From Myrtle Beach, SC - (Volume 2, Issue 6)
All Big Shots 2012 events are open to unsigned seniors,
UPCOMING BIG SHOTS 2012 EVENT:
MAR 3-4 | Big Shots @Kids Today Lansdowne, MD
MAR 10-11 | Big Shots Kids Annapolis Lansdowne, MD
MAR 17-18 | BIG SHOTS SOUTHERN TIP-OFF Alpharetta, GA
MAR 17-18 | BIG SHOTS BALTIMORE MARCH MADNESS
MAR 24-25 | BIG SHOTS SOUTH CAROLINA TIP-OFF Columbia, SC
MAR 24-25 | BIG SHOTS TEAM TAKEOVER Washington, DC
MAR 24-25 | Big Shots Fort Myers Gulf Coast Tip-Off Fort Myers, FL
MAR 31-APR1 | BIG SHOTS BALTIMORE FINAL 4 Baltimore, MD
MAR31-APR1| BIG SHOTS BEST OF THE SOUTHEAST Huntsville, AL
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-Former Big Shots guest speaker and future consultant Mike Sutton left a solid group at Tennessee Tech who is sitting at 14-9. Sutton's long time assistant Steve Payne took over for Sutton as the 37 year coaching veteran retired after a 6 year
Coach Mike Sutton is an inspiration to all of us.
fight with Guillain-Barré (GBS) syndrome, a disorder in which the body's immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system.
Although Coach Sutton may not be on the sidelines, his passion for the game remains as strong as ever. A State Championship in high school in Virginia and NCAA appearances at VCU, Tulsa, Georgia and Kentucky led to a 9 year stint at TN Tech where he was 2nd all time in wins and 9th all time in the OVC victories. Sutton came out of the J. D. Barnett/Tubby Smith coaching tree.
-Sutton recruited the current #2 scoring duo in NCAA in Kevin Murphy and Jud Dillard. Sutton also recuited PG Zac Swansey (UGA transfer & Georgia Stars player who led the Bulldogs to NCAA tournament) who leads the OVC in assists & steals. Murphy leads the OVC in scoring while Dillard is 3rdand leads the league in rebounding.
-Tenn. Tech Jr. Jud Dillard notched his 1000 career point and Kevin Murphy exploded for 50 points on 21 shots in the victory over SIUE. Two good players who are under the radar and led the Golden Eagles to the 2nd best record in school history in Sutton's last season.
"Obviously coming from the same coaching tree as Mike Sutton, we have known each other for 30 years. Mike is a great friend. We always love him talking to the players and sharing his knowledge and expertise not only with them but with us." -Jeff Schneider
Coach Mike Sutton is an inspiration to all of us.
-Follow @BigShotsWest for Big Shots west recruiting news. Chad Moellenberg is a longtime friend who has a great eye for talent & knows the players out west!
-2014 Perry (AZ) 5'10 G Jordan Howard is one of Arizona's best kept secrets. Averages 13.6 ppg thru 23 games with 53 threes and only 29 TOs.
-2014 Regis Jesuit (CO) 6'2 G Josh Perkins goes for 31pts & 8ast in an 87-71 win over a steady Mountain Vista (CO) team earlier this week.
-2013 Aurora Central (CO) guard Carlton Hurst goes for 25-11-4 with 4 steals as the Trojans hold on for a 67-66 home win vs. Montbello (CO).
-ASU 2014 commit Kodi Justice scores 17 in Dobson (AZ) win over #4 ranked Gilbert (AZ). 2014 PG Anthony Bryant drops 15 in a loss.
-Chandler (AZ) Basha 2013 duo Jaron Hopkins and Torren Jones combine for 82 pts in a 97-63 win over Casa Grande (AZ). Jones adds 27 rebounds.
-Event: Presidential Hoopfest
Date: February 18, 2012
Site: Dr. Henry A. Wise High School
12650 Brooke Lane
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
1:00pm Princeton Day vs. Cesar Chavez
2:30pm Middleburgh vs. Theordore Roosevelt
4:00pm Blue Ridge School vs. Spingarn
5:30pm Frederickburgh Christian vs. St. James
7:00pm Miller School vs. Bishop O'connell
8:30pm Coolidge vs. Riverdale Baptist
ESPN FAB 5
Oak Hill (VA) 32-0
Findlay Prep (TX) 21-1
Grace Prep (TX) 17-2
St. Anthony (NJ) 13-0
Chester (PA) 17-0
-Paul VI (DC) def. Gonzaga (DC) 66-53. GMU signee Patrick Holloway had 16p for Paul VI. 2013 sleeper Jamal Robinson had a big night.
-2016 PG Alani Moore is the next one in line of special PG's to come out of the DC Assault program. All tourney or MVP in several Big Shots 2011 events on the nation's #1 2016 team in DC Assault.
-Indiana Pacers SF Paul George grew 2 inches in the off-season from 6'8-6'10...he's averaging 11ppg and has the tools to be a future NBA All Star.
-Detroit receives commit from Coral Gables, FL 2012 SG Gabriel Dos Santos (Impact Basketball Academy)
-2014 6'7 PF Stavian Allen (Showtime All Stars (NC) recruiting is picking up...interest from George Mason, Bucknell. Recently reclassified, skilled wing.
-2014 6'3 G Anthony Pate (Ontario, CAN/Long Island Lutheran) avg. 15p, 7r, 5a. Interest from Yale, Florida, Kentucky, Marquette, Notre Dame, Lafayette & Yale.
-Baltimore Poly (MD) defeats Patterson (MD) 87-86 in 3OT. Aquille Carr scored a season-high 47 points and added 7a, 5a, 4s for Patterson. Poly was led by Chaz Brown's 23 points and 26 rebounds.
-Anthony Davis is a shot blocking machine...7 blocks away from SEC single-season record set by Shaquille O'Neal.
-Savon Goodman, Amile Jefferson two of Philly's finest and two of the nation's top players still available.
-Carolina Ravens 2013 6'4 SG Matt Howard (Columbia, SC/AC Flora) has offers from South Carolina, VA Tech, Richmond, VCU & GA Southern. Interest from Clemson, Wake Forest, Stanford, Florida State, Georgia, Marquette, Georgetown and Ohio State...scorer, great kid & student, played very well in 7 Big Shots events in 2011 especially Big Shots Myrtle Beach.
-2014 T-25 6'6 SF Jalen Lindsey (Franklin, TN/Christ
Jalen Lindsey, T-25 2014 prospect
Presbyterian) has 5 offers: Alabama, Memphis, NC State, Tennessee & Vanderbilt. Interest from North Carolina, Louisville, Kentucky and Xavier. Played for Tennessee Travelers last season on circuit.
-2013 Ottawa (KS) SF Semi Ojeleye (Mo-Kan Elite) had 50 p. Missouri's Frank Haith was in attendance. Semi visited Missouri this past weekend.
-2013 6'7 Madison Prep (LA) SF Jarell Martin had St. John's Steve Lavin and Louisville's Rick Pitino in attendance last night. HM
-DePaul commit 2013 G Billy Garrett Jr (Morgan Park (IL)/Mac Irvin Fire) had 27 pts & 4 rebs
-Boston signee Boys Latin (PA) 2012 5'8 PG Maurice Watson (Team Philly) goes off for 34p. Mighty Mouse eclipsed the 2,000 pt mark last week. All tourney Big Shots DC, Desert Duel
-C Daquan Brown transfers from Fresno State to Hofstra
-Sidiki Johnson transfers from Arizona to Providence.
-McDonald's announces their 35 greatest McDonald's All-
Americans
Earvin "Magic" Johnson (1977), Clark Kellogg (1979), Ralph Sampson (1979)
Isiah Thomas (1979), Dominique Wilkins (1979), James Worthy (1979)
Sam Perkins (1980), Glenn "Doc" Rivers (1980), Patrick Ewing (1981)
Michael Jordan (1981), Chris Mullin (1981), Kenny Smith (1983)
Danny Manning (1984), Larry Johnson (1987), Christian Laettner (1988)
Alonzo Mourning (1988), Bobby Hurley (1989), Shaquille O'Neal (1989)
Grant Hill (1990), Glenn Robinson (1991), Jason Kidd (1992)
Jerry Stackhouse (1993), Vince Carter (1995), Kevin Garnett (1995)
Paul Pierce (1995), Kobe Bryant (1996), Jay Williams (1999)
Carmelo Anthony (2002), Amare Stoudemire (2002), LeBron James (2003)
Chris Paul (2003), Dwight Howard (2004), Tyler Hansbrough (2005)
Kevin Durant (2006), Derrick Rose (2007)
-All 35 players were selected by members of the McDonald's All-American Games selection committee, led by Hall of Fame coach and committee chairman Morgan Wootten. This year's team will be announced on February 9 (5 p.m. ET on ESPNU)
-# 18 (Sagrin)St. Mary's (21-3) won on the road 80-66 at #32 (Sagrin)BYU (18-6). St. Mary's is leading the WCC with a 10-0 record...Gonzaga has won the West Coast Conference 11 straight years ... St. Mary's has won 20 games 8 times in their history, they have won 20 games 6 times during Randy Bennett's tenure.
-Happy for Towson and Pat Skerry for their win v UNCW ... Visited with Pat at the Coolidge v Montrose Christian game. Towson has put together an outstanding recruiting class.
-Phil Pressey Missouri PG is really fun to watch ... He was spectacular playing in Big Shots Myrtle Beach for BABC with Leo Papile ... His Dad, Paul Pressey was a great player at Tulsa and played in the NBA for 11 years. He currently is an assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
-Frank Haith, Missouri ... College Basketball Coach of the Year to this point.
-Arkansas G Rickey Scott (Full Court Athletes) led with 18p, 5r in W vs Vandy #BigShotsAlum
-#41(Sagrin) Iowa State (15-6) defeated #4 (Sagrin) Kansas for the Jayhawks first Big 12 loss 72-64 ... Iowa State's Royce White 6'8 250 is a matchup problem with his versatility ... He lead Iowa State with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assist.
-Royce White has 20p last night in hitting the GW to beat K-State.
-#31 (Sagrin) Vanderbilt (16-6) is one of hottest teams in the country winning for its 10th time in 12 games with a 84-77 win v #37 Middle Tennessee (20-3) but L to Arkansas last night... The win snapped MTSU's 12 game win streak ... Middle Tennessee deserves in the NCAA Tournament even if they do not win the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
-Vanderbilt has been nearly unbeatable since senior center Festus Ezile returned from injury. He had 21 points in the win v Middle Tennesse.
-Vandy at this time is unranked and have Final Four potential.
-Dr. Phillips(FL) T-60 2013 PG Rashawn Powell (FL Assault) had 29p 7a 4r 2s 1b vs Jones HS tonight...the next HM pg for Diana Neal. Smooth!
-UNC Greensboro (8-14) won their 6th straight with a 89-86 win over Western Carolina. Interim Coach, Wes Miller is 6-6 since replacing Mike Dement ... Wes deserves the full time position.
-DeShawn Mormon 2013 6'3 G HM DC Coolidge scored 29
DeShawn Mormon is a HM recruit after reclassifying to 2013.
of the teams 51 points in the two point win over Montrose Christian ... He played for in several Big Shots for Jerry McFarland and Virginia Assault.
-Jaquan Lyle 2014 6'6 G Evansville Bosse (IN) attended the Ohio State v Michigan game in Columbus...Ohio State has offered.
-Hofstra has offered Zach Lewis 2012 6'3 G Northwest Catholic CT ... He played for Long Island Lightning in the Big Shots.
-David Cohn 2013 6'2 G York (IL) had 47 points in the win v Hinsdale Central ... 13-17 FG, 7-8 3Pt, 14-17 FT, 5 assists and 5 steals ... he will play for the Illinois Wolves this year. He did not play last summer due to a broken wrist.
-The HBO Real Sports feature on the Van Gundy brothers, Jeff and Stan was enjoyable to watch.
-Epic Match as Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in winning the Australian Open in the longest Grand Slam Finals ever.
-John Lucas was the 1976 NBA #1 pick ... He was also an All American tennis player at Maryland.
-Undefeated Murray State is ranked #9 in the Coaches Poll and #37 in the Sagarin Rating ... They have 4 wins all year vs Top 150 teams.
-Sagrin Ratings Top 10 Leagues -(NCAA Teams)
1. Big Ten (8) 1 Ohio St, Michigan State, 7 Wisconsin, 10 Indiana, 33 Michigan, 35 Purdue, 42 Illinois, 46 Minnesota
2. Big 12 (6) 4 Kansas, 8 Missouri, 9 Baylor, 21 Kansas State, 30 Texas, 41 Iowa State
3. Big East (8) 3 Syracuse, 14 Marquette, 16 Georgetown, 27 WVU, 29 Louisville, 36 UCONN, 49 Seton Hall, 50 Cincinnati
4. SEC (5) 2 Kentucky, 13 Florida, 25 Alabama, 31 Vandy, 47 Mississippi State
5. ACC (4) 6 UNC, 11 Duke, 19 Florida State, 20 UVA
6. Mountain West (3) 12 UNLV, 24 New Mexico, 44 San Diego
7. PAC 10 (2) 22 Cal, 48 Stanford, 57
8. Atlantic 10 (2) 23 St Louis, 40 Temple
9. Missouri Valley (2) 15 Wichita St, 17 Creighton
10. Conference USA (2) 26 Memphis, 43 Southern Mississippi
11. Ranked conference WCC (3) 18 St Mary's, 29 Gonzaga, 32 BYU
The 11 top leagues will account for 45 teams in the NCAA Tournament.
The teams ranked 50-60 that will compete for a NCAA At Large ... In Big Shots count one of these teams will get into the NCAA field.
51. Wyoming
53. NC State
55. Arizona
56. Xavier
60. LaSalle
The BCA Conference Commissioner Poll will select ... Arizona
The BCA will not allow the Mountain West and the WCC to have 3 NCAA bids each and the PAC 12 only 2.
-The PAC 12 will soon compete for the top league in the country in all sports with the new 12-year television contract with ESPN and Fox that will more than triple it's media rights fees and be the most valuable for any conference in college sports ... The contract begins in the 2012-13 season ... $2.7 billion dollars over 12 years...the most powerful change that has happened in college athletics in 2011.
-Prediction that the PAC 12 will have 7-8 teams in the NCAA Tournament in 2014.
-New EYBL teams include Bluff City Legends(TN), Long Island Lightning(NY), Southern Stampede(GA), Team United(NC), Texas PRO. Texas Titans ARE in it listed as Team Texas. Also, Wisconsin Playground Warriors are now the Playground Soldiers
-St. Bonaventure have a NBA prospect in Andrew Nicholson...may the best SBU player since Bob Lanier.
-USC signee Myrtle Beach HS girls 2012 PG Khadijah Sessions has scored 2,797 career points in her career at Myrtle Beach HS entering tonights game vs Socastee.
-2013 Croatan (NC) G Ashley Williams has heard from Davidson, NC Central, UNCW Richmond
-Sean Draper has committed to Iowa
-Pleasant Grove (CA) 2012 PF Arik Armstead, who committed to Oregon yesterday as a football prospect, will also play basketball for the Ducks.
-Harvard in the lead for one of top bigs remaining in 2012 Harvard-Westlake (CA) PF Zena Edosomwan
-Blake Griffin's dunk on Kendrick Perkins and LeBron James
Blake Griffin's dunk on Kendrick Perkins is a Top 10 dunk of all time!
slam over John Lucas may be two of the best dunks of all time!
-NC State bound TJ Warren (Garner Road Bulldogs) went for 34p to lead Brewster (NH) by South Kent (CT), Providence bound Ricky Ledo had 32p.
-Washington's Tony Wroten (Seattle Rotary Select) w/ a big time block to seal the W @ AZ...might as well give him the PAC 12 Fr. Of Yr now
-Just "wanting" something is not enough. U must put the 3 T's to it in order 4 it to have a chance to materialize: time, thought, & tenacity! - @kevineastman
-Where you're going is one thing. Knowing where you're going is another. Willingness to do all that is needed to get there is most important! - @kevineastman
-MM sleeper! All tourney in # of Big Shots w/Bay Rivers Select RT@BigShotsSkills:Elijah Moore 2013 6'6 SF Grafton(VA) dropped 27 PTs in win
-Drexel is one of the hotter teams in the country winning 15 of the last 16 games. Now 17-5 led by Big Shots Alum Fr Damien Lee (@DCAssault)
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