Phenom Hoops College Basketball Coverage
Phenom’s Feast of Champions — Team Previews (South Brunswick)
Phenom Feast of Champions Team Preview: South Brunswick (Southport, NC) South Brunswick Head Coach Scott Wainwright has been around the game of basketball all of his life. He has been on the staff with his father, Jerry Wainwright, at Depaul, Illinois and Richmond. Scott was also the head coach at Cape Fear Community College for a stint. He knows the game, he lives the game. In 2011 Wainwright...
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Phenom’s Feast of Champions — Team Previews (South Brunswick)
Phenom Feast of Champions Team Preview: South Brunswick (Southport, NC) South Brunswick Head Coach Scott Wainwright has been around the game of basketball all of his life. He has been on the staff with his father, Jerry Wainwright, at Depaul, Illinois and Richmond. Scott was also the head coach at Cape Fear Community College for a stint. He knows the game, he lives the game. In 2011 Wainwright...
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Phenom’s Feast of Champions — Team Previews (Piedmont Classical)
Phenom Feast of Champions Team Preview: Piedmont Classical (Greensboro, NC) Piedmont Classical is coming off their performance at Phenom’s High School Jamboree which saw them go 3-0 on the day. During that event they proved to be one of the most exciting teams in the state of North Carolina. By their third game of the day, the crowd was 5 rows deep standing room only and every coach in the...
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Fayetteville is a Hotbed for Talent Coaches NEED to See
Fayetteville is a Hot Bed for Talent By Jamie Shaw College coaches will fly (or drive) in from around the country and spend their days in certain pockets of North Carolina. Almost everyone goes to Charlotte, many go to Greensboro and some to Raleigh. Daily we, at Phenom Hoops, field phone calls from these coaches who are asking about players they need to see and open gym times of schools in that...
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Phenom’s Feast of Champions — Event Schedule
Phenom’s Feast of Champions — November 24-25 (Fayetteville, NC) Game Time Friday Saturday 5 South Brunswick Eastern Guilford 4 Fayetteville Academy South Brunswick 630 Fayetteville Academy Cape Fear Christian 530 Eastern Guilford Burlington School 8 Porter Gaud Village Christian 7 Greenfield Greene Central 830 Northwood Temple Porter...
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Phenom’s Open Gym Tour — Village Christian (Fayetteville, NC)
Phenom’s Open Gym Tour Village Christian (Fayetteville, NC) By Jamie Shaw Head Coach Kurtis Darden is the reigning 2-time NCISAA 2A State Champion at Village Christian Academy. With Jordan Ratliffe going to VMI, that was his ninth player he has sent to a Division 1 program with numerous others signing D2 and D3 financial packages. This year Darden has reloaded with talent. He has skill, length...
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Phenom’s open Gym Tour — Porter Gaud (Charleston, SC)
Phenom’s Open Gym Tour Porter Gaud (Charleston, SC) By Jamie Shaw Porter Gaud is right in the middle of a special thing as a program. They are in the middle of a run of two straight state championships, so there is incredibly talent on the team. They also have a great alumni base of college and professional players, who all come back. Open gyms are incredibly intense with current, past and...
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Phenom’s Open Gym Tour – Northwood Temple (Fayetteville, NC)
Phenom’s Open Gym Tour Northwood Temple (Fayetteville, NC) By Jamie Shaw In Head Coach Corey Baker’s first season he carried the Northwood Temple program to the 1A state semi-finals where the dropped to eventual NCISAA State Champion The Burlington School by only a couple points. Well Baker’s team is now a year older, more experienced and they have some high level impact transfers who will play...
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6’10” 2018 Manny Bates — No More Upside Talk, The Time is Now
6’10” 2018 Manny Bates – No More Upside Talk, The Time is Now Northwood Temple (NC) By Jamie Shaw The time is now, Manny Bates is a late arriving big man who is just starting to scratch the surface of his immense potential. That is the scary part of the equation, Bates is already one of the most intimidating shot blocking forces in our region, if not the nation and it is clear is best...
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6’7” 2019 Imajae Dodd – The Production Speaks Volumes
6’7” 2019 Imajae Dodd – The Production Speaks Volumes Greene Central (NC) By Jamie Shaw Finishing 26-2 and making it to the NCHSAA 2A Eastern State Finals, Greene Central experienced their best season in school’s history last season. This was in no small part to then 6’7” sophomore Imajae Dodd, who led the way with a double-double. It was quite an accomplishment to break out from under the...
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6’2” 2018 Malik Johnson – Now is the Time, the Blow Up is Coming
6’2” 2018 Malik Johnson – Now is the Time, the Blow Up is Coming Terry Sanford (NC) By Jamie Shaw By all accounts, Malik Johnson is a natural born winner. As a freshman, sophomore he played in two NCHSAA 3A state championships (winning one) and now as a senior he will be the starting point guard for Terry Sanford, vying for a third trip to the state championship game. He has an innate...
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Phenom Hoops Rankings: A Look at the 2018 Class
The updated 2018 rankings were released and we saw lots of changes. Some players moved up the top 100, while others saw their positions slip after subpar spring performances. This class has many prospects who will go on to be extremely productive at the next level. To give a little retrospect, majority of players in the top 50 are receiving strong interest from D1 programs across the nation....
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David Rose Memorial Day Classic Preview — 6’5″ 2018 Stephen Edoka (Charlotte Aces – Ligon)
David Rose Memorial Day Classic Player Previews By Jamie Shaw 6’5” 2018 Stephen Edoka of Charlotte Aces – Ligon Edoka effects the game in all facets, across the board. During this high school season, his first in the United States, he averaged 15 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, 1.5 blocks and almost 2 steals per game. The 6’5” hyper-athletic wing is very long and carries great explosion....
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