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Flicked up 📸 #mediaday #godawgs

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Come out for a good workout and meet some of our coaches!! 🏀🏀 College coaches will be in attendance 👀✅

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🏀🔥 PURE PROSPECTS ELITE CAMP ALL-STARS! ⭐️

20 standout performers from an incredible day of basketball at the Knott County SportsPlex!

🎯 5 college offers from KCU HC Charlie Pack
🔥 3 players earned their FIRST offers
🏆 An unforgettable 45–44 All-Star Game!

The talent showed up, competed, and earned recognition! 💯

📲 Full breakdown and player evaluations on Pure Prospects Substack! LINK IN BIO!

👏 Huge thank you to everyone who made this event possible!

#PureProspects #EliteCamp #AllStars #BasketballRecruiting #KentuckyBasketball NextUp CollegeBasketball

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Luke Crowe @wc213200 had a great showing at the Pure Prospects camp. He not only knocked down shots from all over, he was doing all of the little things that often get overlooked. Rebounds, deflections, big hustle plays, blocks, talking, defending, and finding open teammates.

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🚨🏀 ANOTHER COACH LOCKED IN! 🔥

We’re excited to announce that Darius Carden, Graduate Assistant at Tennessee Wesleyan University, will be attending the Pure Prospects Elite Camp on October 10!

🏀 Former 1,000+ point high school scorer
🏀 3× All-District & All-Area selection
🏀 Former Marietta College basketball player
🏀 Current Tennessee Wesleyan GA

Another great basketball mind joining us in Eastern Kentucky! 💪

📅 October 10, 2026
📍 Knott County SportsPlex | Leburn, KY
⏰ 10 AM – 2 PM

🔥 COLLEGE COACHES. ELITE COMPETITION. REAL EXPOSURE.

#PureProspects #EliteCamp #CollegeBasketball #BasketballRecruiting #KentuckyBasketball TennesseeWesleyan

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🚨 COLLEGE COACH LOCKED IN 🚨

Tennessee Wesleyan University Assistant Coach Darius Cayden will be IN THE BUILDING for the Pure Prospects Elite Camp on October 10! 🏀🔥

📍 Memorial Gymnasium | Hazard, KY
📅 October 10, 2026
🎯 Grades 9–12 | Invite Only
👀 College Coaches • Scouts • Media

Eastern Kentucky talent — this is your opportunity to get seen.

📩 DM Pure Prospects or email PPKYscouts@gmail.com for camp information.

#PureProspects #EliteCamp #TennesseeWesleyan #TWUBulldogs #KentuckyBasketball

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The hometown kid returns! We’ve already teased the arrival of Athens’ own Darius Carden, but here’s our official welcome! Welcome to the Bulldog family, Darius! We’re so excited to have you as part of the family and to watch you chase your dream!

#godawgs #family #welcomecoach

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🎙️ NEW PURE PROSPECTS PODCAST

Tennessee Wesleyan Head Coach Randy Casey joins host Cody Thomas to talk Bulldogs basketball! 🏀

Coach Casey discusses:
🏀 New Assistant Coach Jeremy Miles @jeremymiles2323 & Graduate Assistant Coach Darius Carden @d_carden5
🔥 Elite Camp — September 12–13
🎯 Recruiting & what TWU looks for in prospects
🐶 Outlook for the Bulldogs heading into the 2026–27 season

The Bulldogs have actively recruited their Elite Camps, with Casey noting that three players have signed from the camps over the past two years.

🎙️ Sponsored by Cognitecture

📺 Full episode available on Substack & YouTube.

🔗 Links in bio — TAP IN!

#PureProspects #TennesseeWesleyan #TWUBasketball #CollegeBasketball #NAIA Recruiting BasketballRecruiting

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Season 🔜

#GoDawgs

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He’s coming home! McMinn County’s own Darius Carden wrapped up his collegiate playing career at Marietta College in Ohio, majored in sports management with a minor in coaching, and is coming HOME to McMinn County to serve as our Graduate Assistant Coach this season while he works on his MBA with an emphasis in management!! We couldn’t be more excited! #Hometownkid #coach #GoDawgs

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Saved the best for last

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Freshman year 🫡

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