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CORONA, CA – With the best freshmen and sophomore Southern California classes in a while, along with a deep and gifted group of players from Las Vegas also on hand, the 2011 version of the Fullcourt Press All-Frosh/Soph Camp this weekend figured to be one of the best in a while.

After Day 1 at the Players’ Edge facility in Corona (just west of Riverside), it has exceeded those expectations considerably.

Where to start when pointing out some highlights from Saturday’s action?

Why not at point guard?

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – The annual Fullcourt Press Basketball Coaches Clinic, presented by Team Athletics, is set for Wednesday (Oct. 5) at Ocean View High.

Head coaches Kevin O’Neill of USC (4 p.m.), Max Good of Loyola-Marymount (5), Seth Greenberg of Virginia Tech (6:30) and Dave Rice of UNLV (7:30) are the scheduled speakers in the school’s gymnasium (17071 Gothard Street).

The event is open to Southern California-based basketball coaches (on all levels of the sport) and their staff members. It’s free must RSVP (with number of staffers attending) via e-mail at bob@tagear.com

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Many of the better eighth-, ninth- and 10^th-graders in Southern California and beyond will be on display Saturday and Sunday in Corona’s Player’s Edge facility, located just south of the 91 Freeway during the Fullcourt Press All-Frosh/Soph Camp.

Games get underway at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, with the last session of the day set to get underway at 6:30 and wrap up at about 10.

Sunday’s games begin at 8:45 in the morning, with all-star games set for 4 p.m. (Top 40) and 5 o’clock (Top 20).

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LAS VEGAS – The presence of Shabazz Muhammad and Rosco Allen on the bench, and the addition of non-Gaels such as Katin Reinhardt to the roster took away a lot of the true “Bishop Gorman vs. Findlay Prep” flavor to the contest Wednesday night.

That conceded, there didn’t appear to be many among the crowd in the Bishop Gorman gymnasium demanding their $10 admission back after the finale of the Fullcourt Press Las Vegas Fall Classic.

The lead changed hands three times in the final 47 seconds, with a 3-point attempt by Reinhardt (Santa Ana, CA, Mater Dei) just missing with three seconds remaining and Julian Jacobs’ follow attempt swatted away at the buzzer by Amedeo Della Valle to secure Findlay Prep’s 81-80 victory over the “Best of Vegas” squad in the capper to the five-game event.

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At least nine of the best 100 or so players in the national prep basketball senior class are expected to be in the same gymnasium Wednesday night.

The “Best of Vegas” is on tap at Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas, with the evening’s action scheduled to culminate in a game featuring the Findlay Prep team taking on a squad heavily populated by Bishop Gorman’s plethora of elite prospects.

Gorman’s four high major-bound seniors – Shabazz Muhammad, Rosco Allen, Ben Carter and Demetris Morant – along with future UNLV guard Katin Reinhardt (Santa Ana, CA, Mater) will pace the “Best of Vegas” team that faces Findlay Prep at 9 p.m.

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