(2027) PG - Chase Branham to INDIANA

[Demo]

8 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

You mean that you just don't stop talking to them or watching them because they are committed?  Wow. a novel concept!!  (That is all sarcasm, IYKYK)

Well, at least we know DDV won’t call him Chad or some damned thing. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Logan-Rogersville defeated Vashon 74-60 and faces Clayton tomorrow at 5:00 ET for the Class 4 state championship.  Branham 31p,  9r,  2a.  

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

This Vashon team wasn't exactly chopped liver.  They won the last 6 state titles and this was Vashon's first loss in the final four since 1999. Vashon was 20-0 with 10 championships when making the final four since 2000.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Chase is a state champion.  After taking care of perennial power Vashon yesterday, Logan-Rogersville took Clayton to the woodshed with a 72-36 pounding.  Hopefully some game stats will surface.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://sgfcitizen.org/springfield-sports/athlete-of-the-week/chase-branham-logan-rogersville-state-champs/

May face a decision on staying at Logan-Rogersville for his senior season or transfer to a basketball factory.

“I’ve had thoughts (of attending an academy). I mean, they’ve reached out,” he said. “As of right now, no decisions have been made. This is where I want to be, at Logan-Rogersville, but time comes where a decision has to be made. It might happen, but this is where I want to be, (with) my guys.”

[Home Jersey]

 

[IUHoosier5]

8 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

 

More of this

[Demo]

Nice interview with Branham. The full interview is good but the IU discussion starts at about 2:00. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Named to Max Preps Junior All-American second team.

Chase Branham, Logan-Rogersville (Rogersville, Mo.)

6-4 | Guard

Four-star Indiana pledge guided the Wildcats (29-3) to their first state championship since 1982, pumping in 21.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.2 steals per contest.

[Uspshoosier]

He had 27 tonight 

[IvanRenkosillegitimatechild]

35 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

He had 27 tonight 

Too bad he didn’t reclassify even just to redshirt 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Full stat line in last night's win.  

27p on 6-11 FG,  2-5 on 3s; 13-13 FT.    1r,  1a,  2s,  0b,  3t

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Consistently puts up great games. Really looking forward to this one.  

[Demo]

Here’s our boy diving for a 50/50 ball during a travel ball game in April. Follows that up with chasing down a loose ball and just casually burying a corner 3. If that doesn’t do a little something for you not sure what will. 

[Uspshoosier]

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Stats for Chase's AAU weekend.  Don't overreact to how minimal his game stats were for his 4-point game as it was a garbage opponent.  It was 63-39 after 3Qs and mercy ruled when it reached 71-46.  Raby was there and said Chase's offense wasn't needed and he primarily served as a distributor.  Key comment from Raby was that Chase seemed fully engaged throughout the game despite the inferior quality of the opponent and the scoring margin.  The final game of the weekend was also a mercy rule ending.  Raby was there for the entire weekend and made an interesting observation that in the 4/19 game Chase had 5 "hockey assists" in addition to the 1 he was officially credited with.  Also, Raby reported that DDV was in Kansas City to watch at least one of his games.  The next UAA event is May 15-17 in Cincinnati, OH.

 

Chase Brahham '27 - KC Run GMC
Date	Gms		Pts		FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	Reb	Ast	TO	Blk	Stl
4/17	W		27		6	11	2	5	13	13	1	1	3	0	2
4/18	W		21		8	13	2	6	3	3	5	2	5	1	2
4/18	W		4		2	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
4/19	W		13		5	12	3	4	0	0	3	1	0	1	1
Count/Avg	4		16.3		53%		41%		100%		2.3	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.0
AAU 2025	13		15.2		50%		39%		90%		3.2	2.5	2.0	0.6	1.8

[MonteMarcaccini]

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

Stats for Chase's AAU weekend.  Don't overreact to how minimal his game stats were for his 4-point game as it was a garbage opponent.  It was 63-39 after 3Qs and mercy ruled when it reached 71-46.  Raby was there and said Chase's offense wasn't needed and he primarily served as a distributor.  Key comment from Raby was that Chase seemed fully engaged throughout the game despite the inferior quality of the opponent and the scoring margin.  The final game of the weekend was also a mercy rule ending.  Raby was there for the entire weekend and made an interesting observation that in the 4/19 game Chase had 5 "hockey assists" in addition to the 1 he was officially credited with.  Also, Raby reported that DDV was in Kansas City to watch at least one of his games.  The next UAA event is May 15-17 in Cincinnati, OH.

 

Chase Brahham '27 - KC Run GMC
Date	Gms		Pts		FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	Reb	Ast	TO	Blk	Stl
4/17	W		27		6	11	2	5	13	13	1	1	3	0	2
4/18	W		21		8	13	2	6	3	3	5	2	5	1	2
4/18	W		4		2	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
4/19	W		13		5	12	3	4	0	0	3	1	0	1	1
Count/Avg	4		16.3		53%		41%		100%		2.3	1.5	2.0	0.5	2.0
AAU 2025	13		15.2		50%		39%		90%		3.2	2.5	2.0	0.6	1.8

Haven’t watched Branham live but have seen plenty of highlights and his stats against good competition and there is a lot to like.  Looks like a possible McDAA and a kid that could help IU from the jump.

That said, I’m way past taking much of Rabby’s player evals serious.  He gets so biased with certain players and just often sounds like he’s making excuses for when they don’t play well. 
His evals and commentary on Lander, Cupps and Booker to name a few were borderline ridiculous if not embarrassing. And partly why I jumped off that site.

If Trevor has things to say, I’m all ears.  He is an evaluator.  Rabjohns is a journalist.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing more about Branham’s play this spring and summer.

[American HoosierX]

17 hours ago, MonteMarcaccini said:

Haven’t watched Branham live but have seen plenty of highlights and his stats against good competition and there is a lot to like.  Looks like a possible McDAA and a kid that could help IU from the jump.

That said, I’m way past taking much of Rabby’s player evals serious.  He gets so biased with certain players and just often sounds like he’s making excuses for when they don’t play well. 
His evals and commentary on Lander, Cupps and Booker to name a few were borderline ridiculous if not embarrassing. And partly why I jumped off that site.

If Trevor has things to say, I’m all ears.  He is an evaluator.  Rabjohns is a journalist.

Anyway, looking forward to seeing more about Branham’s play this spring and summer.

I'd add TJD to that list (not a major year 1 contributor according to Rabby). It's OK to be wrong sometimes, what bothered me about him was that he never owned up to it.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

I’m not owning up to anything!!

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

At last weekend's UAA event, Chase, not surprisingly, was named to the weekend's 1st team.  He was also named to the event's All-Defense team.

Stats for the weekend:  15.8 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 2.0 APG, 2.3 SPG