Prospect Rankings: Minnesota’s top 25 Senior PGs
In preparation for our 2020 fall high school basketball rankings update we are going to start by moving through the class with the position rankings. Today, the point guards are first. At the bottom of this page you can see…
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Continue ReadingIn preparation for our 2020 fall high school basketball rankings update we are going to start by moving through the class with the position rankings. Today, the point guards are first.
At the bottom of this page you can see the Prep Hoops explanation of our rankings as of course prospect rankings are different than a straight player ranking of who is currently a more productive high school player. In addition to what’s below there are two important points I think that need to be made with this week’s position rankings:
ONE. Basketball has become multi-positional of course with players competing inside and out at a number of positions. That said, college coaches, high school coaches, and the spring/summer coaches still use the terms “Point”, “the one”, “at the two”, “at the four”, and “he’s a the five” commonly. The difference today is that your position has become more about what you can guard defensively as compared to what a player can do offensively. If a prospect is playing shooting guard on offense at 5-foot-10 but then goes the other way and guards the point guard, college coaches at the higher levels are going to consider that player as the lead guard (and that ultimately can lead to why players may not play at the level they think they should in college).
TWO. This week’s position rankings will consist of all five positions, and no player will be in two different rankings. Yes Jalen Suggs could be listed as the number one player at point guard and at shooting guard but we are listing him as a two in these rankings. That same thing can be said about many players.
THREE. If you feel like somebody should be here and isn’t, my email is ryan@prephoops.com and my DMs are already open. Chance could be I forgot a player or two (my deeper research will hit with the new top 250 in later September) or I thought of them as a different position.
The 25 2020 Point Guard Prospects in Minnesota
(1) Mason Madsen of Rochester Mayo/Wisconsin Playground Warriors. Committed to Cincinnati.
(2) Drake Dobbs of Eden Prairie/D1 Minnesota. Committed to Liberty .
(3) Nathan Heise of Lake City/Minnesota Fury. Committed to Northern Iowa.
(4) Noah King of Caledonia/Minnesota Comets.
(5) Terry Lockett of Minnehaha Academy. ****see below
(6) Agwa Nywesh of Austin/Minnesota Heat West.
(7) Jax Madson of Mankato East/Howard Pulley.
(8) Joich Gong of Mankato East/Minnesota Select.
(9) Will Cordes of Shakopee/Minnesota Matrix.
(10) Peter Soumis of Hermantown/Northern Lakers. Committed to Minnesota-Duluth.
(11) David Ijadimbola of Park Center/Minnesota Select.
(12) Henry Abraham of Cambridge/Howard Pulley 16s.
(13) Tait Nelson of St. Anthony/Minnesota Heat Vang.
(14) Cornell Richardson of Hopkins/Gain Elite.
(15) Tariq Henry of Osseo.
(16) Amir Whitlock of DeLaSalle/Gain Elite.
(17) Michael Gravelle of St. Cloud Apollo/Inspired Athletics.
(18) Gavin Vosika of BOLD/Minnesota Matrix.
(19) Jaylen James of Eastview/WOTN.
(20) Sean Buchanan of Mayer Lutheran.
(21) Tate Laabs of Princeton/Math Fan Steelers.
(22) Maciah Harut of Maranatha Christian.
(23) Micah Ladd of Cambridge/Minnesota Heat.
(24) Daniel Savageau of Oaskis/Minnesota Comets DLR.
(25) Josh Lewis of Park Center.
Notes
- I have not seen Terry Lockett play since his sophomore year outside of highlight tapes (I don’t believe Terry played 17u basketball). I know he is a D1 level player and a high major athlete but I have little to go off for him as I didn’t see him in the winter, spring, or summer. I will be looking at a few of his games from last winter for when we do the upcoming top 250 in Minnesota.
- I firmly believe that had Drake Dobbs remained open this summer he would of had a plethora of top mid major offers and fringe major level scholarship offers. There were two D1 programs that asked me about him as well.
- Had Nathan Heise not become hurt this summer some high major schools may have been in contact about that level even though Heise is committed to Northern Iowa. That’s how good he was this spring and into June.
- Agwa Nywesh has a chance to play D1 basketball someday. I don’t know if it will be in 2020-21 or in the future but the talent is there to do it.
- Tate Laabs of Princeton might be the most under the radar player in the state. Huge assist numbers.
- I believe the top six players on this list will play D1 basketball (or have the option to, Terry Lockett has high major football offers vs low major basketball offers).
About Our Rankings
Prep Hoops prospect rankings have been compiled by our staff with input from high school, club and college coaches from across the state. Players are ranked on their status as a college prospect. We aim to expand and update our prospects rankings 2-4 times per year to continue to maintain the most comprehensive, accurate prospect rankings in the country.