Words. Aron Phillips
On Friday, former Kentucky sophomore guard Stacey Poole decided to transfer to Georgia Tech. But in the high school world, it’s his younger brother, Solomon Poole, that’s making all the noise. As one of the top high school juniors in the country, the five-star point guard from Terry Parker High School (Jacksonville, Fla.) recently had one of the most ridiculous in-game dunks of the season. MORE >
Words. High School Hoop
Last week we brought you the unique case of Memphis native Jarnell Stokes – basically one of the country’s elite programs was in line to get 6-9 skilled power forward added to their lineup in January.
Among the top contenders were thought to be Florida, Kentucky and his hometown Memphis Tigers. Late today though, Stokes surprised lots of people when he announced that he’s headed to Tennessee. MORE >
Words. Patrick Cassidy
One of the country’s top programs is about to get very lucky. Think of some of the top teams you’ve seen play so far this year, particularly Kentucky, UConn and Florida. Now picture those lineups suddenly infused with a 6-9 power forward with the strength to clean house and finish in the lane and the touch to knock down a 15-foot jumper. That’s what we’re looking at with the case of Memphis, Tenn.’s Jarnell Stokes and his potential to be playing for one of those programs in January.
Here’s Jarnell’s situation: MORE >
Words. Kevin Zimmerman
While most top prospects in the Class of 2012 have already been noticed and solidified their status by elite college teams, perhaps nobody has done a better job at continuing to move up the recruiting boards than Northeast High School’s Alex Poythress out of Clarksville, Tenn. How much of a jump as he made? Poythress received an official offer from the Duke Blue Devils on July 28, alluding to just how much he’s helped himself in moving up in the Top 20 players of his class. MORE >
Words. Kevin Zimmerman
Buddy Hield was known around the college coaches of the Big 12 going into the July recruiting period, but it was questionable how serious big school programs were on the Class of 2012 guard from Bel Aire, Kan. That was until Hield began shining most recently at the Best Buy Classic in Chicago, where he’s playing more like his ESPN ranking (four stars, 21st best shooting guard) rather than the grade Scout gave him (two stars, not ranked).
Words. Shabazz Muhammad
Few players, if any, had as productive a summer as Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) shooting guard Shabazz Muhammad — evidenced by his 32 ppg scoring average on the AAU scene. Now every school from North Carolina to UCLA is in hot pursuit of the 6-5 junior, making his one of the most intriguing recruiting stories in the country.
Muhammad, who is ranked No. 8 in the HSH National Top 50, has agreed to give us exclusive access by chronicling his thoughts in this regular diary where he’ll keep everyone updated on his high school season and the recruiting process: MORE >
