Updated 2017 Rankings: Breakdown
As they head into the biggest summer of their young basketball lives, these 2017s all feel they have a lot to prove. At current, there are only two players — Connor McCaffery, Austin Phyfe — who have committed. Look…
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As they head into the biggest summer of their young basketball lives, these 2017s all feel they have a lot to prove. At current, there are only two players — Connor McCaffery, Austin Phyfe — who have committed. Look for the next four months to be eventful with these prospects.
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Trojans on Top
With Devontae Lane showing out at the state tournament and off to another sensational offseason, we had no choice but to slide him into the No. 2 spot. Now the Iowa City West backcourt holds the top two spots in the 2017 rankings – Connor McCaffery the other. And with the way Lane has been playing over the past year, he could be considered 1B at this point.
CIML
There will be plenty of games next season around the CIML worth more than the price of admission. Four guys from the Central Iowa Metropolitan League are in the 2017 top-10 (Jal Bijiek, Doug Wilson, Quinton Curry, Drew Maschoff) — all of them on different regular season teams, but they all play with Kingdom Hoops Elite.
Kingdom Hoops vs Iowa Barnstormers
When will we see these two teams square off? Don’t hold your breath – it’s not likely to happen. But boy would it be fun. Five ‘Stormers are in the top-10, including each of the top-3 (McCaffery, Lane, Phyfe). And Kingdom Hoops boasts four guys in the top-10 — each of the aforementioned CIML guys. Both teams are superb. It would be fun to see them play.
Top 100 Debuts
Atticus Taylor (Davenport North) — 176 to 50
Kole Perkins (Danville) — unranked to 56
Landon Torneton (Council Bluffs Lincoln) — unranked to 56
Donovan Holterhaus (Pella) — unranked to 59
Ben Gesink (Western Christian) — 106 to 69
Brayden Washington (Urbandale) — 122 to 85
Payton Conrad (ADM) — 109 to 86
Nick Finney (Pella) — unranked to 94
Alex Kitzman (Pleasant Valley) — unranked to 96
Janier Puenta (Perry) — unranked to 98
Trevon Montgomery (Pleasant Valley) — unranked to 99
Top 50 Grassroots Breakdown
Barnstormers — 11
Kingdom Hoops — 10
All Iowa Attack — 8
Martin Brothers — 3
Mavericks — 3
Cornsharks — 2
Shoot It! — 2
Other — 11