Frank Burlison

INDIANAPOLIS – Some highlights of my three days of watching the second sessions of the Nike/Elite Youth Basketball League (in Carmel) and the Under Armour Association (in Fishers).

Point Guards on Parade: The respective best point guards in the Classes of 2019 (Cole Anthony/Briarwood, NY, Archbishop Molloy/PSA Cardinals-EYBL) and 2020 (Nico Mannion/Phoenix Pinnacle/West Coast Elite-UAA) demonstrated why I consider them such over the weekend.

Is there any chance they could face up on a basketball court somewhere before they are (inevitably) both playing in the NBA?

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SAN PEDRO – The 20^th Collison Basketball All-Star games are set for Saturday evening at Harbor Community College.

The games will pit some of the better players in the L.A. City Section against their Southern Section counterparts.

The girls’ contest is set to tip off at 5:30 with the boys’ game to follow at approximately 7:30.

The City squad is expected to be led by some of the better guards in the regional and national classes of 2018 in Birmingham’s Devonaire Doutrive (PICTURED/Arizona), Taft’s Kihei Clark (Virginia) and Fairfax’s Jamal Hartwell (George Mason).

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BELLFLOWER – The “Kings and Queens of the Court” prep hoops games are set for today at St. John Bosco High.

Three girls games (two for underclassmen and the third for seniors) will be played, beginning at noon, with two boys – each with only seniors – will begin at 4:45 and 6:30.

Admission, good for all games, is $10.

Among those scheduled to participate are guards Cameron Shelton (Damien) and Darryl Polk Jr (Long Beach Poly). They are committed to matriculate to Harvard, Northern Arizona and Pepperdine, respectively.

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CHATSWORTH – The annual “Battle of the Valley” Senior All-Star Game, featuring the best of the San Fernando Valley’s hoops Class of 2018, will be held at Sierra Canyon at 7 o’clock tonight.

Among the standouts listed for the “West” squad are Utah-bound forward Riley Battin (Oak Park/PICTURED) and future University of Virginia point guard Kihei Clark (Taft).

Players for the “East” include guard Duane Washington Sr. (Sierra Canyon) and swingman Jordan Starr (Santa Clarita Christian), who led their teams to state titles last month in Sacramento.

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How good was this Villanova team that won the national championship in such impressive fashion over its Michigan counterpart Monday night?

From November until mid-March, they obviously weren’t as consistently as good as they were during the three-week NCAA Tournament – if that was the case, they would not have had four losses going into Selection Sunday.

The best team during the 2017-18 regular season was the University of Virginia Cavaliers.

Sure, history will remember Coach Tony Bennett’s team was the first-ever team to lose to a No.

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