EYBL Peach Jam Live Blog: Coaches watch

North Augusta, South Carolina — On3 is at the annual Peach Jam and it’s a NCAA live evaluation period, meaning college coaches are sidelined to watch the next wave of high school talent.

Team Durant (MD) vs. Team Takeover (DC)

Head coaches: Oregon, Illinois, Xavier, Auburn, Georgetown, Virginia Tech, Kansas State, Pittsburgh

Assistants: Louisville, Virginia, Oregon, Arizona, Penn State, UMass, Tennessee, Alabama, Miami, Michigan, Villanova, BYU, Marquette

Notable players

Team Durant: 5-star PF KJ Evans, 4-star G Jahnathan Lamothe (Maryland commit), 3-star PF Amani Hansberry, 4-star PG Del Jones, 4-star SF Shawn Simmons

Team Takeover: 4-star SG DeShawn Harris-Smith, 3-star SG Jacoi Hutchinson, 4-star SF Isaiah Abraham, 4-star SG Darren Harris, 4-star Patrick Ngongba, 4-star Donnie Freeman

NY Rens (16U) vs. FL Rebels (16U)

Head coaches: Michigan, Georgetown, Duke, Auburn, Kentucky, St. John’s, George Mason, Pittsburgh

Assistants: Duke, UConn, Maryland, Virginia Tech, Illinois, Maryland, UCF, Creighton, Virginia, Arizona, Kansas State, Baylor, DePaul, Rutgers, Texas Tech

Notable players

NY Rens: 4-star CG Dylan Harper, SF Tyler Betsey

FL Rebels: 4-star SF Marcus Allen

Nightrydas (FL) 15U vs. Team WhyNot (CA) 15U coaches watch

Head coaches: Michigan’s Juwan Howard, Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Duke’s Jon Scheyer, Baylor’s Scott Drew

Assistants: Miami, Texas Tech, USF, UCF, Jackson State, Memphis, Duke, Georgia, Oregon, Kansas State, North Carolina, Virginia

Cameron and Cayden Boozer
Watching: Duke, Miami, Michigan, and probably everyone else

All Ohio Red vs. NY Lightning coaches watch

Head coaches: Kentucky’s John Calipari, North Carolina’s Hubert Davis, Duke’s Jon Scheyer, Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, Xavier’s Sean Miller, Alabama’s Nate Oats, Cincinatti’s Wes Miller, Marquette’s Shaka Smart, Iowa’s Fran McCaffrey, Baylor’s Scott Drew, UConn’s Danny Hurley, Virginia Tech’s Mike Young

Assistants: Ohio State, Texas Tech, Cincinnati, Clemson, Oregon, Kentucky, DePaul, Duke, Dayton, Providence, Xavier

5-star PG Elliot Cadeau
Watching: North Carolina, Providence, Texas Tech, Baylor, Duke, Ohio State, Alabama

4-star PG Tahaad Pettiford
Watching: Kentucky, Ole Miss, Providence, UConn

4-star PF Devin Royal
Watching: Alabama, Clemson, Marquette, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Ohio State

4-star SF Dailyn Swain
Watching: Ohio State, Xavier, Marquette, Cincinnati, Virginia Tech

4-star PF Tyler McKinely
Watching: Cincinnati, Dayton, Ohio State, Xavier

4-star PF Akil Watson
Watching: Cincinnati, UConn

4-star CG George Washington: Committed to Ohio State

Mookie Cook versus Papa Kante brings out host of college coaches

2023 Consensus five-star Mookie Cook of Oakland Soldiers (CA) decommitted from the Oregon Ducks a few weeks ago. The G-League immediately became the favorite but Cook is interested in hearing out colleges. Oregon head coach Dana Altman is here continuing to recruit him, as are assistants from Arizona and Gonzaga. The Oakland Soliders also have Cook’s longtime friend and Oregon commit Jackson Shelstad.

Michigan head coach Juwan Howard is in the building for 2023 big man Papa Kante of NY Rens are assistants from Pittsburgh, Maryland, and more.

Dylan Harper brings out John Calipari, Jon Scheyer

2024 Top-25 prospect Dylan Harper of NY Rens 16U has Duke’s Jon Scheyer and Kentucky’s John Calipari courtside for their matchup against Nightrydas (FL.)

UConn’s Dan Hurley, Georgia’s Mike White, Florida’s Todd Golden, Cincinnati’s Wes Miller, along with assistants from Virginia, Michigan, Oregon, Arkansas, Syracuse, Georgia Tech, and more.

Blue bloods in to see the matchup between Caleb Foster and TJ Power

Four-star forward TJ Power of Team BABC has seen his recruitment explode in recent weeks, landing offers from Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, UCLA, and others. The blue-bloods join the chase with the programs that have been in the running for longer, including: Virginia, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, Iowa, and Providence.

Power and his BABC squad took on Duke commit Caleb Foster and Team Thad.

Here are the coaches that were in attendance: Duke’s Jon Scheyer, Iowa’s Fran McCaffrey, Texas A&M’s Buzz Williams, Xavier’s Sean Miller, Ohio State’s Chris Holtmann, Ole Miss’ Kermit Davis, Notre Dame’s Mike Brey, DePaul’s Tony Stubblefield and more.

Assistants from Kansas, Indiana, Providence, Washington, Pittsbrugh, Texas A&M, Xavier, UNLV, Penn State, Mississippi State, Marquette, Syracuse, Seton Hall, and others were represented.

Reid Ducharme is a top-150 recruit playing for BABC. He’s considering Syracuse, Penn State, Xavier, Providence, and others. Three-star Tre Norman also stars for BABC, holding offers from Marquette, Miami, and more.

For Team Thad, Caleb Foster’s future head coach Jon Scheyer was watching him play. Foster plays alongside Josh Hubbard, a big time Ole Miss target. Kermit Davis was courtside. Team Thad also has Jahki Howard, a four-star recruit in 2024.

Coaches sidelined for Cooper Flagg vs. Cameron Boozer matchup

Two of the top prospects in the 2025 class, Cooper Flagg (Maine United 15U) and Cameron Boozer (Nightrydas 15U) went head-to-head at the 12:30 game on Friday.

Interestingly enough, both Flagg and Boozer have twin brothers and both are good players in their own right — Ace Flagg and Cayden Boozer.

Coaches were lined up and down the court for the highly anticipated matchup, including Duke’s Jon Scheyer, Memphis’ Penny Hardaway, Illinois’ Brad Underwood, Michigan’s Juwan Howard, UMass’ Frank Martin,

Assistants from USC, Kansas, Florida State, Oregon, LSU, Providence, and others are also courtside.

Kentucky’s John Calipari front and center for a big-time matchup

Kentucky head coach John Calipari is courtside for five-star Wildcat commit Rob Dillingham of Team CP3. Calipari is also watching NY Lightning 2024 four-star guard Tahaad Pettiford, who recently received an offer from UK. The Wildcats are also interested in Pettiford’s teammate, five-star 2024 guard Elliot Cadeau — who’s been putting on a show in the second half.

South Carolina head coach Lamont Paris is here for five-star GG Jackson, a former North Carolina commit. The Gamecocks are the favorite to land Jackson.

Seton Hall’s Shaheen Holloway, Oregon’s Dana Altman, Baylor’s Scott Drew, Auburn, Oregon, UCLA, UNC, UConn, Maryland, Tennesse, and others in attendance.

An abundance of college coaches in attendance for Team United 16U vs Phenom U 16U

Team United (NC) features: 2024 four-star SG Cam Scott, 2024 four-star PF Jarin Stevenson
Phenom U (WI) features: 2024 SG Kon Knueppel

Coaches in attendance:

North Carolina’s Hubert Davis and two assistants, Louisville’s Kenny Payne, Cincinnati’s Wes Miller, Virginia Tech’s Mike Young, Boston College’s Earl Grant, NC State’s Kevin Keatts, South Carolina’s Lamont Paris, Iowa State’s TJ Otzelberger, Clemson’s Brad Brownell, Oregon’s Dana Altman, UCLA, Wake Forest, Wisconsin (2), USC, Marquette (2), Butler (2), Minnesota, Notre Dame, Iowa, Georgia Tech, UConn, Virginia, Kansas, Mississippi State, Duke and more.

Several programs in to see Top-25 PG Curtis Givens versus 4-star big Robert Miller

LSU is three deep, including new head coach Matt McMahon for Mokan Elite 16U point guard Curtis Givens, On3’s No. 20 overall prospect in the 2024 class. Assistants from Auburn and Tennessee looked on.

The LSU staff is also watching LivOn’s 16U Robert Miller III, an LSU legacy recruit. His father, Rob Miller II, played football for the Tigers. Oklahoma’s Porter Moser and Texas’ Chris Beard are also in attendance.

Duke, NBA scouts front and center for Cooper Flagg

Cooper Flagg, the early favorite to be the top player in the 2025 class, has Duke head coach Jon Scheyer (and assistants) front and center for the Maine United 15U star. The Blue Devils have already extended an offer.

Memphis’ Penny Hardaway, Oregon’s Dana Altman, Villanova’s Kyle Neptune, West Virginia’s Bob Huggins, along with assistants from Kentucky, UConn, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Oregon, Iowa, Texas, and others are in attendance for Cooper Flagg and Maine United’s matchup against Team Takeover (DC).

Several NBA scouts from various teams are also courtside to get eyes on arguably the best prospect in high school basketball.