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The Grind Session is Expanding for the Upcoming High School Basketball Season with 30 Events and More Than 300 Games
The 2024-2025 season will again feature more than 30 boys and girls ranked in the Top 100 of the ’25, ’26 and ’27 classes, and the return of the Power Conference. The Grind Session is expanding for the upcoming season. The winter circuit of elite high school basketbal...
Grind Session’s Power Conference Play-In Tournament Explained: Format, Schedule
The 2024-2025 Grind Session season is set to officially tip off in Denver November 1-3, but before we get to that action, 11 teams will compete in a Play-In Tournament to earn the last spot in the circuit’s Power Conference. Here's everything you need to know about...
Three Grind Session Stars Named Among ESPN’s Top 25 Players Regardless of Class
A busy summer of basketball concluded with updated ESPN player rankings for the 2025, 2026 and 2027 boys' recruiting classes – which, inevitably, lead the site’s national recruiting director Paul Biancardi to name his Top 25 players, regardless of class, heading into...
The Grind Session’s Utah Prep Wins Shanghai Future Star Basketball Championship in China
Stacked with a star-studded roster led by AJ Dybantsa, the nation’s consensus No. 1 recruit in the 2025 class, the Grind Session’s Utah Prep recently won the Shanghai Future Star Basketball Championship. The event took place in Shanghai, China. The only team...
2026 Big Man Marcis Ponder Leaves Overtime Elite to Play On The Grind Session
Ending a summer in which he established himself as one of the most powerful bigs in the country, Class of 2026 four-star prospect Marcis Ponder is transferring to the Grind Session’s West Oaks Academy for his junior season. A 7-foot, 300-pound center – who has...
No. 3 Recruit Darryn Peterson Transfers to Prolific Prep
Class of 2025 standout and top guard in the country to play his senior season on the Grind Session Darryn Peterson, the consensus No. 3 prospect in the class of 2025 and top high school guard in the country, is heading to the Grind Session to finish his prep...
Grind Session’s Yohana Fami and Chance Berry Help Lead Canada to Silver at FIBA U17 Women’s World Basketball World Cup
Getting it done on both ends of the court, Yohana Fami and Chance Berry of the Grind Session’s Royal Crown helped lead Canada to a silver medal at the FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup. Fami appeared in all seven of Canada’s games during the team’s World Cup run,...
62 Grind Session Alumni Showcase Their Skills at the 2024 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas
The annual NBA Summer League wrapped up last week and the Grind Session was well represented with 62 former players competing during the Las Vegas-based showcase. The long list of former Grind Session talent included four first-round selections from this year’s NBA...
Ten Hoopers with Grind Session Ties Going for Gold in Paris
NBA champions Jamal Murray and Jayson Tatum among those representing their respective countries With all eyes turned to Paris, France for the 2024 Olympic Games, 10 hoopers with ties to the Grind Session are representing their respective countries and vying for...
Grind Session Standouts Lift Team USA Basketball to Gold at U17 World Cup
Grind Session standouts AJ Dybantsa, JJ Mandaquit, and Tyran Stokes helped Team USA defeat Italy 129-88 to win the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2024 title and the country's seventh straight undefeated run to the trophy. The Americans improved their all-time record in...
Grind Session Stars Help Team USA Set New U17 World Cup Scoring Record and More
The United States have dominated the history of the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup, but their recent blowout of China to close group play of the 2024 edition may be their most impressive display ever. Thanks to some impressive contributions from Grind Session stars AJ...
Four Former Grind Session Players Hear Their Names Called in the First Round of the 2024 NBA Draft
Four former Grind Session players were selected in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft last night, which was held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dating back to the 2016 draft, the Grind Session has now had at least one first-round selection in seven of...
AJ Dybantsa, JJ Mandaquit, and Tyran Stokes to represent Team USA at the 2024 FIBA U17 Men’s World Cup in Instandbul, Türkiye
Following five days of training camp in Colorado Springs, three of the Grind Session’s top stars – AJ Dybantsa and JJ Mandaquit of Utah Prep, and Tyran Stokes of Prolific Prep – have been named to USA Basketball’s 12-man roster for the FIBA U17 Men’s World Cup from...
2024 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup Stacked with Grind Session Talent
The 14th edition of the FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup tipped off on Monday and the competition is stacked with an impressive lineup of current and former talent from the Grind Session. Taking place June 17-23 in Bucaramanga, Colombia, this year’s tournament features eight...
Former Grind Session Star Derrion Reid Helps United States Win 7th Consecutive FIBA U18 AmeriCup Gold Medal
Grind Session alum and former Prolific Prep standout Derrion Reid recently helped the United States win its seventh consecutive FIBA U18 AmeriCup gold medal and 11th title in the history of the event. Team USA dominated the competition, winning six games in seven days...