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Purdue Basketball Recruiting: Scouting Tayson Parker

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He has been a bit of a mystery the last couple years on the basketball recruiting scene. Kids are getting scouted earlier and earlier these days, but much of the work starts to get done in a player’s sophomore year. That’s when the best start to separate themselves and the first real rankings come out.

Tayson Parker is one of those kids that has quietly made a name for himself behind the scenes. It started as message board rumors and word of mouth, but Parker was harder to see in person because until this year, he played for an Indianapolis Homeschool team.