Paris Living

The last month or so has been pretty good to Paris Bass.

Recently-graduated from Birmingham Seaholm, where he was a two-year first-team all-conference pick out of the OAA on the boys basketball court, Bass, a mutli-talented 6-foot-7 wing, started to pick up D1 scholarship offers in the latter part of June – U-D Mercy was the first and Louisiana Tech the most recent.

Then this week, he found out the he will likely qualify academically to play next winter and probably won't have to attend prep school like he thought he was going to be forced to before putting on a college uniform.

As a senior with the Maples, Bass averaged 24 points, 13 rebounds and close to three blocked shots per game and was named to The Oakland Press Dream Team, alongside Kentucky-signee James Young (Rochester), Toledo-signee Jonathan "Jon-Jon" Williams (Southfield-Lathrup), Xavier-commit Edmond Sumner (Birmingham Detroit Country Day) and D1 post prospect Yante Maten (BH Lahser). And man was he efficient: he shot 50 percent from the field and 3-point distance.

Bass is an undercover steal at the D1 level. He's not even 18 yet and he has an endless ceiling, when you take in account his offensive and defensive skill-set.

He was a late bloomer – standing only 5-foot-11 as a sophomore he didn't make Seaholm's varsity hoops squad until he was in eleventh grade.

Then he made like a stick of dynamite and blew up, immediately establishing himself as a versatile and difficult to defend go-to-guy for the Maples.

Since he's still 17, Bass is able to compete another year on the AAU circuit. This has even further added to his cause as a D1 recruit. Tearing it up on the summer scene for the Michigan Warriors, he's beginning to attract higher-profile colleges by the second, making mincemeat of the comp. UCONN, Arkansas and Memphis have all started inquiring after observing him on the floor this week with the Warriors.

I expect Bass to be a significant contributor somewhere in the D1 world by the 2015 campaign…..TAKE IT 2 THA BANK!!