Deep South Classic – Stars of the Lone Star State

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What do you get when you have a laundry list of the region and country's top AAU programs, have them converge on a convention center in a major downtown and have it all take place during a live period?&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>You get a lot of exciting basketball.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>That is what occurred this past weekend in Raleigh – capital city of North Carolina and home to NC State which itself is home to one of the premier women's collegiate basketball programs in the nation.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We at Prep Girls Hoops were on hand this past weekend in downtown Raleigh for the festivities. A state as big as Texas is teeming with top-tier prospects and it was well-represented in North Carolina.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":641754,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='740969' first='Kendall' last='Ford']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2026","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'8u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"12125","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Dawson","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"[program_tooltip program_id='715164' first='Texas' last='Flight Elite'] 2026 National 15U","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"[program_tooltip program_id='715164' first='Texas' last='Flight Elite'] 2026 National 15U gave SC Future 9u003csupu003ethu003c/supu003e 15U a heavy dose of Ford in its opening matchup of the Deep South Classic. 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