It is now December and in Pennsylvania that means it is time to kick off the high school basketball season. Last week, Recruit Recon was on hand to check out several programs from throughout Eastern Pennsylvania.
Last Monday was our first stop as Abington Heights cruised to a 77-34 victory at home over Wyoming Valley West.
On Tuesday night, it was off to Notre Dame-Green Pond for the Crusaders win over Saucon Valley 67-44.
The most competitive game of the week was Allentown Central Catholic’s 68-58 come from behind victory over Hatboro-Horsham at the Viking’s famous Rockne Hall in Allentown.
Here is a look at some of the top players we saw throughout the week.
Now that the grassroots circuit is over and prospects begin to narrow their lists of schools down, we thought it would be a perfect time to update our 2013 Recruit Recon Top 100.
Our last update in March featured Jabari Parker as the top player in the class and despite being hampered by injuries he showcased a skill set that many in the class don't possess. At this same time last year the number two ranked player in the rankings Julius Randle held the top spot. Randle arguably had the best spring/summer out of the two top prospects, but as we project the two to the next level, we feel that Parker is the type of prospect that can make an average team a contender.
Coming in at number three was Aaron Gordon. To heck with the fact that he did not play the majority of the grassroots circuit, his play prior to the injuries and his dominant 2012 campaign tells us all we need to know. Andrew Harrison came in at the number four spot followed by James Young at the number five spot.
By Bill Martin
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Last week we also caught up with Jamaree Strickland, this time via email, who is the newest addition to the Hunting Park Warriors.
Jamaree is a 6-9 interior player who came from McClymonds High School in Oakland, California but has now come out east to play with the Hunting Park Warriors this summer and do a post-graduate year at Queen City Prep in Charlotte, North Carolina.
While he has already drawn interest from a number of schools including North Texas, Cal State Northridge, Missouri State, Cal State Bakersfield, San Jose State and San Francisco, his move east can only help him get more exposure.
Here is what Jamaree had to say about why he decided to fly across country to prep in North Carolina.
By Bill Martin
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Last week we had a chance to get a number of the players from the Hunting Park Warriors on the phone to discuss the current state of their recruitment and a little about their games.
For our fourth and final interview over the phone, we caught up with David George who recently reclassified and will be at Blair Academy in New Jersey this upcoming season.
One thing is clear is that David did not decide to reclassify for academic reasons as he is an outstanding student. He has a 3.9 GPA and the list of schools after him reflects that.
He informed us that a lot of Patriot and Ivy league schools are after him. The schools he listed were Colgate, Lafayette, Holy Cross, Columbia, Brown, Drexel, Marist, and Davidson. Penn, Richmond, Bucknell, High Point and UNC Wilmington are also involved.
By Bill Martin
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Last week we had a chance to get a number of the players from the Hunting Park Warriors on the phone to discuss the current state of their recruitment and a little about their games.
For our third phone interview we talked to Anthony Durham of Abington High School. Anthony is a 6-3 wing who can shoot it from outside or score attacking the cup.
His ability to score the ball is drawing the attention of quite a number of schools.
He has Fairfield, Niagara, La Salle, Quinnipiac, Long Island, George Mason, Rider and Stony Brook all in touch with him.
By Bill Martin
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This past week we had a chance to get a number of the players from the Hunting Park Warriors on the phone to discuss the current state of their recruitment and a little about their games.
The second player we spoke to was big man Jai Williams, who is a high school teammate of our first interviewee Hakeem Baxter at Philadelphia Electric Charter.
With Jai's size and athletic ability it is no surprise that he has quite a following of schools after him.
Right now he is hearing from St. Joe's, Drexel, La Salle, Temple, Quinnipiac, Virginia Commonwealth and Oklahoma.
By Bill Martin
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This past week we had a chance to get a number of the players from the Hunting Park Warriors on the phone to discuss the current state of their recruitment and a little about their games.
First up was 6-2 guard Hakeem Baxter out of Philadelphia Electric Charter.
At this point Hakeem has quite a few schools looking at him but his recruitment is wide open.
Hakeem informed us that he currently has interest from Drexel, Quinnipiac, Siena, Norfolk State, Fairfield, Iona and Delaware.
While he doesn't have any offers yet, a strong summer could change that.
By Bill Martin
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Jorge Rosa is a 6-4 guard who spent last season at Life Christian Academy in Kissimee, Florida, but has transferred to Faith Christian Academy in Orlando for his senior year.
We caught up with Jorge for an update on the current status of his recruitment. It appears that Jorge has already drawn the interest of a number of schools at a variety of levels.
He also already holds four offers and has been on a couple unofficial visits.
Josh Filmore is a six foot point guard out out of Wekiva High School in Apopka Florida, while Schuyler Rimmer is a 6-9 power forward from Boone High School in Orlando Florida.
These two players have been showcasing their skills with Q6 and their interest has been building.
By Bill Martin
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As summer approaches fewer and fewer quality players are left on the board. This is especially the case for big men since they are usually lower in supply anyway.
So when a player of Tobe Okafor's size and caliber comes back on the board at this point in the game, it is sure to draw the attention of programs with remaining scholarships.
Tobe is a 6-11 center out of Maine Central Institute. He originally signed with Loyola Marymount University but it turns out that was not to be, as he decided to de-commit and just recently received his official release from LMU.
As soon as word got out that he was back on the market, schools immediately started expressing interest and tossing offers in his direction.
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