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My son had no offers late in his senior year. His AAU coach recommended Smarter Sports Families. Smarter Sports Families made a phone call on our behalf to a D1 college they thought would be a match. The next day we got a call from the coach at that school. Two months later we had a scholarship to the perfect D1 school for us. SSF made the effort to help us reach our dreams. They cared about us and they understand what matters.
– Kevin B., parent, Toronto, Canada
Overwhelmed by the Recruiting Process? Put Education First.
I returned recently from a major east coast summer basketball camp where I had a lengthy discussion about the recruiting process with the mother of a talented junior. Her son ...
Quote of the Day: Reapplying for College Financial Aid
I didn’t know you have to reapply for financial aid every year. – This from a mother whose son received about $20,000 of financial aid last year as a ...
Quote of the Day – College vs. Minor League Baseball
After seeing the body of work, the development that occurred, the maturity that occurred, I know it was the right decision (to play college ball). – This from ...
Quote of the Day – Steve Kerr on AAU Problems
Even if today’s players are incredibly gifted, they grow up in a basketball environment that can only be called counterproductive. AAU basketball has replaced high school ball as the dominant ...
Today’s Quiz: Men’s D1 Basketball Transfer %
Question: What % of all men’s basketball players who enter Division I directly out of high school depart their initial school by the end of their sophomore year? ...
Quote of the Day – Teen Self-Restraint
Exercising self-restraint in today’s teen culture is downright un-American. Teens are immersed in a popular culture that preaches that self-control is the one remaining sin in a world which has ...
Quote of the Day – Who Makes the School Choice?
I think you should treat kids like grown-ups. I think you should expect them to be mature and to behave, and I think that’s what it means to treat someone ...
Quote of the Day – Paying for Harvard
90% of American families would pay the same or less to send their child to Harvard as they would a state school, and 20% of our students’ families pay nothing. ...
Ivy League Men’s Basketball, not that Athletic? Not True.
There’s a perception that Ivy League men’s basketball players, while talented, are on the low end of the athleticism scale among D1 basketball players. It’s often said that prospects with ...