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If You Were Paying Attention, Tennessee is a Perfect Fit for 5-Star Josiah James
South Carolina’s most sought-after prospect in the 2019 class came off the board today as he spurned traditional powers Duke and Michigan State as well as the local favorite Clemson to choose Rick Barnes and the Tennessee Volunteers. At the end of the day, the decision is not much of a surprise if you knew much about the recruitment. Tennessee was the first high major program to offer Josiah,...
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South Carolina’s Top Exposure Event is as Talented as Ever
The South Carolina Top 80 is widely regarded as the top exposure camp in the state of South Carolina. The 4th Annual event has built a major reputation of bringing in the top talent from around the state to compete under one roof. This year, the star-studded event will be as good as ever. A lot of that has to do with having the best talent the state has seen in the past thirty to forty years....
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Diving in With: Jalen King Joiner
Jalen King announced last month he would be returning to two-time state champion Piedmont Classical, instead of a planned transfer to High Point Christian Academy. Greensboro, North Carolina- The decision wasn’t an easy one for Joiner, but after immense thought and prayer with his family they decided Piedmont Classical was ultimately the best option. “I have decided to transfer back to Piedmont...
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Tennessee Phenom 150 Exposure Camp Recaps — 2019 Names to Know
6’1” Jalen Walker-Crawford Asheville Christian (Swannanoa, NC) Walker-Crawford’s game has come such a long way, even since July. He is a bonafide scoring guard, with the ability to handle the ball, get to all his spots and confidently rise up to knock down buckets. He is a strongly built, compact player who has good length and nice athleticism. Walker-Crawford is someone scholarship schools need...
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Tennessee Phenom 150 Exposure Camp Recaps — 2020 Names to Know
6’10” Justus Shelton Mountain Heritage HS (Mars Hill, NC) We have been watching Shelton since he was in middle school and every viewing we have had he continues to get better. Shelton was an excellent rebounder here, showcasing the ability to rebound out of his area, especially on the offensive end. Shelton has great hands and also showed the ability to consistently knock down a jump hook over...
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Tennessee Phenom 150 Exposure Camp Recaps — 2021 Names to Know
6’8” Nate Brafford Tuscola HS (Waynesville, NC) No one at the high school level left more of an impression than Brafford. Standing 6’8”, was 6’3” at this time last year, Brafford showed guard skills. He pushed the break with a great handle and control and finished the play with a deft pass or controlled at the rim. He showed good length and timing on the defensive end and showed a competitive...
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Jamie’s List of 5: Tennessee Junior Phenom Exposure Camp Standouts
What a day at camp. The middle school version was exciting, with each team having numerous players to watch. The talent was so good, in fact, it was tough to narrow down only five to list here. In its fifteen years, Phenom camps have prided themselves on providing exposure to anyone, first come first served for anyone who wants to be seen. Year after year, players come from across the region to...
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The Size, The Skill and The Will of This Prospect: 6’7″ 2019 Jake Boggs
His game was just taking off. Boggs had found his role on the PSB Elite team and he was just starting to showcase his Division 1 talent. You see two years earlier Boggs shot up from 6’2” to 6’7”. The previous year, at Carmel Christian, Boggs was the starting big for NCISAA 2A State Champion. Head Coach Byron Dinkins did a great job of running a 5-out system and getting Boggs his touches, but...
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Phenom’s Open Gym Tour — Hargrave Military (Chatham, Va)
Phenom’s Open Gym Tour Day 3 Hargrave Military Chatham, VA Every year we make a stop by Hargrave Military because they always just restock with talent. This will be year two of the Lee Martin regime, as the previous two coaches Kevin Keatts and Aw Hamilton have gone on to become the respective head coaches at NC State and Eastern Kentucky. Martin has kept this baby rolling. With Wake Forest and...
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Phenom’s Open Gym Tour — Trinity Academy (Raleigh, NC)
Phenom’s Open Gym Tour Day 2 Trinity Academy (Raleigh, NC) 2017-18: 8-17 (6-8 in Conference) 5-Star Newcomer All eyes this season will be firmly placed on Isaiah Todd, and rightfully so. The 6’10” junior may just be the countries best NBA prospect in the 2020 class. Todd can do a little bit of everything on the floor, with a beautiful jump shot to go along with ball skills and a length/explosive...
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Phenom’s Open Gym Tour — Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, NC)
Phenom’s Open Gym Tour Day 2 Chapel Hill High School (Chapel Hill, NC) 2017-18: 16-11 (10-4 in Conference) Coaches in the Gym: Dartmouth, Lynchburg The Storylines Senior Leadership While this team has talent, there is no question that this is a senior led team. Naturally 6’11 David Elien (will speak more about below) will garner the most attention, however it’s the wings who will take this team...
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Brandon Lee’s SC JR Phenom Standouts
Over the weekend some of the top junior high prospects around the region gathered at Lexington high school for an elite skills camp hosted by our staff at Phenom Hoops. Lexington, South Carolina- A handful of the most respected coaches around the Carolina’s led hours of drills and instructions before the youngsters battled it out in live game play. A handful of players caught my eye...
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SC Phenom 150 Recaps — 2022 Standouts
What a great day of basketball. Although this was Phenom Hoops’ 15th year running its Junior Phenom and Phenom 150 Exposure Camps, this was our first venture to run the region’s most respected camps of its kind in South Carolina. We have always said it, South Carolina is so much more than a football state. When good basketball is around, the state will show out for it. The state, and surrounding...
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SC Phenom 150 Recaps — 2019 Standouts
What a great day of basketball. Although this was Phenom Hoops’ 15th year running its Junior Phenom and Phenom 150 Exposure Camps, this was our first venture to run the region’s most respected camps of its kind in South Carolina. We have always said it, South Carolina is so much more than a football state. When good basketball is around, the state will show out for it. The state, and surrounding...
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Phenom’s Open Gym Tour — Millbrook High School (Raleigh, NC)
Phenom’s Open Gym Tour Day 1 Millbrook High School (Raleigh, NC) 2017-18: 16-13 2nd Round NCHSAA 4A State Playoffs The Back Court If you know anything about Millbrook basketball over the last 10 years, you know their backcourts are always one of the best in the state. This is an interesting backcourt, they return two starters and then a third player has made major strides this offseason....
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Phenom’s Open Gym Tour — Ravenscroft (Raleigh, NC)
Phenom’s Open Gym Tour Day 1 Ravenscroft (Raleigh, NC) 2017-18: 20-8 1st Round NCISAA 3A Playoffs The Man No player at Ravenscroft has averaged 20 or more points since Ryan Kelly did so in 2008-09. Since that year, Ravenscroft has had 11 Division 1 players and 7 other college level players. This year that streak could break with 6’8” 2019 Jake Van Der Heijden. The left handed Bucknell commitment...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Phenom’s 5th Annual National High School Showcase Field May Be Its Best EVER
GREENSBORO, NC – The teams have been announced for the Phenom’s 5th Annual National High School Showcase presented by Chatlee Boards. With numerous defending state champions, several Top 100 prospects, multiple Top 10 prospects and some national Top 50 teams, this field is absolutely loaded. This is the event everyone throughout the region looks out for. It signifies, officially, the start...
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Phenom Hoop Report is Bringing a Shot Clock to North Carolina Basketball in 2018-19
Major news was made last week when Langston Wertz broke the news that Phenom Hoop Report has been approved to implement a shot clock in each of their first two events of the 2018-19 season. Both Phenom’s National High School Showcase presented by Chatlee Boats (November 16-17 in Greensboro, NC) and Carmel Christian’s Tip-Off Classic presented by Phenom Hoop Report (November 9-10 in Charlotte,...
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North Carolina’s 2022 Class is Next in Line
Every year we say the rising 9th grade class in North Carolina is an all-timer of a class. Every year however, the talent never seems to disappoint. The 2022 class will be no different, already, there are players in this class tracking high, on the national level. Just recently USA basketball sent out invitations to the USA Junior National Mini Camp set to take play October 4-7 in Colorado...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Phenom Hoops to Release Teams in 5th Annual Phenom’s National High School Showcase Tonight
GREENSBORO, NC – Tonight (Tuesday night), via the @Phenom_Hoops twitter feed, Phenom Hoop Report will announce the field of teams for the 2018 Phenom’s National High School Showcase. High school basketball season is here and in North Carolina that means Phenom’s 5th Annual National High School Showcase presented by Chatlee Boats is right around the corner. This year’s event will again be...
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Jamie’s List of 5: SC’s 2021 Class is Ready to Draw National Attention — Part 2
Last week our Jeff Bendel wrote an article titled “South Carolina’s 2021 Class Ready to Draw National Attention”. This was a great take, as this class is especially deep, at all levels, with elite level talent as well as a depth of overall Division 1 talent. Bendel went through five names that he thought should grab national attention and national rankings. However, these five names do not tell...
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John Butler Jr. is a Truly Unique Talent
Ask anyone around the state and they will tell you that John Butler Jr. is next up. If the recent run of talent tells you anything, coming from the state of South Carolina, that means something. Recently, South Carolina has produced some major talent. Especially the top player in each class, has been considered among the top prospects in the country. The likes of Sindarius Thornwell and LJ Peak,...
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Two National Top Five Teams in Battle at the Rock
FORT MILL, SC – Visit York County and THE Phenom Hoop Report have partnered together to bring a national level high school basketball event to Nation Ford High School. The inaugural event will be called Battle at the Rock presented by Phenom Hoop Report and will be held November 30 and December 1. With this being the showcase’s first year, the planning came out swinging putting together...
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Oak Hill Academy Headlines Loaded Field of the Inaugural Carmel Christian Tip-Off Classic
MATTHEWS, NC – Famed Oak Hill Academy headlines the absolutely loaded field of the inaugural Carmel Christian Tip-Off Classic presented by Phenom Hoop Report. The nine-team event will bring together some of the best talent from across the country. This will be the nation’s first high school basketball event. On opening weekend, all the nation’s basketball eyes will be on the new, state of...
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Carmel Christian’s Tip Off Classic presented by Phenom Hoop Report
MATTHEWS, NC – Carmel Christian and Phenom Hoop Report have partnered to bring the First Annual Carmel Christian Tip-Off Classic presented by Phenom Hoop Report. The event will be held at Carmel Christian’s brand-new state of the art facility which was debuted last season. On November 9-10 the event will bring together nine of the top teams from around the region to compete. Phenom Hoop...
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Five Released in USA Today’s 2019 “Chosen 25” will Compete in Battle at the Rock
USA Today High School Sports came out with their high school Chosen 25 rankings and it carried a Battle at the Rock feel to it. Each year, Jason Jordan will put out his “Chosen 25” of the senior class and this year five players who are competing in the Battle at the Rock made their way onto the list. In fact, all five of the players are in the Top 20 of the ranking. Topping the list, at number...
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Jamie’s List of 5: Who is Still Available in South Carolina’s 2019 Class
South Carolina’s 2019 Rankings 6’7” Marlow Gilmore Hunter Kinard Tyler (Neeses, SC) SC 2019 Ranking: 15th Current Offers: South Carolina St, Lincoln Memorial You cannot watch Gilmore and not get incredibly excited about his length and explosion. Perhaps the most explosive kid in the state of South Carolina, he is a true defensive dynamo, able to defend the 1-5 at the D1 level. Gilmore’s...
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James Dickey’s Stat Production Puts Him in 1st Round Company
Some stat heads will tell you that rebounding is the most translatable statistic from level to level, and there is some truth to that. However, when we look at players going from high school to college and then college to the NBA we see that blocked shots is an incredibly translatable stat that you see adapted from level to level. Last year, there were only three players in NCAA Division 1...
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Jamie’s List of 5: Who is Available in North Carolina’s 2019 Class
North Carolina’s 2019 Rankings This is the time of year colleges are re-shuffling their recruiting boards. Players are forming their lists and choosing their schools and coaches are needed to fill their rosters. North Carolina’s 2019 class is incredibly deep, yet as of this writing only 10 players have committed to their program of choice. Of course there are a good number of kids...
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Trends & Must Read Storylines in South Carolina’s 2020 Class Rankings
Click here for South Carolina’s 2020 Rankings PJ Hall Remains #1 Hall has been the number one prospect in South Carolina’s 2020 class since we put the rankings out a year ago, and he has done nothing but further establish his spot since then. Hall will end up as a Top 50 type prospect nationally (conservatively), as we are pretty astonished how he is already ranked yet. Hall has incredible...
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