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According to multiple sources, ESPN 100 power forward Jordan Mickey (Arlington, Texas/Grace Prep) has narrowed his choices to five schools. The 6-foot-8 Mickey will decide among Arkansas, LSU, Ohio State, Oklahoma State and Southern Methodist. He ...

The National Basketball Players Association has released the roster for its annual Top 100 camp, which will be held June 14-16. Twelve of the top 25 players in the ESPN 100 earned invites, including No. 1 overall Jabari Parker. Locals earning inv...

Most big men, like ESPN 100 C Karviar Shepherd (Dallas/Grace Prep), go through a different process than prospects at other positions. It's common for them to be introverted early, almost meek on the floor. Even Greg Oden was afraid of actually hurtin...

The new basketball recruiting season officially started this week when ESPN Recruiting Nation released its annual prospect rankings. Plano Prestonwood Christian forward Julius Randle becomes the area's most coveted recruited, checking in at No. 2 ...

Marcus Smart's basketball-playing days at Flower Mound Marcus are done, but he hasn't stopped earning honors. The Oklahoma State-bound senior guard was selected to the ESPNHS All-American first team Wednesday. Smart, who led the Marauders to a ...

Arlington Grace Prep star Isaiah Austin fell right into the rhythm of the 2012 McDonald's All-American game with ease. In what turned out to be a dunkfest from both squads, Austin flushed several put-back dunks as part of his 10 points and eight r...

Five area basketball players will be in the national spotlight tonight at the McDonald's All-American games in Chicago. Flower Mound Marcus' Marcus Smart (Oklahoma State) and Arlington Grace Prep's Isaiah Austin (Baylor) are on the West team of th...

Texas' basketball season is over, but parts of the country are still playing and ESPNHS is still updating the POWERADE FAB 50 national rankings. The Flower Mound Marcus boys maintained their No. 5 position after winning their second consecutive st...

After games on Sunday, March 11 Call it deja vu, call it partying like it's 2011 - heck, you could even call it a comeback. Whatever the case, Marcus and Kimball emerged as champs once again in the 5A and 4A ranks, respectively, this past weekend....

After games on Sunday, March 4. After jockeying for position in the POWERADE FAB 50 and splitting their two regular-season meetings (and sharing a nickname in the "Lions"), Grace Prep and Prestonwood Christian both were able to end the season on a...

UIL Class 5A champion Duncanville edged up a spot to No. 11 in the latest ESPNHS POWERADE FAB 50 girls basketball rankings. The other area girls teams in the FAB 50, none of which reached the state tournament, held their ground from last week: No....

Shabazz Muhammad was named Naismith High School Boys' Player of the Year Monday, beating out Grace Prep's (Arlington, Texas) Isaiah Austin, St. Anthony's (Jersey City, N.J.) Kyle Anderson and Tilton's (Tilton, N.H.) Nerlens Noel for the prestigious a...

Houston Beren Acadamy wasn't the only TAPPS team of note playing for a basketball state championship over the weekend. Plano Prestonwood Christian and Arlington Grace Prep, both nationally ranked, won their classifications Saturday. Prestonwood...

After games on Sunday, Feb. 26. The Texas basketball playoffs are quite the marathon, making for salivating matchups and surprising upsets. This week could bring both. Marcus, the No. 5 team in the POWERADE FAB 50, appears poised to defend its ...

Duncanville vaulted eight spots to No. 12 in the latest ESPNHS POWERADE FAB 50 girls basketball national rankings after Saturday's victory over previous No. 12 Irving MacArthur in the Class 5A Region 1 championship game. MacArthur slipped six spot...

After games on Sunday, Feb. 19 There's no worse time to drop a few games than right before the postseason. Momentum and matchups always prove key come playoff time. But then again, there's probably no better time to get a few losses out of your sy...