2025 Boys AAU Season

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Jason Gardner today.

https://x.com/i/status/1936551041807351872

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Harper Baker-Lands 27, Landon Gilliatt 22 and Noah Smith 20 for Plainfield. Keaton Aldridge had 25 and Julien Smith 17 for Cathedral.  Plainfield won 77-71.

Huge outing from '26 Qayden Samuels in a win over Academy of Central Florida. 34PTS on 11/17FG in front of HC’s Dan Hurley & Nate Oates. UNC, Duke, Tennessee, Kentucky, Kansas, G’Town, Indiana among the many others court side.  Yesterday Qayden Samuel helped lead his team to a win over Hargrave behind 20PTS, 4REBS & 4ASTS.  Samuels is a high school teammate of Prince-Alexander Moody.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

DDV and Adams again watching Isaiah Hill today at the Charlie Hughes Shootout.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

DDV and Adams now watching '27 Jason Gardner Jr. and the Fishers squad.  Per Raby, we had representation at Indy, DC, Philly and KC this weekend.  There is another limited Evaluation Period next weekend for high school and JUCO certified so prep schools will again not be involved.  Interesting to see where the staff is next weekend and who they're primarily watching.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Fishers rolls to the 75-46 win over Riley. Cooper Zachary & Kai McGrew had 17. Jason Gardner Jr. scored 13.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

So which shoe circuit features the best players?   Last night's NBA first round draft.

Nike EYBL: 13

International: 10

Independent: 3

adidas 3SSB: 2

UAA: 1

PRO16: 1

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Drew Adams in Switzerland for the FIBA U19 men's World Cup that includes IU offers Jordan Smith, Jr. and Caleb Holt on its roster.  And before anyone asks, this is not the FIBA event that our Serbian recruit Aleksa Ristic will be playing in later in July.

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-recruiting-iu-continues-to-grow-its-international-connections-assistant-drew-adams-is-in-europe-for-the-u19-world-cup-251307124/

 

DDV and KJ expected at the DMV Live event to watch Prince-Alexander Moody and Martay Barnes play among others.

Rod Clark in Richmond, VA to watch Latrell Allmond and others.

Norton will be at the IBCA Top 100 Camp at Ben Davis HS.

 

 

[Demo]

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

Drew Adams in Switzerland for the FIBA U19 men's World Cup that includes IU offers Jordan Smith, Jr. and Caleb Holt on its roster.  And before anyone asks, this is not the FIBA event that our Serbian recruit Aleksa Ristic will be playing in later in July.

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-basketball-recruiting-iu-continues-to-grow-its-international-connections-assistant-drew-adams-is-in-europe-for-the-u19-world-cup-251307124/

 

DDV and KJ expected at the DMV Live event to watch Prince-Alexander Moody and Martay Barnes play among others.

Rod Clark in Richmond, VA to watch Latrell Allmond and others.

Norton will be at the IBCA Top 100 Camp at Ben Davis HS.

 

 

So, DDV and Johnson are in Prince George’s County, Clark is in Richmond, VA, Norton’s on the west side of Indy and Adams is in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva and in the foothills of the Alps?

Huh 

Snark aside, pretty sure both the FIBA and DMV Live events are streamed if anyone’s interested.

[Stuhoo]

11 minutes ago, Demo said:

So, DDV and Johnson are in Prince George’s County, Clark is in Richmond, VA, Norton’s on the west side of Indy and Adams is in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva and in the foothills of the Alps?

Huh 

Snark aside, pretty sure both the FIBA and DMV Live events are streamed if anyone’s interested.

KJ and Clark:

Norton:

Adams:

Winner:

[Demo]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

KJ and Clark:

Norton:

Adams:

Winner:

Least they could do for the guy after posting that freaking picture of him.

[mike vannice]

Ok Mr. Adams bring home  a Euro big for next years team. Would prefer that to Luke Goode.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Month of July wraps up the 3 major shoe company circuits and the crowning of their respective champions. 

EYBL:  July 9--20 in No. Augusta, SC

3SSB:  July 9-13 in Rock Hill, SC and July 17-20 in Ladea Ranch, CA

UAA:  July 10-13 in Emerson, GA and July  18-20 in Bedford Park, IL  (Chase Branham is our only UAA offer)

For recruiting purposes:

• July 1 through July 9 is a Dead Period - No in-person contact on or off-campus.
• July 10 through July 13 - Evaluation Period.
• July 14 through July 16 - Dead Period
• July 17 through July 20 - Evaluation Period.
• July 21 through July 27 - Dead Period
• July 28 through August 3 - Quiet Period.  In-person on-campus contact only.
• August 4 through August 20 - Dead Period
• August 21 through August 31 - Quiet Period

 

 

 

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3SSB spring circuit awards.  All of the players listed hold offers from DDV.

• MVP - Caleb Holt
• Offensive MVP - Tay Kinney
• Defensive MVP - Cameron Williams
• Underclass MVP - Bruce Branch
• 1st Team:  Holt, Kinney, Williams, Arafane Diane and Deron Rippey
• 2nd Team:  Colben Landrew, Anthony Thompson, Trey Thompson and Latrell Allmond
• 3rd Team:  Martay Barnes and Bruce Branch
• All Underclassmen:  Barnes and Branch
• All Defense:  Diane and Rippey

 

 

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

3SSB spring circuit awards.  All of the players listed hold offers from DDV.

• MVP - Caleb Holt
• Offensive MVP - Tay Kinney
• Defensive MVP - Cameron Williams
• Underclass MVP - Bruce Branch
• 1st Team:  Holt, Kinney, Williams, Arafane Diane and Deron Rippey
• 2nd Team:  Colben Landrew, Anthony Thompson, Trey Thompson and Latrell Allmond
• 3rd Team:  Martay Barnes and Bruce Branch
• All Underclassmen:  Barnes and Branch
• All Defense:  Diane and Rippey

 

 

That’s a nice group. They don’t have nearly the depth of talent of EYBL, but Adidas’ high end talent is really, really good.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

On 6/29/2025 at 11:25 AM, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Month of July wraps up the 3 major shoe company circuits and the crowning of their respective champions. 

EYBL:  July 9--20 in No. Augusta, SC

3SSB:  July 9-13 in Rock Hill, SC and July 17-20 in Ladea Ranch, CA

UAA:  July 10-13 in Emerson, GA and July  18-20 in Bedford Park, IL  (Chase Branham is our only UAA offer)

For recruiting purposes:

• July 1 through July 9 is a Dead Period - No in-person contact on or off-campus.
• July 10 through July 13 - Evaluation Period.
• July 14 through July 16 - Dead Period
• July 17 through July 20 - Evaluation Period.
• July 21 through July 27 - Dead Period
• July 28 through August 3 - Quiet Period.  In-person on-campus contact only.
• August 4 through August 20 - Dead Period
• August 21 through August 31 - Quiet Period

 

 

 

Bump

 

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/a-host-of-high-profile-indiana-basketball-recruiting-prospects-are-in-action-today-251620175/

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Not expecting 3SSB to provide box score info after each game but rather a single summary when the session is over so these kinds of reports will have to do.

Indiana Elite 2027 3SSB defeats Garner Road 72-68 behind Jason Gardner Jr.'s. 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists    Cooper Zachary followed with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals.  '27 Derrick Cross of Bloomington North 12 points and 4 rebounds

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Andershock - Final/OT: Iowa United 71, Phenom United 66. Iowa United caught fire from three with about eight minutes left to flip the game.  Arafan Diane 22p, 13r

The Daily Hoosier reported he plans to take visits in September but Diane did not name names.

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Jeff Borzello - Incredibly clutch performance by five-star Deron Rippey Jr. Contested 3 in final seconds of regulation to send game to OT. Then a game-tying layup with six seconds left in overtime — followed by a game-winning steal and assist on the next possession.

In OT, New Heights 79, Wildcat Select 77.  Deron Rippey 22pts, 11asts for NH.  Taylen Kinney 18pts, 5asts, 4rebs for WS. 

And it's been reported that Rippey has said he intends to visit IU.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

D1 Minnesota defeats Indiana Elite 65-55.   Anthony Thompson 16p  8r in the loss