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Talent to be found: Piedmont Classical

by Patrick O'Brien | Feb 23, 2023 | Categories: Featured, News, and Phenom Prep Shawcase. Tags: Julius Harrison, Nigel Vincent, and Richard Goods.

Checking in on our good friends at Piedmont Classical this past weekend at the Phenom Prep Showcase, before they look to make noise at the Hoop State Championship, they continue to remind us that this is a program that has talent to be found on the court. They already have a few players committed on the roster in 2023 Josiah Watkins and 2023 Khalif Barnes, who once again shined on the big stage....

Unsigned Senior Spotlight: 6

by Jeff Bendel | Jan 24, 2023 | Categories: Featured, News, and Unsigned Senior Spotlight. Tags: Nigel Vincent.

At the beginning of each new year, Phenom Hoops works to assemble a series of articles centered around unsigned senior prospects. Last season, over a hundred players from North Carolina went on to play at the Division I, II, III, or NAIA levels, and that number looks likely to continue increasing with the current senior class. Typically, we take a closer look at guys who...

North Carolina Phenom 150 Camp Evaluations (Session II): Team 1

by Jeff Bendel | Oct 13, 2022 | Categories: Event Coverage, Featured, NC Phenom 150 Session II (Fall), News, and Player Reports. Tags: Alek Lewandowski, Jalen Walker, Jeffrey Clark, Kaden Bradley, Kingston Carmichael, Nigel Vincent, Treshawn Dickson, Will James, and Zy'mal Perry.

Team 1 Coach: Stan Carpenter #6: 5

Open Gym Report: Piedmont Classical

by Jeff Bendel | Oct 6, 2022 | Categories: Event Coverage, Featured, News, Open Gym Tour, and Player Reports. Tags: Josiah Watkins, Julius Harrison, Kahlif Barnes, Kareem Osman, Nick Daniel, Nigel Vincent, and Richard Goods.

On Wednesday, Phenom Hoops traveled out to New Light Baptist Church to see the Bobcats of Piedmont Classical. Since their founding in 2016-17, this program has found consistent success through building around the local (mainly Greensboro-based) talent. Now, in his first full season at the helm, Coach Cardes Brown (and Justin Watlington) has all the necessary pieces to have a ton of success....

NC Phenom 150 Camp Recap (Session II)

by Jeff Bendel | Sep 28, 2022 | Categories: Event Coverage, Featured, News, and Player Reports. Tags: AC Pressley, AJ Gillispie, AJ Gladieux, Chris Eagan, CJ Jones, CP Perry, Darnarian Gibson, Devin Sims, Elijah Armour, Evaan Ezhilan, Evan Dean, Jake Cackovic, Jeffrey Clark, Jordan Pyke, Marko Pandilowski, Nigel Vincent, Rylan Jones, and William Stumpf.

Top Performer- 6

Phenom Hoops Player Profile: Nigel Vincent

by Jeff Bendel | Aug 29, 2022 | Categories: Featured, News, and Player Reports. Tags: Nigel Vincent.

Height: 6

College-Worthy Rosters at Summer Havoc: New Light Disciples

by Jeff Bendel | Jul 14, 2022 | Categories: Event Coverage, Featured, News, Player Reports, Summer Havoc, Summer Havoc Live, and Summer Havoc Showcase. Tags: Chris Mitchell, Joshua Walker, Josiah Watkins, Julius Harrison, Kahlif Barnes, Nick Elliott, Nigel Vincent, and Tre McNeil.

Last week, Phenom Hoops traveled down to Fort Mill, South Carolina to host our annual Summer Havoc Live. The event featured a slew of noteworthy teams and players, which naturally led to a ton of college coaches attending to find their next program-changing piece. While a lot of attention was centered around a handful of teams, college coaches were able to find worthy prospects at seemingly...

Dawkins’ Dimes: Phenom Challenge Part 1

by Phenom Staff | Apr 23, 2022 | Categories: Featured, News, Phenom Challenge, and Phenom Hoops Challenge. Tags: Caleb Ellison, Carlos Vazquez, Joseph Thompson, Josiah Watkins, Nicholas Elliott, Nicholas Taylor, and Nigel Vincent.

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A Closer Look: New Light Disciples

by Jeff Bendel | Apr 6, 2022 | Categories: Event Coverage, Featured, Grassroots Tipoff Challenge, News, and Player Reports. Tags: Chris Mitchell, Josiah Watkins, Julius Harrison, Kahlif Barnes, Nick Elliott, Nigel Vincent, and Tre McNeil.

Over the last calendar year, normalcy has started to return to the grassroots landscape. The reinstated Live Periods have given these young prospects some semblance of hope in making it to the next level. However, coaches are still aggressively leaning into the transfer portal and opting to recruit guys who have already played (using the term loosely) in college. From the contrasting viewpoint,...