With some teams across the region finishing up holiday tournaments following Christmas and some on break, there were still a good list of standouts in this holiday edition.  It is the second straight appearance here for Michael McNabb. The senior guard raised the stakes this week with a 48 point game in a win over a very good Onalaska team.  Je’Shawn Stevenson continues to   More...

The bar for this list continues to grow as high schoolers from across the region continue to have huge performances. Here are the standouts performances from the past week. While we have seen several 40+ point performances already this season, there hasn’t been many 50 point games and that is exactly what Azayah Washington did. The junior guard has continued to put up monstrous numbers   More...

Throughout his entire high school career, Stevie Elam has only continued to greatly develop his game. With this the guard’s recruitment has only continued to greatly build throughout this year for the 6’2” 2025 guard of Adrian High School (MI) and The Academy.  He had a tremendous grassroots season playing with The Academy over the spring and summer where he was named   More...

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin - Prosperity Events, L.L.C. “Prosperity” has acquired the exclusive rights to the NY2LA Sports brand, renowned as one of the premier independent basketball platforms in the country for nearly two decades. Prosperity members Jeremy McGlothlin and Kevin Fisher will assume the day-to-day operations of NY2LA Sports and its affiliated brands. As part of the purchase,   More...

  Plenty of recruitment news over the past several days coming from all levels. From some high major offers to some division three offers and commitments. Check out all the recruitment news in the region recently.  Andrew Jensen has added an offer from West Virginia University. The offer comes after he took a visit to the Morgantown campus back in the fall. In addition to the   More...

Throughout this year, the recruitment stock of Macari Moore has continued to greatly build. With this, the 6’3” 2025 guard of Ann Arbor Huron High School and The Family program, has continued to see his offer list build.  While Moore entered the year without a division one offer for himself, it did not take too long for that to change. Eastern Michigan became the first school   More...

While none of these players are unknown, they are all some of the top players in their area and should be on plenty of college coaches’ radars. Each have varying levels of recruitment and should be very popular named amongst college coaches for the remainder of this season and moving into the spring.  Wilson Huckeby – 2026 – G – Freeland (MI) Following up a   More...

Now that we’re into the high school and college seasons and past the early signing period, the recruitment news has slowed down a bit. However, over the past several days there are been some noteworthy news.  Azavier Robinson, a top one hundred junior nationally, has continued to rack up the offers. The newest offer for the NY2LA Association MVP from this year playing with George   More...

Every year plenty talented seniors go under recruited and end up being steals at the college level. With the difficulties in the recruitment process and the current recruitment landscape, this is true more than ever. Here are a few of the talented and available 2024 players from the Midwest region.  Christian Dunn – 2024 – PF – East Lansing  While Jake Stephens   More...

The first part of this series featured some big names including Zion Gross, Damien King, Brady Koehler, Leshawn Stowers, and Roman Thompson. Part two has a couple more big names and recruits for multiple levels.  Nick Allen – 2025 – F/C – Bradley-Bourbonnais (IL) Over the past year, Allen has developed into one of the top big men in Illinois’ 2025 class. As well   More...

One junior in Michigan who has seen plenty of activity in his recruitment over the past several months is Geon Hutchins. The 6’4” guard of Oak Park High School (MI) and The Family has been able to pull in several division one offers for himself.  “All-around player” is the first thing Hutchins said describing his own game. Adding in “An athletic combo guard   More...

Part one this series we featured Tyler Michalak, Hayden Flavin, Justin Curry, Tyree Bristor, and Izaya Larthridge. With a deep and developing 2026 class, there are plenty of candidates for this list and here are five additional stock boosters from the region.  Jaxon Clark – 2026 – F/C – Keokuk (IA) While he is still not near the top of his potential, Clark has taken   More...

After looking into some stock builders in both the senior and junior class, now up in the sophomores. Following freshman year is when plenty of players take great strides in their games, here are five that have greatly developed over the past several months.  Tyree Brister – 2026 – PG – Collinsville (IL) For just a player entering his sophomore season, Brister is a   More...

As we look across the Midwest and the 2025 class, the next stop is Michigan. Here are five juniors in the state that are ones for college coaches to know this upcoming high school season.  Jake Champagne – 2025 – G – Oxford HS Over the past couple of years, I have continued to be impressed with the play from Champagne during his time with the North Oakland Wolfpack.   More...

After a recent visit, Jaquan Stennis Jr. has added another scholarship offer to his growing list. While he is just entering his sophomore year of high school, the 6’7” forward of Old Redford and the Michigan Hurricanes is already nearing double digit scholarship offers, including multiple from high major programs.  The latest offer for Stennis came from Xavier. “I had a   More...

As well to some terrific 2026 players at the Pangos Camp, there was also plenty of talent at the 2027 level. Here are some of the standouts from the freshmen class.  Jaxson Davis – 2027 – PG – Warren Twp. HS (IL) Another time seeing Davis play and he continued to play at an extremely high level. The freshman was scoring the ball in bunches but also impressed in   More...

The most recent commitment from Michigan’s 2024 class was Warren Marshall IV. The 6’5” two guard of Brother Rice High School and The Family announced his commitment to Oakland University and longtime head coach Greg Kampe.  The commitment comes after Marshall took a couple visits to the in-state school over the past few months. The first visit was back in May which the   More...

It was a banner year on the 15U level of the NY2LA Association. Each tournament featured great talent and competition. While there were many deserving candidates, here are the five players that rose above the competition to earn their way to the first team honors at the 15U level. Jordan Boyd – 2026 – G – MidPro South Boyd was a part of an extremely good MidPro South team   More...

While the first team had a great deal of talent with Stevie Elam, Drew Murphy, Corey Pittman, Robert Smith, and Leshawn Stowers, there was still plenty of talent on this second team as well. Each of these five players has tremendous springs and summers and played a key role in their team success.  Gavin Grondin – 2025 – PG – Wisconsin Blizzard It was a breakout season   More...

With all the great depth and talent this year on the 16U level of the NY2LA Association, there was great debate for this list. While a number of players could have earned their way onto it, here are the five players that made the first team.  Stevie Elam – 2025 – G – The Academy In addition to making his way on to this first team list, he was also named Most Valuable   More...

The recruitment of Jake Stephens to the University of North Georgia quickly came along this month. He took his visit there earlier this month on the 4th-6th. Right following the visit, they offered the 6’4” guard of Chelsea High School (MI) and DV45. Now, a couple weeks following the visit and offer, he announced his commitment to the division two program.  “I loved it   More...

As one of the top shooters in Michigan’s 2024 class, Daniel Smythe has been receiving interest from college programs on all levels. The 6’3” guard of Orchard Lake St. Mary’s also received his first scholarship offer after a breakout grassroots season playing with Team Rose.  Last month, Smythe received an offer from in-state Rochester University. When asked about   More...

Over the course of the season on the NY2LA Association this year, 2025 Luke Westerdale proved to be one of the top scorers at the 16U level. With his big season, the highly skilled 6’1” guard has started to see his recruitment build.  “The season this year with Academy went great,” Westerdale said. “We had countless big wins and playing in the NY2LA with my   More...

From his stellar freshman season and then even better grassroots season, Greg Grays Jr. has continued to show he is one of the region’s top players in the 2026 class throughout the Midwest. During his freshman season at Farmington High School (MI), the 6’2” guard averaged a staggering 23 points per game. As well to his great scoring he also averaged 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and   More...

While there are plenty of players who have greatly boosted their stock in the region, here are five of the players who have continued to grow their game but have even higher upside. They all have varying level of recruitment but for sure can all play.  Hank Alvey – 2024 – PF/C – MidPro Academy Alvey is a big man that plenty of college coaches will be disappointed that   More...

Plenty of talent on the 17U level of the NY2LA Association this season that runs past just the first team. All five of the players on this second team had tremendous seasons and were all in consideration for the first team as well.  Dekwon Brown – 2024 – PG – DB Pro During the spring Brown was one of the biggest stock risers in the entire region with star performances   More...

Tournament after tournament, month after month, Corey Pittman proved to be one of the top 2025 guards on the NY2LA Association this past season. On both ends of the floor, the 6’1” junior guard proved to be a dominant player with REACH Legends.  “My season with REACH was great, we developed over the spring, summer and ended up getting a lot of wins,” Pittman said   More...

One of the breakout stars on the 16U level of the NY2LA Association this season was Gavin Grondin. Over the course of the spring and summer, the 6’0” point guard proved to be one of the top 2025 guards on the association while playing with the Wisconsin Blizzard. Grondin is a junior at Kingsford High School in Michigan’s upper peninsula.  “Very energetic, fast   More...

The highly rated 2024 recruiting class for Rutgers continues to grow as they have now added their fourth commitment. The latest commitment comes from Dylan Grant, a 6’7” forward of Michigan Collegiate and The Family. He joins Lathan Sommerville, Bryce Dortch, and top five nationally ranked wing Ace Bailey in head coach Steve Pikiell’s class.  The recruitment stock for   More...

After a breakout summer playing with D Rice Elite, 2025 Parker LePla has earned himself a pair of division two offers. Both Michigan Tech and Northwood University have offered the 6’8” power forward of Goodrich High School in Michigan.  The two offers from the in-state colleges are his first scholarship offers for the junior. Northwood offered him first back in July and then   More...