ICYMI: 2022 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Hoops Iowa updated our 2022 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 300 college prospects with a top five of Josh Dix Josh Dix 6'5" | SG Council Bluffs Lincoln | 2022 State #149 Nation IA , Tamin Lipsey Tamin Lipsey 6'2" | PG Ames | 2022 State #163 Nation IA , Ruot Bijiek Ruot Bijiek 6'8" | PF Valley | 2022 State IA , Trey Lewis Trey Lewis 5'10" | PG Johnston | 2022 State IA , and Tanner Te Slaa Tanner Te Slaa 6'5" | SF Boyden-Hull | 2022 State IA !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the Iowa 2022 Rankings!
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Things you need to know about our Prospect Rankings
How do you decide where a player gets ranked? Let us tell you.
Prep Hoops Iowa prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, AAU, and college coaches who watch a ton of Iowa basketball. We put a lot of time and energy into it 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 athletes with talent and a desire to get better. We work hard at being fair.
Most importantly, this list is about college potential, not current performance. Let us 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. With that in mind, grassroots ball matters greatly. We are obviously not ignoring the high school season. It is a reality, however, that players who do not play in grassroots events that are highly attended by other collegiate prospects are diminishing their opportunity to get noticed and distinguish themselves as a recruit and therefore make the rankings.