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A Basketball Filled Week in Las Vegas
NetScouts Basketball enjoyed a basketball-filled five days in Las Vegas attending the top youth tournaments along with coaches from just about every Division 1 school. We attended the adidas Super 64, the Fab 48 and the Juco Showcase.
Our first recap is of the Las Vegas Fab 48. This was an inaugural event which had strong attendance from coaches. The Drew Gooden Soldiers were crowned the winners in the presence of King LeBron James at Bishop Gorman High School on Sunday night. James stayed for most of the Soldiers' 86-66 victory over the Iowa Barnstormers to win the Invitational Division in front of 1,500 spectators.
"It was a very good event," said Drew Gooden Soldiers coach Mark Olivier. "There were some very good teams and it was a diverse field." Jabari Brown had 19 points four assists for the Soldiers, who won the Drew Gooden Extra and finished in the top eight of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League in the spring. Brown was named the tournament MVP following the conclusion of the game. Nick Johnson and Kyle Wiltjer added 16 points each for Oakland while Seth Tuttle led Iowa with 16 points.
Led by Nick Emery's19 points, Salt Lake Metro Black won the 17 Open championship by defeating Southwest Elite Black, 68-48. Savoy Goodman had 24 points and Brandon Taylor added 20 as the Team Philly 16s beat the Oakland Soldiers 16s, 81-47, to win the 16-under Division championship.
More than 175 teams from over 20 states and Canada participated in the four-day event that ended on Sunday. Deron Williams, Drew Gooden and Kyle Lowry were a few of the NBA players who showed up to support the traveling teams that they sponsor.
We’ll list the Top 30 players at the event in a future post. Next year's tournament will be held July 22-25, 2011 at Bishop Gorman and other nearby locations.
Carl Berman is a Managing Partner of NetScouts Basketball and can be followed on twitter @carlberman.
Top 30 Players at the Las Vegas Fab 48
Fab 48 All-Tournament Team
We enjoyed our time at the Las Vegas Fab 48. The media at the tournament elected a All-Tournament Team of 30 players. Here they are in alphabetical order.
MVP: Jabari Brown, Drew Gooden Soldiers
- Kory Alford, Danny Granger Hurricanes
- Kyle Anderson, Playaz
- Ryan Anderson, California Supreme
- Brandon Ashley, Drew Gooden Soldiers 17s
- Wayne Blackshear, Mac Irvin Fire
- Jabari Brown, Drew Gooden Soldiers 17s
- DeAndre Daniels, Belmont Shore
- Nick Emery, Salt Lake Metro Black
- Christian Frankling, LA Rockfish
- Amir Garrett, Belmont Shore
- Ricardo Gathers New Orleans D-I/Elite Ambassadors
- Sterling Gibbs, New York Panthers
- Savon Goodman, Team Philly
- Cezar Guerrero, Belmont Shore
- Maurice Harkless, New York Panthers
- Amile Jefferson, Team Philly
- Grant Jerrett, Belmont Shore
- Nick Johnson, Drew Gooden Soldiers 17s
- Myck Kabongo, Grassroots Elite Canada
- Brandon Kearny, Team Detroit
- Chance Murray, LA Rockfish
- LeBryan Nash, Dallas Mustangs
- DeMarcus Nelson, Team Odom
- Josh Oglesby, Iowa Barnstormers
- Walter Pitchford, Team Detroit
- Norman Powell, San Diego All-Stars Gold
- Josiah Turner, Drew Gooden Soldiers 17s
- Seth Tuttle, Iowa Barnstormers
- Byron Wesley, California Supreme
- Tony Wroten, Seattle Rotary Select
Carl Berman is a Managing Partner of NetScouts Basketball and can be followed on twitter @carlberman.
Nike Global Challenge Day 1
It was the first day of action at the Nike Global Challenge in Hillsboro, Oregon. The first round pitted four United States teams aged 20 and under against four International Teams.
The first game matched the United States team from the Midwest against an All-Asia team. The Asian team featured four players from China, two from Taiwan, two from Australia and one from the Philippines.The game wasn't much of a contest as the Midwest team trounced All-Asia 127-86. The Americans were led by top performances by Bradley Beal, Jahii Carson and Anthony Davis. 6'4 shooting guard Beal led the scorers with 28 points on 12-for-23 shooting. Carson, an impressive 5'11 point guard, contributed 22 points on 9-for-11 shooting to go along with nine assists. Davis, a 6'9 center had 23 points and nine rebounds on 11-for-14 shooting. Bobby Parks, a 6'5 combo guard from the Philippines, impressed us with his soft touch and scored 25 points to lead the Asian team.
The second game between the USA-West against INSEP of France was much more competitive. INSEP took a one-point advantage after the first quarter and trailed by only 53-50 at halftime. France's athleticism was eident in the first half as they out-rebounded the Americans 25-18. The USA-West went out to a six-point lead after three quarters but INSEP's three-point shooting and rebounding advantage wore the American down. They tied the score at 87 before Benjamin John and frederic Bourdillon hit key three-pointers helping INSEP gain a ten-point lead midway through the final stanza. INSEP help on for an exciting 112-108 victory.
Point Guard Benjamin John led INSEP with 24 points on 5-for-7 three-pointers. His backcourt mate Ulysse Adjagba added 18 points. Alex Gavrilovic helped inside with 10 points and 10 rebounds. The USA was led by Jabari Brown's 25 points, Nick Johnson's 22 and Johnny O'Bryant's 20 points and 11 rebounds. INSEP shot 13-for-26 on three-pointers and out-rebounded the Americans by 12.
Game 3 was an absolute thriller. Canada topped the USA-East team in double-overtime 106-100. The East was up 40-36 at halftime but was outscored 31-14 in the third quarter as Canada took a 67-54 lead. The USA stormed back in the fourth quarter to tie it at 78. Both teams had several chances to win it in regulation but couldn't convert. The same thing happened at the end of the first overtime as the USA missed a shot at the buzzer after Canada missed several chances. Canada then took control early in the second overtime and outlasted the USA-East. Kyle Wiltjer and Khem Birch were huge for Canada. Wiltjer finished with 31 points and 18 rebounds while Birch had 25 points, 20 rebounds and six blocks. Kevin Pangos came on late for Canada as did Anthony Bennett. Bennett scoted 17 while Pangos had 15 with nine assists. James McAdoo led the Americans with 24 points and 13 rebounds. It was a game of "crazy" stats:
- Wiltjer took 31 shots
- Canada shot 4-31 on three-pointers. The teams combined shot 10-60 on threes.
- Canada took 111 shots to 100 for the USA.
- Canada grabbed 82 rebounds.
The final game matched the USA South against Brazil. Brazil gave the USA U18 team all they could handle in the FIBA Americas Championship last month. In this tournament Brazil is missing their top point guard Raul Neto. The USA took a 48-38 lead at halftime behind a last second three-pointer by P.J. Hairston. The USA-South extended their lead to 18 points before the Brazilians, led by their 6'9 center Lucas Riva Nogueira, cut the lead to 66-60 late in the third quarter. The Brazilians stayed close but lost their star when Nogueira fouled out with 7 minutes left. Brazil had a chance to take the lead with 15 seconds left but missed an inside shot. The got the ball back trailing 90-87 with 12 seconds left. Victor Correia then hot a long three-pointer with 1.4 seconds left to send the game to overtime tied at 90. P.J. Hairston gave the USA the lead with a three-pointer and then a nice drive to give the Americans a five-point lead. They didn't give that lead up as the USA-South held off the game Brazilians 107-99.
Carl Berman is a Managing Partner of NetScouts Basketball and can be followed on twitter @carlberman.
2010 Nike Global Challenge: P.J. Hairston MVP as USA-South Wins
It was an exciting conclusion to the 2010 Nike Global Challenge. We thoroughly enjoyed the tournament and look forward to next year's event. We've already filled you in on the All-International games. Her's the wrap-up of the USA games.
First came a battle for 5th place and the winner of the consolation bracket. In that game, the USA-East topped the USA-West 129-123. Some of the top performances were:
- James McAdoo continued to impress for the East as he poured in 28 points on 14-for-18 shooting to go along with 13 rebounds.
- Michael Gbinjie also had a stellar tournament. Playing for the East, the 6'6 wing scored 24 points in 11-for-14 shooting.
- 6'9 Rakeem Christmas was solid in the paint for the East with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 blocked shots.
- Nick Johnson scored 27 for the West although he shot only 11-for-26
- Johnny O'Bryant impressed us all weekend. He had another solid game with 21 points and 13 rebounds.
- Jabari Brown added 11 assists to his 21 points although he shot only 8-for-23.
- The East shot 65.1% for the game (56-for-86) with many dunks and transition scores.
The championship game was another fast-paced game as the USA-South prevailed over the USA-Midwest 123-115. Highlights included:
- P.J. Hairston lighting it up for 41 points for the South as he made 13-of-14 free throws as well as a few long-range three's.
- Kentavious Caldwell and Adonis Thomas helped in the transtion game with 21 and 20 points respectively. Caldwell also brought down 11 rebounds.
- Bradley Beal of the Midwest matched Hairston bucket-for-bucket as he poured in 40 points on 5-for-12 on three's.
- Jahii Carson was amazing all weekend. The 5'11 point guard had 28 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in the finale. Say Isiah Thomas anyone?
The USA All-Tournament Team consisted of:
- MVP - P. J Hairston (South)
- James McAdoo (East)
- Nick Johnson (West)
- Bradley Beal (Midwest)
- Adonis Thomas (South)
- Jahii Carson (Midwest)
Carl Berman is a Managing Partner of NetScouts Basketball and can be follwed on twitter @carlberman.