Grassroots
UA Invitational Preview
The second annual Under Armour Invitational tournament tips off this weekend in Dallas, Texas. This event features the entirety of the stable of Under Armour’s sponsored grassroots basketball teams, called the Under Armour Association, as well as some additional squads. A fair amount of already verbally committed players are listed on rosters for teams in the event, [...]
USA U19 invitees includes current recruits, preps
Twenty-four players, including 16 with previous USA Basketball experience, have accepted invitations to attend the 2013 USA Basketball Men’s U19 World Championship Team Training camp that will be held June 14-19 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo. The USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team committee issued the player invitations. Several [...]
adidas Nations Miami Training Camp tips
The second adidas Nations training camp tipped off this weekend in Miami, Florida, as the adidas stable of 2014, 2015, and 2016 prospects were present. Previously, numerous 2015 and 2016 prospects participated in the adidas Nations training camp in Chicago, the first weekend in April. The adidas Nations events are not open to media coverage, [...]
Nike EYBL Dallas Preview
Session three of Nike’s Elite Youth Basketball League takes the 40 teams to the suburbs of Dallas, Texas, and marks the halfway point in the conglomerate of talent’s “regular season” circuit. While this session is not during a live period, and therefore D-1 coaches cannot attend, there will still be plenty of intrigue and eyes [...]
Ballislife All-American game set for Saturday
The 3rd Annual Ballislife All-American Game is set for Saturday, May 11 and will be hosted at Long Beach City College, in Long Beach, California. The game, sponsored by the ubiquitous SoCal-based mixtape, clothing and lifestyle company is expected to feature some of the top high school seniors in the nation, headed to BCS-level and major conferences. [...]
World wins second consecutive Hoop Summit
A powerful performance from the World squad pushed the team of top international basketball prospects to victory on Saturday night in Portland, OR, as the World team won 112-98 in the Nike Hoop Summit. The World team, which included three players that were on high school teams in the United States this season, had the [...]
2013 adidas VIP Exclusive Run preview
This weekend marks the first of two “live” weekends, in that men’s D-1 college basketball coaches will be allowed to evaluate talent at tournaments and events. Though there are numerous events that should have strong fields of prospects and travelling teams, Hoopniks.com will be in the house at the adidas VIP Exclusive Run, in the Dallas [...]
Stacked roster set for 2013 Mary Kline Classic
On Monday, The Recruit Scoop announced its star-filled roster for the 3rd annual Mary Kline Classic, taking place on Sunday, June 2 at Philadelphia University’s Gallagher Center in Philadelphia, P.A. Following a tremendous second year in which $21,000 was raised for cancer research, and featured Mary Kline Classic alumni Rondae Jefferson, Ryan Arcidiacono, Georges Niang [...]
2013 Jordan Brand Classic results and recap
The 12th annual Jordan Brand Classic featured three outstanding games at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, as the International, Regional and National contests all featured future D-1 players performing at a high level. National Game The West prevailed over the East, 102-98, as future Washington Huskies point guard Nigel Williams-Goss continued his terrific senior season with 17 points [...]
Kansas signee Joel Embiid added to Hoop Summit
As if the 2013 Nike Hoop Summit game wasn’t anticipated enough, touted 7′-0″ center Joel Embiid, a Kansas Jayhawks signee, announced he was added to the game on Friday. The news from Embiid was also reported by Dave Telep of ESPN. Below is the original press release regarding the World Select team that Embiid will play [...]
Derby Festival Basketball Classic adds players
The Kentucky Derby Festival has added four new recruits to its line-up for next week’s 40thannual Basketball Classic presented by papajohns.com and Fifth Third Bank. Those players include recent Kentucky Wildcats commitment and Kentucky’s Mr. Basketball, Dominique Hawkins (6-0 G Madison Central), as well as three other locals including Indiana Hoosiers signee Collin Hartman (6-6 F Indianapolis [...]
2013 adidas Nations kicks off in Chicago
Chicago may very well be the epicenter of high school hoops talent this week, with adidas summoning a contingent of talented 2015 and 2016 prospects for its first adidas Nations session of 2013, in addition to the 2013 McDonald’s All-American games, which is scheduled for Wednesday, April 3. The adidas Nations events are not open [...]
