Prep Hoops Top 250 Early Entrant Preview: 2023 Guards

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The annual Prep Hoops Top 250 Expo is a little under a month away. Scheduled for September 17th in Des Moines, the Expo provides the opportunity for players to come out and compete against some of the best players in the state as well as another opportunity to be seen by our scouts. In this article, we take a look at 10 of the top guards from the Class of 2023 who have registered so far. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_6304e125a8abc","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1240102"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"A 6-0 guard who is coming off a really good junior year in which he averaged 18.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 4.9 assists a game. 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