Overview Updated Rankings: Class of 2023

It is officially summer hoops time! Some players have been busy playing AAU basketball this spring. Since we are in June, high school teams will be busy with team camps and tournaments. This is a good time to tweak the player rankings. Ranking will be updated in the fall again. Here is a look at the latest update and expansion of the class of 2023 rankings in the state of North Dakota: Full 2023 Rankings List: <a href="https://prephoops.com/dakotas/rankings/north-dakota-rankings/2023-rankings/">https://prephoops.com/dakotas/rankings/north-dakota-rankings/2023-rankings/</a> A Look At The Top 15 Prospects <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/dopplerA-crop-1001x658-1614785907.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1143370" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/dopplerA-crop-1001x658-1614785907-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a> 1. [player_tooltip player_id="1048689" first="Anthony" last="Doppler"] |6-3 G| Bismarck Century/ND Phenom [caption id="attachment_1144417" align="alignnone" width="200"]<a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/ryanerickson.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1144417" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/ryanerickson-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a> Photo: Jon Jablonski Life-Images[/caption] 2. [player_tooltip player_id="1050245" first="Ryan" last="Erikson"] |6-8 F| Bismarck Century/ND Phenom <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/Connerkraftp-crop-1125x739-1622506415.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1204803" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/Connerkraftp-crop-1125x739-1622506415-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a> 3. [player_tooltip player_id="1128188" first="Conner" last="Kraft"] |6-6 F| Fargo Shanley/Howard Pulley <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/carsonyale-crop-1296x851-1614886513.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1144436" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/carsonyale-crop-1296x851-1614886513-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a> 4. [player_tooltip player_id="1138816" first="Carson" last="Yale"] |6-8 F| Des Lacs Burlington/ND Phenom <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/DD-2.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1153444" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/DD-2-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a> 5. [player_tooltip player_id="1050246" first="Darik" last="Dissette"] |6-3 G/F| Minot/ND Attack <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/67RaymondBrown1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1077288" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/67RaymondBrown1-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a> 6. [player_tooltip player_id="1050247" first="Raymond" last="Brown"] |5-10 G| Fargo Davies/ECI 7. [player_tooltip player_id="1050255" first="William" last="Ware"] |6-7 F| Bismarck Century/ND Phenom <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/IMG_9101.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1077238" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/IMG_9101-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a> 8. [player_tooltip player_id="1050249" first="Alex" last="Dvorak"] |6-0 G| Dickinson/ND Attack 9. [player_tooltip player_id="1138774" first="Ethan" last="Manock"] |6-4 F| Wahpeton 10. [player_tooltip player_id="1138706" first="Bryer" last="Kaczynski"] |6-10 F| Wyndmere-Lidgerwood/ND Phenom <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/zach-kraft-red-river-2023.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1063637" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2020/10/zach-kraft-red-river-2023-300x188.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="188" /></a> 11. [player_tooltip player_id="1115649" first="Zach" last="Kraft"] |6-0 G| Grand Forks Red River/ECI <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/maxfroslie-crop-3024x1986-1621739089.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1200256" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/05/maxfroslie-crop-3024x1986-1621739089-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a> 12. [player_tooltip player_id="1167651" first="Max" last="Froslie"] |6-8 F| Fargo Davies/ECI <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/06/carsonB-crop-1200x788-1623105227.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1211212" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/06/carsonB-crop-1200x788-1623105227-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a> 13. [player_tooltip player_id="1050248" first="Carson" last="Bartholomay"] |6-6 F| Enderlin [caption id="attachment_1142728" align="alignnone" width="240"]<a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/ayden.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1142728" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/ayden-240x300.jpeg" alt="" width="240" height="300" /></a> Photo: Barbara Gunderson Photography[/caption] 14. [player_tooltip player_id="1126978" first="Ayden" last="Stainbrook"] |6-4 F| North Border/ND Attack 15. [player_tooltip player_id="1050256" first="Will" last="Mayo"] |6-6 F| Des Lacs Burlington/ND Attack THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROSPECT RANKINGS How do you guys decide where a player gets ranked? Let me tell you. North Dakota's Prep Hoops prospect rankings are compiled by our writers with input from high school, AAU, and college coaches who watch a ton of North Dakota basketball. We put a lot of time and energy into it — probably too much! — and we are as diligent as we can possibly be to get it right. We never intentionally set out to bury a kid or leave them off the list. We try not to be biased — other than favoring kids with talent, grit, and a desire to get better. We work hard at being fair. But at the end of the day, not everyone will be happy, and that's OK. Rankings are updated three times a year, in October, February, and June. Here are some other important things you should know. – College coaches have a lot of influence. If there is no clear consensus on the top players in each class, we give them the last word. – AAU matters. In the winter update, we are obviously adding players who are having great high school seasons. This is the primary opportunity for athletes who don't play AAU ball to make their mark. It is a reality, however, that players who do not play AAU are greatly diminishing their opportunity to make the prospect rankings. They are also limiting their opportunities to play college basketball since being seen by 10 coaches is statistically less likely to yield the desired result than being seen by 100. – Most importantly, this list is about college potential, not current performance. Let me repeat that. THIS LIST IS ABOUT COLLEGE POTENTIAL, NOT CURRENT PERFORMANCE. This is the big one, the factor that causes the most consternation, the most misunderstanding, especially among keenly interested parents.