2012 Hs - Phil Forte - 5'11" Pg (Oklahoma State)

TheTastyGreek · April 18, 2011

High School: Marcus (Flower Mound)

AAU: Texas Assault

Rivals listing: 3 star prospect (April 2011)

ESPN listing: 2 star prospect, 85 grade from Scouts, 36th ranked PG in class of 2012 (April 2011)

Rivals lists interest in/from 6 schools; offers from North Texas, Oklahoma State, and TCU, additional interest from SMU, Texas Tech, and Missouri State. (April 2011)

Named a "surprise player" by ESPN analyst at the 2010 Dallas Great American Shootout (September 2010)

9th ranked player in the state according to Texas Hoops/Rivals (January 2011)

TheTastyGreek · May 18, 2011

Texas Hoops chose Forte as one of the Top 13 players at the May 2011 Great American Shootout, praising his shooting and "underrated" PG skills.

TheTastyGreek · August 2, 2011

Forte was a part of the Texas Assault team that won a major AAU tournament in Las Vegas.

There are a lot of articles out there about the team and the tournament. Some highlights:

http://www.maxpreps.com/news/uNtAObgoEeCkhgAcxJSkrA/smart,-texas-assault-blow-past-dream-vision.htm

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/basketball/mens/story/_/id/6802720/marcus-smart-highlights-las-vegas-tournaments-day-4

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/basketball/mens/story/_/id/6799527/marcus-smart-stands-adidas-super-64

At least one outlet named him to the all-tournament team: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-berman/adidas-super-64-netscouts_b_913865.html

And in a MaxPreps interview, he drops this nugget:

While package deals rarely come to fruition in college basketball, he wouldn't mind continuing his career alongside (FM Marcus and Texas Assault teammate Marcus) Smart.

"It's a possibility. We really want to play together if we can," Forte said. "It depends on what is best for us, but if we can that would be great."

Per his Rivals page, Forte has picked up a lot of offers during the summer AAU season. He now lists offers from Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and TCU. Additional interest from several power conference schools. (August 2011)

A gated KU Rivals article mentions that both of his parents went to Kansas, and one of his lifelong dreams has been to go there, too. The Kansas Rivals writer says that Forte got an offer from them today (August 1st).

NT03 · September 10, 2011

Forte & Smart both commit to Oklahoma State

MeanGreenTexan · September 10, 2011

Forte & Smart both commit to Oklahoma State

Hopefully they follow Franklin's lead. :thumbsu:

Cooley · September 26, 2011

Sat with Forte Sr this past weekend at the new Lewisville HS arena (prior to UNT Football)

Mr Forte felt that young Phil will be givin an opportunity early to fill the role of Keaton Page. OSU's coaching staff really likes the smallish sharp shooters.

By the way, Marcus went down by 13 to a more talented Grace Prep. (Arlington) AGP rolls out a college ready lineup of Jr. Jordan Mickey (6-7) transfer from Richardson Berkner, Karviar Shephard, 6-9 transfer from DeSoto (Jr) 7-0 Isiah Austin, Baylor commit (#2 ranked in TX), 6-4 Soph Emanuel Mudiaye (#1 ranked) & Jelon Hornbeke, 6-2 UNT prospect. (over rated in my opinion)