This past weekend marked the Spring evaluation period for NCAA basketball coaches. The Under Armour, Addidas, and Nike hoops events were in full swing and many high level coaches were out and about, trying to catch a glimpse of the talent they are hoping to add to their squads.

Penny being Penny

You can’t have a Memphis recruiting column without Penny Hardaway being the headline. Coach Hardaway showed up to the scene looking fresh, much to the dismay of fans of other schools.

Penny Hardaway is the only D-1 head coach with his own shoe line. He’s got a style the other coaches don’t. pic.twitter.com/GzD8z86FVa — Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) April 28, 2019

Step Up On The Scene



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So Fresh And So Clean Clean pic.twitter.com/QxdJ1vjf3T — Memphis Basketball (@Memphis_MBB) April 28, 2019

Matthew Murrell – Team Thad

This local Memphis product is a 4 star shooting guard who plays at Whitehaven High School and has been drawing a lot of attention recently. SEC schools are recruiting him hard and he currently has offers from most of them in addition to the University Memphis and a few other schools. He plays his AAU ball with Team Thad. It is also of note that Coach Cal of Kentucky was spotted sitting court side watching Murrell over the weekend.

Drew Hill of the Commercial Appeal has more on Murrell HERE.

Memphis 4-star SG Matthew Murrell (@_iamMM12_) is an artist when it comes to scoring. This acrobatic display happened right in front of Iowa State’s James Kane. pic.twitter.com/xoNimc59CJ — Matthew Bain (@MatthewBain_) April 28, 2019

Terrence Clarke – Expressions Elite

Clarke is a 5 star wing in the class of ’21. Penny Hardaway and his staff have extended an offer (per Stockrisers) to the 6-6 SG who is currently listed as the best player at his position in his class per 247Sports. In a group of games over the weekend, Clarke averaged 19 points per game on 49% shooting from the field, including 44% from three. Other schools who have extended offers include UConn, IU and Georgetown.

Greg Brown – Texas Titans

Fellow highly touted recruit, Cade Cunningham, also plays for the Titans with Brown and made it easy for some of the heavy hitting schools to get the most bang for their evaluation buck over the weekend.

Brown is a 5-star forward out of Austin Texas who is listed at 6′ 8″ and 200 lbs. Brown likes to stretch the floor and hit shots from the outside. The forward averaged 17 points 8.8 rebounds in four games in the EYBL in Atlanta this weekend. He has an offer out from Memphis as well as a dozen or more other schools. It’s still early but crystal balls seem to have him favoring his hometown school, the University of Texas.

I don't know why people don't talk about Greg Brown more, dude a monster!! — Chuck Lawson (@ChuckLawson901) April 29, 2019

5-star Greg Brown III did a little bit of everything helping @TexasTitans2020 to a 4-0 showing at EYBL Atlanta @gb3elite 🎥 @overtime #2019EYBL pic.twitter.com/GSOzDSrJUz — D1 Circuit (@D1Circuit) April 28, 2019

Kennedy Chandler – Mokan Elite

Chandler is a 6 foot sophomore point guard hailing from Memphis who attends Briarcrest Christian. He is a 5-star prospect who is getting a lot of attention lately, with plenty of offers rolling in.

Kennedy Chandler landed himself 4 D1 offers tonight after 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and this insane dunk in @mokanbasketball's victory at @NikeEYB #2019EYBL. 👏 @KChandler_1 pic.twitter.com/tG2TpE54ig — BallerTV (@BallerTV) April 27, 2019

Penny Hardaway and Mike Miller were both in attendance of his games over the weekend. This is a good guy to keep an eye out for over the next few seasons.

RJ Hampton – Drive Nation

One of the biggest question marks in Memphis recruiting right now is this guy, RJ Hampton. Hampton is a 5-star combo guard who was originally in the class of 2020, but just today told Evan Daniels of 247Sports that he is reclassifying to 2019. (This is HUGE!!!)

Best 3 Years of my life, Little Elm will forever and always be home 🖤 Thank You. 14 Signing Out ✍🏾 pic.twitter.com/h0l9ZJ7BVD — 14 (@RjHampton14) April 30, 2019

Hampton is explosive and scored 41 points against Phenom U on Saturday. For the weekend he averaged 28.8 points and 4.5 assists per game in the four contests.

R.J Hampton exploded here, looking like potentially the #1 player in whatever class he ends up in. Finished w/41 points and 6 assists, completely dominating with his ball-handling, vision and defense. Even made some pullup 3s, which is scary. Doesn't have much help unfortunately. https://t.co/qxckFXOGgH — Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) April 27, 2019

The suspense is building to see where he will choose to play college ball. Those remaining on his list are Memphis, Kentucky, Kansas, and Texas Tech. Duke was originally in the mix, but with Tre Jones announcing he will stay in school another year, Hampton replaced Duke with Texas Tech.

Oakland Soldiers

The loaded Oakland Soldiers team plays next that features three players with Memphis interest.



5-star Jalen Green

5-star Ziaire Williams

Top 2022 recruit Dior Johnson



Mike Miller is front and center. — Drew Hill (@DrewHill_CA) April 27, 2019

Ziare Williams is a top 20 player in the nation for the class of 2020. He is 6’7″ SF and has multiple Pac 12 schools that have offered him in addition to North Carolina.

Very impressive display of shot making this game between Ziaire Williams and Dior Johnson. Ziaire with three straight 3s off the bounce and an ast. Dior been making shots all game from all 3 levels. Johnson is absolutely oozing with talent. — Travis Branham (@TravisBranham_) April 27, 2019

Jalen Green is a stud shooting guard in next year’s class and is a top prospect in the country at his position. Earlier in the recruiting process, it was thought that Green might re-classify to the class of ’19, but he squelched that possibility in an interview at the EYBL, saying he will stay in the class of ’20.

Jalen Green is making his case for #1 player in the Country! 👀💯@JalenRomande @Soldiers_Salute pic.twitter.com/poMarNJhoI — HoopFocus (@TheHoopFocus) April 28, 2019

Chris Moore – Woodz Elite

Add West Memphis star Chris Moore to this list.



Vols are making a push in Memphis. https://t.co/FhGwbggsOZ — Drew Hill (@DrewHill_CA) April 29, 2019

Rick Barnes and co. are trying to steal some talent from the Memphis area and Chris Moore is one of the guys that the school from the East is interested in. Moore is a 4-star PF who is listed at 6’7″. He is in the class of 2020. Moore is averaging 17.3 points and 6.7 rebounds in EYBL play.

Drew Hill of the Commercial Appeal has additional information on Moore HERE.

Zak (@BarnBurnerBro) is a native Memphian who covers the Memphis Grizzlies, Tigers, and St. Louis Cardinals for The Barn. He spends his free time exploring breweries, restaurants, and leading the Ivan Rabb stan club.

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