This past weekend he announced his commitment to Florida.
The No. 1 overall basketball player in the state of Kansas for the class of 2024 is Sunrise Christian four-star center John Bol.
In addition to being first in Kansas, Bol (no relation to former NBA player Manute Bol) is ranked No. 3 at his position and No. 23 nationally in his class. This past weekend he announced his commitment to Florida.
Bol (7-foot-1, 190 pounds) also had offers from Michigan, Missouri, Butler, Clemson, UConn, Evansville, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas State, Nebraska, Texas and Wake Forest.
Florida’s class of 2024 has one other member so far: Orlando Christian Prep (Fla.) four-star shooting guard Isaiah Brown.
Matas Buzelis had a four-point play in the final minute to help Sunrise Christian upset Montverde Academy in the GEICO Nationals. See highlights here.
The No. 1 team in the GEICO Nationals has been taken out by No. 8. Sunrise Christian pulled off a six-point comeback in the final minute of the game to upset Montverde, ranked in the Super 25 as the No. 2 team in the country, and advance to the second round.
Matas Buzelis, a five-star, 6-foot-9 small forward, led Sunrise Christian with 17 points in the 46-45 win. His biggest basket came when the team was about to see their chance slip away. With 53 seconds to play, Buzelis got a four-point play after being fouled on a 3-point show to close the gap from 45-39 to just a two-point game.
Four-star forward Scotty Middleton hit a 3-pointer with about 23 seconds remaining to give Sunrise Christian the lead.
Five-star Montverde center Derik Queen got a final attempt, driving the ball to the rim, but his tightly contested layup was off. Montverde missed the putback at the final second and Sunrise Christian escaped.
See the ending here:
Sunrise Christian had a solid but unspectacular regular season, with a 20-7 record entering the GEICO Nationals. The Buffaloes had lost to Montverde twice already during the season, and were at risk of losing all three when matched against the Eagles in the tournament.
But Buzelis, a five-star, 6-foot-9 small forward, led the way for the Buffaloes, helping them stay in the game long enough that they could clinch a spot in the semifinals.
The Buffaloes will take on Link Academy on Friday. Link Academy, ranked No. 4 in the tournament and No. 7 in the Super 25, beat Sunrise Christian in the regular season — but as was proven on Thursday, that doesn’t mean anything to the Buffaloes.
With the GIECO Nationals boys basketball tournament approaching, get a preview of the eight teams competing for the championship.
The GEICO Nationals boys basketball tournament is set for another star-studded showdown between some of the best teams in the nation. Between the eight teams competing, there are 71 players listed on 247Sports’ recruiting rankings, which averages out to the entire starting lineup, plus at least a few guys coming off the bench.
The eight teams who will compete are Paul VI (Va.), Link Academy (Mo.), IMG Academy (Fla.), Prolific Prep (Calif.), AZ Compass Prep (Ariz.), Long Island Lutheran (N.Y.), Sunrise Christian (Kan.) and Montverde (Fla.).
To get you up to speed before the prestigious tournament, here is a quick rundown of each team. The quarterfinals tip off on Thursday at noon.
Michigan State has offered a top-50 player in the 2023 class out of Sunrise Christian Academy
Michigan State basketball has entered their hat in the ring for the recruitment of Scotty Middleton, a top-50 prospect and 4-star small forward out of Sunrise Christian Academy in Wichita, Kansas.
If Sunrise Christian Academy sounds familiar, it’s because Spartan alum Tum Tum Nairn went there and currently coaches their post-graduate team, and current Spartan Malik Hall also attended Sunrise Christian.
Middleton is the No. 8 ranked small forward in his class by 247Sports and their No. 42 ranked player overall for his class.
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Jaden Akins threw down an insane 180 dunk in Memphis this weekend at the Iverson Classic.
Future Michigan State basketball player Jaden Akins spent this weekend in Memphis at the Iverson Classic, a high school all-star event that has competitions between some of the best high school basketball players in the country.
Akins participated in the dunk contest, and put up a doozy of a 180, between the legs dunk.
Watch it below:
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Michigan State basketball is getting a new freshman point guard next season in 4-star Jaden Akins, and if any MSU fans are in the Memphis area in May, they can go get an early look at him in action. It was announced on Tuesday that Akins will participate in the 2021 Iverson Classic.
Akins will be coached by Rasheed Wallace and Bonzi Wells and will play alongside the No. 1 player in the 2021 class, Chet Holmgren. The opposing team will also be interesting as the nation’s top female high school basketball player, Raven Johnson, will suit up for Stephen Jackson’s squad.
The event will take place on May 7 and 8 and will include a dunk contest, 3-on-3 games, and more.
Michigan State Basketball 4-star commit Jaden Akins had a massive dunk for Sunrise Christian Academy on Friday.
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Michigan State Basketball has multiple big name recruits coming to town in the next two years, and one of those is Jaden Akins. One of the top players in the state of Michigan, Akins recently moved to Kansas to play for Sunrise Christian Academy, a prolific prep school that was the home of Spartans Malik Hall and Tum-Tum Nairn.
In one of his first games with the new team, Akins dazzled fans when he put his defender on a poster with a one-handed slam. It was a type of athleticism you don’t often see at the high school level.
Michigan State signee Jaden Akins is heading to Sunrise Christian in Kansas after leaving Ypsi Prep.
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After starting his senior season with Ypsi Prep and Emoni Bates, Michigan State Basketball commit Jaden Akins is making a change. Sunrise Christian Academy, a prep school in Kansas, announced on Wednesday that Akins would be joining their roster.
From a fan’s perspective, you can only hope that the move wasn’t caused due to any long-term issues between Bates and Akins. There is a strong chance the players will be playing together on MSU’s roster in the near future.
Sunrise Christian was the home of two other Spartans: Tum Tum Nairn and Malik Hall.
