ICYMI: 2024 Rankings Were Posted This Week
In case you missed it, Prep Hoops South Dakota updated our 2024 Prospect Rankings earlier this week! The rankings now include 61 college prospects with a top five of JT Rock JT Rock 7'1" | C Sioux Falls Lincoln | 2024 #37 Nation SD , Porter Ihnen Porter Ihnen 6'5" | CG Lennox | 2024 State #318 Nation SD , Jacoby Mehrman Jacoby Mehrman 6'4" | PG Harrisburg | 2024 State SD , Alec Squires Alec Squires 6'10" | C Sioux Valley | 2024 State #280 Nation SD , and Matt Anderson Matt Anderson 6'6" | SF Canton | 2024 State SD !
See where your favorite players stack up in the state by viewing the South Dakota 2024 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 South Dakota prospect rankings are compiled by our Scouts with input from high school, AAU, and college coaches who watch a ton of South Dakota 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.