We are fully immersed in the 2023 spring/summer club basketball season. The women’s basketball recruits have had two live periods, one in April and one in May, where college coaches were able to attend events to evaluate and recruit their top targets in the classes of 2024, 2025 and 2026.
We checked in after the high school season in early April with a rankings update and some developing trends in these three classes.
The class of 2024 has been able to take official recruiting visits since Jan. 1, and many have started that process. Approximately 30% of the 2024 class has made verbal commitments.
June 1 was the first day college coaches could contact the class of 2025 directly, so their phones likely have been busy as well.
We observed the three shoe circuits — Adidas 3SSB, Nike EYBL and Under Armour’s UA Next — as well as the independent Select 40. Events such as the Heart of Texas, the Atlantic City Showcase, The Clash in Cincinnati, Live! at the Nook in Pennsylvania and Live! at Lakepoint in Atlanta all hosted hundreds of players and programs from around the country during the April and May NCAA evaluation weekends.
We also have been on site for non-live events such as The Prime Event series (Dallas, Indianapolis and Birmingham with Sacramento and Pennsylvania to come in…