www.goodsportsworld.com May 2011

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6:15-8:30pm Columbia, SC

May 14 Greenview Park

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May 19 Trenholm Park

6:15-8:30pm Tournament

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May 28 Greenview

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Date Tournament

May 20-22 Capital City Classic/Columbia,SC

June 24-26 ?

July 7-10 Queen City Showcase/Charlotte,NC

July 12 – 15 Peach State/ Aiken, SC

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Atlanta Celtics William Prather Memorial Tournament

Atlanta, GA

Team G.O.O.D. attended the Atlanta, GA Atlanta Celtics William Prather Memorial Tournament May 6-8, 2011. The team did not make the Championship with their 1-2 record. On Friday night the team played Atlanta Express 50-45. Saturday morning they played Atlanta Celtics 64-63. This was a very tough game for the team and Coaches. We all were on the edge of our set that morning. But at the end of the game the boys and Coaches walk out with their heads held high but, deep down inside we knew our boy won that game. Later on that afternoon the boys played against GA Big Dawgs 70-45. Team G.O.O.D. demolishes them by 25 points. The boys were on fire that afternoon I never seen anything like it. My hat goes off to Team G.O.O.D on their win. They were hurt and disappointed. Great job for the team pulling together and fighting for that win. Coaches really appreciated the hard work. The tournament MVP Delton Bradford and Most Improved Player Brandon Hampton.

Special Thanks

Special Thanks goes out to Kenneth Lewis for helping out with the expense of Trenholm Park Gym on Thursday nights for the boys to practice.

Team G.O.O.D

Thanks you

Raleigh, NC

Team G.O.O.D. will not attend the Hendrick Cup Classic IV Tournament on May 20-22. They will be attending the Capital City Classic in Columbia, SC, held by 6man Scouting Service.

Up Coming Fundraisers & Community Events

GOOD Kids “Man Up” Mentoring Program Cookout

Saturday June 4, 2011

10:00am – 3:00pm

Prescott Manor Apartments

1601 Prescott Road

Columbia, SC 29203

Team GOOD Yard Sale and Fish Fry

Saturday June 18, 2011

6:00am-3:00pm

Fountain of Youth

Farrow Road across from

Green’s BBQ

This will give the parents an opportunity to raise money for July tournaments. Please come out and support the basketball team. DON’T FORGET TO TELL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!!

T-Shirts for Team Good are still on SALE!

Have to have at least 12 orders. Shirts will

Be black with grey letters.

See Mrs. Dee or Mrs. Shonn

Avery Redden

“A Red”

Aka

“AR 15″

Avery Redden was born May 5 in Columbia, SC. He has 1 sister and attends Ridge View High School.

Did you know? Avery plays the drums

Goals for 2011: Have good grades in school and become a successful basketball player

Future Career: Business Executive

School Involvement: Avid Program

Favorite Meal: Thanksgiving Dinner

Favorite Movie: Love & Basketball

Favorite NBA Player: Lebrun James

Favorite Song: “We Ready”

My weak points in basketball: Defense

My Strong points in basketball: Shooting off double

When I’m not playing ball ….I’m on the computer

Popularity: 1%

TEAM G.O.O.D. Win D1Spects River City Classic 9th Grade Division

Jacksonville, Florida

One Down!!!

Team G.O.O.D. went down I-95 to Jacksonville, Florida to participate in D1spects River City Classic. Displaying hard nose defense and fast pace basketball, Team G.O.O.D. was able to bring back the first place trophy.

Arriving in Jacksonville Friday afternoon the team was very anxious and ready to play. This been the first tournaments of the year most of the players had butterflies and the coaches didn’t know what to expect.

In the first game Friday night the team came out and played defense like a 90′s Duke team. All 12 players went and put their all on the court. Before you knew it Team G.O.O.D had a 30+ point lead on their opponent. They won the game  by 28 points. The coaches were glad to see by them putting extra emphasis on defense it worked out for the best.

Saturday the team had a early game. Facing the host team the coaches knew  they needed to see the same team from Friday night, with the same intensity.

We came out ready to play, but lack the defense intensity from the night before. Not only did we play at a slower pace but we hurt ourselves with turn overs and fouls. We had 18 turnovers in the first half and the opposing team was in the bonus. With the careless mistakes we still stuck in the game until the last minute, we ended up loosing by 10 points.

Saturday wasn’t a good day we lost another close one by 1 point. ( HIGHLIGHTS and GAMES COMING SOON )

Long story short Team G.O.O.D. came out Sunday and redeem their selves  played hard and was able to revenge their one point lost. They won the championship game by 2 points in overtime to the team they lost to by 1 point the night before.

Tournament MVP’s

Javis Howard

Avery Redden

Championship MVP

Malik Timmons

Congratulations Team G.O.O.D. !!!!

Thanks to all the Parents without you this wouldn’t be possible

Popularity: 2%

Popularity: 3%

BISHOP GORMAN

The following is a list of 30 high school basketball teams that appear to have a powerhouse crew returning from this year’s squad.

All teams are listed in alphabetical order, with 2009-2010 records listed. This is simply an early list of squads that played well this season with underclass talent expected to return. As always, transfers are the rule, rather than the exception, these days in high school basketball, and this list is expected to be fluid and changing until our season preview occurs next fall.

This is done in fun – and follows what seems to be every college basketball website doing the same type of look at next season’s early favorites. This list does not include schools that have rosters that benefit from numerous transfers or lesser-known foreign players, including Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, VA), Findlay Prep (Henderson, NV), Montrose Christian (Rockville, MD), Mountain State Academy (Beckley, WV), and Montverde Academy (Montverde, FL).

Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, NV) 30-2

Boys & Girls (Brooklyn, NY) 28-6

Chaminade (St. Louis, MO) 21-6

Christ the King (Middle Village, NY) 26-5

Christ School (Arden, NC) 37-2

City College (Baltimore, MD) 23-2

DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD) 32-4

Douglass (Oklahoma City, OK) 29-0

Dudley (Greensboro, NC) 22-7

Hamilton (Milwaukee, WI) 20-4

Hopkins (Minnetonka, MN) 30-2

Jamesville-Dewitt (Jamesville, NY) 25-1

Jesuit (Portland, OR) 26-2

Lincoln (Dallas, TX) 24-3

Lincoln (San Diego, CA) 29-2

Melrose (Memphis, TN) 37-4

Milton (Alpharetta, GA) 29-4

Morgan Park (Chicago, IL) 28-6

Norfolk Christian (Norfolk, VA) 24-4

North Central (Indianapolis, IN) 25-3

Paterson Catholic (Paterson, NJ) 28-1

Penn Wood (Landsdowne, PA) 27-4

Poly (Long Beach, CA) 28-5

Simeon (Chicago, IL) 25-9

St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, NJ) 20-1

St. Patrick (Elizabeth, NJ) 24-3

Taft (Woodland Hills, CA) 26-6

Whitney Young (Chicago, IL) 23-7

Wichita Heights (Wichita, KS) 23-2

Winter Park (Winter Park, FL) 29-6

Popularity: 2%

Parade Magazine announced their 2010 All-America High School Boys Basketball Team today. Their full article, with more detailed player information, is found on their site. Four juniors were selected, two to the second team and two to the fourth team. The rest of the selections are from the class of 2010. The two top basketball players in the country top the list and if you have been keeping up with prep hoops I don’t have to give you any information on these soon to be NBA stars.

The 2010 Parade Magazine All-America High School Boys Basketball Team:Name High School City, State Ht.
FIRST TEAM
Jared Sullinger Northland Columbus, Ohio 6′9″
Harrison Barnes Ames Ames, Iowa 6′7″
Brandon Knight Pine Crest Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 6′3″
Kyrie Irving St. Patrick Elizabeth, N.J. 6′2″
Deshaun Thomas Bishop Luers Fort Wayne, Ind. 6′7″
Tobias Harris Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills, N.Y. 6′8″
Cory Joseph Findlay College Prep Henderson, Nev. 6′3″
Terrence Jones Jefferson Portland, Ore. 6′9″
Reggie Bullock Kinston Kinston, N.C. 6′7″
Joe Jackson White Station Memphis, Tenn. 6′0″

SECOND TEAM
Tristan Thompson Findlay College Prep Henderson, Nev. 6′10″
Michael Gilchrist St. Patrick Elizabeth, N.J. 6′7″
Doron Lamb Oak Hill Academy Mouth of Wilson, Va. 6′4″
Austin Rivers Winter Park Winter Park, Fla. 6′3″
Josh Selby Lake Clifton Baltimore, Md. 6′2″
C.J. Leslie Word of God Christian Raleigh, N.C. 6′8″
Dion Waiters Life Center Academy Burlington, N.J. 6′4″
Patric Young Providence Jacksonville, Fla. 6′9″
JayVaughn Pinkston Bishop Loughlin Brooklyn, N.Y. 6′6″
Ray McCallum Detroit County Day Beverly Hills, Mich. 6′1″

THIRD TEAM
Ryan Harrow Walton Marietta, Ga. 6′0″
Kendall Marshall Bishop O’Connell Arlington, Va. 6′4″
Josh Hairston Montrose Christian Rockville, Md. 6′9″
Nate Lubick St. Mark’s Southborough, Ma. 6′8″
Fab Melo Sagemont Weston, Fla. 7′0″
Keith Appling Pershing Detroit, Mich. 6′2″
Jereme Richmond Waukegan Waukegan, Ill. 6′7″
Jelan Kendrick Wheeler Marietta, Ga. 6′6″
Joseph Young Yates Houston, Tex. 6′2″
Perry Jones Duncanville Duncanville, Tex. 6′11″

FOURTH TEAM
Allen Crabbe Price Los Angeles, Calif. 6′6″
Ian Miller United Faith Christian Charlotte, N.C. 6′3″
Adreian Payne Jefferson Dayton, Ohio 6′10″
James McAdoo Norfolk Christian Norfolk, Va. 6′8″
Marquis Teague Pike Indianapolis, Ind. 6′1″
Marcus Thornton Westlake Atlanta, Ga. 6′8″
James Bell Montverde Academy Montverde, Fla. 6′5″
Tyler Lamb Mater Dei Santa Ana, Calif. 6′5″
Corey Hawkins Estrella Foothills Goodyear, Ariz. 6′3″
Noah Cottrill Logan Logan, W.Va. 6′2″

Popularity: 2%

Gatorade release their 2010 Boys Basketball Players of the Year  list. Our South Carolina own RJ Slawson from Fort Dorchester made the list. Congratulation to RJ and we are looking to have more players on this list next year.

In 1985, The Gatorade Company established an award honoring America’s elite high school student-athletes. Now in its third decade, the Gatorade Player of the Year award has become one of the most prestigious accolades in high school sports. The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one award-winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school boys football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, boys baseball, girls softball and boys and girls track & field. The selection process for Gatorade State and National Players of the Year is administered by ESPN RISE, the multimedia high school division of ESPN, in partnership with The Gatorade Company. All final selection decisions are the result of a collaborative effort between ESPN RISE and The Gatorade Company.

Amongst Gatorade Player of the Year award alumni, fans will discover names like Peyton Manning, Candace Parker, Alonzo Mourning and Lisa Leslie. These champions represent only a handful of exceptional talents who were first recognized by the Gatorade Player of the Year program before shining at the highest levels of competition. Over the past 24 years, more than 10,500 state and 200 national Players of the Year have been honored for their athletic excellence, academic achievement and exemplary character.

The Gatorade company is proud to recognize, celebrate and support the nation’s most outstanding high school talents throughout their journey to greatness both on and off the field.

The 2010 Gatorade Boys Basketball Players of the Year:

Alaska: Kyle Fossman, Haines, 6′-0″, SR, G, 26 ppg, 6 apg, 5 rpg, 2 stl University of Alaska-Anchorage

Alabama: KT Harrell, Brewbaker Tech, 6′-4″, SR, G, 27 ppg, 10 rpg, 6 apg, 2 stl, 1 blk Virginia

Arkansas: Preston Purifoy, Conway, 6′-5″, SR, F, 15 ppg, 5 rpg, 1 blk University of Alabama-Birmingham

Arizona: Corey Hawkins, Estrella Foothills, 6′-3″, SR, G, 36 ppg, 10 rpg, 4 stl, 3.7 apg Arizona State

California: Allan Crabbe, Price, 6′-6″, SR, G, 23 ppg, 11 rpg, 3 apg California

Colorado: Bud Thomas, Regis Jesuit, 6′-6″, SR, F, 19 ppg, 8 rpg, 3 apg, 2 blk, 1 stl Undecided

Connecticut: Brandon Sherrod, Stratford, 6′-4″, SR, C, 16 ppg, 14 rpg, 6 blk Undecided

D.C.: Tyler Thornton, Gonzaga Prep, 6′-2″, SR, G, 14 ppg, 4 apg, 3 rpg, 2 stl Duke

Delaware: Corey Crawford, Dover, 6′-0″, SR, G, 23 ppg, 4 rpg, 3 apg Undecided

Florida: Brandon Knight, Pine Crest, 6′-3″, SR, G, 31 ppg, 8 rpg, 3 apg, 2 stl Undecided

Georgia: Ryan Harrow, Walton, 6′-1″, SR, G, 32 ppg, 6 apg, 4 rpg, 3 stl NC State

Hawaii: Micah Christenson, Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama HS, 6′-5″, JR, G, 16 ppg, 7 rpg, 2 stl, 2 apg, 1 blk

Iowa: Harrison Barnes, Ames, 6′-8″, SR, F, 27 ppg, 10 rpg, 3 stl, 3 apg, 1 blk North Carolina

Idaho: Kyle Dranginis, Skyview, 6′-4″, JR, G, 21 ppg, 6 apg, 6 rpg Gonzaga

Illinois: Rayvonte Rice, Centennial, 6′-3″, SR, G, 24 ppg, 6 rpg, 2 stl, 1 apg Drake

Indiana: Travis Carroll, Danville, 6′-10″, SR, C, 19 ppg, 12 rpg, 1 blk Purdue

Kansas: Perry Ellis, Wichita Heights, 6′-8″, SO, F, 22 ppg, 10 rpg, 1 apg, 1 blk, 1 stl Undecided

Kentucky: Elisha Justice, Shelby Valley, 5′-11″, SR, G, 20 ppg, 6 apg, 4 rpg, 4 stl Louisville

Louisiana: Matt Derenbecker, Metairie Park Country Day, 6′-7″, SR, F, 26 ppg, 10 rpg, 4 apg, 2 blk, 1 stl LSU

Massachusetts: Nate Lubick, St. Mark’s, 6′-9″, SR, F, 21 ppg, 10 rpg, 4 apg, 2 blk Georgetown

Maryland: Josh Hairston, Montrose Christian, 6′-8″, SR, F, 20 ppg, 10 rpg, 2 blk Duke

Maine: Stefano Mancini, Falmouth, 6′-2″, SR, G, 22 ppg, 3 apg, 3 rpg, 2 stl Undecided

Michigan: Ray McCallum, Detroit Country Day, 6′-1″, SR, G, 22 ppg, 7 rpg, 5 apg, 3 stl Undecided

Minnesota: Kevin Noreen, Minnesota Transitions, 6′-10″, SR, F, 38 ppg, 16 rpg, 5 apg, 3 stl, 3 blk Boston College

Missouri: Bradley Beal, Chaminade, 6′-3″, JR, G, 29 ppg, 5 rpg, 1 stl Florida

Mississippi: Andre Stringer, Forest Hill, 5′-10″, SR, G, 26 ppg, 7 apg, 4 rpg, 3 stl LSU

Montana: Josh Huestis, CM Russell, 6′-7″, SR, C, 17 ppg, 12 rpg, 4 blk, 1 stl, 1 apg Stanford

North Carolina: Reggie Bullock, Kinston, 6′-7″, SR, G, 23 ppg, 11 rpg, 5 apg, 3 stl, 2 blk North Carolina

North Dakota: Nik Savageau, Fargo North, 5′-10″, SR, G, 21 ppg, 5 rpg, 4 apg, 2 stl University of Sioux Falls

Nebraska: Elliott Eliason, Chadron, 6′-11″, SR, C, 17 ppg, 10 rpg, 4 blk, 2 apg, 1 stl Minnesota

New Hampshire: Melvin Ejim, Brewster Academy, 6′-6″ SR, F, 13 ppg, 7 rpg, 3 stl, 2 apg Iowa

New Jersey: Kyrie Irving, St. Patrick, 6′-1″, SR, G, 24 ppg, 6 apg, 4 rpg, 3 stl Duke

New Mexico: Alex Kirk, Los Alamos, 6′-11″, SR, C, 26 ppg, 13 rpg, 7 blk, 3 apg New Mexico

Nevada: Jonathan Loyd, Bishop Gorman, 5′-9″, SR, G, 14 ppg, 8 apg, 4 rpg, 3 stl Undecided

New York: Tobias Harris, Half Hollow Hills West, 6′-9″, F, 25 ppg, 14 rpg, 3 apg, 3 blk Tennessee

Ohio: Jordan Sibert, Princeton, 6′-4″, SR, G, 18 ppg, 3 rpg, 3 stl, 2 apg Ohio State

Oklahoma: Tyler Neal, Putnam City West, 6′-6″, SR, F, 18 ppg, 8 rpg Undecided

Oregon: Garrett Jackson, Westview, 6”-6″, SR, F, 19 ppg, 8 rpg, 2 apg, 1 stl, 1 blk USC

Pennsylvania: Tony Chennault, Neumann-Goretti, 6′-2″, SR, G, 19 ppg, 5 rpg, 2 apg Wake Forest

Rhode Island: Michael Carter-Williams, St. Andrew’s, 6′-5″, JR, G, 18 ppg, 7 rpg, 4 apg Syracuse

South Carolina: R.J. Slawson, Fort Dorchester, 6′-8″, SR, F, 22 ppg, 12 rpg, 6 blk, 3 apg South Carolina

South Dakota: Jared Hannigan, Central, 6′-2″, SR, G, 21 ppg, 7 rpg, 2 stl Northern State

Tennessee: Joe Jackson, White Station, 6′-0″, SR, G, 30 ppg Memphis

Texas: Joseph Young, Yates, 6′-2″, SR, G, 27 ppg, 4 stl, 4 rpg, 3 apg Providence

Utah: Kyle Collinsworth, Provo, 6′-6″, SR, G, 23 ppg, 10 rpg, 8 apg BYU

Virginia: James McAdoo, Norfolk Christian, 6′-8″, JR, F, 22 ppg, 9 rpg, 1 stl, 1 blk, 1 apg North Carolina

Vermont: Joe O’Shea, Burlington, 6′-4″, SR, G, 24 ppg, 7 rpg, 4 apg, 3 stl Holy Cross

Washington: Joe Harris, Chelan, 6′-6″, SR, G, 26 ppg, 8 rpg, 4 apg, 4 stl, 1 blk Virginia

Wisconsin: Josh Gasser, Port Washington, 6′-4″, SR, G, 23 ppg, 9 rpg, 4 apg, 2 stl Wisconsin

West Virginia: Noah Cottrill, Logan, 6′-3″, SR, G, 29 ppg, 9 apg, 5 apg, 3 stl West Virginia

Wyoming: Daniel Estes, Laramie, 5′-11″, SR, G, 21 ppg, 4 apg, 2 rpg 2 stl Undecided

By the Numbers:

Positions

Guards: 32

Forwards:13

Centers: 6

Class

Seniors:45

Junior:5

Sophomores: 1

Freshmen: 0

Colleges Commitments/Signings

Duke: 3

North Carolina: 3

Virginia: 2

Popularity: 3%

Nike Air Max Hyperize NFW White/Red

If this pair of sneakers looks at all familiar to you, it may be because we have seen it before in some images that were scanned out of a catalog way back in the month of September. What we didn’t know back then however though is that these shoes will actually be a NFW design, which is an all time first for the Nike Hyperize series. This shoe features a few really cool things that we are going to take a closer look at right now.

First off this one abandons the woven section that was found on the LeBron Vii NFW’s in favor of a simpler nylon design with faux Fly wire impressions. As an added treat, these ones will receive red speckles all over the white midsole which help even more to bring out the color of the already bright red upper. Stay tuned for info on a release date.

Popularity: 4%

The following is Prep Hoops Assist Class of 2011 player watch list. This list was composed utilizing and considering the rankings of numerous scouting services and publications. This is not a consensus list, but appears to be 80 players that most national sources consider to be the cream of the crop in the class of 2011.

The pictured below is South Carolina very own Damien Leonard a 6’4 Guard with a deadly shot. Hopefully we get more South Carolina Players on this list this summer.

We also added a video of Bishop Daniels from North Carolina;  if not the best, one of the best dunker’s in the class of 2011.

Tracy Abrams, 6′-1″, G, Mt. Carmel (Chicago, IL) ILLINOIS

Jamal Branch, 6′-3″, G, Grace Prep (Arlington, TX) TEXAS A&M

Bradley Beal, 6′-3″, G, Chaminade (St. Louis, MO) FLORIDA

Wayne Blackshear, 6′-5″, G, Morgan Park (Chicago, IL) LOUISVILLE

Jabari Brown, 6′-3″, G, Oakland (Oakland, CA)

Carlton Brundidge, 6′-0″, G, Southfield (Southfield, MI) MICHIGAN

Trey Burke, 6′-0″, G, Northland (Columbus, OH) PENN STATE

Kentavious Caldwell, 6′-5″, G, Greenville (Greenville, GA)

Matt Carlino, 6′-3″, G, Bloomington South (Bloomington, IN) INDIANA

Jahii Carson, 6′-0″, G, Mesa (Mesa, AZ) OREGON STATE

Michael Carter-Williams, 6′-4″, G, St. Andrews (Barrington, RI) SYRACUSE

K.C. Caudill, 6′-11″, C, Brea-Olinda (Brea, CA)

Michael Chandler, 6′-10″, C, Lawrence North (Lawrence, IN) LOUISVILLE

Angelo Chol, 6′-8″, F, Hoover (San Diego, CA)

Rakeem Christmas, 6′-9″, C, Academy of the New Church (Bryn Athyn, PA)

Quinn Cook, 6′-0″, G, DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD)

Trevor Cooney, 6′-4″, G, Sanford (Wilmington, DE)

DeAndre Daniels, 6′-8″, F, Taft (Woodland Hills, CA) TEXAS

Darwin “Dee” Davis, 5′-11″, G, Bloomington South (Bloomington, IN) XAVIER

Jeremiah Davis, 6′-3″, G, Muncie Central (Muncie, IN)

Myles Davis, 6′-2″, G, St. Peter’s Prep (Jersey City, NJ)

Branden Dawson, 6′-6″, F, Wallace (Gary, IN)

Nnanna Egwu, 6′-9″, C, St. Ignatius (Chicago, IL) ILLINOIS

Michael Gbinije, 6′-6″, F, Benedictine (Richmond, VA)

Sterling Gibbs, 6′-1″, G, Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, NJ)

Michael Gilchrist, 6′-7″, F, St. Patrick (Elizabeth, NJ)

P.J. Hairston, 6′-6″, G, Dudley (Greensboro, NC) NORTH CAROLINA

Maurice Harkless, 6′-7″, F, Forest Hills (Queens, NY) CONNECTICUT

Andre Hollins, 6′-2″, G, White Station (Memphis, TN)

Rodney Hood, 6′-7″, F, Meridian (Meridian, MS)

Mikael Hopkins, 6′-8″, F, DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD)

Nick Jacobs, 6′-8″, C, South Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)

Nick Johnson, 6′-4″, G, Findlay Prep (Henderson, NV)

Sidiki Johnson, 6′-8″, F, St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, NJ) ARIZONA

Tyrone Johnson, 6′-3″, G, Plainfield (Plainfield, NJ)

Chris Jones, 5′-10″, G, Melrose (Melrose, TN) TENNESSEE

Myck Kabongo, 6′-2″, G, St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, NJ) TEXAS

Brandon Kearney, 6′-4″, G, Southeastern (Detroit, MI) MICHIGAN STATE

Trevor Lacey, 6′-3″, G, Butler (Huntsville, AL)

Shane Larkin, 5′-11″, G, Dr. Phillips (Orlando, FL)

Damien Leonard, 6′-4″, G, JL Mann (Greenville, SC)

Julien Lewis, 6′-3″, G, LaMarque (LaMarque, TX) TEXAS

Ky Madden, 6′-4″, G, East Poinsett County (Lepanto, AR)

James McAdoo, 6′-8″, F, Norfolk Christian (Norfolk, VA) NORTH CAROLINA

Sheldon McClellan 6′-5″, G/F, Bellaire (Bellaire, TX) TEXAS

Tom McCune, 6′-7″, F, Saginaw (Saginaw, MI)

Ben McLemore, 6′-5″, G, Eskridge (Wellston, MO)

George Marshall, 5′-11″, G, Brooks (Chicago, IL) WISCONSIN

Keaton Miles, 6′-7″, F, Lincoln (Dallas, TX)

Quincy Miller, 6′-9″, F, Quality Education Academy (Winston-Salem, NC)

LeBryan Nash, 6′-7″, F, Lincoln (Dallas, TX)

Anthony Norris, 6′-7″, F, Sam Houston (Houston, TX) MEMPHIS

Johnny O’Bryant, 6′-9″, F, Eastside (Cleveland, MS)

Dai Jon Parker, 6′-3″, G, Milton (Alpharetta, GA)

Norvel Pelle, 6′-10″, F, Price (Los Angeles, CA)

Marshall Plumlee, 6′-10″, C, Christ School (Arden, NC)

Zac Price, 6′-11″, C, St. Edward (Lakewood, OH)

Chasson Randle, 6′-1″, G, Rock Island (Rock Island, IL)

Marquis Rankin, 6′-1″, G, Vance (Charlotte, NC)

Austin Rivers, 6′-4″, G, Winter Park (Winter Park, FL) FLORIDA

Aaron Ross, 6′-7″, F, Parkview (Little Rock, AR) ARKANSAS

LaQuinton Ross, 6′-8″, F, Life Center Academy (Burlington, NJ)

Julian Royal, 6′-7″, F, Milton (Alpharetta, GA)

Mike Shaw, 6′-8″, F, De La Salle (Chicago, IL)

Shannon Scott, 6′-2″, G, Milton (Alpharetta, GA) OHIO STATE

Deville Smith, 5′-11″, G, Callaway (Jackson, MS)

Ryan Taylor, 6′-5″, F, Lawrence North (Lawrence, IN) LOUISVILLE

Marquis Teague, 6′-2″, G, Pike (Indianapolis, IN)

Adonis Thomas, 6′-6″, F, Melrose (Memphis, TN)

Sam Thompson, 6′-6″, F, Whitney Young (Chicago, IL)

Josiah Turner, 6′-3″, G, Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)

Kevin Ware, 6′-3″, G, Rockdale County (Conyers, GA) TENNESSEE

Dezmine Wells, 6′-5″, F, Word of God (Raleigh, NC) XAVIER

Byron Wesley, 6′-5″, F, Etiwanda (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) USC

Amir Williams, 6′-10″, C, Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills, MI)

Nino Williams, 6′-5″, F, Leavenworth (Leavenworth, KS)

Derrick Wilson, 6′-1″, Hotchkiss School (Lakeville, CT)

Kyle Wiltjer, 6′-9″, F, Jesuit (Portland, OR)

Tony Wroten, 6′-5″, G, Garfield (Seattle, WA)

Achraf Yacoubou, 6′-3″, G, Long Island Lutheran (Long Island, NY) VILLANOVA

Popularity: 4%

Rob Taylor of the Buckeye Prep Report has an in-depth article on Nike Youth Basketball’s changes to their spring/summer circuit plans, announced last week in a meeting in Las Vegas.  Previously, Nike sponsored various traveling teams, tournaments for the traveling teams, and individual skills events and camps.

According to Taylor, Nike is planning on replacing the old standard travel team tournaments with the newly minted Nike Youth Basketball League.  Taylor states in the article that over four weekend, the 42 Nike sponsored travel teams will play in a league format in Virginia, Houston, Los Angeles, and South Carolina.  Each weekend will consist of 5-6 league games, culminating in a league championship.

Taylor’s report has the Nike Youth Basketball League schedule as follows:

• April 9 – 11 at the Boo Williams Invitational, Hampton Roads, VA
• April 30 – May 2nd, Houston, TX
• May 29 – 31, Los Angeles, CA
• July 12 – 15, Peach Jam at Augusta, South Carolina

The article states that positional “academies” and all-star events are still plan, without change.

Popularity: 1%

BallerCircuit.com announced that the 2010 Reebok Summer Championship, a long running summer grassroots basketball tournament was being suspended for this year.  The following is the press release from their website:

LAS VEGAS—Citing the loss of title sponsorship, ever-increasing facility costs and the general overall economic condition of the country, tournament officials announced today that they will no longer be able produce the annual Summer Championships, the nation’s most prestigious elite boy’s prep tournament held each July in Las Vegas for the last 3 years.

Featuring 300 teams from 44 states and three countries at its peak and 136 teams from 28 States last summer, the Rebook Summer Championships were produced in Las Vegas for the last three years by the same management team that produced the massive Big Time tournament locally from 1995 through 2006.

Building a series of summer events held annually during the special viewing period for college basketball coaches, the Summer Championships provided the template by which the National Collegiate Athletic Association developed and implemented the NCAA rules and regulations for sanctioning summer prep basketball tournaments.

“It’s hard to let go of something that we all worked so hard to develop, but we have exhausted all efforts to secure the sponsorship needed to offset the loss of our sponsors and without it, we cannot operate at the level that we developed that has become the standard for these summer prep basketball tournaments,” said Jim Allen, veteran Southern Nevada prep basketball coach who was a co-founder of these summer tournaments and director the last several years.

“We have a group of dedicated core workers of over 100 who contributed greatly to the success of these tournaments over the years and helped us to reach the stature we have, but without adequate sponsorship we cannot provide the quality experience for nearly 5,000 young athletes each year that we have and we will not produce an event if it is not up to the standards we have achieved. Because we so strongly believe in the value of this summer event and our commitment is so great, we will continue to seek sponsorship in an attempt to bring the event back in the summer of 2011.”

Using as many as 24 courts at 12 high schools in Southern Nevada and headquartered the last several years at Foothill HS in Henderson, Nev., the events have helped hundreds of high school athletes earn college scholarships.

Questions regarding the tournament may be directed to Jim Allen at 702.493.3689.

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