Basketball

Men’s Recruiting Guidelines

NCAA DIVISION I:

Point Guard (6’0” +)

• Great ball handling skills  

• Great passing skills

• Ability to knock down open shots from the perimeter

• Displays exceptional floor leadership

• Excellent court awareness

• Exceptional athleticism and lateral quickness

• Ability to break defenders down off the dribble

• Minimum of 10 PPG

Shooting Guard (6’2” +)

• Exceptional shooter from the perimeter

• Extremely athletic with very good lateral quickness

• Good ball handling skills

• Good passing skills

• Ability to score the basketball from different areas on the floor

• Good court awareness

• Ability to break defenders down off the dribble

• Minimum of 10 PPG

Small Forward (6’4” +)

• Extremely athletic with good lateral quickness

• Very versatile all-around skills

• Ability to score the basketball from different areas on the floor

• Minimum of 10 PPG

Power Forward (6’7” +)

• Ability to play with back to the basket or facing the basket

• Very good rebounding skills

• Extremely athletic

• Ability to run the floor extremely well

• Minimum of 10 PPG

Center (6’9” +)

• Ability to play with back to the basket

• Very good rebounding skills

• Ability to run the floor extremely well

• Extremely athletic

• Minimum of 10 PPG with the exce

pon of student-athletes who are 6’10” and above

Statistics Help Tell The Story

In an effort to better serve our basketball recruits, NCSA recently surveyed DI, DII, DIII, NAIA and JUCO Women’s Basketball Coaches about the role that statistics play when reviewing college recruits. The overall feedback from the survey was that coaches highly value statistics, from average points and rebounds per game to assists. For example, Division I Coaches said that on a scale of 1 - 5, with 5 being very important, they rank statistics as a 4 in terms of overall importance. So what numbers are college coaches expecting to see?

PERFORMED FOR PERFECTION 

Setting The Standards For D-1