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Arizona to Host the Monster That Is Aaron Gordon This Weekend

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Kansas already had him on campus. This weekend, Arizona gets a crack. Then it’s on to Kentucky after that. One of these schools (or perhaps alleged favorite Washington), will hit it big with 6-7 San Jose superbeast Aaron Gordon. [CHECK OUT HIS RIDICULOUS HIGHLIGHTS HERE] MORE >

Shabazz Muhammad Named MacDonald’s All-American POY

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Yesterday, the McDonald’s All American Games and Morgan Wootten, Hall of Fame coach and selection committee chair, named Shabazz Muhammad (Bishop Gorman High School – Las Vegas, Nev.) and Breanna Stewart (Cicero-North Syracuse High School – North Syracuse, N.Y.), winners of the 2012 Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Award for their accomplishments on and off the court. MORE >

ESPN Is Looking for HS Basketball’s Most Popular Player

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When you’re in high school, very things are more important than popularity. It doesn’t matter if you’re a mathlete or one of the best basketball players in the country – eveyone wants to be popular.

ESPN has recruited eight of the nation’s tophigh school boys’ basketball players (all featured in our own Top 50) and given them an opportunity to showcase their personalities and skills to see which player is the most popular among high school basketball fans nationwide. MORE >

College Basketball Recruiting News: Arizona Lands Elite Center

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Has any program had a better recruiting run this year than the Arizona Wildcats? Arguably the best 2012 recruiting class in the country heading into the week got significantly better yesterday when elite seven-foot prospect Kaleb Tarczewski (Claremont, N.H.) committed to the Wildcats.

Kaleb is no wiry weight room project for the ‘Cats strength and conditioning coaches – he is physically ready to mix it up at the Division I level right now. Add him to the ‘Cats class of Brandon Ashley, Grant Jarret and Gabe York, and coach Sean Miller has his program on the quick track back to real national prominence.

Watch video of Arizona’s newest weapon after the jump: MORE >

High School Hoop’s Best To Battle In Basketball’s Birthplace

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Seven of the Top Nine Teams in ESPN’s Fab 50 Rankings to Compete In the Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2012 Spalding Hoophall Classic in January

Expanding to five days with 46 teams in its 11th year, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2012 Spalding Hoophall Classic, presented by Big Y World Class Markets, will once again be held at Springfield College’s Blake Arena from January 12-16 during Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend. The nationally renowned event will showcase some of the top high school basketball teams from across the nation. MORE >

Best of the Best: Crazy Highlights of 2012′s Top Recruits

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The class of 2012 is severe. And the longer the NBA Lockout drags on, the more attention there will be put on the high school ranks. With no NBA, the league’s stars of tomorrow will be in the spotlight like never before.

With that in mind, here are five of our favorite high school super recruits, complete with visual evidence of their dominance: MORE >