Class of '66 Old Fart

Langford's team knocked out of the Adidas Summer Championships after playing 6 games. For these 6 games: Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. 7/20 22 7 15 2 5 6 9 10 3 2 0 2 7/21 20 7 13 0 3 6 7 3 4 0 0 1 7/21 18 8 14 0 4 2 4 5 4 3 3 0 7/22 40 12 19 5 10 11 13 8 1 2 3 0 7/22 11 3 11 2 3 3 3 5 3 2 0 1 7/23 10 3 8 1 4 3 5 6 1 3 0 2 Avg 20.2 50% 34% 76% 6 3 2 1 For 17 games of his AAU season. Numbers are remarkably close. Avg 20.6 54% 32% 76% 8 2 2 1

Phinisee's team knocked out of the Adidas 16U Summer Championship after playing 5 games but overall he had a solid tournament. Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. Min. 7/20 13 5 14 1 7 2 3 2 8 0 3 1 32 7/21 19 7 13 2 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 30 7/22 20 8 12 3 5 1 2 3 5 1 1 1 25 7/23 28 11 16 3 3 3 5 6 3 2 0 1 30 7/23 9 4 11 0 2 1 2 6 1 3 2 0 25 Avg 17.8 53% 47% 67% 4 4 1 1

Fort Wayne. Ind., 2017 center Malik Williams finished his AAU career Saturday with Louisville's Rick Pitino front and center for both games Jody Demling Yesterday at 7:44 PM LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Fort Wayne, Ind., Snider High School center Malik Williams finished his summer with Team Legit on Saturday at the AAU Super Showcase. Louisville coach Rick Pitino was in attendance for both games. Malik Williams finished his summer like he's played most of it - on a high note. The 7-foot center from Fort Wayne, Ind., combined for 55 points, 27 rebounds, 11 blocked shots, 10 assists and five steals in two games for Team Legit, who finished the week 5-3 at the AAU Super Showcase. Team Legit lost to Team Final in the championship of the 11th Grade Gold Division consolation bracket. "I've had a lot of fun with these guys," said Williams, who has played with Team Legit since the fifth grade and turned down a number of shoe-sponsored teams who wanted him to play for them. "It's just a great feeling for me. We didn't finish like we wanted too, but we still had a great, great, great AAU season. "It's real special. These guys are all like my brothers." University of Louisville coach Rick Pitino was in attendance for both games and the Cardinals' staff didn't miss a game where Williams was playing the entire summer. Indiana coach Tom Crean was the only other head coach in attendance on Saturday. Williams is considering U of L, Indiana, Michigan State, Iowa, Purdue and several others. Williams confirmed after the game that he "didn't have a plan right now," for how he will make a decision. "I'll probably cut my list soon," he said. "But I'm not sure right now." Team Legit coach Juan Gorman said his team was "special" and that Williams was "very loyal," for sticking with the team. The team finished the summer with a 20-7 overall record. "That says a lot about Malik because now a days there's not much loyalty," Gorman said. "That says a lot about the kid."

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Hutch article on Gelon in the Anderson Herald-Bulletin: BLOOMINGTON — Think of the great long-range shooters in Indiana University basketball history and names like Steve Alford, Jay Edwards, A.J. Guyton and Jordan Hulls quickly come to mind. In recent years, Matt Roth, Nick Zeisloft, James Blackmon Jr. and Yogi Ferrell have also been particularly proficient from distance. No pressure but IU incoming freshman guard Grant Gelon clearly has a chance to be mentioned in that same company. The kid can flat out shoot it. Clint Swan, Gelon’s high school coach at Crown Point, remembered a team camp game in Fort Wayne the summer prior to his senior year when his team went up against Jay County. Gelon had 42 points in that game and knocked down 11 3-pointers. “I was sitting there and I looked at one of my coaches, and I said, ‘Grant is going to have a game like this in the month of July in front of the right coach, and he’s going to get an offer that’s going to blow everybody away,'’’ Swan recalled. “And that is exactly what happened.’’ That coach turned out to be Indiana’s Tom Crean. Gelon was playing a high-profile AAU game for Indiana Elite in Indianapolis in the second-to-last recruiting period of the summer, and Crean was in attendance. Up to that point, Gelon, a two-star recruit, had received offers from Western Michigan, Illinois-Chicago and IUPUI but nothing from a major Division I school. Gelon had hit five 3-pointers and scored 25 points. Crean was impressed with his range, his size (Gelon is 6-foot-5) and his mechanics. Things got rolling very quickly in Gelon’s IU recruitment. “The following weekend was the last open period in Las Vegas, and Grant had two or three more really good games where he hit a lot of shots and sort of solidified in the coaches minds what he could do,’’ Swan said. “And then he took his unofficial visit to Indiana, and they offered him, and he didn’t even get out the door before he accepted it.’’ Initially, the reaction from Hoosier fans wasn’t particularly positive because Gelon had not garnered a lot of national interest. But Crean has a track record of success with under-the-radar recruits in the past. Two good examples are Victor Oladipo and Will Sheehey, both ranked at No. 140 and beyond in the nation coming to IU. Both scored more than 1,000 points in their IU careers. "That’s one of those signees where everybody’s looking at it and wondering because there weren’t a lot of people on him, and some other teams in the state or the Midwest didn’t recruit him,’’ Crean said last spring. “That’s where we’ve always stayed true to what we see. You stay true to what you see on film, you stay true to what you see with your own eye, you trust your instincts and you trust your coaches. You want kids from really good programs, and I think that’s the thing that I feel good about.’’ As a high school senior, Gelon averaged 14.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game on a team that won four games in the state tournament before losing in the regional title game. Gelon shot 38.9 percent from beyond the arc. Gelon arrived in Bloomington in June and quickly caught the eye of his teammates and coaches. In the weight room, he squatted 245 pounds. “I’ve been lifting since eighth grade back in Crown Point with our high school strength coach teaching us all the Olympic lifts so I came in pretty comfortable with all of those lifts,’’ Gelon said. “I actually think I could have gone even more, but that’s where we stopped that day.’’ Gelon said he’s comfortable with the "shooter" label. He said that’s what he has been known for since the fifth grade. Swan said in high school there were times when he would have to kick Gelon out of the gym after practice so he could lock up and go home. “I’ve always been a shoot first kind of guy, but we’re working on finishing at the rim and getting better with my left hand,’’ Gelon said. “I’m also working on my ball handling. It’s all going to come. I just think being here, with all of these resources, I just want to make myself into the complete player that they see in me and that they recruited me to be.’’ It’s difficult to guess how much playing time an under-the-radar recruit will get right away at IU, but his high school coach is confident that Gelon is a good fit for the Hoosiers. “I’ve always said that no college freshman is really ready for college basketball,’’ said Swan, who also coached former Michigan and current Purdue fifth-year senior Spike Albrecht at Crown Point. “But once he gets acclimated to the rigors of big time college basketball, I really think he’s going to fit like a glove. Coach Crean has always appreciated guys that can make shots from way beyond the basket, and I think he sees Grant as a critical piece in that puzzle. “Grant’s body is going to evolve, his game is going to evolve and once it does to its fullest potential, he’s going to be a very important part of the equation at Indiana.’’

I believe he's playing in the AAU Super Showcase event in Orlando this weekend but he had another fantastic game. CTC and Pitino in attendance and probably others as well. Malik Williams (@leek_willi34) finishes with 31 points, 15 rebounds and eight blocked shots as @LEGITBASKETBALL moves into finals of bracket

2016 Under Armour AAU stats. Somebody lit a fire under him for the last game I found details of his play. Pretty steady rebounding numbers; good FG% probably mostly around the basket; needs work on his FT's. Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. 4/15 5 2 6 0 0 1 2 4 1 2 1 0 4/16 10 4 8 0 0 2 3 4 0 1 0 1 4/16 19 7 15 0 0 5 10 9 2 3 1 0 4/17 6 1 6 0 1 4 6 7 2 0 0 1 4/23 7 3 6 0 0 1 2 5 1 1 1 0 4/23 8 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 6 1 0 0 4/23 12 6 11 0 0 0 3 7 1 1 0 0 4/24 6 2 7 0 0 2 4 7 1 1 0 2 5/28 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 12 1 1 1 0 5/28 4 2 6 0 0 0 1 7 0 2 0 1 5/29 9 3 5 0 0 3 4 8 2 1 0 0 5/29 8 2 7 0 1 4 6 11 0 0 0 1 7/13 24 10 13 0 1 4 7 7 0 2 0 1 Avg 9.1 46% 0% 54% 7 1 1 0

He's human after all! Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. 7/20 22 7 15 2 5 6 9 10 3 2 0 2 7/21 20 7 13 0 3 6 7 3 4 0 0 1 7/21 18 8 14 0 4 2 4 5 4 3 3 0 7/22 40 12 19 5 10 11 13 8 1 2 3 0 7/22 11 3 11 2 3 3 3 5 3 2 0 1

How's this for a 4-game tournament especially today's game? Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. 7/20 22 7 15 2 5 6 9 10 3 2 0 2 7/21 20 7 13 0 3 6 7 3 4 0 0 1 7/21 18 8 14 0 4 2 4 5 4 3 3 0 7/22 40 12 19 5 10 11 13 8 1 2 3 0 Avg 25.0 56% 32% 76% 6.5 3.0 1.8 1.5

Now that we're known as a football school, I heard from a reliable source that Nick Saban has already been on the phone and on a plane to Suwanee!

Well, we can stop chasing this one. He cut his list to these 9 today.

After 4 games and I'm sure he'd like to forget about game 4 and his woeful shooting. But he wasn't the only one. His team only shot 21% in the first half. Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. Min. 7/20 27 10 21 2 2 5 6 9 2 2 1 0 32 7/21 24 8 23 2 7 6 6 1 1 2 1 0 32 7/21 29 9 23 5 10 6 7 0 6 1 0 0 29 7/22 6 2 14 1 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 32 Avg 21.5 36% 42% 86% 3 2 2 1

FWIW, no mention at all of IU in the following: http://maryland.247sports.com/Article/Top-Ranked-Point-Guard-Recruit-Trevon-Duval-Planning-Visits-46371042

2017 five-star big Nick Richards (@n1ck_richards) tells @jeffborzello his final five are Kentucky, Arizona, UConn, Syracuse and Indiana.

With a record of 2 - 1, Phinisee's team fails to advance to the championship bracket and unless there are consolation games, his Vegas experience is over. But despite his team not advancing Phinisee had 3 very solid ballgames. Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. Min. 7/20 13 5 14 1 7 2 3 2 8 0 3 1 32 7/21 19 7 13 2 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 30 7/22 20 8 12 3 5 1 2 3 5 1 1 1 25 Avg 17.3 51% 43% 75% 2 5 0 1

With a record of 3 - 0, Hauser's team advances to the Elite 8 of the 16U tournament. Pretty good shooting % and hits the boards. Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. Min. 7/20 16 5 10 0 2 6 7 7 0 4 0 1 22 7/21 16 6 10 2 4 2 3 9 1 4 0 2 24 7/22 19 7 13 3 6 2 2 6 1 1 1 0 23 Avg 17.0 55% 42% 83% 7 1 3 0

Las Vegas: Three prioritizing Phinesee Evan Daniels LAS VEGAS -- 2018 point guard Robert Phinesee scored 19 points in a win over the Iowa Barnstormers on Thursday. Following the game Scout caught up with the four-star guard and discussed the schools recruiting him the hardest. [IU, PUke, Butler, Xavier] Evaluation Notes Indiana native Robert Phinisee landed in Scout’s updated 2018 player rankings at the beginning of the month. Phinesee’s play with the Indiana Elite 16’s, at least on Thursday, proved that he certainly was deserving of that honor. \ Phinesee, who stands 5-foot-11, is a crafty lead guard that uses a good handle and change of pace to slice his way into the paint and make plays. Phinesee is a good passer with quality vision, but he also proved to be a pretty good finisher as well. Through two games at the adidas Summer Championship, Phinesee is averaging 16 points and 4.5 assists. He’s also yet to turn the ball over.

Ditto!

After 3 games at Adidas Summer Championships Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. 7/20 22 7 15 2 5 6 9 10 3 2 0 2 7/21 20 7 13 0 3 6 7 3 4 0 0 1 7/21 18 8 14 0 4 2 4 5 4 3 3 0 Avg 20.7 55% 27% 75% 8 2 2 1

After 3 games at Adidas Summer Championships Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. Min. 7/20 27 10 21 2 2 5 6 9 2 2 1 0 32 7/21 24 8 23 2 7 6 6 1 1 2 1 0 32 7/21 29 9 23 5 10 6 7 0 6 1 0 0 29 Avg 23.2 43% 37% 80% 5 4 3 1

Lonnie Walker 19 PTS, 5 REB, 4 STL, 2 AST in Team Final's loss to CP3 in the EYBL Top 8 game televised on ESPNU

Watching the Top 8 game from Vegas on ESPNU featuring Team Final (PA) and CP3 and they ran our name on a crawler as one of his teams of interest. 2016 AAU Stats Date Pts. FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA Reb Assts. TO's Stls. Blks. 4/16 23 10 13 2 3 1 3 5 3 2 3 0 4/16 13 5 11 1 4 2 4 8 2 4 0 2 4/17 24 9 13 2 4 4 5 7 1 1 1 1 4/22 12 5 10 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 4/23 17 6 16 5 10 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 4/23 18 5 16 4 9 4 4 3 5 1 2 0 4/24 20 8 15 4 6 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 5/13 21 8 13 3 5 2 2 5 4 0 1 0 5/14 10 5 12 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 5/14 15 5 11 2 5 3 4 6 1 3 1 0 5/15 20 8 18 1 5 3 3 5 3 1 1 1 5/28 13 4 10 1 4 4 7 7 4 1 1 1 5/28 22 7 18 3 8 5 7 6 2 4 0 2 5/29 9 2 11 1 5 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 5/29 16 5 10 2 3 4 4 3 4 3 0 0 5/30 14 5 14 3 9 1 3 1 4 3 2 0 7/6 11 5 13 1 5 0 2 3 3 3 3 0 7/7 26 8 20 2 5 8 10 6 2 1 2 1 7/7 26 10 17 4 8 2 3 10 6 1 1 0 7/8 6 5 4 0 2 0 7/8 13 5 14 1 5 2 2 8 3 3 1 1 7/9 Team Didn't Advance to Quarterfinals Avg 16.6 45% 39% 72% 5 3 2 1 0

2 games played in the Adidas Summer Championships. 16 pts. on 5 of 10 FG's; 0 for 2 on 3's; 6 of 7 FT's; 7 reb; 0 asst; 4 TO; 0 stl; 1 blk. 16 pts. on 6 of 10 FG's; 2 of 4 on 3's; 2 of 3 FT's; 9 reb; 1 asst; 4 TO; 0 stl; 2 blks. Demonstrating pretty good aggressiveness at hitting the boards.

2 games played in the 16U Adidas Summer Championships 13 pts. on 5 of 14 FG's; 1 of 7 on 3's; 2 of 3 on FT's; 2 reb; 8 asst.; 0 TO; 3 stls; 1 blk. [helps offset a bad shooting day!!] 19 pts. on 7 of 13 FG's; 2 of 2 on 3's; 3 of 3 on FT's; 2 reb; 1 asst; 0 TO; 0 stl; 0 blk.