How to Watch the Nike Hoop Summit Live on Peacock: Roster, Schedule Format & More
The best basketball recruits in the country take on the world April 11, live on Peacock.
The 2025-2026 NBA regular season is winding down, but there's plenty more NBC Sports basketball coverage to look forward to. There are the NBA Playoffs coming soon, of course, as well as WNBA action ramping up in May, but this time of year also means looking ahead to the future of basketball.
This weekend on Peacock, NBC Sports will host the 27th edition of the Nike Hoop Summit, an annual event meant to spotlight the best teenage basketball prospects from the United States and around the world. As with every installment of the event, you can expect to see the future of the NBA and the WNBA on the court, and you'll be able to catch all of the action live on Peacock.
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How to watch world's top basketball recruits in the 2026 Nike Hoop Summit
The 2026 edition of the Nike Hoop Summit is set to begin Saturday, April 11 at 7 p.m. ET, live from the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. The event will kick off with a pregame show hosted by NBC's Ahmad Fareed alongside Aja Ellison and Matt McCall.
The women's game will tip off at 7:30 p.m. ET. A brief "bridge" show will air after the women's game, taking viewers back to the studio with Fareed, before the men's game tips off at 10 p.m. ET. You can catch it all live on Peacock.
John Fanta will be on the play-by-play call for both games, joined in the booth by Edona Thaqi for the women's game and Robbie Hummel for the men's game. Caroline Pineda will report from the sidelines during both games.
How the Nike Hoop Summit works
Since 1995, the Nike Hoop Summit has gathered the best basketball prospects from all over the world for an exhibition matchup against the best recruits from the United States. As with previous installments, this year's Summit will take the form of a U.S. vs. The World game, with top high school basketball recruits facing off against the best players under the age of 19 from all over the world.
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Who's playing in the 2026 Nike Hoop Summit?
Over the past three decades, the summit has hosted future All-Stars, MVPs, and league champions ranging from Kevin Durant to Tony Parker to Nikola Jokic. Last year's top overall draft pick, Cooper Flagg, also participated in 2024, which means that future overall number one picks, champions, and MVPs may already be in this year's lineup. Here are just a few of the players you can expect to see on the court on Saturday:
Team USA – Men’s
- Tyran Stokes, No. 1 overall recruit; Seattle, Washington (Undecided)
- Jordan Smith Jr., No. 2 overall recruit; Fairfax, Virginia (Arkansas commit)
- Cameron Williams, No. 3 overall recruit; Phoenix, Arizona (Duke commit)
- Caleb Holt, No. 4 overall recruit; Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Arizona commit)
Team USA – Women’s
- Saniyah Hall, No. 2 overall recruit; Geneva, Ohio (USC commit)
- Jerzy Robinson, No. 3 overall recruit; Chatsworth, California (South Carolina commit)
- McKenna Woliczko, No. 6 overall recruit; San Jose, California (Iowa commit)
World Team – Men’s
- Baba Oladotun, No. 11 overall recruit; Silver Spring, Maryland.; representing Nigeria (Maryland commit)
- Arafan Diane, No. 16 overall recruit; Norwalk, Iowa; representing Guinea (Houston commit)
- Tajh Ariza, No. 32 overall recruit; Branson, Missouri; representing Japan (Oregon commit)
*Ariza is the son of 18-year NBA veteran and 2009 NBA champion Trevor Ariza
World Team – Women’s
- Olivia Vukosa, No. 4 overall recruit; Queens, New York; representing Croatia (UConn commit)
- Sara Okeke, No. 10 overall recruit; Daytona Beach, Florida; representing Spain (USC commit)
- Savvy Swords, No. 16 overall recruit; Brookville, New York; representing Canada (Kentucky commit)
