Gerry Freitas: “NorCal Clash – Sunday August 29 at Cornerstone Christian High 3:00 PM”
Scott Greenman: “About a month ago I watched a kid listed as 6’10” play against a kid listed as 6’8” and the kid listed at 6’8” was a half inch taller than the kid listed as 6’10” and neither of them was taller than 6’7”.”
The recruiting plague.
“Kenny Wooten Jr. signs with Ironi Ness Ziona” Alessandro Maggi
Golden State Prep Basketball: “Congrats to our guy Connor Virnig on his commitment to Pacific Union College!!”
The 6-foot-3 Virnig is out of Justin-Sienna High.
Jake Lieberman: “(Miles) Byrd tells me that his top eight is San Diego State, Pacific, Colorado State, Villanova, Washington, Minnesota, Saint Mary’s, and Santa Clara.”
Congrats to Pacific, St. Mary’s and Santa Clara for their inclusion. Bryd’s family can easily catch all Pacific home games plus some road contests while St. Mary’s and Santa Clara aren’t far away.
From the Three Man Weave look at Illinois in 2021-22: “…Sophomore big man Coleman Hawkins has gotten a ton of buzz this offseason as a player who could blossom in his second year. From the Daily Illini, Underwood heaped praise on the lanky big man:
“Coleman is a guy who I see a huge jump coming, whether we play him at the four or the five.”
Hawkins has length to be an effective interior deterrent and can even step outside and shoot the 3 on the other end of the floor…”
The 6-foot-10 Hawkins is out of Antelope High and Prolific Prep.
Siskiyou Basketball: “Excited to add Jacob Condez (5’10 guard) from Wood High School in Vacaville, CA to our program. Jacob was voted MEL All League and averaged 6pts, 3.5 asst and 3 reb. Welcome to the family Jacob!”
mology.world: “Harrison Carrington | 2021 NMH Prep Commit @NMHbasketball”
That’s Northfield Mount Hermon, a prep school in Massachusetts. Carrington is 6-foot-5 and out of Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Jake Lieberman: “Uzan tells me that his top eights consists of Utah, Cal, USC, Creighton, Saint Mary’s, Oklahoma, Arizona State, and UNLV.”
That’s 6-foot-4 2022 point guard Milos Uzan. The son of a Las Vegas high school coach, he’s at Prolific Prep.