Frank Burlison

ST. GEORGE, Utah – A couple of soon-to-be-high-profile high school players – from near-opposite ends of the country – shared the 10^th annual Pangos Junior High/Middle School All-American Camp Most Outstanding Player honors Sunday afternoon.

Six-foot-three Alexander Lloyd (from Hollywood in Florida), who led the winning White squad to a 76-65 victory in the “Best of the Best” all-star camp that wrapped up the two-day event, and 6-6 Koa Peat (Chandler in Arizona) were each terrific over the course of the event that it was too difficult to separate one from the other when it came to awarding top honors.

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ST. GEORGE, Utah – Arizona was well-represented Saturday during the opening day action of the 10^th annual Pangos Middle School All-American Camp in the Nets on Fire facility.

And none repped the state better than did Koa Peat, who was easily the most dominant “big” player on hand Saturday.

Peat, who attends Aprende Middle School in Chandler, is listed as standing 6-foot-6.

But he’s likely to be a lot closer to 6-9 than 6-6 at some point in what has a chance to be a spectacular high school career.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – The 68-team bracket for the 2021 NCAA Tournament is set to be unveiled on March 14, just less than three weeks from now.

Though conference tournament playoffs are still to be contested, the top seeds have been a forgone conclusion.

Even factoring in a first losses for both teams, the current 1-2 teams in the BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25 will be the top two seeds.

And a heavy dose of representation from the Big Ten and Baylor’s Big 12 conference will make up the rest of the first 16 seeds.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – Coach Tony Bennett’s University of Virginia squad looked every bit the best team in the Atlantic Coast Conference during its 60-48 victory over visiting North Carolina Tar Heels Saturday in Charlottesville.

And, by extending their winning streak to five Monday evening in Tallahassee against No. 16 Florida State, the Cavaliers (who moved into the No. 12 slot in the latest BurlisonOnBasketball Top 25) can continue to meld that perception into reality.

Virginia (15-3), with 11 wins in the 12 games it’s played since its Dec.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – The top-ranked and 18-zip Gonzaga Bulldogs may face their toughest remaining regular-season contest in Provo, UT Monday night.

Coach Mark Few’s club faces the second-place team from the West Coast Conference in the host BYU Cougars, who take 15-4 overall and 6-2 conference records into an 8 p.m. contest scheduled to be televised by ESPN.

The teams played in Spokane on Jan. 7, with the Bulldogs prevailing by a 17-point margin with national Player of the Year candidate Corey Kispert leading the way with 23 points.

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