While Watching 2023’s College Coaches Swoon
July is a riveting month for players and families alike. Life-changing men sit courtside watching, observing, evaluating. For once the dream of playing college is literally within eyesight. Nobody will give you the movements and conversations of college coaches like…
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Continue ReadingJuly is a riveting month for players and families alike. Life-changing men sit courtside watching, observing, evaluating. For once the dream of playing college is literally within eyesight.
Nobody will give you the movements and conversations of college coaches like PrepHoopsTN.
2022 SF Adler Kerr Adler Kerr 6'2" | PG Wilson Central | 2022 State TN – EAB Gold 17u – Wilson Central
Adler Kerr Adler Kerr 6'2" | PG Wilson Central | 2022 State TN is a sneaky-good prospect that latched on with EAB Gold and coach Will Jennings. Before their weekend debut, Bryan College contacted Coach Jennings in reference to Adler. Kerr is kind of a point forward. Strong, versatile. Loves to rebound and claw and yet there is a unique finesse to his game.
2022 PG Corey Jones – EAB Gold 17u – Lebanon
That blur you see is actually a man, Corey Jones. Lebanon’s sparkplug came to middle Tennessee from Memphis. That grit, that desperation to score and dominate we all recognize as a Memphis guard trait is apparent in Corey’s game. Bryan College is on him.
2023 SF Eddie Ricks III – PSB Nashville 16u – Clarksville Academy
As a lean, silky shooter, Eddie Ricks III was always going to be a D1 player. His potential was and is too tantalizing to pass up. Well, today Radford extended the first D1 offer to the San Antonio transplant. Ricks III is a player, maybe the player PSB Nashville RISE 16u Head Coach Will Harris raves about. First of many.
2023 SG Alex Hyder Alex Hyder 6'3" | SG Cleveland | 2023 State TN – Tennessee Tigers 16u – Cleveland
Lee University sent both their head coach and primary assistant coach to Alex’s Friday night game. Lee is aggressive in their recruitment of the junior wing. Thursday night Alex scored 20 points to lead the balanced Tigers. Hyder’s college decision is surely months if not more than a year away, but a hypothetical commitment to Lee University would reunite him with Kley McGowan Kley McGowan 6'4" | SG Cleveland | 2021 State TN .
2023 SF Judah Sault Judah Sault 6'5" | SF Cleveland | 2023 State TN – Tennessee Tigers 16u – Cleveland
Lee University sent both their head coach and primary assistant coach to Judah’s Friday night game. Lee is classified as an elite D2 program. They try to spot D1-caliber players early and deliver the message that Lee is the place for them. In the last couple years the message was extraordinarily well received. The ’21 recruiting class included State Champion P.J. Smith and State Champion Will Montana Will Montana 6'3" | SG MBA | 2021 State TN and in 2020 they brought in State Champion Tariq Daughton Tariq Daughton 6'2" | CG Knoxville Webb | 2020 State TN . With Lee watching, Sault Judah Sault Judah Sault 6'5" | SF Cleveland | 2023 State TN recorded 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks.
2023 G Jasen Brooks Jasen Brooks 6'1" | PG Cleveland | 2023 State TN – BMaze Elite 16u – Cleveland
“They watched him play this morning,” said Cleveland Head Coach Reggie Tucker Friday night about three Division I programs. South Florida, Boston College, and Belmont all caught the top 10 player in action. They all loved his game and frame. Don’t forget Jasen Brooks Jasen Brooks 6'1" | PG Cleveland | 2023 State TN earned Defensive MVP of the late June PrepHoopsTN Summer Combine. He just barely missed MVP to senior Cade Pendleton Cade Pendleton 6'10" | PF East Hamilton | 2022 State TN .
2023 F Jarred Hall Jarred Hall 6'8" | SF Lebanon | 2023 State #65 Nation TN – EAB 16u – Lebanon
Saturday afternoon Jarred earned an offer from N.C. A&T. The long wing is a top 10 player in his class and, this is an educated guess, will be coveted and lured by elite basketball factories/prep schools as early as next month.
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