We are almost halfway through June and it feels like summer is flying by. Most high school teams will be busy this month with team camps and tournaments. Towards the end of the month, players will start to get busy with AAU again. This is a great time to update the rankings. The next update for the rankings will come out in the fall.
Full 2024 Rankings List:
https://www.prephoops.com/dakotas/rankings/north-dakota-rankings/2024-rankings/
A Look At The Top 10 Prospects
#1.
Jeremiah Sem
Jeremiah
Sem
6'3" | SG
Fargo North | 2024
State
#212
Nation
ND
|6-1 G| Fargo North/ECI
#2
Isaiah Schafer
Isaiah
Schafer
6'1" | CG
Bismarck Century | 2024
State
#246
Nation
ND
|6-1 G| Bismarck Century/ECI
#3
Deng Deng
Deng
Deng
6'5" | SF
Four Winds/Minnewaukan | 2024
State
ND
|6-4 G/F| Four Winds-Minnewaukan
#4
Carter Zeller
Carter
Zeller
6'6" | PF
Fargo North | 2024
State
ND
|6-5 F| Fargo North/ECI
#5
Cole Holzer
Cole
Holzer
6'7" | PF
Central Cass | 2024
State
ND
|6-5 F| Central Cass/Master Basketball Academy
#6
Dalton Lamp
Dalton
Lamp
6'1" | SG
Jamestown | 2024
State
ND
|6-0 G| Jamestown/ECI
#7
Jacob Brandt
Jacob
Brandt
6'9" | PF
Hillsboro/Central Valley | 2024
State
ND
|6-8 F| Hillsboro-Central Valley/ECI
#8
Daniel Yorke
Daniel
Yorke
6'1" | SG
Fargo Davies | 2024
State
ND
|6-0 G| Fargo Davies/ECI
#9
Peter Havelka
Peter
Havelka
6'4" | SF
Fargo Davies | 2024
State
ND
|6-4 F| Fargo Davies
#10
Carson Haerer
Carson
Haerer
6'0" | PG
Bottineau | 2024
State
ND
|5-11 G| Bottineau/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.