Without many local AAU tournaments, I watched a few games on livestream at the UAA’s first live event in Arizona and two Prep Hoops events with a couple of local teams participating. Here are some of the standouts. Breakaway Connor…
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17U Breakaway Practice Evaluations
I was out in Oak Brook to watch Breakaway's three teams practice over the weekend. The 17U group features a lot of positional size, shooting, and unselfishness that should make them a contender in the UAA. Here are the evaluations…
Week 4 Players of the Week and Weekly Notes
A month into the year and we are already on the fourth release of players of the week. The holiday tournaments coming up will lead to a number of candidates for the upcoming weeks. As always, feel free to continue…
Preseason Team Previews: DuPage Valley
The DuPage Valley is a smaller conference with only six teams, but the conference boasts a lot of promising young talent in the 2024 and 2025 classes. We’re previewing those teams today. DeKalb All-conference guard Lane McVicar and Ty Westberg…
GPA Elite 20 Evaluations
I was out in Schaumburg for the GPA Elite 20 camp that included a number of promising juniors and seniors throughout the area. We have evaluations on the 20 players who were in attendance. Andrew Soenksen (6’8 PF, Plainfield East…
Roundball Grassroots Showcase Standouts
I caught some game out at the Roundball Shootout event in Waukegan featuring some quality Illinois programs. The standouts from the games that I saw are below. Paradise Basketball 2024 Jason Jakstys (6'9 PF, Yorkville) Jakstys controlled the game with…
10 Breakout Sophomores and Impact Freshmen
We are taking a look at some underclassmen who should burst onto the scene this year. Some of these 2024 prospects may be seeing their first varsity action and a number of the 2025 players will have big roles right…
End of Summer Camp Writeups
We had two camps for the yesterday with prospects from the 2022/2023 class in one group and 2024/2025 class in the other. There was a solid mix of prospects who project to different levels in the older group with some…