Premier Basketball Report's Jason Key, Mark Williams and Shane Laflin discuss the Exposure+ Camp, Project & Perfect Grassroots Camp, 3X3 Tournament and the Wootten Coach's Clinic the last weekend in September.
2021 Prime Event - Final
Premier Basketball Report's Shane Laflin, Jason Key and Mark Williams recap the 2021 Prime Event hosted August 21-22 at FieldhouseUSA in Mansfield, Texas.
Congrats to the bracket winners:
Team Lex - Prime Division
Wisconsin Flight - Premier Division
Sports City U (Green) - Project & Perfect Division
Team Kidd 17U - Select Division
True Texas Hoops 2023 Crabtree - 3Step Sports Division
Second Half of July
Shane Laflin, Jason Key, and Mark Williams recap their second half of July scouting. They attended the Adidas 3SSB Championship, Nike EYBL Championship, Under Armour GUAA Championship, End Game, and War Games - Atlanta. At the end of the episode Mark gives an update on international competitions.
Prime Event Recap
On Episode 40, Premier Basketball Report's Shane Laflin, Jason Key and Mark Williams recap the 2021 The Prime Event - East help at Spooky Nook on June 19-20.
HUGE shoot out to Select Events and their work on the Prime Event -East!!!
Prime Event - East Preview & USA Basketball U16
Shane Laflin, Jason Key and Mark Williams of Premier Basketball Report preview the upcoming Prime Event - East tournament hosted at Spooky Nook on June 19 - 20 and discuss USA Basketball's U16 trials.
Prime Event - East: https://basketball.exposureevents.com/169965/the-prime-event-east
USA Basketball U16 Trials: https://www.usab.com/womens/u16/news.aspx
What is the value of a scholarship offer?: June 15, 2021
In episode 38, Shane Laflin, Jason Key, and Mark Williams sit down to discuss valuing a scholarship.
Prime Event - West & Spring Tournament Season: June 11, 2021
Premier Basketball Report's Shane Laflin, Jason Key and Mark Williams recap The PRime Event - West this past weekend in Phoenix, Arizona, along with thoughts from this spring's tournament season.
Correction: Mark mentioned 2026 Brooklynn Hayward for the NW Greyhounds but her correct last name is Haywood. She played with NW Greyhounds
In this Week's Update, Shane Laflin shares about his experience at the Women's Final Four plus highlights from ShesBallin's Extravaganza and PassthaBall's Who's Next All American Game while Mark Williams gives an update on Basketball Australia's U18 Junior Championship.
College Commitments highlighted:
2022 Emily La Chapell - Marquette
2022 Halle Duft - Missouri - Kansas City
2021 Maddie Bischoff - Ball State
2021 Sarah Monday - Mary Hardin - Baylor
2021 Sacha Washington - Vanderbilt
2021 Kisa Uruh - Bethany College
2022 Paulina Paris - Penn State
2022 Nicole Evenson - Embry - Riddle
2021 Devyne Turner - Clayton State
2021 Kiki Hill - Dallas Christian College
2021 Paula Ferrer - Louisiana College
2022 Mariah Cain - Radford
2022 Jaki Rollins - Drury
2022 Maria Sanchez - Eastern Kentucky
2021 Lauren Gleason - Bethany College
2021 Alisa Knight - Texas Southern
2021 Chloe Poole - Oklahoma Baptist
2022 Keira Hanson - Vermont
2022 Madison Sloan - Wittenberg
2022 Alannah Chatfield - Loyola Marymount
2022 Aunisty Smith - Missouri - Kansas City
2021 Rachel Early - Shelton State
2022 Caroline Lau - Northwestern
2021 Jada Knight - Butler CC
2021 Carson Dean - Cowley College
2021 Jada Hitch - Northeastern Oklahoma
Weekly Update: March 23, 2021
In this Week's Update, the Premier Basketball Report crew:
- Celebrate commitments
- Highlight outstanding players from the 2021 Prime Event - Texas:
2024 Adhel Tac - North Texas Shockers (South Grand Prairie HS)
2023 McKinna Brackens - Team Lex Nation (Fairfield HS)
2022 Jade Masogayo - Texas Elite 17U 3SSB (Fossil Ridge HS)
2022 Cambridge Matthews -Texas LoneStar Black 3SSB (Keller HS)
2024 Caya Smith - BTR 16U (Putnam City West HS)
2025 Sania Richardson - BTR 16U (Ada HS)
2022 Karly Ivy - HG Elite 2022 (Ponder HS)
2023 Tatum West - HG Elite 2023 (Crandall HS)
2026 Rieyan Desouze - Lady Jets Elite Lewis (Desoto HS)
2023 Crisyln Rose - Lady Jets Randle 16U (Sachse HS)
2024 Neenah George - Lady Jets Randle 16U (Sachse HS)
2024 Zya Vann - Lady Jets Randle 16U (Norman HS)
2023 Jaida McDonald - Lady Jets Randle 16U (Skyline HS)
2025 Keziah Lofton - Lady Jets Randle 16U (Yukon HS)
2022 Donavia Hall - Lady Jets Randle 17U (Plano East HS)
2022 Micah Gray - Lady Jets Randle 17U (Classen SAS)
2023 Calyn Dallas - Team Lex Breeze (Lubbock Cooper HS)
2022 Kamari Forrest - Team Lex Loaded (Trinity Christian HS)
2025 Keeley Parks - Team Trae Young 3SSB (Norman HS)
2022 Martie McCoy - Texas Platinum 17U Bruce/Bartlett (Muenster HS)
2025 Brandie Harrod - Unity Basketball Hawkins (Millwood Art Academy)
- Prime Event - Texas pictures provided by Brittany Graham with ItsByBritt and ForeverLand https://itsbybritt.smugmug.com/AAU-GIRLS-2021
- Discuss upcoming Global basketball events:
Australian School Championship - https://australia.basketball/blog/2021/03/17/gold-coast-to-host-australian-school-championships/
Basketball Australia U20 Junior Championship - https://australia.basketball/blog/2021/03/05/mackay-to-host-under-20-australian-junior-and-ivor-burge-championships/
FIBA U16 Americas & USA Basketball U16 Trials - https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2021/01/2021-usa-wu16-trials.aspx
FIBA U19 World Cup & USA Basketball U19 Trials - https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2021/01/2021-usa-junior-women-program-event-details.aspx
Weekly Update: March 16, 2021
The Premier Basketball Report staff recaps the happenings of the past week of basketball around the globe.
** 2021 NCAA Women's Final Four Tournament
** Shane Laflin recaps the Premier Practice Weekend
** Jason Key recaps the Texas State basketball tournament
** Mark Williams discussing the Australia U18 Junior Championship, NBL1 East and 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup
** Celebrates commitments **
Jasmin Boyd - North Carolina A&T
Kourtney Rittenberry - Arkansas Pine-Bluff
Dee Haymer - South Alabama
Zoe Nelson - Stephen F. Austin
Tamara Fournillier-Onadeko - University of Illinois-Chicago
Hannah Humphrey - Blinn College
Alyssa Crockett - Michigan
Gemma Nunez - Davidson
Maria Myklebust - Northwest Florida State
Weekly Update: March 2, 2021
The PBR crew gives their updates from this past week from Select Events Winter Series, Texas High school playoffs, Under Armour announcing league teams and Australia's U19 Gems Training Camp.
Commitments Highlighted:
Carleigh Wenzel - Virginia Tech
Mariam Traore - Pima CC
Cate Boling - Elmhurst University
Zoe Stewart - Murray State
Aaliyah Ellis - Weber State
Bobbi Bazzle - Henderson State
Nya Epps - UC Davis
Daeja Johnson - Colorado State University - Pueblo
Alyanna McGrath - Occidental
Marina Asensio - South Florida
Taylor Norris - Chicago State
Avery O'Connor - New Hampshire
Jaida Brooks - San Diego State
Amalia Mak - Randolf-Macon College
Jewell Dixon - St. Andrew's University
Drea Brumfield - Pepperdine
Keegan Brace - Flagler College
Abby Kuboushek - College of St. Benedict
Weekly Update: February 19, 2021
From the Baseline checks in with Shane Laflin, Jason Key and Mark Williams to get their weekly update on the basketball scene and recognize this week's commitments.
Marlie Dickerson - Niagara University
Taylah Captain - Wilmington College
Shelby Genes - Fairmont State University
Bre'Amber Scott - Texas Tech
Jaiyah Harris-Smith - Ole Miss
Trayanna Crisp - Arizona State
Ghylissa Knowles - Albany State University
Becky Mitchell (UK) - San Diego Christian College
Weekly Update: February 12, 2021
In this week's update,
From the Baseline highlights 2025 Kyla Hayes for her Top Performance against Tonwanda plus checks in with Shane Laflin and his
Basketball Soul blog.
This week's commitments include:
Shelby Fiddler to Niagara University
Olivia Smith to Eastern Michigan
McKenna Andersen to Bethel College
Nicole Sanfilippo to Syracuse
Addison Frazier to Rider
Ricky Lesenyego to Belmont
Abbey Laniah Randle to Southern Illinois
Erika Aspajo to Georgian Court University
Gisela Sanchez to Arizona
In Global news, Mark Williams discusses the dates and location of the 2021
#EuroBasketWomen Championship and the schedule release for the 2021 NBL1 season.
Weekly Update: February 5, 2021
Premier Basketball Report's Mark Williams, Shane Laflin and Jason Key give their weekly updates.
Weekly Update: January 29, 2021
Weekly Update: January 22, 2021
Lauren Betts Commitment: January 15, 2021
On Wednesday, January 13th 2022 #1 2022 Player Lauren Betts committed to Stanford University. Read the ESPN feature. You can see our Premier Basketball feature HERE. Both are written by Premier Basketball's Shane Laflin.
The Betts family joined us for Season 2 | Episode 1 of From the Baseline with Premier Basketball.