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Aussie High School Prospects - Men & Women

Ben Simmons remained #1 in ESPN's latest player rankings, while Isaac Humphries comes in at #41!

Aussies featured in updated ESPN Rankings: Simmons remains #1, Humphries rises to #41

With one of the country’s most talented 2015 prospects, Jack McVeigh, committing to Nebraska last week, we take a look at some of the recruiting action of some of the best 2016 athletes. Some Australian U17 squad members have seen their recruitment pick up since the start of the new year, as well as one of New Zealand’s top prospects, who is currently taking visits to an impressive list of universities.

Northern Colorado offers Owies; Tai Wynyard to visit Kentucky

La Lumiere’s Thursday night game against Wasatch Academy (UT) was expected to be an exciting affair, not only because it’s a chance to see 2 quality teams go at it, but also because all proceeds from the game will be donated to the Mary Kline Cancer Foundation.

The occasion has now taken another step up, with Kentucky’s John Calipari and Kansas’ Bill Self expected to be in attendance to watch Australia’s 2016 big-man Isaac Humphries.

John Calipari and Bill Self expected in Indiana to watch Isaac Humphries

At 17 she would have been picked up by now I would imagine

OK the height issue aside, I appreciate that someone is taking the time to raise awareness if talented female players.

However, some of the players on this list are 14, could still be 13, seems a big call to identify them as prospects so young.

Australia measures stocking feet fiba and USA with shoes hence always differences

Think your doing a good job too wasn't having a dig at you guys, your probably the only ones even making a slight effort when it comes to the media and female players in this country so please keep it going, though I do wish you'd get your sources to get quotes from the coaches on players rather than their own opinions but can see how hard that would be. It's a shame BA don't put more effort into following the pathways of their female and male athletes during the transition yrs from junior into senior. But then college ball is not really encouraged too much. If American colleges had to go through BA to be able to recruit, then a list of this could easily be found just like they do in America. Would make your job so much easier.
All the external camps like Nike and Adidas tournaments promote men's basketball so again easier for you to find info, their is literally nothing for the women .

The team at PnR all provide their time and effort for no financial gain; we do our best in promoting the game of hoops across as many levels as we can with the resources we have. I'd like to think we are doing a pretty good job considering we are now just 1 year old and that we all do it for no financial reward on top of our day jobs / study commitments.

We are always on the look out for people passionate about hoops and willing to help promote it; if you would like to see more coverage of the women across all levels, then please get in touch via our website.

The same person who compiled the list is the same one who does player profiles in news reports of teams, like the last un19 women's team, which whilst sound good to read especially for those on it, it's purely his take not fact so don't worry, if a player is going to get selected for college it won't be because of a list one guy has put together. The reporting or should I say the lack of ,on women's basketball at all levels in the country is pathetic purely because it does not have the hype surrounding it, some of the biggest named colleges are currently recruiting girls and not one single thing is put out until long after it's happened.....why .....because the colleges don't bother with list they will have been scouting long before. And the girls don't go blowing their trumpets because most media are not interested anyway
Let just be grateful that a list has even been attempted to be complied

Sorry, but I agree with 862. If you are going to compile these lists, there should be some accountability about your information. At least one name on this list no longer plays at all, some of the heights are very generous and there are a number of exciting prospects missing, including some who have had trials at CoE or actual interest from good schools in the US.

Perhaps the PnR team should get a source who is more interested in the women's game to assist. My concern is that the impact of inclusion or exclusion on teenage girls is different to boys. A female player with flagging confidence who doesn't see their name on this list can read more into this than it actually deserves. For those who are on the list, congratulations for being recognised.

Remember it's just one persons opinion ,so dont worry if names are not included that perhaps other think should be. Scouts don't pay much attention to lists like this as nice as it may be to have names up

The list for the Aussie women prospects is also now up on PnR thanks to Aus Bball Prospects.

Aussie High School Prospects: Women

if he's made a list like this why hasn't he represented his state at nationals?

Bogut speaks out and the basketball landscape in Australia.

Some interesting parts:

"Once my playing career is over, yeah, but there's no sense coming back and playing in a league that's not stable," Bogut said.

"The 24-year-old blamed administrative bungling for the NBL's failure, saying basketball enjoyed high participation rates among juniors."

"You can't have people owning teams as a tax write-off for their other endeavours, which is what happened with the Sydney Kings and the Brisbane Bullets.

"It's about stability."

Link to the whole article:

http://linky.com.au/p73yb