongst a strong 2024 class is also a deep on with plenty of under the radar players. Here are five players from the state with varying levels of recruitment that need more looks from college coaches.  Cole Duncan – 2024 – C – Indiana Ice Duncan is one of the higher   More...

As well to the standouts, there was much more talent on display this past Sunday in Milwaukee at the Generation Next-All Star Camp, especially in this 2028 class. Here are six more players that had tremendous days for themselves on the hardwood.  Izayah Cunningham – 2028 – PG – Geek Squad Elite Cunningham is an energetic point guard that made plenty of plays in both   More...

An under the radar breakout performer with 94 Feet Elite this year was Derek Collins. He had multiple stellar tournaments this year on the NY2LA Association. Collins is a 6’3” guard in the 2025 class and attends Gary West Side High School (IN).  By the end of the summer, he was one of the better two-way guards on the NY2LA Association at the 16U level. “My season with 94   More...

With all the talent on the NY2LA Association, these teams are never easy to select. While more than a dozen players were considered for these honors, here are the five the earned themselves the first team honors. Second team honors and honorable mention selections up next from the 17U group.  Will Hornseth – 2024 – PF – Wisconsin Blizzard It was another strong year   More...

Following a big season playing with George Hill All Indy, it has paid off with a couple of division one offers for Damien King. Back in July the junior picked up his first offer and has now just also received his second one.  After averaging 11.5 points and 4.5 rebounds last season as a sophomore at Anderson High School (IN), the game of King continued to take great strides over the past   More...