Brooks Has Early Favorite

Macari Brooks was one of the better players at the Shootout At The Hall this past weekend in Champaign (Ill.) He currently holds four scholarship offers and has an early favorite.   Full Story

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The fourth annual Shootout At The Hall was full of talented prospect and a number of them had big efforts including Rayvonte Rice, Meyers Leonard, Chasson Randle, Stargell Love and Jereme Richmond.   Full Story

Jonah Travis, a 6-foot-6 forward from DeLaSalle, has added his fourth scholarship offer, according to Minnesota Pump N Run coach Jeremy Miller. Travis, who is one of the state's juniors, had a strong spring and summer with the Minnesota Pump N Run 16-and-under AAU program. He is expected to make an unofficial visit to Minnesota this weekend and attend the Minnesota homecoming game versus Purdue.   Full Story

When he would think about the recruiting process, Chicago Foreman High point guard Mike McCall would consider everyone who had been looking at him and who wanted him the most. This weekend, he made a commitment to a school that had been recruiting him for a while.   Full Story

As soon as Dwayne Evans decided to commit to play his college basketball at Saint Louis University, the Illinois Warriors forward started trying to convince one of his friends to join him. On Saturday, Mike McCall pledged to join his friend Evans as a member of the Billikens.   Full Story

Nate Rucker, a 6-6 combo forward in the class of 2010 from Melrose High School, in Memphis, Tennessee has made his college decision. Learn more about Nate and see video of his game in this report.   Full Story

With the Fall signing period coming up soon, NIU brought two Class of 2010 prospects to campus last weekend and the Huskies have two more in the class coming this weekend. Learn more about Coach Ricardo Patton’s plans for the Class of 2010 and beyond in this report.   Full Story

Jonah Travis, a 6-foot-6 junior forward from Minneapolis (MN) DeLaSalle, is one of the state's 2011 top players. Travis had a strong spring and summer with the Minnesota Pump N Run 16-and-under AAU program and has picked up his third scholarship offer. GoldenSports.Net recently caught up with Travis to learn the latest on his recruitment.   Full Story

Rick Majerus still has the golden touch in the living room. A strong effort on Tuesday precipitated a pledge from one of the top seniors in Illinois.   Full Story

The Saint Louis University basketball program picked up its first verbal commitment for the 2010-11 season on Wednesday when one of the top uncommitted prospects from Illinois decided he wanted to be a Billiken.   Full Story

The best basketball talent from across Chicago’s southland and western suburbs converged on Richards High School in Oak Lawn on Sunday for the inaugural Fall Hoops Showcase. Check out this report on Sunday’s action…   Full Story

Since getting a commitment from and signing Indiana point guard Justin Jordan in early May, there hasn’t been much recruiting news for the Saint Louis University basketball program.   Full Story

Louisville fans are well aware of Wayne Blackshear and Mike Shaw, AAU teammates for the Mac Irvin Fire who are both prime 2011 recruiting targets for the Cardinals. So who is 6'2 Macari Brooks? Well, he's a 6'2 jumping-jack who played with Blackshear and Shaw and will also visit Louisville this weekend.   Full Story

With coaches from Northern Illinois watching, the Rising Stars Gold team from Illinois managed to upset the heavily favored All Ohio Red team in the 17U AAU Super Showcase tournament in Orlando. Jordan Threloff, a 6-10 class of 2010 NIU recruit from DeKalb, was one of the solid performers for Rising Stars Gold.   Full Story

Dwayne Evans, a 6-foot-5 small forward from Naperville (IL) Neuqua Valley High, helped lead the Illinois Warriors to the Best Buy Summer Classic 17-and-under title. Evans is receiving plenty of recruiting interest and CollegeBasketballNews.com caught up with Evans to learn the latest on his recruitment.   Full Story

2010 guard Mike McCall from Chicago’s Foreman High School plays in what is arguably the best backcourt in the state of Illinois this season. Learn more about McCall and the schools that are giving him interest in this story.   Full Story

The Northern Illinois men’s basketball staff wrapped up another team camp at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago last weekend. The HuskiePride.com staff was in the gym for all the action. Get all of the details in this report…   Full Story

Minnesota Pump N Run won their fifth tournament of the spring as they defeated the Illinois Titans 75-70 in the Stars & Stripes Memorial Classic in Deerfield, Illinois. They won the tournament, despite missing key players Carlos Emmory, Jonnathon Crockett and Mike Rostampour.   Full Story

The Minnesota Pump N Run 17 and 16-and-under team both won their first round playoff game at the USSSA Midwest Festival of Teams held in Ankeny, Iowa. Both teams won their pool play games easily and will continue playoff action tomorrow.   Full Story

The hope for every college basketball coach is to get the hard working big man that has a complete game. That's the guy that can carry a team to a conference title and deep into the NCAA tournament. Minneapolis power forward Kevin Noreen is one of those guys college coaches hope they can get into their program.    Full Story

Bloomington, Minn. Saturday at the Sabes Invitational saw the field in each the 17 and 16 under divisions get pared down to eight teams. Some of the usual suspects like 2011’s Brad Beal were doing their thing while a few new guys like Brandon Dawson crept onto the radar.    Full Story

Bloomington, Minn. For years, the Sabes Invitational has operated in relative anonymity in the Minneapolis area. Now in it’s ninth year, Rene Pulley and the good folks at Howard Pulley have put together one of the best fields in the event’s history.   Full Story

Scout.com was on hand at the Attack Athletics Center in Chicago on April 10th & 11th to take in the Chicago Showdown AAU tournament. In this report, we recap the action and look at prospects for the Classes of 2010, 2011, & 2012.   Full Story

On Friday, April 3rd, 2009 the Chicago High School Classic boy’s basketball senior All-Star game will take place at Niles North High School (9800 N. Lawler Ave, Skokie, IL 60077). The classic will feature the best of Illinois’ high school basketball stars.   Full Story

Marshall Bjorklund, a 6-foot-7 junior forward from Arlington (MN) Sibley East, is one of the top players in the state in the Class of 2010. Bjorklund has paced the Wolverines to a 4-0 start and he has already attracted three scholarship offers. GoldenSports.Net recently caught up with Bjorklund to learn the latest on his recruitment.   Full Story