James Kerti

Recapping Findlay-Gorman

January 22, 2012 By James Kerti Leave a Comment

By JAMES KERTI

LAS VEGAS, NV – The annual Bishop Gorman-Findlay Prep contest headlined the Big City Showdown held at UNLV’s Cox Pavilion on Saturday.

The star-studded matchup of two of the nation’s best teams drew a sold-out crowd, which included UNLV’s Stacey Augmon, former UCLA standout Ed O’Bannon, and Philadelphia Phillies’ outfielder Shane Victorino.

Legendary former coaches George Raveling and Jerry Tarkanian took in the action together from court-side seats.

Here’s what we saw:

* Playa del Rey, CA, St. Bernard 77, Los Angeles Ribet Academy 64: 6-8 sophomore center Idrissa Diallo contributed 16 points on several athletic dunks for Ribet Academy.

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Frank Burlison is a well-regarded basketball writer who was inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2005. His opinions on the potential of high school and college players are widely respected and sought by college coaches and NBA scouts, personnel directors and general managers from coast to coast. Oh, yes – he can offer plenty of thoughts on movies, television and pop music. Yes, he can rank those, too. Hint: He’s a big The Godfather, Larry Sanders, The Wire and The Beatles loyalist.

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George Raveling

I’ve known Frank for at least 35 years and have the utmost respect for his writing as well as his understanding of, and insight into, basketball. His ability to evaluate basketball prospects is almost impeccable. Most coaches and scouts watch a player and can tell you how good he is NOW. What separates Frank from the others is that he can watch the same player and tell you how good he can be two or three years down the line.

George Raveling

3x Pac-10 Coach of the Year, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer

Director of International Basketball, Nike

Marques Johnson

I have been a fan of Frank Burlison’s skills as a talent evaluator for over twenty years. He stands out as one of the absolute best in the business.

Marques Johnson

1977 National Player of the Year, 5x NBA All-Star

Gary McKnight

Frank Burlison is one of the most knowledgeable basketball people in the business! His passion for the game puts him at the top of the list. There are very few people whose evaluation skills I trust like I do Frank’s!

Gary McKnight

Winningest coach (892-81) in California boys’ basketball history during his 29 seasons at Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei