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HOOP SCOOP: 40-Year Retrospective & Next Chapter

Ronnie Flores – November 20, 2024
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ALL-TIME HOOP SCOOP ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS: Top 100 High School Players In HOOP SCOOP ERA (Past 40 Years)

Clark Francis – November 20, 2024
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Pangos All-East Frosh/Soph Top 50 Rankings

Ronnie Flores – October 28, 2024
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Pangos All-Midwest Frosh/Soph Top 50 Rankings

Ronnie Flores – October 25, 2024

POY Tracker: Seniors Stand Strong

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The top players in the class of 2014 take center stage in the national player of the year race as the underclass players lose traction. Emmanuel Mudiay and Cliff Alexander remain the front-runners, but Jahlil Okafor and Stanley Johnson garner the most first-place votes.

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Tournament Headed To The Garden

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The National High School Invitational (NHSI), a end-of-season tournament that has featured some of the nation’s best teams over the past five years, will be moving from Maryland to New York City with a new title sponsor. The event’s championship game will take place at Iconic Madison Square Garden on April 5.

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“Lenny Cooke” Drives Points Home

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“Lenny Cooke” is a documentary about the quick rise, and dramatic downward spiral, of an early 2000’s high school basketball standout from Brooklyn with aspirations of being a first round selection in the 2002 NBA Draft. A poor work ethic, raw and inexperienced game, media and scout-driven over-hype, and a series of shaky off-the-court decisions led to Cooke going undrafted. The documentary captures Cooke’s rise, the seeds of his downfall and where he’s at in life today. “Lenny Cooke” is recommended viewing for young players with NBA dreams, parents who may not know the inner-working of the grassroots basketball machine, or anyone with a general interest in basketball or the education of America’s youth.

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The Early Recruiting Dilemma (Part 2)

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Almost every high school and club sport is seeing athletes being offered—and committing to colleges—at younger and younger ages.  It’s not unusual to see 14-year-olds making verbals today, which carries risks for both athlete and university.  Here, in the second of a two-part series, we take a more in-depth look at the issue…

By Brentt Eads, Special To StudentSportsBasketball.com

Click here for The Early Recruiting Dilemma (Part 1)

 

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Keeping Your Options Open

One of the top freshmen football players in the nation is Dylan Moses, a 6-foot-1, 215-pound linebacker at University Lab High in Baton Rouge, La.

Described by scouts as “an absolute man-child,” the defender committed to LSU in September and has already been featured on the cover of ESPN Magazine.

His father, Edward Moses Jr.,

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