ND 2027 Ranks Debut & Overview
The highly anticipated 2027 Prospect Rankings for North Dakota are finally published! This is the perfect time to take a look at the Rankings. The Expos are wrapped up for the year, and we have football playoffs starting this week.…
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Continue ReadingThe highly anticipated 2027 Prospect Rankings for North Dakota are finally published! This is the perfect time to take a look at the Rankings. The Expos are wrapped up for the year, and we have football playoffs starting this week. This means that basketball practices will be here before we know it. Taking a deep dive into the Rankings will help pass the time. Take a look below at the freshman ballers from around the state of ND. Below, we have the Top 15 Prospects listed and the link to the full rankings is further below.
One thing to remember is that these Rankings are updated multiple times throughout the year and that they are constantly moving. Best of luck to all the freshmen this winter/spring in school ball!
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**Full 2027 ND Prospect Rankings**
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 four times a year, October, January, March, 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, and the most misunderstanding, especially among keenly interested parents.