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LAS VEGAS –  If the playoff portion proves as compelling as were many of the pool-play games played on Friday, look for the final two days of the 2016 Fab 48 to provide a nice way to stay out of the record-breaking heat in the city.

In a Pool C contest, it was quite the clash of Under Armour-fronted California programs with Earl Watson Elite toppling Splash City, 68-63.

Six-foot-two Damari Milstead (Moreau High in Hayward) continued to look like a strong candidate as the top senior in Northern California next season while scoring 25 points by way of nifty combination of deep jumpers, floaters and crafty layups in traffic.

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LAS VEGAS – The Massachusetts Rivals squad made quick and efficient work of two opponents Thursday to capture the adidas Summer Championships’ “Creator Cup” and earn the top seed in the 17-Under Champion playoffs’ bracket at the Cashman Center.

Coach Vincent Pastore’s team opened the Creator Cup competition Wednesday night by pounding Compton Magic, 83-55, and followed it with 71-36 win over Game Elite (Georgia and South Carolina players) in the semifinal Thursday afternoon.

Mass Rivals ground out a 67-61 decision over D-I Minnesota in the final later that night.

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LAS VEGAS – The Las Vegas Fab 48 Tip-Off Challenge commenced at 5 o’clock sharp Wednesday evening in Bishop Gorman High gymnasium and didn’t wrap up until nearly six hours later.

A lot of quality travel/club teams and high school players from across the U.S. of A trotted out onto the three courts in the facility with at least 200 or so coaches from colleges and universities spread over the same territory watching on the first day of the NCAA’s third and final “evaluation” week of the summer.

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HENDERSON, Nev. – The second annual High Academic Super Bowl, presented by Ryan Silver’s West Coast Elite Basketball program and held at Coronado High, proved a nice showcase for the hoops talents of 100 or so high school students who also excel in the classroom.

Players got to play in at least four camp games apiece over the Monday and Tuesday event, held as a “tip-off”, of sorts, prior to the NCAA’s “evaluation period” that runs Wednesday to Sunday for the coaching staffs of the schools designated as Division I members of the organization.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – There were cool happenings, Southern California-wise, in Orange County on Sunday – the final day of the second July NCAA “live evaluation week” – for college coaching staffs and assorted other high school hoops aficionados.

Over at American Sports Centers – located in Anaheim, home to Disneyland, which, in a way, could be considered by many as “the most American of cities – the finals of the Double Pump Best of Summer Tournament were played.

In the top (17-Under Open) division, Riverside County-based Team ELEATE knocked off the Oakland area’s Team Lillard (formerly known as the Oakland Rebels), 75-65.

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