Category Archives: Recruiting

Kentucky True-Blue-Chips

May 15, 2013   Roundball Direct   No comments
Credits Bleacher Report

Credits Bleacher Report

By: Reggie D. Richardson,

NCAA Division 1 College Basketball has been dominated the last two seasons by the state of Kentucky. The 2011-2012 season saw the Kentucky Wildcats win the national title, as they were led by the top two picks in the 2012 NBA draft, Anthony Davis, and Michael Kidd-Gillchrist. This year the cross state rival Louisville Cardinals, with Coach Rick Patino cut the nets down, and over in Lexington the defending champions struggled to find the magic of a year ago. The Wildcats were hindered by a season ending ACL injury to Nerlens Noel, and the rest of the team suffered from a real lack of chemistry. The 2013-2014 season will prove to be more than just a return to “True Blue”.

Head Coach John Calapari has landed what could arguably be his best ever recruiting class, and possibly the best ever for the University. Most teams are fortunate if they land one McDonald’s All-American, but not Coach Cal. He has landed six of the twenty-five, and was one of the four finalists for the overall best recruit in the country Andrew Wiggins. 

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I Am A Blue Devil Parker Says

December 21, 2012   Roundball Direct   No comments
Credit, Chicago Tribune

Credit, Chicago Tribune

By Anthony Weihofen

The second-highest ranked high school basketball player in the country has announced where he will be playing next year. Jabari Parker, the six foot-eight Chicago native will be a member of the Duke Blue Devils next year.

Parker who currently plays small forward for Simeon Career Academy (which is where Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose attended) announced today that he will be furthering his educational and athletic career at Duke University in the 2012-13 year.

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The Recruiting Game

December 05, 2012   Roundball Direct   No comments

Andrew Wiggins; Credits Max Preps

By Keaton McAtee

In order to be the best, you must beat the best, in the sense of recruiting. If you hope to build up a national powerhouse, or continue a programs tradition, you must know how to recruit. Being able to land a couple of five star recruits can immediately turn a program around; it can also cause a program its demise. It is an essential part of college basketball, and is often overlooked.

There are many things that play a vital factor when recruiting a teenager to suit up in your universities’ colors. First of all you must realize that the kid is still a kid, and it is hard for high school athletes to be fully committed to one program with all the pressure and expectations around them from family and friends. Then the factor of location comes into play. Most high school athletes want to be close to home; luring a big time recruit out of their area is a difficult task.

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Who’s Ready to Make the Jump?

October 16, 2012   Roundball Direct   No comments

Julius Randle, Credit Rantsports

By Josh Cohen

For every Kobe Bryant there were a dozen Robert Swifts, high school students, merely kids, who believed enough in their talent, and hype, to bypass college in order to jump directly to the NBA.   Too often their expectations were misaligned with reality, and the bright futures they envisioned turned to clouds of dust as they went undrafted, or simply faded out of the league, left without an education or any truly employable skills.  Today there is no longer a debate about whether or not to take that leap of faith from high school.  The high school elite will all make their names in the NCAA, but there remains room to debate who, from the cream of the crop, could step directly to the top level and compete effectively.  Of the current high school seniors, four young gentlemen stand above the rest, Jabari Parker, Julius Randle, Andrew Harrison, and Aaron Harrison.

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Julius Randle

September 14, 2012   Roundball Direct   No comments

Credits; Rantsports.com

By Matt Campbell

Julius Randle is a 6’9″ Power Forward for Prestonwood Christian Academy. He is currently ranked #3 on ESPN’s Top 100 High School basketball recruits for the 2013 class. Randle is a dynamic player with great size and athleticism. He is an incredible talent and will be a prized player for whichever school he choses. He is a dominant force on the block but also has the ability to attack the hoop from outside. Julius is most likely going to be a “one-and-done” prospect, meaning he will leave for the NBA after his first season. I say this because he has a pro ready game combined with the size and strength to be able to succeed at the NBA level.

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The Rising Stock of Andrew Wiggins

September 05, 2012   Roundball Direct   No comments

Andrew Wiggins; Credits Max Preps

By Josh Cohen

Can you imagine what it would have been like to watch LeBron lace up his sneakers for Ohio State?  Or the pandemonium Kobe would have caused playing his home games in front of the Cameron Crazies?  For the longest time college hoops fans could only dream about the cream of the crop running out of the tunnel in their favorite team’s uniform.  But when the NBA changed their draft eligibility rules in June 2005, the dream became reality, and since then, the college basketball fans have been treated to some unbelievable one-and-done seasons.  Kevin Durant became the first freshman ever to win the AP college player of the year award in 2007.  Derrick Rose was a Mario Chalmers three pointer away from leading Memphis to an NCAA title, and Michael Beasley put up unheard of video game type numbers in one year at Kansas State.   These players were stars, who given the option, may have chosen a direct path to the NBA.  Over the next few seasons, the NCAA will build the star power of many new faces.  But there is one name that stands above the rest in the current high school flock, and he is only a junior.  His name is Andrew Wiggins. 

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