2022 AAU Season

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,936]

Heads up for those of you with no current plans for the Memorial Day weekend, the EYBL will be in Louisville at the Kentucky Exposition Center for games on May 28-30 (Sat., Sun., and Mon.).   This event will include a number of kids with IU offers plus a number of potential targets we've been watching closely.  

[BtownStrength 993]

13 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Heads up for those of you with no current plans for the Memorial Day weekend, the EYBL will be in Louisville at the Kentucky Exposition Center for games on May 28-30 (Sat., Sun., and Mon.).   This event will include a number of kids with IU offers plus a number of potential targets we've been watching closely.  

Thanks for the heads up! About 15 minutes away for me, I will try to make it and report anything of interest. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,936]

Updated 05.10.22          NOTE:  There are many more names of possible interest but those I listed seemed to be the current “hot” names and it’s purely subjective on my part.

 

EYBL – Offers

• ·         Bailey, Ace '24 - AOT EYB GAa 16U
• ·         Carr, Coen  '23- Georgia Stars 17U
• ·         Evans, Kwame ‘23 - Team Durant 17U
• ·         Haralson, Jalen  '25 - Indy Heat 16U
• ·         Harper, Dylan '25 - NY Rens (16U)
• ·         McNeeley, Liam '24 - Drive Nation 16U
• ·         Missi, Yves '23 - PSA Cardinals 16U
• ·         Page, Arrinten '23 - The Skills Factory (TSF)  17U
• ·         Peterson, Darryn '25 - NJ Scholars     (Possibly playing 15U as he's not appeared in either the 16U or 17U box scores)
• ·         Power, T. J. ’23 – BABC 17U
• ·         Sisley, Trent ’25 – Indy Heat 16U

EYBL – Players of Possible Interest

• ·         Catchings, Kanon ’24 – Indy Heat 16U
• ·         Dunlap, Brady ’23 – Vegas Elite 17U

 

ADIDAS - Offers

• Cupps, Gabe '23 - Midwest Basketball Club 17U
• Dilione, Freddie ’23 – Team Loaded (NC) 17U
• Kaiser, Jaimie, Jr. '23 - New World 17U
• Koch, Cooper '24 - Indy Elite 16U              
• McNeil, Paul '24 - Garner Road 16U       
• Peat, Koa ’25 – Compton Magic 17U  
• Powell, Jonathan ’24 – Wildcats Select 16U
• Roberts, J. Q. '23 - Indy Elite 17U
• Rooths, Khani '24- New World 17U
• Stojakovic, Andrej ‘23 - Compton Magic 17U
• Tucker, Bryson '24 - Team Loaded (VA)      (Reportedly sitting out the AAU season)

ADIDAS – Players of Possible Interest

• ·         Bidunga, Flory ’24 – Indy Elite 16U
• ·         Crawford, Elijah ’24 – The Skills Factory 16U
• ·         Perry, Travis ’24 – Indiana Elite 16U

 

UNDER ARMOUR - Offers

• ·         Newton, Jakai '23 - Atlanta Xpress 17U
• ·         Queen, Derik '24 - Team Thrill 17U
• ·         Tiller, Bryson '25 - Atlanta Xpress 16U

UNDER ARMOUR – Players of Possible Interest

• ·         Thomas, Asa ’23 – Illinois Wolves 17U

 

INDIES – Offers

• ·         Booker, Xavier '23 - George Hill All Indy 17U
• ·         Jobe, William '24 - Team Dickerson 16U
• ·         Scott, Dennis III '24 - Shooters Paradise 16U
• ·         Wilson, Caleb - AE5 Rimrockers        (Don't know which team)

Edited May 14, 2022 by Class of '66 Old Fart
Added Jaimie Kaiser

[IUc2016 6,923]

19 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Eric Bossi on a number of players including Xavier Booker and Arrinten Page.

https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/LongFormArticle/Basketball-recruiting-Xavier-Booker-Dennis-Evans-Isaiah-Coller-Chris-Johnson-and-more-187348133/#187348133_1

Will be interesting to see just how high Booker gets to in the rankings. And the same goes for Page, the article says he is a safe bet to enter as a 4*

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,936]

May 27, at Valley HS in Louisville.

https://www.wdrb.com/sports/bozich-d-j-wagner-vs-reed-sheppard-get-ready-for-aau-showdown/article_b2d23482-d2da-11ec-bdbb-5f5c420a3aa9.html

[Demo 17,322]

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

May 27, at Valley HS in Louisville.

https://www.wdrb.com/sports/bozich-d-j-wagner-vs-reed-sheppard-get-ready-for-aau-showdown/article_b2d23482-d2da-11ec-bdbb-5f5c420a3aa9.html

Every time I see D.J. Wagner referred to as Milt Wagner’s GRANDson, I swallow really hard.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,936]

On 5/9/2022 at 6:56 PM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Heads up for those of you with no current plans for the Memorial Day weekend, the EYBL will be in Louisville at the Kentucky Exposition Center for games on May 28-30 (Sat., Sun., and Mon.).   This event will include a number of kids with IU offers plus a number of potential targets we've been watching closely.  

Reminder of this coming weekend's EYBL event in Louisville.

EYBL – Offers

• ·         Bailey, Ace '24 - AOT EYB GAa 16U
• ·         Carr, Coen  '23- Georgia Stars 17U
• ·         Evans, Kwame ‘23 - Team Durant 17U
• ·         Haralson, Jalen  '25 - Indy Heat 16U
• ·         Harper, Dylan '25 - NY Rens (16U)
• ·         McNeeley, Liam '24 - Drive Nation 16U
• ·         Missi, Yves '23 - PSA Cardinals 16U
• ·         Page, Arrinten '23 - The Skills Factory (TSF)  17U
• ·         Peterson, Darryn '25 - NJ Scholars     (Possibly playing 15U as he's not appeared in either the 16U or 17U box scores)
• ·         Power, T. J. ’23 – BABC 17U
• ·         Sisley, Trent ’25 – Indy Heat 16U

EYBL – Players of Possible Interest

• ·         Catchings, Kanon ’24 – Indy Heat 16U
• ·         Dunlap, Brady ’23 – Vegas Elite 17U

 

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,936]

Live streams of this weekend's EYBL games:

https://nikeeyb.com/livestream/

[Demo 17,322]

Watched Coen Carr’s game against Expressions Elite(Matas Buzelis, Taylor Bowen, Gavin Griffiths). Had a nice game, 10/5/3 in a loss. Such an unusual player. Not a lot of 6’6” elite athletes who play relentlessly within the offense, even playing travel ball. Keep waiting for him to decide to just go out and dominate, but he’s not wired that way, at least at this point. Aside: Griffiths had a terrific game. Great looking stroke. Has an Iowa offer. It’d be ok with me if he doesn’t take it. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 46,725]

18 hours ago, Demo said:

Watched Coen Carr’s game against Expressions Elite(Matas Buzelis, Taylor Bowen, Gavin Griffiths). Had a nice game, 10/5/3 in a loss. Such an unusual player. Not a lot of 6’6” elite athletes who play relentlessly within the offense, even playing travel ball. Keep waiting for him to decide to just go out and dominate, but he’s not wired that way, at least at this point. Aside: Griffiths had a terrific game. Great looking stroke. Has an Iowa offer. It’d be ok with me if he doesn’t take it. 

Was Buzelis silly good?

[Stuhoo 75,559]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Watched Coen Carr’s game against Expressions Elite(Matas Buzelis, Taylor Bowen, Gavin Griffiths). Had a nice game, 10/5/3 in a loss. Such an unusual player. Not a lot of 6’6” elite athletes who play relentlessly within; the offense, even playing travel ball. Keep waiting for him to decide to just go out and dominate, but he’s not wired that way, at least at this point. Aside: Griffiths had a terrific game. Great looking stroke. Has an Iowa offer. It’d be ok with me if he doesn’t take it. 

Sounds a lot like Geronimo 

[Demo 17,322]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Was Buzelis silly good?

With the exception of just flat airing out an open 3, he was exactly what you expect. He is so skilled. Plus, he looks to still be growing. Looked to have every bit of 4” on Carr. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,936]

Comment on Coen Carr from Hayden Shelton of NextUpRecruits  -  A DOG with a high motor! He competes at the highest level everytime he’s on the floor, shows explosiveness off the bounce, & literally FLOATS above the rim!  @Demo is that a reasonably accurate assessment?

 

[Demo 17,322]

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

Comment on Coen Carr from Hayden Shelton of NextUpRecruits  -  A DOG with a high motor! He competes at the highest level everytime he’s on the floor, shows explosiveness off the bounce, & literally FLOATS above the rim!  @Demo is that a reasonably accurate assessment?

 

Yeah, that’s completely fair. Carr stays engaged even when a game’s decided. Maybe his best quality. He just plays. And as a pure athlete, he’s better than Geronimo. He’s not gonna have that body, but his ability to run, jump and change direction are rare. He just needs to believe. But, Lord, the kid’s still 16. 

[Stuhoo 75,559]

30 minutes ago, Demo said:

Yeah, that’s completely fair. Carr stays engaged even when a game’s decided. Maybe his best quality. He just plays. And as a pure athlete, he’s better than Geronimo. He’s not gonna have that body, but his ability to run, jump and change direction are rare. He just needs to believe. But, Lord, the kid’s still 16. 

Oh a BETTER athlete than Geronimo?

Allllllrighty then

[Demo 17,322]

42 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Oh a BETTER athlete than Geronimo?

Allllllrighty then

From a purely run/jump perspective, yeah I think he is. He’ll never have the lower body strength to do what Geronimo did to Luka Garza. No chance. But he has such quick twitch and he is a greyhound changing ends. 

[Demo 17,322]

Coen Carr, John Bol and TJ Power playing at the same time. That’s annoying. Power, it is. 

[go iu bb 4,786]

3 hours ago, Demo said:

Carr stays engaged even when a game’s decided. Maybe his best quality. He just plays. 

That would be very welcome. We need a team of players with that attitude.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,936]

Travis Graf:  

The most anticipated game of the opening day in Louisville was the New Jersey Scholars vs Strive For Greatness. The Scholars feature top-25 prospects Aaron Bradshaw, Mackenzie Mgbako, and DJ Wagner.   Bronny James is also always a main attraction.  However, it was the fifth-highest rated prospect, four-star Brady Dunlap, who stole the show on the court. Dunlap went 7-of-14 from the field and 3-of-8 from three on the way to 17 points, four rebounds and three assists in 29 minutes. The SFG wing was efficient in the mid-range, utilizing nifty step-backs and post fades before elevating into his jumper. He also shot very confidently from the outside.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,936]

Comments from OTR Summer Jam.

Class of 2025 wing Caleb Wilson is making noise as the city’s top underclassman this spring. The 6-8 prospect backed up the hype by averaging a double-double at the Summer Jam event while playing up on the 17U AE5 team. Wilson proved he can score in several ways including by attacking the lane and getting to the foul line. On the defensive end, Wilson has huge upside as he protects the rim as shot blocker while also being able to defend several perimeter positions.

 Class of 2023 forward Dennis Scott III is one of the more consistent performers this spring at OTR events. His play with AE5 has been diversified. A few weekends ago he showed his range as a shooter in the trail 4 spot. This time he proved he can still bang around with the big men and anchor the block. His size and strength are to be noted here. Scott is already established as one of the premier prospects in the Southeast region heading into the July recruiting period.