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 [...]

It’s another year of ranking recruiting classes at the end of the regular signing period on Hoopniks.com, but there’s been no change at the top of the list in years, as the Kentucky Wildcats have yet another No. 1 ranked class. With an almost embarrassing six McDonald’s All-Americans set to join their squad next year, Kentucky has some [...]

A strong slate of games graced the schedule at the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League on Saturday in Frisco, Texas, with numerous tests, strong individual match-ups and squads pushing towards a berth in the championship tournament, the Peach Jam in July. As always, Nike’s team impressed by putting together a well-run event that was on-time, had accurate [...]

With every significant all-star game completed and nearly every prospect of consequence (with one grand exception) signed, sealed and delivered for next year, it’s time to close the door on the Hoopniks Top 150 for the 2013 class, which was last updated in the Fall, after several player reclassifications. Basketball recruiting at times has a [...]

The 2013 adidas VIP Exclusive Run is in the books. Though we couldn’t see every player and team, Hoopniks was able to view a large portion of the talent in the event. Here is our look at the top performers in the event, as well as the daily event coverage. Event Articles Sunday Recap Saturday [...]

Talented shooting guard Namon Wright of Pacific Hills (CA) has begun to narrow his recruiting process. On Monday, the top notch defender announced he had set his list to include the Arizona State Sun Devils, Florida State Seminoles, USC Trojans, Arizona Wildcats, Oregon Ducks, Washington Huskies and Gonzaga. Wright starred with his Las Vegas, NV, based Dream [...]