Archives for April 2012

  LAGUNA NIGUEL, CA – Well, there wasn’t much mystery about who was going to be the national high school Player of the Year.

Shabazz Muhammad was the front-runner going into his senior season, and remained in that position after leading Las Vegas Bishop Gorman to a Nevada state title.

And then Muhammad proceeded to trample whatever competition existed by returning from Chicago (McDonald’s All-American Game), Portland (Nike Hoop Summit) and Charlotte (Jordan Brand Classic) with Most Outstanding Player hardware.

Muhammad is joined on the BurlisonOnBasketball Senior All-American first team by a future UCLA teammate (Kyle Anderson), a soon-to-be shot-blocking specialist for Kentucky (Nerlens Noel) and a couple of guards headed to the ACC (Rodney Purvis) and Big 12 (Marcus Smart), respectively.

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The Crossover Basketball Skills Camp is on tap Saturday (April 28) at Mar Visa High in Imperial Beach (which is in San Diego County).

Instruction in basketball skills will be given to boys and girls, ages 5 to 14, free of charge. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to noon.

The Mar Vista campus is located at 505 Elm Street.

For more camp information, contact Eder Sanchez at Eder@EderSanchez.com or (909) 919-6729.

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By FRANK BURLISON

LAS VEGAS, NV – Multiple trips on the 215 Highway between Bishop Gorman and the Foothill and Green Valley high school campuses last weekend provided a nifty hoops-viewing opportunity for yours truly.

Bishop Gorman was the host of the first Pangos Spring Spectacular while the latter two sites were where the bulk of the contests for the adidas VIP Executive Run were held.

Play Hard/Play Smart of Sacramento (over the Albuquerque-based Danny Granger D1 Ambassadors) and the Florida Rams (over Garner Elite of North Carolina) were the champions of the top divisions of Pangos and adidas, respectively.

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LAS VEGAS, NV – Day II of my Spring Las Vegas Adventure (SLVA) was so long that I’m five hours into Day II before I can even partially recount it for you.

It started at Green Valley High, where I propelled myself head first into the adidas /VIP Exclusive Run.

Among the players/teams I saw there were:

*The Florida Rams were led by two of FL’s best players – point guard Kasey Hill (Montverde Academy), power forward Chris Walker (Holmes County) – and one of the best in GA in wing Brannen Greene (Parsons).

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By FRANK BURLISON

LAS VEGAS, NV –  The was no shortage of high-profile targets for the college basketball coaches who descended upon Bishop Gorman High Friday evening for the 6 o’clock (Pacific Time) start of the NCAA’s weekend-long recruiting evaluation period.

*The Las Vegas Prospects 17-under squad opened Pangos Spring Spectacular play with a wire-to-wire victory over the Arizona Aces/Dream 17-under team.

Class of 2013 point guard Julian Jacobs (Desert Pines), who recently committed to the University of Utah, and 6-foot-3 senior swingman Sir Washington (Clark) paced their squad to a victory over the team led by impressive 6-8 post player Joe Boyd (Scottsdale Chaparral).

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