Video: Early Contenders - Advanced Prep InternationalMaxPreps 2015-16 High School Basketball Early Contenders, Presented by Dick's Sporting Goods and Under Armour
Head coach: Ray Forsett (135-37 career record)
2014-15 record: First-year program
State association: Texas Christian Athletic League
Enrollment: 50
Advanced Prep head coach Ray Forsett and his team for the 2015-16 season.
Photo by Keith Owens
Players to Watch
Nysier Brooks (6-9, Sr., F) … Committed to Cincinnati
Robert Brown (6-8, Jr., F) … Offer from SMU
Trevon Duval (6-3, Jr., G) … 247Sports Composite No. 3 prospect in 2017 class
Terrance Ferguson (6-6, Sr., G) … Committed to Alabama
Billy Preston (6-8, Jr., F) … 247Sports Composite No. 7 prospect in 2017 class
Mark Vital (6-5, Sr., G/F) … Committed to Baylor
Forward Billy Preston
Photo by Keith Owens
Key Dates
Dec. 3 – vs.
Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire, Kan.) at Marshall County Hoopfest
Dec. 5 – vs.
Prolific Prep Academy (Napa, Calif.) at Marshall County Hoopfest
Dec. 16-21 – Tarkanian Classic
Dec. 26-30 – Under Armour Holiday Classic
Jan. 2 – vs.
Westtown (Pa.) at Cancer Research Classic
Jan. 17 – vs.
IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) at Flyin' to the Hoop
Jan. 18 – vs.
Pickerington Central (Ohio) at Flyin' to the Hoop
Feb. 12 – vs.
Victory Prep (Houston)
Guard Trevon Duval
Photo by Keith Owens
Bulldog Storylines
* API will begin the season in Alaska, of all places. The Bulldogs will take part in the inaugural Tundra Tip-Off Classic, scheduled for Nov. 13-15 in Anchorage, featuring
Balboa City (San Diego), Orangeville Prep of Canada,
Word of God Christian Academy (Raleigh, N.C.) and host
Eagle River Christian Academy (Eagle River, Alaska).
* Advanced Prep's collection of talent looks impressive on paper, but can a first-year program pull it together quick enough to contend for a national title? Forsett has experience transitioning from one program to another and having instant success. He left Grace Prep for upstart Prime Prep and went 37-2 in his first season there.
* Forsett is the older brother of Baltimore Ravens running back Justin Forsett, who rushed for a career high 1,266 in 2014 and was named to the Pro Bowl.
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