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 [...]

The massive rebuilding effort for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights under new head coach Eddie Jordan is underway, and help is on the way. On Wednesday, Jordan and Rutgers landed one of three available members of our final top 100 player rankings in the 2013 class, power forward Junior Etou of Bishop O’ Connell (VA). Etou played for Jordan for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]