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Phenom CBB Game Breakdown: UNCW vs. North Carolina

Phenom CBB Game Breakdown: UNCW vs. North Carolina

by | Nov 7, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, and News. Tags: Armando Bacot, Caleb Love, North Carolina, RJ Davis, Trazarien White, and UNC-Wilmington.

We continue to bring you College Basketball coverage with Phenom Hoops, as we also wanted to check in on the top team in the country, North Carolina, as they took on UNC-Wilmington, a team that has plenty of familiar names with Phenom Hoops on the floor this season. UNCW came out strong to take the early but North Carolina started to get going and eventually took the lead.  Armando Bacot...

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Phenom CBB Game Breakdown: Emory & Henry vs. East Tennessee State

Phenom CBB Game Breakdown: Emory & Henry vs. East Tennessee State

by | Nov 7, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, and News. Tags: Bradlee Wolf, Brock Jancek, Cade Looney, Christian Drummer, East Tennessee State, Emory & Henry, Jacob Dar, Jacob Morgan, Jalen Haynes, Jalen Leftwich, Jamarius Hairston, Jayden Seymour, josh Taylor, Justice Smith, Malcolm Morgan, and Marshall Klug.

College Basketball is here, and Phenom Hoops is going to be bringing you some terrific coverage throughout the year.  We start off the season with two teams we are quite familiar with and have plenty of Phenom Hoops alums on the roster, as Emory & Henry traveled to take on East Tennessee State. Both teams kicking off the season were trading baskets, but ETSU found early success on the...

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Most Interesting Players to Watch in ACC (Part 1)

Most Interesting Players to Watch in ACC (Part 1)

by | Oct 28, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, and News. Tags: Brandon Huntley Hatfield, Jeremy Roach, Matthew Cleveland, Nijel Pack, and PJ Hall.

There are plenty of players that fans will have their eyes on this season in the ACC, but Phenom Hoops wanted to dive into a few names that we find interesting to watch this season, especially with what they provide to their team. Check out the names below and let us know who else you will be keeping an eye on in the conference. Junior PJ Hall (Clemson): Hall has solidified himself as one of the...

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Most Interesting Players to Watch in AAC

Most Interesting Players to Watch in AAC

by | Oct 14, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, and News. Tags: Jalen Cook, Jarace Walker, Jaylen Forbes, Kendric Davis, Khalif Battle, Landers Nolley, Mark Sasser, and Wynston Tabbs.

There are plenty of players that fans will have their eyes on this season in the AAC, but Phenom Hoops wanted to dive into a few names that we find interesting to watch this season, especially with what they provide to their team. Check out the names below and let us know who else you will be keeping an eye on in the conference. Kendric Davis Mark Sasser (Houston): Houston certainly will be up...

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Arkansas

Arkansas

by | Aug 18, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, and News. Tags: Ricky Council IV.

College basketball is right around the corner and with that coming, we are starting to get a look at teams and players early on.  This only starts the talk about the upcoming NBA Drafts and who could be names you might be hearing down the road as well. One player that I

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South Carolina finding recruiting success with talent in its own backyard

South Carolina finding recruiting success with talent in its own backyard

by | Aug 10, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, News, and Recruiting News. Tags: Arden Conyers, Collin Murray-Boyles, Daniel Sanford, Gregory Jackson, and Zachary Davis.

The recruiting world has been heating up with players around the country. Around our area of the country, talent has continued to run deep around the Carolinas. However, one thing that has been noticeable over the years in the past is that South Carolina hasn

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College of Charleston making its presence felt around the region and in North Carolina

College of Charleston making its presence felt around the region and in North Carolina

by | Jun 14, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, News, and Recruiting News. Tags: Ben Burnham, Jordan Crawford, and Mayar Wol.

The months of June and July are big opportunities for not only players but for college programs to make their presence felt with prospects around the country.  One program that we certainly will have our eyes on a little more is the College of Charleston, as they have made their presence very well known, especially with how they have been recruiting the state of North Carolina. Looking over...

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Illinois continuing its role on the recruiting trail

Illinois continuing its role on the recruiting trail

by | Apr 25, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, News, and Recruiting News. Tags: Illinois.

The recruiting news around the country has certainly been busy and one program has really made a big splash in the 2022 class and now even more in the future. Illinois has been a premier program, a top-25 team, on the national stage over the years and it doesn’t seem like they are slowing down, as the staff has done an exceptional on the recruiting trail. Currently, they have landed four...

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Transfer Portal Player Spotlight: Carter Whitt

Transfer Portal Player Spotlight: Carter Whitt

by | Apr 1, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, and News. Tags: Carter Whitt.

Name: Carter WhittSchool: Wake ForestClass: Freshman 2021-22: This past season, Whitt got a full season on his belt, playing in 31 games and starting three of them.  He averaged around 12 minutes of play and averaged 1.7 points per game, 1.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 0.3 steals per game.  He came in early to Winston-Salem, as he got a chance to play in 19 games and start 10 of them in...

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Transfer Portal Player Spotlight: Manny Bates

Transfer Portal Player Spotlight: Manny Bates

by | Mar 30, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, and News. Tags: Manny Bates.

Name: Manny BatesSchool: NC StateClass: Redshirt Junior 2020-21: It was a rough year for the big man who was injured on the first play from scrimmage against Bucknell, which made him miss the entire year at NC State. Before this season though, Bates was coming off a sophomore season in which he started 23 of 26 games and averaged 9.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, and recorded 64 blocks. Before that in...

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Phenom Hoops Alums all throughout the Final Four

Phenom Hoops Alums all throughout the Final Four

by | Mar 29, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, Featured, and News. Tags: Armando Bacot, Bobby Pettiford, Brandon Slater, David McCormick, DMarco Dunn, Dontrez Styles, Joey Baker, Leaky Black, Mark Williams, and Wendell Moore.

The Final Four is set, with what many would and should consider four blue bloods all battling it out to be crowned a champion down in New Orleans.  North Carolina and Duke will square off on one side of the bracket for the first time EVER in the NCAA Tournament, while Villanova and Kansas battle it out on the other side once again, as Nova holds a 2-1 record against Kansas in the NCAA...

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Transfer Portal Player Spotlight: Brandon Murray

Transfer Portal Player Spotlight: Brandon Murray

by | Mar 24, 2022 | Categories: College Basketball, News, and Recruiting News. Tags: Brandon Murray.

Name: Brandon MurraySchool: LSUClass: Freshman 2020-21: Though a freshman, Murray had a very strong campaign to start his college career at LSU, averaging 10 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game while shooting 42 percent from the court and 34 percent from three. Murray is going to be an interesting target in the transfer portal, as I personally think he should and will be highly...

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