The Woods Recruiting Blog

Ryan Boatright Begins A New Basketball Chapter At San Francisco Some basketball careers end when the final buzzer sounds. Others simply change direction. For Ryan Boatright, one of the most accomplished guards to come out of the Chicago-area…

Jill Dunn Is Using Decades Of College Coaching Experience To Guide The Next Generation There are basketball people who know the game from one perspective, and then there are people who have spent a lifetime seeing it from almost every angle. Jill…

Sam Rines Has Spent Decades Finding Basketball Players Others Overlook Basketball has plenty of people willing to attach themselves to a five-star prospect after everybody already knows the name. The harder work happens somewhere else. It happens…

The High School Coach’s Role In College Recruiting College recruiting is not supposed to be a one-person operation. Parents have responsibilities.  Players have responsibilities. AAU coaches, trainers, and other basketball contacts can help.  But…

What Makes A Great AAU Basketball Program? AAU basketball has become one of the most influential parts of the basketball development and recruiting process, but not every program is created equal. Some programs develop players, build relationships,…

Imani Gordon Keeps Climbing And Women’s College Basketball Should Be Paying Attention There are coaches who burst onto the basketball scene with enormous publicity, and there are coaches who quietly keep building, learning, producing and…

Pasha Bains Has Turned A Lifetime In Basketball Into A Powerful Player Development Legacy Some basketball coaches teach the game. Some trainers develop players. Some entrepreneurs build programs. Pasha Bains has managed to do all three. What makes…

Dinos Trigonis Didn’t Just Scout Basketball He Helped Build Its Exposure Pipeline Some people work in basketball. Others build pieces of the basketball world that everyone else eventually works inside. Dinos Trigonis belongs in that second…

Joey Meyers Is Helping Build The Next Generation Of Girls Basketball Players Basketball has never needed more people who understand that developing players is about far more than teaching a crossover, correcting a jump shot and running another…

Greg Logsdon Has Built His Life Around Basketball, Business And Impact Greg Logsdon has spent decades building something far more meaningful than a basketball résumé. Yes, there have been games, victories, coaching positions, business ventures and…

Sidney A. Johnson Bringing Academics, Coaching And Scouting Together In Basketball There are basketball people who fit comfortably into one category. They coach. They scout. They train. They write. They evaluate. Then there are people like Sidney…

Tymirrianna Brown Emerging As Dynamic 2027 Girls Basketball Prospect Tymirrianna Brown, a 2027 Austin-East High School girls basketball prospect from Knoxville, Tennessee, is an explosive 5’7″ combo guard whose two-way production, athleticism,…

Maggie Simons 2027 Kentucky Girls Basketball Combo Guard Maggie Simons , a 5-foot-11 Class of 2027 combo guard from Nicholas County High School in Kentucky, has developed into an accomplished girls basketball prospect whose production, versatility,…

High School Basketball Coverage: Players, Recruiting, Coaches and Emerging Prospects Introduction High school basketball is where dreams develop, reputations are built, and future opportunities begin taking shape.  Every season, thousands of…

High School Basketball Players Programs Coaches And Emerging Prospects Introduction High school basketball is where dreams develop, players begin building reputations, and future opportunities start taking shape.  Every season brings new prospects,…