From Washington, DC- (Volume 1, Issue 46)
Perry Jones III & Baylor remain unbeaten at 9-0 and ranked #7 nationally.
Baylor has the best NBA prospect in Perry Jones III, the best WNBA prospect in Brittany Griner and the Heisman Winner in Robert Griffin III.
-Baylor Perry Jones III (LBA Seawolves/Low Johns) scores career-high 28p,8r in 86-83 W over BYU
-Big Shots Schneider All Star Recruiting Service & the Big Shots Report have been certified by the NCAA. Our staff works hard in recruiting
-Oregon State is off to it's best start in 14 years...9-2....playing strong D and have a pro in Jared Cunningham.
-Lorenzo Romar won his 200th game at Washington.
-South Dakota State with a huge win over Washington last night led by 6'4 Jr. G Nate Wolters 34p,7a,6r. Wolters is avg. 21.5ppg, 6apg, 5rpg. South Dakota St. is 10-4. Tony Wroten (Seattle Rotary) led UW with 23p.
-@JoelFranESPN and @FrankieBur are the best evaluators of the high school talent on the West Coast. They attended the Mission Prep Classic in San Luis Obispo. I am sure they went to Firestone Grill for the Tri-Tip sandwich.
-John Wooden's The Pyramid of Success ... COMPETITIVE GREATNESS ... Maybe the most important characteristic of evaluating an athlete..
-COMPETITIVE GREATNESS When the going gets tough, the tough get going .Be at your best when your best is needed. Real love of a hard battle.
-If you have COMPETITIVE GREATNESS in anything you do, then you will have everyone who matters ultimate respect.
-Best COMPETITIVE GREATNESS in the NBA ... Kobe
-Do u think John Wooden would've wanted to coach a Tebow ..how about Lombardi ... Besides Ray Lewis & Tom Brady, who has had a more COMPETITIVE SPIRIT
-Jeff Sagarin's Top 10 NCAA College Basketball Ratings (Dec.17)
1. Big 10
2. Big 12
3. Big East
4. Mountain West
5. SEC
6. ACC
7. PAC 12
8. Atlantic 10
9. USA
10. WCC
-MID MAJORS ranked in the Top 50 in the Sagarin that you would not want to play on a neutral court in the NCAA Tournament:
Murray State is off to a 12-0 start and is ranked #22 nationally.
15. Murray State
20. Southern Mississippi
21. St. Mary's
22. Ohio
26. Northern Iowa
27. Creighton
29. Marshall
31. Wichita State
33. Iona
34. St. Louis
36. Denver
39. Long Beach
45. Gonzaga
49. Kent State
-30% of the Top 50 teams in the Sagarin Rating are from Mid Major leagues ... Obviously these teams are not mid major.
-Teams that HM would not want to play in the NCAA in
March. Sagarin Rate: 31 Wich St 33 Iona 34 SLU 36 Denver 39 LBSU 45 Gonzaga 49 Kent
-Teams that HM would not want to play in the NCAA In March. Sagarin Rating: 15 Murray 20 So Miss 22 St Mary's 26 N Iowa 27 Creighton
-Look up which nationally ranked teams that were "upset" this weekend & u will see that they were low in the Sagarin ... A&M, Illinois
-Gonzaga is on national TV more than the PAC 12, but this is changing soon with the PAC 12 / ESPN deal. Hard to win national titles w/o ESPN
-Watched 2 PAC 12 schools play on a TV channel I never even knew I had ...the PAC 12 will b up near the top as soon as the ESPN deal kicks in
-Damien Goodwin 2012 6'8 PF Columbia GA committed to Southern University.
-Tyquone Greer 2014 G IL has DePaul, Illinois, Providence, Baylor and others involved.
-Stephen Pledger OU guard is shooting over 60% from the field ...best field goal percentage in the nation for a guard ... Played for BoWilliams.
-UNC Wilmington offered Raekwon Harney 2013 PG Winston-Salem Prep NC.
-Missouri leading with Oregon transfer Jabari Brown.
-St. Benedicts's defeats Roselle Catholic 70-48 to win the Hoop Group Tip-Off. St. Benedict's Tyler Ennis was the MVP.
-Jahill Okafor 2014 C Whitney Young (IL) and Thomas Hamilton 2013 6'9 PF Whitney Young took unofficial visits to NC State.
-Rick Pitino was watching Tyler Ennis of St. Benedict's.
-Aquille Carr 2013 PG Patterson (MD) had 36 in a loss to Lincoln HS (NY) ... @BigShotsSkills and @BigShotsKids attended the event at Towson.
-Isaiah Whitehead 2014 G Lincoln HS (NY)... the next great
Lincoln(NY) 2014 G Isaiah Whitehead was electric in Baltimore this past weekend
guard from Tiny Morton's program.
-Maurice White 2013 G St. Frances Academy (MD) had 25 in a win over Quality Education Academy (NC).
-Stanley Johnson 2014 6'6 F Mater Dei (CA) had Kansas, St. John's, UCLA and others in to watch him over the weekend.
-Florida's Billy Donovan signed a five-year contract extension through the 2015-2016 season and take his tenure at Florida to 20 years.
-Dezmond Stoudamire 2015 5'6 PG Centennial (OR) is averaging 18 ppg as a freshman.
-Max Ivany's D1 Nation's Pacific Northwest Showcase ...
Jake Belford 2012 6'9 F Battle Ground (WA) MId major.
-Khem Birch Pitt 6'9 Freshman Center has decided to leave Pitt ... He was averaging 4.4 ppg and 5.0 rebounds through 10 games.
Hayden Hall 2013 6'6 F Brush Prairie (WA) ... Hard nose, excellent court vision, good shooter.
Pavel Jiranek 2012 6'2 G Veronia (WA) ... From Czech Republic
Paul Loranger 2013 6'11 Tahoma Maple Valley (WA) ... Max feels he is high major.
Jacob McGraw 2013 6'5 G Milwaukie LaSalle Prep (OR) ... High major length and athletism.
Brennan Rakoz 2013 6'7 F Toledo (WA) ... Active on boards.
Alex Roth 2013 6'4 G West Salem (OR) ... Bouncy, athletic slasher.
Jordan Schriber 2012 6'5 F Tillamock (OR) ... Has D2 offers, but Max felt he could play low D1.
-Louisville (Ky.) Trinity vs Salesian (Calif.) faced up today featuring the matchup of Darryl Hicks vs Jabari Bird.
-Baron Davis traded to the New York Knicks...good pick up for them but 8-10 weeks before his return due to his back.
-Georgia's Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was named the SEC Freshman of the Week
-UCF has backed off top-50 commit Michael Chandler. 6'10 Indian native is currently playing at Faith Baptist Prep(FL) with Kenny Gillion.
-Spoke with Team Loaded's Ty White...he has John Marshall HS at 7-0 led by 2012 MMs Willie Mangum & Jestin Lewis.
-Ty White has formed Team Loaded into one of the nation's premier grassroots programs, loaded up with talent at all levels!
-@BigShotsReport attended Fayetteville(NC) Clash at Capel.
-2013 6'3 SG Patrick Rooks (Charlotte Christian) is the real
Clemson 2013 commit Patrick Rooks was on fire in Fayetteville.
deal...strokes, springy HM...love the get for Clemson
-Ty White confirmed Clemson 2013 commit Patrick Rooks will play w/ Team Loaded...forming one of the nation's top backcourts in Rooks&Andrew Rowsey
-Team Loaded's 2013 5'10 PG Andrew Rowsey (Rockridge Co.) is the next Tyler Lewis...MVP of Big Shots Myrtle Beach the last 2 yrs
-Anson (NC) Diondre Pratt (Carolina Hawks) had 18 points 11 rebounds and BJ Tyson 6'2 2013 PG finished with 17 points 4-6 from 3,7r,5a in L to 71s
-Shonn Brown does a very good job coaching Charlotte Christian...coached both Stephon & Seth Curry, Anthony Gill at CC
-Ashley (NC)/Flight 22 Drew Combs 24p,10a & TJ Williams 20p,20r, Joel Yaworski 10p,12r were too much for South View/Flight 22/Fayetteville Stars Rian Holland 26p. Ashley (NC) def. South View (NC) 70-69
-Credit to former UNCW great Brett Blizzard on the improvement of Drew Combs jumper, avg. 20ppg, 7apg....playing his way into D1 looks. D2/LM
-TJ Williams has found himself. This is exciting to see...showcasing his 15' and scoring with his motor and hooks. 2nd straight double-double...best game of career with 20-20. MM+
-Rian Holland has a Stephon Curry stroke from 3. Can get it off any way, Effortless, enjoy watching him shoot the ball. MM-
-2012 6'9 Kwesi Abakah (North Gwinnett (GA)/Team Atlanta) was a standout in Fayetteville Clash at Capel, Big Shots all tourney in several events...bouncy 4-5, high GPA.
-Sindarius Thornwell Lancaster (SC)/Team United posted 23 pts, 6 rebs, 5 steals, 5 asst, 3 blk on Friday.
-GA Tech signee 2012 6'3 G Chris Bolden (Worldwide Renegades) was lights out in leading N. Gwinnett (GA) to 71-41 win over Hoggard (NC)
-Navy's Jason Crafton & Preps Plus Bob Smith were in attendance at Fayetteville Clash at Capel
-Chris Berman predicted that John Fox will use Tim Tebow as a DB on last play. Tebow will tackle Tom Brady for a safety & Bronco's win by 2
-Congrats to UW Whitewater FB NCAA Title v Mt Union in the championship. Amazingly have played each other for the title 7 straight yrs
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