The big our old staff was following who decided to reclass down to 2026 from 2025. Seems to be doing well
I just tuned into Peach Jam for basically the first time, and Christian Gibson doesnāt seem to be playing for Houston Hoops todayā¦
Peach Jam and the NIT version of it are next week. Load management most likely.
Also Im pretty sure Houston Hoops went winless so they are definitely not going to be in Peach Jam.
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Somebody made it to Richmond for the Pro16. Checking out 2027 PG Reese Alston, from Houston of course.
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Attendance at travel ball when they charge $25 per session
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Donāt forget the crazy fan screaming! My aau games were more intense then HS games
$10 a beer, according to a source.
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trent perry, anyone? noticed thereās another one in the 2026 class.
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NBA and college folks are saying mean things about the 2026 HS (and international) class: 2025 NBA summer league buzz - Intel, reaction from Las Vegas - ESPN
āThis is one of the weakest high school classes Iāve seen in a long time,ā one grizzled talent evaluator with extensive experience in the amateur youth space told ESPN.
āThere might not be a single All-Star in this group, and after the first few prospects, Iām not sure how many NBA starters I see either from the other five-star recruits. New players always emerge, but by now we usually have a pretty good idea of who the most elite prospects are, and itās looking like slim pickings, even more so than the weak 2024 NBA draft, which at least had several high-end international prospects we could point to.ā
College coaches making the rounds at summer league have echoed similar thoughts, saying theyāve been largely underwhelmed by the lack of star power among prospects ranked at the top of the 2026 recruiting class. This is causing them to plan on being even more aggressive in the transfer portal rather than spending significant sums on five-star prospects who might not be good enough to make impacts as freshmen at the college level.
I never know how much weight to put on those pronouncements. I canāt say Iāve noticed a particular class being good or bad having relevance for our purposes, except for maybe the 2021 class where evals were screwy with the pandemic going on. Feels like the portal > HS dynamic has already been in place at the high major level, not sure how much more tilted it can realistically get.
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Yeah, Iād like to see what those āclass repā analyses actually look like 10 years later.
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I think the 2013 draft class was correctly panned while they were in HS. Unless you had an idea about Giannis that at least 14 teams didnāt. CJ McCollum wasnāt a highly rated recruit and Gobertās from France.
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@DFresh11 your guy is making the big time
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Finishes like McKneely, always flailing somehow
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Thai Cobb also not a bad idea for a salad- fry the egg add some rice, see what happens
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Baller. LRA saw him early
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Norlander with his various takeaways from last weekend: College basketball recruiting: Coaches weigh in on NCAA Tournament size, intel on top prospects and more - CBSSports.com
Found the stuff on the value of HS recruiting interesting:
Some high-major coaches I talked to maintained that a lot of July recruiting isnāt what it was 15 years ago. Some coaches told me they were bailing early on some of these events. Some high-major assistants arenāt even going on the road this month, period, opting to head to Summer League in Las Vegas or focus on other aspects of the job (including talking to agents).
But it was hard not to notice a lack of buzz around a lot of games with highly rated prospects last week.
āIt doesnāt feel as big as it used to,ā one ACC coach (not Scheyer, to be clear) told me.
One major reason for that: Coaches donāt feel like they should, or need to, spend two or three years recruiting a player any more. Relationships with agents and money deals are going to get it done. Some relationship-building is important, but the game has changed and the idea that a coaching staff has to attend every single game possible for a recruit theyāre desperate to land? Thatās not the way of the world anymore.
I get the sense a lot of coaches are all too relieved thatās the case.
Those assertions around the loss of value in relationship-building seem testable; I guess weāll see how coaches with different approaches fare in the coming years.
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Yep. I see that and think there as opportunity to buck the trend and hit high school harder than other teams.
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I wonder if uncertainty around House enforcement is creating at least some of the uncertainty of how to approach HS recruits. Coaches donāt know what they can pay / promise.
I just think thereās the idea out there that every recruit who isnāt top 25 or so should go to Murray State, but I still feel like thatās a little overdetermined as CWā¦ and ignores the obvious counter-cyclical strategy of just getting a guy into your program and keeping him happy. Plus Murray State only has 15 roster spots. 
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The quote about UVA is pretty generically positive, but I would feel a lot worse if I was a LSU fan:
LSU : āLSU, I mean itās the SEC. They had a kind of a down year, so theyāre looking to replace some senior wings that they have this year, and they feel like I can step into that role and be productive. The SEC is a really tough conference, so theyāre going to need some high-level players. And they feel like Iām a high-level prospect, so they want me there in Baton Rouge and think I can make an impact.ā
Basically āthey suck but at least they play in a good conferenceā
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LSU is following our football model. They were like āwe donāt love our HC but letās try to give him a bunch of money to see what he can do instead of buying him out.ā
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