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Salute to Brick Oettinger

July 27, 2024 by Van Coleman Leave a Comment

by Van Coleman, special to the HOOP SCOOP

One of my best friends in basketball, as well as life, recently passed away. That friend was Brick Oettinger, one of America’s greatest high school talent evaluators and more importantly, one of the best human beings to ever grace the game of basketball, period.

Most fans of the game may remember Brick from his columns in the “The Poop Sheet, ACC Sports Journal, and Prep Stars Magazine”, enjoying his amazingly thorough and accurate player profiles, but not realizing that basketball wasn’t his primary vocation. It was a vocation for his love of the game. Brick’s main vocation over most of the thirty plus years that I knew him was as a “UNC Correctional Education Director in the Division of Continuing Education” which he developed and held from 1974 until his retirement in 2014.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: ACC Sports Journal, Brick Oettinger, Hoop Scoop, Prep Stars

Preseason FAB 50: (1-15)

November 4, 2014 by Ronnie Flores 2 Comments

We conclude our preseason Grassroots Hoops FAB 50 national team rankings release with an in-depth look at the top 15 teams. We began with teams No. 31-50 on Sunday, continued with teams No. 16-30 and now have published an in-depth look at the nation’s 50 best teams. Montverde Academy of Florida is the preseason No. 1 team for the third consecutive season.

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Filed Under: Blog, team rankings Tagged With: Ben Simmons, Bishop Gorman, boys basketball national rankings, Cody Riley, D.J. Hogg, Dick's Nationals, FAB 50, Grassroots Hoops FAB 50, Hoop Scoop, Isaiah Briscoe, Jalen Brunson, Jaylen Brown, Kevin Boyle, Mickey Mitchell, Montverde Academy, Oak Hill Academy, Paris Austin, Plano West, Sierra Canyon, Stephen Zimmerman, Steve Smith, Stevenson, Wheeler

Hoop Scoop Gets Major Facelift

January 14, 2014 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

Pioneering newsletter and website has new look and feel for its long-time readers. Hoopscooponline.com has been around since basketball recruiting information has been on the Internet and now the online experience matches the depth of its content.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Clark Francis, Hoop Scoop, How To Get Recruited

Where Top Prospects Are Headed

November 13, 2013 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

With the national early signing period beginning Wednesday, we take a look at what colleges the nation’s top 100 prospects are going to ink their LOI’s with.  Four of the nation’s top six prospects announced their decision on Friday, November 15.  

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Cliff Alexander, Hoop Scoop, Jahlil Okafor

What Do Player Rankings Mean?

September 11, 2013 by Ronnie Flores 4 Comments

The player rankings of the recruiting networks have been updated now that the fall evaluation period is in full swing. What do they mean? For those that thought they played well enough to crack the rankings, but didn’t make it or dropped, Grassroots Hoops examines what may have been the cause. 

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: B.J. Mullens, Evan Zeller, Hoop Scoop, national player rankings, Stanley Johnson, Tyus Jones

New Book Aids Recruiting Process

September 3, 2013 by Ronnie Flores Leave a Comment

It’s the dream of nearly every varsity high school basketball player to earn a scholarship and play at the “next level,” but the reality is many of the few who actually have a chance are not properly equipped to make an informed decision. A new book by hoopscooponline.com Editor and long-time McDonald’s All-American voter Clark Francis aids student-athletes and parents through the cutthroat recruiting process and explains its pitfalls.

Now that the summer evaluation season is over and student-athletes return to school, the dream of earning a college scholarship comes into focus. As preparation begins for the upcoming season, young players wonder if they have done enough to catch the eye of college recruiters, while parents wonder if they’ve done enough to help the process.

A new book published by veteran McDonald’s All-American voter Clark Francis titled “How To Get Recruited” is a valuable resource for parents and a powerful tool to help players of various ability navigate through the cutthroat world of college basketball recruiting.

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: basketball watchdog, Clark Francis, Hoop Scoop, NCAA basketball recruiting

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