2022 AAU Season

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

Trent Markwith reported we watched the 17U Indy Heat vs New Heights Lightning game last night.  The 17U Indy Heat has possible players of IU interest in Sam Orme and Reece Potter.   Purely for information that team also includes Kaleb Glenn, Jeremy Fears and Dravyn Gibbs-Lawhorn.

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34 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Trent Markwith reported we watched the 17U Indy Heat vs New Heights Lightning game last night.  The 17U Indy Heat has possible players of IU interest in Sam Orme and Reece Potter.   Purely for information that team also includes Kaleb Glenn, Jeremy Fears and Dravyn Gibbs-Lawhorn.

 

Reece Potter is kinda interesting. 7'0" and mobile, but no strength and no offense to speak of. Might have a higher ceiling than originally thought. Apparently things have started to click for him recently and he's starting to get high-major interest.

 

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https://247sports.com/Article/UAA-Finals-Derik-Queen-Chris-Johnson-Silas-Demary-Collin-Tanner-Bez-Jenkins-Efeosa-Oliagu-190354059/
Fair to call this “gushing” over Derik Queen.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

Xavier Booker (Cathedral H.S. 2023) finished with 16 points, 11 rebounds, & 4 blocks in a win for George Hill All Indy last night in their first game of NY2LA The Final Chapter. Went against 7’1” Top 25 prospect Isaiah Miranda.  Izzo and Mark Montgomery were on hand to watch.  This event does not publish box scores so any info we get on Booker stat wise will be via Tweets.

[lillurk 3,762]

Maybe I’m wired to like state but hosting basketball events without keeping/sharing stats is weird

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Terrific test for DeHawn Harris-Smith and 1 of the best pool games at EYBL, Team Takeover vs City Rocks. City Rocks has Simeon Wilcher, top 20 ‘23 PG going to UNC and Elijah Gertrude, ‘23 SG with a nice high major offer list. 

https://nikeeyb.com/livestream/

Game is at 5:30 on court 2.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

Brian Walsh currently watching '24 Liam McNeeley.

McNeeley finished with 20p on 6-11 FG; 2-4 on 3s; 6-6 FT; 8r; 7a; 1s; 3t

Edited July 21, 2022 by Class of '66 Old Fart
Added McNeeley's stats

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

We're currently watching 16U PSA (Boogie Fland and Yves Missi) vs Team Final. 

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19 hours ago, lillurk said:

Has anyone written about how quickly we got into the thick of the DHS sweepstakes?

Haven’t seen anything, but it’s fair to assume Kenya knows a guy who knows a guy….

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

A little jet lag in the making.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

Rosemond and Walsh are watching DeShawn Harris-Smith again tonight.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

Four-star SF Coen Carr (Georgia Stars 17u) – Coen Carr has a different type of explosion. He has great length and defensive versatility. Rebounds hard and is a sneaky weakside shot blocker. – Jamie Shaw

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

Watching the Indiana Elite 16U at the Adidas event  -- Flory Bidunga and Raleigh Burgess.

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It’s a little hard to see on stream so I might have this wrong, but it looks like Walsh is watching Liam McNeeley right now.

[Uspshoosier 46,002]

23 minutes ago, Demo said:

It’s a little hard to see on stream so I might have this wrong, but it looks like Walsh is watching Liam McNeeley right now.

You are correct.  Walsh is watching 

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38 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

You are correct.  Walsh is watching 

Full day for him:

Darryn Peterson-12:30

TJ Power-2pm

Yves Missi and Boogie Fland-2pm 

James Brown-3:30

Dylan Harper-3:30

DeShawn Harris-Smith-6:30

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

Some notables from the Under Armour event in Chicago where the teams have now played 3 games.

Elmarko Jackson averaging 12p on 14-39 FG, 5r, 5a. 

Jakai Newton has been quiet for a number of games but exploded for 24p on 9-11FG that included 5-7 on 3s.

Derik Queen had a double double in his first 2 games and a near double double in game 3.  Averaging 16p on 20-38 FG and 11r for the 3 games. 

16U stats aren't being posted so don't know how Bryson Tiller is doing.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

It’s a little hard to see on stream so I might have this wrong, but it looks like Walsh is watching Liam McNeeley right now.

McNeeley finished with 10p on 5-11 FG, 7r, 4a, 5s, 2b, 3t in a win for Drive Nation.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,989]

Xavier Booker playing in Milwaukee in the NY2LA Final Chapter event and this from his Wednesday night game.  Box score data for this event is not being published or I have yet to find the site where it is being published.

2023 6’11 Xavier Booker – George Hill All-Indy 

The matchup of the night was between Xavier Booker and Isaiah Miranda – two of the top bigs in the country in the class of 2023 – and Booker’s George Hill team came out on top on Wednesday. Booker is so skilled at 6’11 and I continue to walk away impressed with his perimeter skill and soft touch. He has a quick release on his jumper with good mechanics and is really dangerous as a floor spacer in pick and pop, and as a trail big where he can shoot the three or attack closeouts and get to the rim. Booker covers so much ground running the floor with his long strides and can recover in a hurry defensively to block and alter shots at the rim.

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Walsh watching Power again right now, who is having an excellent game.