KEVIN DURANT in NIKE KD 6 at NIKE DREW LEAGUE - ALL-MET ELITE

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MONTROSE CHRISTIAN HS.
ROCKVILLE MD.

 

 

 

The Drew League continues to lure some of the most entertaining NBA players this offseason;  But all eyes were on the surprise appearance of Kevin Durant who showed up wearing a neon volt and orange pair of his new Nike KD 6.  While he may have missed the buzzer beater, KD threw down with the best summer players in California and reminded everyone what was in store for this upcoming season.

PHIL BOOTH COMMITS TO VILLANOVA UNIV. - ALL-MET ELITE

PHIL BOOTH

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VILLANOVA UNIV. 

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MOUNT ST. JOSEPHS HS.

BALTIMORE MD. 

 

 2014 guard Phil Booth of Mount St. Joseph’s High School (Baltimore, Md.) took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce his decision to verbally commit to Villanova.

 Booth, who plays with the highly-regarded AAU squad Team Takeover (D.C.), is Villanova’s second commit to the 2014 class.

 

Booth’s high school coach Pat Clatchey had nothing but high praise for his rising senior. Clatchey spoke about how he thinks Booth will transition to the college game.

 

“He’ll be a terrific college player; from a physical standpoint he has the ability to make others around him better,” Clatchey said. “I don’t think he has a lot of weaknesses. I think he can help a team win in a lot of different ways.”

 

ROBERT CHURCHWELL TAKES OVER AT GOOD COUNSEL HS. - ALL-MET ELITE

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GONZAGA HS.

WASHINGTON D.C. 

 

As a graduate from Gonzaga College High, he has the local roots. As a standout at Georgetown University from 1990-1994, he earned a spot on the Big East All-Rookie Team, started 128 consecutive games and finished 18th in all-time scoring at the school and 15th in rebounding. As a former NBA player with Golden State and eight years playing professionally overseas, respect from his players likely won’t be an issue.

“I think my experience as a player, as a [Washington Catholic Athletic Conference] student-athlete, my experience at the professional level, my experience coaching and teaching — they obviously thought I was the right guy for the position,” Churchwell said.

Last season, he coached Benedictine to a 31-4 record and a VISAA Division I state title, beating out WCAC champ O’Connell for the trophy. Preceding his one season at Benedictine in Richmond, Va., Churchwell coached for six years at Harrison High in Georgia. Most impressive, however, may have been his 3-1 record against WCAC opponents this past season, which included wins over O’Connell, DeMatha and Bishop Ireton.

“It’s very exciting, obviously, coming back to the WCAC, it’s very exciting,” Churchwell said. “I’m very familiar with the talent there.”

KEVIN DURANT - DREW LEAGUE 2013 - HIGHLIGHT VIDEOS - ALL-MET ELITE

KEVIN DURANT 

 DREW LEAGUE 2013

HIGHLIGHT VIDEOS

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MONTROSE CHRISTIAN HS.
ROCKVILLE MD.

 

 

 

 

Dereck Whittenburg Joins NC STATE Men's Basketball Staff - ALL-MET ELITE

Dereck Whittenburg

 Joins

NC STATE

Men's Basketball Staff 

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DEMATHA HS.

HYATTSVILLE MD.

 

A Washington, D.C., native and graduate of basketball powerhouse DeMatha Catholic High School where he played for the legendary Morgan Wooten and was inducted into the DeMatha Catholic Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a member of DeMatha's first national championship basketball team in 1978.

Whittenburg began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under the late Jim Valvano (1985-86).
He went on to continue his coaching career at George Mason University (1986-87) and Long Beach State University (1987-88) as a full time assistant before returning to Raleigh for a three-year stint (1988-91) as an assistant coach under the late, Jim Valvano.

He was also an assistant coach at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1991-93), West Virginia University (1993-94) and Georgia Tech (1993-99) before beginning his career as a head coach at Wagner College and Fordham University.

As head coach at Fordham, Whittenburg inherited a program with no previous success since joining the Atlantic 10 conference in 1995. He managed to lead his team to a fourth place finish in 2005 and two winning seasons in a six-year period.

Most recently, he has served as a college basketball analyst for ESPN where he was the executive producer of the network's 30-for-30 film, "Survive and Advance". Whittenburg has also served as a regional NBA scout for the Utah Jazz.

DC Assault fulfills July quest with Fab 48 title - ALL-MET ELITE

DC Assault fulfills July quest

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 Fab 48 title

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During the spring, the DC Assault 17U basketball team set a goal to go undefeated in July. The Washington, D.C.-based powerhouse completed its mission Sunday at Bishop Gorman High.

Romelo Trimble and Donte Grantham each scored 14 points, and DC Assault capped a 16-0 month by holding off Deron Williams Elite of Dallas 60-56 to win the invitational bracket championship at the Las Vegas Fab 48.

“This is our last tournament together and my last tournament before going off to college and stuff like that,” said Trimble, a 6-foot-3-inch combo guard who has orally committed to Maryland. “Last year we got upset here, so this here meant a lot.”

DC Assault, which went 8-0 in the Fab 48 and also in the Under Armour Summer Jam that ended July 21 in Mequon, Wis., took control early in the second half with a 10-2 run, but needed two free throws by point guard Byron Hawkins with seven seconds left to seal the victory.

Lightning-quick guard Erick Neal led a balanced offense for Deron Williams Elite with 11 points, including three free throws with nine seconds to play that cut DC Assault’s lead to 58-56. Reserve Takedrick Brown supplied eight points for Deron Williams Elite, which had only two field goals in the final 6:06 against DC Assault’s 2-3 zone.

“They’re a one-on-one team, so that (defense) hurt them,” Trimble said.

 

DC Assault led only 41-40 until Rashard Kelly, a 6-6 forward with offers from Boston College and several mid-majors, scored eight points during the key 10-2 run. Brown’s putback brought Deron Williams Elite to within 53-51, but 6-11 center Chinanu Onunaku slammed home a miss and Grantham got behind the defense for a big one-handed dunk that gave DC Assault a six-point lead with 2:45 left.

 

“I just filled the lane and nobody stepped up, so I just handled it,” said the 6-8 Grantham, who is ranked No. 73 by Rivals.com and is being recruited by the likes of Cincinnati, Clemson, Miami, Penn State and West Virginia.

The sweet-shooting Trimble starred during the first half, making three 3-pointers and scoring 11 points. His third 3 put DC Assault on top 19-14, although Deron Williams Elite responded with an 18-5 spurt in which four players hit 3s.

 

Brown’s 3 gave Deron Williams Elite a 32-24 lead with 6:05 left before Grantham scored seven points in a 13-2 run that gave DC Assault a 37-34 halftime lead.

Hawkins added nine points for DC Assault. Jeremy Combs, Tim Priller and Omar Sherman finished with seven points each for Deron Williams Elite.

Former Gonzaga HS player - D.J. Fenner - Washington State Player of Year - ALL-MET ELITE

Former Gonzaga HS player 

 D.J. Fenner 

 Washington State Player of Year 

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School: Seattle Prep

 Yr: Sr. Ht: 6-6 Pos: G

College: Nevada

 

D. J. Fenner joined Nate Britt and Kris Jenkins at Mater Dei in Bethesda MD. in the 2007-08 school year.

After the three dominated middle school opposition, it was thought they would play together in high school - most of the region's top private schools recruited all three.

But while Jenkins and Britt enrolled at Gonzaga, Fenner made a last-minute decision to move back to Seattle.

After one year in the Pacific Northwest, though, Fenner returned to join his buddies at Gonzaga, partly because Derrick Fenner convinced his son that he would be better challenged playing basketball in the Washington area.

"I was doing well, too, but the competition [in Seattle] was different," Fenner said. "It was hard to compare."

Fenner spent his sophomore season at Gonzaga College High School in Washington D.C. Prior to his sophomore year, the Seattle superstar played his freshman year at Seattle Prep. In June 2012, Fenner moved back to Seattle and enrolled into his former high school Seattle Prep over the summer for his junior and senior year.

In 2013 Fenner finished second in the area in scoring at 27.3 points per game. He scored fewer than 20 only three times all season. He scored more than 30 nine times. He scored 40 twice. In two loser-out games at the end of the season, he combined for 75 points

 Fenner committed to the University of Nevada. The 6'6 senior shooting guard from Seattle Prep is regarded as one of the top players in the state of Washington.

Fenner was juggling offers from UC Irvine, Utah and Hawaii, but made his decision after making an official visit to Nevada in early September.

"The coaches made it clear that I would be playing the two-guard position and that I would have a real opportunity to get on the floor my freshman year. That was very important to me," Fenner said.

The Premier Youth Basketball League - ALL-MET ELITE

The Premier Youth Basketball League 

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League Structure

The PYBL will feature the top boy’s middle school basketball players from the DMV regions listed below. One all star team from each region will be created, for a total of 8 teams and 80-100 players.

November 2013 tryouts and pre-season showcase the last weekend of December of 2013. The schedule is a seven (7) week league starting in January 2014 and each team will play each other once. The season will conclude in early March 2014 with playoffs, championship game and All-Star Game. 

PYBL All-Star teams will be structured from the following areas:

Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Fairfax County, Virginia

Howard County, Maryland

Loudoun County, Virginia

Montgomery County, Maryland

Prince George's County, Maryland

Southern Maryland (Calvert, Charles, St Mary's counties)

Washington, DC

 

2013 AAU BOYS BASKETBALL 6th GRADE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT - ALL-MET ELITE EDITION

2013 AAU BOYS BASKETBALL

 6th GRADE

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

ALL-MET ELITE EDITION

 

HAMPTON VA.

JULY 22, 2013 - JULY 28, 2013

 

MD'S FINEST - WOMACK

TEAM TAKEOVER - BROWN

6th MAN WARRIORS - VIRGINIA

ACAD PREP HAWKS - BLACK

TIDEWATER WILDCATS

METRO SIXERS

ETU SELECT
DC ASSAULT

TEAM TAKEOVER - JAMISON

TEAM FOE

VA SELECT ELITE

M.A.D.E ELITE

MD CHICK WEBB / B-MORE'S FINEST  

 

 

DC ASSAULT WINS 17U UNDER ARMOUR SUMMER JAM - ALL-MET ELITE

DC ASSAULT

WINS

17U UNDER ARMOUR

SUMMER JAM 

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Romelo Trimble averaged 21.3 points per game through Saturday night and led the way in Sunday's championship game to help local powerhouse D.C. Assault to the 17U title at the Under Armour Summer Jam.

 

D.C. Assault trailed by seven points late in the first half of the championship game on Sunday, but Trimble led a second-half comeback and finished with 22 points to help win the title.

 

D.C. Assault also took home the 15U title at the event and reached the championship game in the 16U division.

 

 

UNDER ARMOUR SUMMER JAM - ALL-MET ELITE

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CHINANU ONUAKU

RIVERDALE BAPTIST

UPPER MARLBORO MD.

 

Friday's action of Under Armour Summer Jam presented by NY2LA Sports continued to reveal some of the top players in the nation, along with some of the top sleepers in the nation. Recruits continued to stand out and play hard against tough competition on day three.

 

At this time last year, DC Assault was looking for an impact big man to pair up with Maryland bound guard Romelo Trimble. Also, at this time last year, most didn't know who Chinanu Onuaku was. As some still consider him to be the little brother of former Syracuse player Arinze Onuaku, he has made a name and reputation for himself.

The 2014 power forward is a big body who continues to get better, Onuaku can rebounds, pass, use his hook shot, and is improving his post moves. He is a great defender and uses his body to his advantage to bang in the post.

His plan, for now, is to cut his list to ten schools after the summer. Following that he will cut it to 5 schools before his senior season and then take official visits during his season. Miami, Xavier, Seton Hall, DePaul and Cincinnati have done the best job of contacting him the most, but more schools could come in.

All staffs of these schools were tracking Onuaku throughout Summer Jam, including Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin who was in the front row for him last night

BIG SHOTS ALL AMERICAN CAMP sponsored by NIKE - SCHEDULE - ALL-MET ELITE

BIG SHOTS ALL AMERICAN CAMP

sponsored by

NIKE

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KEVIN DORSEY JR.

PAUL VI.

FAIFAX VA.

  

BIG SHOTS and NIKE have selected 80 All-Americans throughout the nation to participate in the BIG SHOTS ALL AMERICAN CAMP sponsored by NIKE on July 18-19, 2013

 

Headquarters: DeMatha Catholic High School

 

SCHEDULE LINK BELOW

http://www.bigshots.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/BIG-SHOTS-ALL-AMERICAN-SCHEDULE.pdf

 

ROSTERS - LINK BELOW

http://www.bigshots.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/BIG-SHOTS-ALL-AMERICAN-CAMP-2013-TEAM-LIST1.pdf

NBA GMs already drooling over 2014 Draft class - Jerami Grant - ALL-MET ELITE

NBA GMs already drooling

over

2014 Draft class

Jerami Grant 

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DEMATHA HS.

HYATTSVILLE MD.

 

JERAMI GRANT – Wesley Johnson, Jonny Flynn and Donte Green are the most recent examples of Syracuse players struggling to reach their potential in the NBA. Grant, who will be a sophomore next season, already has an idea of what it takes to excel at the next level being the son of Harvey Grant and the nephew of former World Champion Horace Grant. The Orange reached the Final Four this past season with Grant contributing in a reduced role off the bench. Jim Boeheim will need someone to step up to replace a lot of the offensive production that was lost with the departures of Michael Carter-Williams, James Southerland and Brandon Triche. Grant and C.J. Fair are going to be a devastating combination at forward for the Orange in their inaugural tour of the ACC. Grant would have started right away had he went to a less reputable program. Instead he spent his freshman year learning and developing, which often times ends up being a beneficial move. A breakout season is on the horizon for the DeMatha product, and it could shorten his stay in upstate New York.

Nike Global Challenge - ALL-MET ELITE EDITION

Nike Global Challenge

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EDITION

 

DION WILEY
POTOMAC HS.

OXON HILL MD.

 

USA East Roster
Name Hgt. Hometown EYBL Team

Phil Booth 6-2 Baltimore, MD Team Takeover

Dwayne Morgan 6-7 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Elite

Dion Wiley 6-4 Potomac, MD Team Takeover

The competition, which takes place July 17-21 at Trinity College, features four region-specific teams from the U.S. and four international squads.

U.S. teams will be grouped into teams from the West, Midwest, South, and aforementioned East, along with one each from Canada, Brazil, France, and Pan Africa.

Thursday July 18th
Game 1 10:00 am - Canada v. USA West
Game 2 12:00 pm - France v. USA East
Game 3 2:00 pm – Brasil v. USA Midwest
Game 4 4:00 pm – Pan Africa v. USA South
Game 5 6:00 pm – USA West v. France
Game 6 8:00 pm – USA East v. Canada
Friday July 19th
Game 7 10:00 am – USA South v. Brasil
Game 8 12:00 pm – Pan Africa v. USA Midwest
Game 9 2:00 pm – France v. Canada
Game 10 4:00 pm – USA West v. USA East
Game 11 6:00 pm – Brasil v. Pan Africa
Game 12 8:00 pm – USA Midwest v. USA South
Saturday July 20th

Game 13 10:00 am – 4th Pool A v. 4th Pool B
Game 14 12:00 pm – 3rd Pool A v. 3rd Pool B
Game 15 2:00 pm – 2nd Pool A v. 2nd Pool B
Game 16 4:00 pm – 1st Pool A v. 1st Pool B (Championship Game)

TEAM TAKEOVER'S JAMILL JONES HIRED AS ASSISTANT COACH WITH FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY - ALL-MET ELITE

TEAM TAKEOVER'S

JAMILL JONES

 HIRED AS ASSISTANT COACH

 WITH

FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY 

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FGCU men’s basketball first-year head coach Joe Dooley completed his coaching staff on Monday, announcing the hiring of Jamill Jones as an assistant coach.

 

Jones joins Dooley’s staff of associate head coach Marty Richter and assistant coach Michael Fly.

 

Jones spent the last five years as an assistant coach with Nike Team Takeover out of Washington, D.C. Over the five-year span, Jones worked with over 70 Division I scholarship players and in 2010 captured the EYBL Championship under head coach Keith Stevens. Jones also helped organize and run the 2011 and 2012 Annual National High School Hoop Festival and also served as a skills instructor at the 2012 Nike Skills Summit.

DUKE UNIVERSITY - SUMMER GRIND - JOSH HAIRSTON - ALL-MET ELITE

DUKE UNIVERSITY

 SUMMER GRIND

 JOSH HAIRSTON 

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MONTROSE CHRISTIAN HS.

ROCKVILLE MD.

 

Colleges not only recruiters on the summer circuit - ALL-MET ELITE

Colleges not only recruiters on the summer circuit

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OAKHILL ACADEMY

MOUTH OF WILSON VA.

 

 

National prep powers also looking for talent

Courtesy of

 CINCINNATI.COM

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — On the summer high school travel basketball circuit, coaches from every Division I college program jockey to see and be seen by top recruits. It is also becoming increasingly common for coaches from high school basketball powerhouses such as Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.), Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) or Huntington (W.Va.) Prep to be at the same events, doing the same thing.

“The high school situation has really changed,” said long
time summer basketball coach Boo Williams of Hampton, Va., while at the Nike Peach Jam tournament here. “It used to be just Oak Hill and Flint Hill (Oakton, Va.). Now, it’s Findlay Prep, Huntington Prep, Montverde (Fla.) Academy and a lot of other basketball academies. Now you see a lot of guys changing high schools going into their junior year because of the high school recruiting. High schools are beginning to be like a mini AAU season. You have to be careful with some of the schools. I don’t have a problem with the legitimate schools, but some of these schools are not legitimate.” The spread of basketball academies and their recruitment of top players around the country can complicate things for college coaches.

“Our recruitment gets mixed up in the high school recruitment,” said Notre Dame coach Mike Brey. “Sometimes the young man can’t concentrate as much on the college decision because he still has to make a high school decision. Any time we’re in that situation, we wait until a player’s high school decision is made and the head is clearer and then you can barrel in there and talk with the parent.”
Brey said it’s always a concern when a player he’s recruiting switches high schools.

“You develop relations with a high school coach and guidance counselors or whatever and when the player changes (schools), you worry how that’s going to affect us, especially if it is only a verbal commitment. The old high school coach may have been a great ally of ours all along. And all of a sudden, they’re going to high school X and you know what, they’re an ally of that program. That’s one of the things that you’re thinking through as a staff when you try to figure out if that player’s recruitment is a good investment in your time. Let’s not waste time if we’re not going to get him.”

Oak Hill assistant coach Eddie Knudsen said it’s obvious there’s a lot more competition from various basketball academies. He said he was at Peach Jam this past week to scout players for Oak Hill and to scout opponents for Williams.

“I think the reason more (basketball academies) are cropping up is there’s enough talent to go around,” said Knudsen, who also teaches English at Oak Hill. “But you have to look at the school’s setting and education. Players still come to Oak Hill to get their grades right and to get a good education.”

Prep powerhouses such as Montverde Academy, Oak Hill or Findlay Prep offer players a chance to travel the country playing high school opponents, but the real benefit for many players of going to those schools is at practice.

Canadian Montaque Gill-Caesar, who made a splash in the 16-under division of the Peach Jam, honed his skills by going up against top 2013 recruit Andrew Wiggins every day in practice last season at Huntington Prep.

“A lot of them are really sold on, and I can’t fault them for this, the competition in practice,” Brey said. “A lot of the players are the best players in their county or high school and they’ll get a couple of good games a year but in practices, there isn’t much competition. If I had a son like that, I don’t think I could fault him if he says, ‘Dad, every day, I am going to play against a Division I prospect in practice.’ ”

Jonathan Laurent, a small forward for the 16-under squad for E1T1 Elite, averaged 18 points and nine rebounds a game as a sophomore last year for Freedom High in Orlando. He said he has been contacted by Montverde Academy and other schools.

“It’s tempting because they’re a school that has won a national championship and you’re at a small school,” Laurent said. “But, nobody wants to leave a school if you’re the man at your school. You don’t want to go somewhere where you don’t know what’s going to happen – if you’ll even be able to play. Then again, you want to play the best and these schools all have good reps and they get players to college.” ■

Indiana University offers class of 2014 guard Robert Johnson - ALL-MET ELITE

Indiana University

offers

 class of 2014 guard

 Robert Johnson 

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 Benedictine College Preparatory

Richmond Va.

 

Robert Johnson, a 6-foot-3, class of 2014 guard from Richmond (Va.), was scouted heavily by the Hoosier staff at the Nike Peach Jam and received a scholarship offer over the weekend.
The four-star guard averaged 20.2 points and shot 46.2 percent on 3-pointers at the Peach Jam for Boo Williams.

Up to this point, Johnson said five schools — Florida State, Villanova, Wake Forest, Virginia and Alabama — have recruited him most consistently, but he’s hearing from several new suitors after his strong play at the Peach Jam.
“Besides Indiana, I’ve heard from North Carolina, Syracuse, Memphis, Cincinnati and UCLA,” he said.

The next step in the process for Johnson will be pairing down his list, which could continue to grow as he’s evaluated by more schools this month, and formulate a plan to move forward in the process. Indiana is one school Johnson said he’ll definitely visit.

Johnson also has a pretty good idea of what he’ll be looking for in his future home.

“Just somewhere that, number one, I can come in and compete for playing time as a freshman,” he said. “Somewhere I have a good relationship with the coaches and where I feel comfortable going to school with them. And somewhere that fits my style of play and I can see myself being really useful in the system they run.”

2013 AAU BOYS BASKETBALL 5th GRADE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT - ALL-MET ELITE EDITION

2013 AAU BOYS BASKETBALL

 5th GRADE

 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

ALL-MET ELITE EDITION

JULY 14, 2013 - JULY 20, 2013

COCOA BEACH FLORIDA

 

5th GRADE PARTICIPANTS

 

BANNEKER KINGS

DC ASSAULT

RISING STARS ATHLETICS

METRO SIXERS

TIDEWATER WILDCATS

LEESBURG BB CLUB

CHICK WEBB/ BMORE'S FINEST

TEAM TAKEOVER - GORHAM

2013 AAU BOYS BASKETBALL 4th GRADE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT - ALL-MET ELITE EDITION

2013 AAU BOYS BASKETBALL

4th GRADE

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

ALL-MET ELITE EDITION

JULY 15, 2013 - JULY 21,2013

LEXINGTON KENTUCKY

 

4TH GRADE PARTICIPANTS

 

TEAM GLORY

TEAM TAKEOVER

BMORE STARS COALITION

WEST VIRGINIA EXPLOSION

TEAM TAKEOVER ORANGE

CHICK WEBB/ BMORE'S FINEST

MARYLAND KINGS

TIDEWATER WILDCATS

Victor Oladipo highlights All NBA-Summer League First Team - ALL-MET ELITE

Victor Oladipo

 highlights All NBA-Summer League First Team 

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DEMATHA HS.

HYATTSVILLE MD.

 

Victor Oladipo, the second overall draft pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, made the cut for first team. Oladipo averaged 19 points per game, five assists, and 3.4 rebounds per game. He also drained this game-winner over Michael Carter-Williams.

2013 Reebok Breakout Classic - OBI ROMEO - ALL-MET ELITE

2013

 Reebok Breakout Classic

OBI ROMEO

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OBI ROMEO

GREENBRIER EAST HS.

WEST VA.

 

Looking for a good reason that Obi Romeo has gone from not playing basketball to an impressive recruit with a number of mid-to-high major looks? Try his workout regimen.

“I do Crossfit every day, until Sunday; I don’t do anything on Sunday,” he said. “I do Crossfit an hour, then sometimes I lift on my own, sometimes I will use two hours, go shoot around. Every day, Monday through Saturday, all my programs should take me like five hours.

“I dedicated myself to this program, I work out a lot. I want to be part of the game, I want to learn.”

 

The 6-10 Romeo, a native of Nigeria, boasts an impressive 92-inch wingspan with enormous hands to match, allowing him to alter quite a number of shots on the defensive end of the court. His offensive game is still a ways behind his defensive instincts and timing, but he’s got good hands and showed off nice touch around the rim.

 

Asked about his recruiting, Romeo named St. Joseph’s, West Virginia, Virginia, Arkansas, College of Charleston, Florida International and Longwood, though he refused to comment on which were offers and which were just interest. It doesn’t seem like any decision is pending.

 

2013 Reebok Breakout Classic - DEVIN ROBINSON - ALL-MET ELITE

2013
Reebok Breakout Classic

ALL-MET ELITE

 

DEVIN ROBINSON

CHRISTCHURCH HS.

CHRISTCHURCH VA.

 

One of a number of skilled wings with some serious length, Robinson is a 6-foot-8 small forward with a nearly seven-foot wingspan that allowed him to be an impressive defence presence in the post. The Virginia native was a largely unknown product until last year, when he joined the Richmond Squires AAU program and his recruiting started to take off.

 

Robinson has a laundry list of offers, and he wouldn’t name any of his offers to avoid insulting programs he might have left out. According to ESPN.com, Robinson’s list includes schools like UConn, George Mason, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Tech, Rutgers and more; so far he’s taken unofficial visits to Georgetown, VCU and Virginia. The only schools that haven’t offered are the blue-chip programs, and Robinson said he’s been hearing from Louisville, North Carolina and Duke, among others.

TEAM TAKEOVER PREPARES FOR PEACH JAM - ALL-MET ELITE

TEAM TAKEOVER

 PREPARES FOR

PEACH JAM 

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MARCUS DERRICKSON

PAUL VI

FAIRFAX VA.

The Elite Youth Basketball League consist of 40 teams across the USA. There are 24 teams that will convene at the Riverview Park Activities Center in North Augusta, Georgia this week in search of the coveted Peach Jam championship.

The teams competing for the title are some of the top 17 and under teams in the country. Team Takeover from Washington, D.C. is one of the top teams in the league with a current record of 16-2.
Team play will start on Thursday, July 11th. Takeover plays all their games on court one at the Activities Center.

Takeover will play California Supreme from Los Angeles at 9am. Takeover edged Supreme 67-65 in overtime earlier in the tournament. Dion Wiley  led all scorers with 21 points in that hard fought contest. Tre Campbell chipped in with 13 points and five assists. At 6pm Takeover laces them up against All Red Ohio (Columbus).

Friday play resumes with a noon game against Team Texas Elite (Dallas). Takeover then faces BABC (Boston) at 9pm.

Saturday in the final day of pool play the Takeover will face EiTi (Orlando) at noon.
 

Takeover's leading scorer averaging 14.1 pts. and 2.7 rebounds per game. Phil Booth (6'2", Mt. Saint Joseph) chips in 12.2 points and 4.4 rebounds per contest. James Palmer (6'4, St. John's) averages eight points per contest while 6'7 Marcus Derrickson tallies six points each time out. Campbell (St. John's and stands 6'1) leads the team in assists with 63 while averaging 6.5 points per game.

Leading the team in rebounding is at 6.6 each game is 6'8 Martin Geben (St. Maria Goretti); he also scores 7.5 points per contest. Quadree Smith (Paul VI), at 6'6 has been strong on the boards.

 

TALENTED SOPHOMORE GUARD ANTHONY COWAN TO TRANSFER TO ST.JOHNS HS.

TALENTED SOPHOMORE GUARD

ANTHONY COWAN

 TO

TRANSFER

 TO

ST. JOHNS HS.

ST. JOHNS HS.
WASHINGTON D.C.

 

 Prince George’s County native Anthony Cowan, a rising sophomore point guard who transferred from Good Counsel to St. John’s this summer, is poised to become the next great point guard in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference.

 

As a freshman at Good Counsel last season, the 5-foot-10 guard finished as the team’s third leading scorer at 8.8 points per game. He scored a season-high 20 points in the Falcons’ 73-65 victory over Bishop Ireton in February and earned third-team all-conference honors.

 

“Definitely, I want to win championships,” he said. “That’s what I came here for. This year, I know we’ll have a great chance to win a championship. That’s what I want to come here and do.”

AT ALL COSTS MOVIE TRAILER - AAU BASKETBALL - ALL-MET ELITE

AT ALL COSTS

MOVIE TRAILER 

 AAU BASKETBALL

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The documentary follows highly recruited ‘blue chip’ prospects, their families and their teams as they navigate the shaky terrain of the AAU circuit in pursuit of their dreams, examining the shifting nature of ‘amateurism’ in modern-day American sports, specifically exploring the cross-pollination between the NBA and AAU culture.

Dematha HS will participate in the 2014 Nike Extravaganza - ALL-MET ELITE

Dematha HS

 will participate in the

2014 Nike Extravaganza

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DEMATHA HS

HYATTSVILE MD.

 

The 2014 Nike Extravaganza is set for Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at Santa Ana Mater Dei, and one of the featured games will be St. John Bosco taking on Etiwanda. Both schools won section titles this past season.

The Jan. 31 games: Ocean View vs. Servite, 3 p.m.; Eisenhower vs. Saddleback Valley Christian, 4:30 p.m.; Fresno Bullard vs. Santa Margarita, 6 p.m.; Village Christian vs. Mater Dei, 7:30 p.m.; St. Bernard vs. Mater Dei (girls), 9 p.m.

The Feb. 1 games: Colony vs. Los Alamitos, 9 a.m.; Gardena Serra vs. Upland, 10:30 a.m.; Alemany vs. Fairfax, noon; Redondo vs. Corona Centennial, 1:30 p.m.; Foothill vs. Orange Lutheran, 3 p.m.; JSerra vs. Bishop Gorman, 4:30 p.m.; St. John Bosco vs. Etiwanda, 6 p.m.; Westchester vs. Maryland DeMatha, 7:30 p.m.; Mater Dei vs. Illinois Whitney Young, 9 p.m.

2013 - Orlando Summer League Rosters - ALL-MET ELITE EDITION

2013

Orlando Summer League

Rosters 

 ALL-MET ELITE

EDITION

 

AUSTIN FREEMAN

DEMATHA HS.

HYATTSVILLE MD.

 

NOLAN SMITH - OAK HILL ACADEMY - BOSTON CELTICS

CHRIS WRIGHT ST. JOHNS HS. - BROOKLYN NETS

AUSTIN FREEMAN - DEMATHA HS.- INDIANA PACERS

RODNEY McGRUDER - ARCHBISHOP CARROLL HS. - ORLANDO MAGIC
VICTOR OLADIPO- DEMATHA HS.- ORLANDO MAGIC

 

 

NBA TV to televise 62 Summer League games, title game - ALL-MET ELITE

NBA TV

to televise

62 Summer League games,

title game

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VICTOR OLADIPO

DEMATHA HS.

HYATTSVILLE MD.

 

NBA Digital's extensive NBA Summer League 2013 coverage -- the first opportunity to see many of the league's top rookies in action -- will include 62 live game telecasts in 16 days on NBA TV, and all games live via the NBA Summer League Live subscription package on NBA.com and NBA Mobile beginning Sunday, July 7. Live event coverage will feature 24 Summer League games from Orlando (July 7-12), held at the Magic's practice facility at Amway Center, and 38 Summer League games from Las Vegas, held at the Thomas & Mack Center and COX Pavilion from July 12-22, including the first-ever championship game on Monday, July 22, at 9 p.m. ET.

 

Victor Oladipo said some of the subtle differences between college and the NBA that he’s already picked up on is the quickness of the game and the shorter time that teammates come open. He said he’s already beginning to understand the importance of spacing in the NBA game and he likes how defenders aren’t allowed to camp in the lane because of the defensive three-seconds rule.

 

As for playing point guard in the NBA, Oladipo doesn’t see it as being as big of an adjustment as some might think. He often initiated pick-and-roll plays at Indiana, and he’s still working before practice every day to improve his ball-handling. As for defending other point guards, it’s a challenge that he said he is more than up to the task of doing.
 
``I’m a guard, so whatever guard position they want me to run I feel comfortable running it,’’ Oladipo said. ``I pretty much did the same thing at Indiana and ran some (point guard) there. I’ll just do whatever they need in order to help us win. If they need me to play there for us to win, that sounds good to me.’’

 

 

2013 UNDER ARMOUR UNDENIABLE CAMP - JOE HAMPTON - ALL-MET ELITE

2013

 UNDER ARMOUR

UNDENIABLE CAMP 

 JOE HAMPTON

ALL-MET ELITE

DEMATHA HS.
HYATTSVILLE MD.

 

Joe Hampton has been invited to compete at the Under Armour "Undeniable" Grind Session in Los Angeles.

The camp, which is by invite only, will take place June 30-July 2 and will feature 29 of the nation's best high school prospects and another handful of college players who will serve as counselors.

 

The event is closed to college coaches, but is sanctioned by the NBA and will include scouts from all 30 NBA teams. 

 

Hampton is just a rising sophomore, but Maryland and a number of other high-major schools already have him on their radar.

 

Already 6-6, 225 pounds, Hampton will likely grow into a versatile power forward at the college level. The lefty has shown some shooting touch from the outside, but does most of his work by using his size on the interior

2013 UNDER ARMOUR UNDENIABLE CAMP - ROMELO TRIMBLE - ALL-MET ELITE

2013

 UNDER ARMOUR

UNDENIABLE CAMP 

 ROMELO TRIMBLE

ALL-MET ELITE

 

BISHOP O'CONNELL HS.

ARLINGTON VA.

 

Romelo Trimble has been invited to compete at the Under Armour "Undeniable" Grind Session in Los Angeles.

The camp, which is by invite only, will take place June 30-July 2 and will feature 29 of the nation's best high school prospects and another handful of college players who will serve as counselors.
The event is closed to college coaches, but is sanctioned by the NBA and will include scouts from all 30 NBA teams.

Trimble committed to Maryland in December and helped to clear up questions about who would be playing the point guard position in 2014.

 

Trimble is a lead guard who has the ability to both facilitate and create for himself. His commitment is also important because he is a local prospect and member of D.C. Assault, the powerhouse local AAU program.

NIKE KENNER LEAGUE - SCHEDULE - Nike Pro City Summer League - ALL-MET ELITE

NIKE KENNER LEAGUE

 SCHEDULE 

 Nike Pro City Summer League 

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GAMES

 BEGIN JULY 6th, 2013

SCHEDULE BELOW

 

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/gewa/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/2013_Kenner_League_Schedule.pdf

 

 

The "Sizzle" Proposed Documentary of Morgan Wootten - ALL-MET ELITE

The "Sizzle"

Proposed Documentary

of

Morgan Wootten

ALL-MET ELITE

 

DEMATHA HS.

HYATTSVILLE MD.

 

B.J. Stith will transfer to Oak Hill Academy - ALL-MET ELITE

B.J. Stith

will transfer

to

 Oak Hill Academy

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B.J. STITH
BRUNSWICK HS.

LAWRENCEVILLE VA.

 

B.J. Stith, a rising senior who has pledged to play basketball at the University of Virginia, is expected to transfer to Oak Hill Academy next fall, said his father, Bryant Stith. B.J. toured the campus during spring break and got to know coach Steve Smith.

The reason for the move, Bryant said, is to give B.J. the highest level of competition possible before he enrolls at Virginia.

Oak Hill, located in Mouth of Wilson, Va., plays some of the nation’s toughest squads and has been called home by a number of future NBA players, including Dwight Howard and Kevin Durant.

ALLEN IVERSON - 1993 NIKE CAMP ALL-STAR GAME - ALL-MET ELITE

ALLEN IVERSON 

 1993

NIKE CAMP ALL-STAR GAME

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BALL UP STREETBALL TOUR - BABY SHAQ - ALL-MET ELITE

BALL UP STREETBALL TOUR 

 BABY SHAQ

ALL-MET ELITE

 

SPINGARN HS.

WASHINGTON D.C.

 

 

Raised in Washington D.C., the 6’3”, 230 lb, two-time “Red Bull King of the Rock” champion received his nickname, “Baby Shaq” in school when teammates said he would grab every rebound that came off the glass. After watching Jones play, Shaquille O’Neal himself said, “This guy deserves to be in the league.” Jones attended and played for The College of Southern Maryland averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds. He was also the 2003 MVP of The Goodman League, the most competitive amateur basketball league in all of D.C. Most recently, Jones played for the Pro AM league, the Beltway Bombers in Washington DC. and for the Washington Greenhawks. Jones has ball handling skills that go unmatched even in the NBA and is considered to be nearly unguardable on the court.

BALTIMORE'S FINEST 17U AAU - TEMPLE TEAM CAMP - ALL-MET ELITE

BALTIMORE'S FINEST

17U AAU

TEMPLE TEAM CAMP 

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Baltimore’s Finest (Md.)
Most of the teams that competed at Temple were fairly familiar with each other, all being from the Philadelphia area. Baltimore’s Finest, an AAU team, is obviously not one of them.
“It’s a chance for the kids to see competition from out of town,” coach Ken Gibson told CoBL. “For them to be able to play against the best players, not just in Maryland. A lot of these guys I haven’t seen. We’ve been to George Mason, VCU, but being up here we get to see the Philly talent. We see some of the guys that are already being recruited. That way you get to see where you at.”

Temple has its eye on a few of the players that competed for Baltimore’s Finest this weekend. Will Robinson (2015/Coppin Academy) came to Temple for an unofficial visit last week, and both Jordan McNeil (2014/Mount St. Joseph) and Allen Costly (2014/St. Frances) have drawn interest from Temple coaches.

“The guy who runs our program, Mark Karcher, played here,” Gibson said. “We really wanted to get one of our guys, like Will–same size, same frame, same game–we think he’d be a great fit.”
Perhaps it was the Temple connection, but Gibson was very complimentary of the camp.
“It was great coming up here, for them being an Under Armour school, and me being an Under Armour program, so it’s great to be involved with Temple,” Gibson said. “Hopefully I can get a kid to play for this program. I think it’s one of the best ones out there.”