The number 3 recruit in the country is also from the DMV (St. Paul VI, which is the #1 ranked team in the country). This area is just nuts in terms of basketball talent.

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Anonymous wrote:A kid from South Lakes High School is getting minutes on Michigan States basketball team as a freshman. If you are a good player on a good team in the area you will get scouted.

That kid is 6’9”, both his parents played high major D1, his mom is a professional sportscaster, he has 3 siblings who played D1 basketball, he had connections, and he can flat out play. And that kid went to South Lakes because both his parents went there, his mom was already coaching there, and he lived next to the school.

There is a 6’10” kid at Blake right now with a similar profile, that started at Dematha but transferred back to his local school.

Jordan Scott is the first kid and he's from an amazing basketball family and was ranked around 50th in the country among recruits; his mom provides the color commentary for the NCAA women's tournament and the Mystics game, among others.

The second kid is Babatunde Oladuton and he is a top 10 recruit in the country. His dad played for Virginia Tech.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid from South Lakes High School is getting minutes on Michigan States basketball team as a freshman. If you are a good player on a good team in the area you will get scouted.

That kid is 6’9”, both his parents played high major D1, his mom is a professional sportscaster, he has 3 siblings who played D1 basketball, he had connections, and he can flat out play. And that kid went to South Lakes because both his parents went there, his mom was already coaching there, and he lived next to the school.

There is a 6’10” kid at Blake right now with a similar profile, that started at Dematha but transferred back to his local school.

Thanks for bringing in the MUCH needed context

Yep, that’s Christy Winters Scott’s son. She calls all the Mystics games and also hosts the Wizards’ pre-game show on NBC Sports Washington.

Anonymous wrote:Oh, and the best privates tend to be WCAC (Washington Catholic Athletic Conference, I think) schools, esp. Paul IV, Gonzaga, DeMatha, and St John’s.

Yes, Paul IV is one of the top 5 programs in the nation.

My son is a school I won’t named and one of the more mainstream, highly respected privates in the DMV. His school has no longer been recruiting basketball players. The school has gone from one of the top programs in the area for basketball and some other sports, to losing seasons
Players even apply, but don’t get in. Schools change philosophies.

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Anonymous wrote:So if I have a kid that is a star player in 8th grade, a private high school coach would never come to me to recruit them? I need to approach the coach and express interest in their school…then ask for aid if I can’t afford it?

More than likely.

It’s not like the coach will call the parents or send them an email. More likely that the coach will be introduced to the kid by his own coach after a game (“Larlo, this is Coach Tom from St Whatsits”). Then coach will say “Great game Larlo. You should come check out one of our games and meet the guys.” Or coach may say to parent “I saw Larlo play. He should come for a visit and meet the team. We have a great program, and he’d bee a good fit.” First scenario happened to my kid when when he was already in high school and coaches wanted him to transfer, and second happened to the mom of a team mate in 8th grade after a game.

Anonymous wrote:So if I have a kid that is a star player in 8th grade, a private high school coach would never come to me to recruit them? I need to approach the coach and express interest in their school…then ask for aid if I can’t afford it?

More than likely.

Anonymous wrote:Athletic scholarships are not allowed in any of the DMV private leagues. Only Merit/need based and/or academic aid can be offered just like every other student has available to them same rules apply across the board.

Lol. It's so cute that you think that.