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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. [...]
Author: Kellon Hassenstab
Posted: May 3, 2013, 4:08 am
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 [...]
Author: Press Release
Posted: April 15, 2013, 6:26 pm
Hoosiers continue talent grab The relative shambles that the Indiana Hoosiers‘ basketball program was in when coach Tom Crean took over has all but been erased from the minds of college basketball fans at large in a few short years, and a significant reason is because of their outstanding success on the recruiting trail. After [...]
Author: Kellon Hassenstab
Posted: December 18, 2012, 5:02 am
As the final July evaluation period closed, several verbal commitments of note popped off prior to and during the period. Perhaps the most important commitment was 5-10 point guard Kahlil Dukes to the USC Trojans. Dukes, a scorer from Capital Prep (CT), played particularly well in Las Vegas for his Connecticut Basketball Club team, and will [...]
Author: Kellon Hassenstab
Posted: July 30, 2012, 3:33 pm
Pool play wrapped up at three tournaments in Las Vegas and tournament play started in some age divisions in the evening, as Friday’s action wound down in the desert. The squads of most interest to college coaches and recruiting analysts were pre-seeded into the respective tournament portion of most of the events, leading to some [...]
Author: Kellon Hassenstab
Posted: July 28, 2012, 5:10 am
The Oklahoma State Cowboys have struck with their first recruit in the 2013 class, 6′-6″ wing forward Leyton Hammonds of Richland (TX), according to a post on the Dallas Mustangs twitter account. Hammonds runs with the Dallas Mustangs during the spring and summer, which is the program that has familiarity with Oklahoma State, having sent [...]
Author: Kellon Hassenstab
Posted: July 23, 2012, 2:53 am

Incoming Verbal Commitments and Signings

Class of 2013

NameHeightPositionSchool (State)TypeStatus
Geno Thorpe6'-3"PGWest Oaks Academy (FL)HSSigned
Julian Moore6'-9"PFGermantown Academy (PA)HSSigned
Payton Banks6'-5"SFOrange Lutheran (CA)HSSigned
Graham Woodward5'-11"PGEdina (MN)HSSigned

Class of 2014

NameHeightPositionSchool (State)TypeStatus
Isaiah Washington6'-4"SGWilliamsport (PA)HSVerbal



Past Recruiting Classes

Class of 2012

Name Height Position School (State) Type Status
Akosa Maduegbunam 6′-3″ SG Winchendon School (MA) HS Signed
Brandon Taylor 6′-7″ PF Trenton Catholic (NJ) HS Signed

Class of 2011

Name Height Position School (State) Type Status
Peter Alexis 6′-11″ C Holy Redeemer (PA) HS Signed
Patrick Ackerman 6′-11″ C Worcester Academy (MA) HS Signed
Ross Travis 6′-8″ SF Chaska (MN) HS Signed
Trey Lewis 6′-1″ PG Garfield Heights (OH) HS Signed
Matt Glover 6′-4″ SG Sheridan JC (WY) JC Signed

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