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In this week's notebook, we'll touch on where Indiana goes after coming up short in its pursuit of Theo Pinson, an upcoming visit for ESPN 60 swingman Kameron Chatman and how relationships may influence where several of the top prospects land. ...

RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | May 21, 2013

Dave Telep's Starting 5: No. 13 junior Theo Pinson's impending commitment, the rise of junior center Myles Turner and the urgency for coaches to land a 2014 point guard.

Story | Conversation | May 20, 2013

ESPN 60 small forward Trevon Bluiett (Indianapolis/Park Tudor) is playing with a ton of confidence on the travel team circuit. It makes sense that he would be out there getting things done in the spring because he said playing AAU and travel ball is ...

Spend enough time on the high school basketball circuit and you'll find there are certain players you gravitate toward because you know exactly what you're getting when you go watch them. ESPN 60 forward Kevon Looney (Milwaukee/Hamilton) is one of th...

RecruitingNation basketball experts roundtable: Who impressed us the most on the AAU circuit during April?

Story | Conversation | May 09, 2013

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Many times at weekend travel team events, people approach me and offer their own insight into my job. Look, it's a good gig -- don't get me wrong. But scouts don't look at it through the lens of one big basketball fiesta. This is ...

RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | May 06, 2013

RecruitingNation basketball experts on top performers and recruiting buzz from this past weekend's major AAU events.

Story | Conversation | April 29, 2013

We're smack in the middle of the spring travel team evaluation period. While the weekend warriors pack up and head to the hot spots for travel team events, college coaches hop on private planes to see the elite players. Wednesday was the final d...

RecruitingNation ranks the top 10 battles for basketball's elite.

Story | Conversation | April 23, 2013

Ranking the top 25 overall high school basketball prospects in the country regardless of class.

Story | Conversation | February 12, 2013

As talent evaluators, we have our biases. Over the course of my 16 years in basketball recruiting, I've developed a huge bias toward rebounders. I once learned a difficult lesson. In 2001, Emeka Okafor led the city of Houston with an average of 1...

Canada has been good to the United States in the past decade when it comes to college basketball talent -- from Avery Bradley to Tristan Thompson and Myck Kabongo -- but the best is yet to reach the college level. Andrew Wiggins (Toronto, Ontario/Hun...

LAS VEGAS -- These days, wherever Julius Randle (Dallas/Prestonwood Academy) goes, he draws a crowd. On Sunday, after the first session at the LeBron James Skills Academy, we sat down and talked ball, USA Basketball and what his college decision is r...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The July period is the truth serum of recruiting. Everybody starts out with aggressive lists, plays in front of coaches and then unbeknownst to them, becomes a first-, second- or third-tier target of their favorite schools. Som...