Oak Hill’s Lamont Jones.
The First Annual Converse/Eastbay Classic will be held Saturday December 13th at the Al McGuire Center on the campus of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This showcase will feature some of the best high schools in the nation.
The three-game evening session ikicks off at 5:30 pm when Milwaukee Custer will take on Oak Lawn Richards - the defending Division 4A Illinois State Champions and the alma mater of former Marquette University star, Dwayne Wade. At 7 pm King High School will take on Chicago Marshall, the defending Division 3A Illinois State Champions, and the main event will match up perennial powerhouse Oak Hill Academy and Whitney Young. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dexter Strickland
If you looked hard enough in the list of the stacked talent slated to play at the Spalding Hoophall Classic in January, you’d find a couple of big names who aren’t on the docket. But if you don’t want to miss some of those NYC-area schools, don’t look any further than the Nike Super Six Showdown on February 13, 2009.
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St. Anthony’s Dominic Cheek
This could be the most bonkers tournament of the year. Forget all those summer AAU tourneys that bring top prospects together - they’re inevitably short a bunch of names because of sneaker alliances.
The 2009 Spalding Hoophall Classic will be played over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend (January 16-19) at Springfield College’s Blake Arena, and it will be stacked with talent. No matter whether you tune into high school hoops to check out great team basketball or future NBA standouts, you’ll get both here.
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Abdul Gaddy (photo. Kelly Kline)
For the second year in a row, the University of Arizona has suffered recruiting losses due to now-former coach Lute Olson’s status. Following Olson’s announcement last week that he is retiring, Class of ‘09 seniors Abdul Gaddy (PG, Wash.), Mike Moser (SF, Ore.) and Solomon Hill (F, Calif.) have all pulled out of respective verbal commitments to the Wildcats.
Gaddy, one of the top point guards in the country, who had already pulled out of a verbal to Arizona once before, is said to be weighing offers from UCLA and Washington. Moser previously had Oregon and Louisville high on his list. Hill, a teammate of Renardo Sidney’s at Fairfax H.S. in Los Angeles, has USC and UNLV on his radar.
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Avery Bradley (photo. Kelly Kline)
For months, we’d been hearing about how Seattle natives Avery Bradley and Abdul Gaddy were dead set on playing in the same backcourt at the next level. Gaddy backed out of his commitment to Arizona earlier this summer, adding another dimension to the Wildcats’ state of turmoil, and thereby reinforcing these rumors. But in the middle of September, Gaddy re-committed to Lute Olson’s program without having lured Bradley to play with him.
However, all is not lost for the talented two from the Pacific Northwest. Though he won’t end up playing alongside Gaddy, Bradley is arguably the centerpiece to what is now the best three-man recruiting class in the nation. Read the rest of this entry »
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Brandon Knight (Photo. Reebok)
Brandon Knight is already a household name on the high school hoops scene. The 6-3 point point guard out of
Pine Crest School (FL) had a huge summer and solidified his place as a top five player in the class of 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
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St. Anthony’s (NJ) G/F Dominic Cheek
When it comes to high school basketball, very few coaches are more accomplished than Bob Hurley. His St. Anthony’s (NJ) Friars program has produced several D1 athletes and last season finished 32-0 en route to a mythical national championship. The Friars return superstar G/F Dominic Cheek and with a few key additions are primed to defend their crown. We found this video of Hurley dishing out some helpful info Read the rest of this entry »
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We love stumbling upon vintage videos of current NBA stars during their high school days. Peep this classic of the 1993 Nike Camp. Allen Iverson came into the camp without a big reputation, but by the end of the camp was arguably the best guard in the class. Read the rest of this entry »
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Daniel Orton (Photo. Kelly Kline)
Daniel Orton, the 6-10 260 pound center from Bishop Mcguinness HS (OK), has trimmed his college list. Orton is allegedly down to Kansas and Kentucky. Read the rest of this entry »
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