May 2004

5/31/04 There will be a tryout camp at Manhattan College on June 19/20. If you know any player that would like to play overseas, they can contact us at the following numbers: Slammers Basketball, Löwenberger Weg 3, 53119 Bonn, Germany. Phone: + 49 228 651152. Phone: + 49 171 1218514. Email: info@slammers.de. Webpage: www.slammers.de.'

5/31/04 Coach Andre Edwards, Team Underrated (Junior Division): As a #9 Seed we beat the # 1 Seed Hood Counsel to advance to the semi-finals in the Almighty Force Tournament. Every one on the roster played extremely well. We were led by Sadraac Numa, Cameron Barber and Humzah Hakim. Other notable contributors were Cody Lapp, Stanley Calixte, Anthony Parris, Raeen Coward, Jamal Lining, Chris Barber and Perone Harris. Next up is D.S.A. on Saturday, June 5th for a chance at the Championship.'

5/31/04 Shawn X. McCray: 'The Zoo Crew Basketball Program is looking to enter a tournament the weekend of June 11-13, 2004. If anyone knows of any I'm looking to enter 16-u, and 17-u preferrably in NJ, NY, or PA. I can be reached at 973-449-7324 or email me at zoocrew67@blackplanet.com.

Also spots are still available for the 6th Annual Zoo Crew Summer League. The deadline is June 4, 2004 with the league beginning June 20, 2004. We will accomodate AAU teams who go to Nationals during the summer. Last years Champs 10-u Team KA defeated Kips Bay, 12-u St. Rocco defeated Moment of Youth, 14-u Team KA defeated Zoo Crew, and Highschool Newark Blaze defeated Zoo Crew B, visit our website eteamz.com/zoocrewbasketball.'

5/31/04 Coach Rock Eisenberg: 'I wanted to let everyone know that Tilden H. S. will have our Big Apple site open from July 6th through August 19th 2004. Our hours are 1pm to 5pm and 6pm to 9 PM Monday through Thursday. We feature a "Drills and Skills" program, open gym and we would like to form an afternoon and night league. If any of our "Family" is interested please contact me at rockspeciale@aol.com. Our great Basketball staff includes Ron Vernon, Michael George, John Harris, St. Edmund coach Brian Mullen and the fabulous Kendra Nelson. We also offer soccer, swimming, arts and crafts and a game room to help serve the East Flatbush community in the summer. My thanks go out to Mr. Robert Hoerburger for giving me this great staff.'

5/31/04 Rodrick C. Bussey Brooklyn-Queens Qarriors(Scholars Through Sports Foundation): 'We ventured up to Albany, NY to compete in the GymRat Challenge. The team didn't fare well during pool play. We were only 1 and 2 (losing to the Minnesota Magic and the Connecticut Knights-Seaman). Marques Damon (Benjamin Banneker) played extremely hard throughout the 3 games. Chris Richards (Franklin K. Lane - 10th grader) was the teams' MVP. Chris was fearless. He went to the basket hard and played excellent man to man defense.

Duran Velasquez (Forest Hills - 9th grader) and Marcus Cobian (Richmond Hill - 10th grader) will go down to Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ this coming weekend to compete in the Metro Hoops Exposure Games.'

5/31/04 Coach Bob Larson The Student Athletes Inc.Broncos held their 15th Annual Gala Fundraiser on May 26th, 2004 at The Plaza Hotel. Peter S. Kaufman was awarded the Douglas B. Gardner Man of the Year Award, "Tubby" Smith was awarded the Coach of the Year Award, and Carl Krauser was awarded the Collegiate Player of the Year Award. The 2004 Student Athletes of the Year Award went to Bryant Dunston, Christopher Diasparra and Destynee Oakley. The evening's events recognized the recipients and once again "Doc" Nicelli did a great job of hosting the festivities.'

5/31/04 NY Hoops: Metropolitan AAU Championships today @ Island Garden.

5/31/04 Coach Jeff Rivera, Team Genesis 15u: 'We traveled up to Albany this weekend to play at The Gymrat Challenge on Saturday we defeated the Nashua Shamrocks and the Metro Hawks, Outstanding play from Rocco Rubino and Hass Amini who combined for 50 poinst against the Metro Hawks. Rocco exploded for 30 and Hass dropped 20 on the Hawks. strong contributions from Shavar Richardson, James Galanos, Peter Mehmel, Corey White, Tony Turkovic, George Jackson, Jayson Philippe. On Sunday we lost to the Northeast Sharks wich was a killer as we went from being a top seed to out of the tourney.'

5/31/04 The InsideHoops.com NBA mock draft has J.R. Smith from St. Benedicts at number 20 to Denver and Sebastian Telfair at 15 to Boston.'

5/30/04 Chris Ramirez: 'The Hoopstown 2004 Mock NBA Draft has J.R. Smith from St. Benedicts at number 13 and at 19 is Sebastian Telfair from Lincoln.'

5/30/04 NJ Hoops: St. John's adds coach with NJ background.

5/29/04 Peter Edwards: 'The IS8 Summer League will begin in approximately 3 weeks. The summer league will be returning High School 17 and under, can't turn 18 this year. All legit juniors and down currently in high school are welcome. All teams that are interested can contact me @ 718-297-3951 or on the cell @ 917-692-9835.'

5/28/04 There are three obvious events on this weekend's calendar: the Tournament of Champions in North Carolina, the GymRat Challenge in Albany and Monday's regional finals at Island Garden.

5/28/04 Coach Davis, Exodus Foundation: 'We are a 14 and under team. Ii was browsing through your site and I noticed that you had a 6 grade player ranking but none of my players are on that list.  I feel I have some of the top 6th grade players in the country from what I have seen thus far. I have three players who will later be very highly noticed atlethes in high school. These three kids will also be going to the ABCD Jr Phenom Camp this summer. The three players are 5'5 1/2g Joseph Ferguson, 5'7 1/2g Jeff Michael, 5'6 2g Dytrel Wilson. They go to P.S 46 located at 159 st and 8th Ave.'

5/28/04 Karl Wallin: 'Congratulations to Keston Roberts, former Erasmus Hall player who played this season at Connors State CC, who has signed a D1 scholarship to play at Morehead State University. Morehead State is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference and is coached by Kyle Macy. The Eagles look to continue to recruit the NY/NJ area.'

5/27/04 Bonnie K Henderson: 'Frederick Douglass Academy is having its 1st Annual Alumni Homecoming Day Celebration at FDA on Saturday June 5, 2004 and would like to invite its alumni and friends to attend. Planned festivities are a cookout from 2pm to 6pm and a dance from 9pm to 1am. Cost for the events are: Cookout $7 and Dance $10, or you may attend both events for only $15. Tickets maybe purchase at the school or you may pay at the door.'

5/27/04  Andre Menzies: 'Big Games Summer Basketball Tournament will be having a NBA and NCAA sanctioned tournament at Middle School 137 from June 28 thru August 11, and the entry fee is $650 per team which includes full uniform. For further information contact me at 646 - 239 - 7383.'

5/27/04 Daily News: Xaverian's Rudolph (Junior) Mitchell goes D-II.

5/27/04 Coach Ron Naclerio: 'Two guards in two days. Nick Flagg, our 5-8 guard, who averaged 13.9 points a game and is fully qualified academically has opted for Broward Community College in Florida.'

5/27/04 RivalsHoops 2006 Top 100 now includes # 4 Derrick Caracter,  # 9 Curtis Kelly,  # 29 Lance Thomas, # 30 Brian Zoubek, # 36 Jawan Carter, # 37 John Mitchell,  # 51 Rob Thomas,  # 62 Casien Drummond,  # 66 Qa'rraan Calhoun and # 74 Eugene Harvey.  Web note: Our rankings were updated earlier this month and are on the class of 2006 page.

5/27/04 Coach Jimmy Salmon: 'The Playaz Basketball Club is sponsoring 2 upcoming events.  June 11-13, 2004 - The Blow Up tournament - 3 divisions, 12U , 13U and 14U. There is room for 1 more team in each age group. The Playaz Ball, which is a college certified event being held July 16 and 17, 2004 @ Seton Hall University in SouthOrange, NJ.There are changes in the format of the Playaz Ball. The 17u bracket is completely full. We have added an additional bracket...16U, we are taking the first sixteen16U teams that enter. The fee for this new bracket will be $400.00. The 15U bracket is also taking 16 teams of which 10 are already paid. For more information contact Jimmy Salmon @ 973-207-4346. Remember this is an NCAA sanctioned event for all age groups. Teams are only accepted on a first paid, first served basis.'

5/26/04 Wayne Banner (Wayne.Banner@oprph.state.ny.us): 'Come One, come all to the 9th annual Riverbank State Park boys basketball camp. Riverbank State Park is located in Manhattan on 145th Street and Riverside Drive, 10031. This year's camp will be held during the week of June 28th-July 1st, 2004. The fee for this year camp is $ 32.00. Campers will receive camp T-shirt, lunch and awards. We will also have guest speakers on each day. The age for the boys camp will be 11 to 17. For more information please call me at (212) 694 - 3637. In addition we will host our first ever co-ed basketball camp, for campers 7 -10 years old. This camp is separate and will be held on August 23rd to the 26th. The fee will also be $ 32.00. Call for registration information at (212) 694 - 3637. Thank you, and let's keep the ball bouncing!'

5/26/04 Many, many thanks to Hassan Jennings, Pete Edwards and Anthony Myers (the IS8 administrative trio are pictured from left to right in front of the IS8 championship 'furniture') for all their help and effort at IS8. Pete sent a dozen pictures, which are now posted on the  IS8 Classic 2004 pictures page.  All earlier IS8 info is on the  IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 page.  See you in the summer.

5/26/04 John P Miciotta, Booksnball, Debbie Bortner, Bob Tardio and LFBALL on college decisions.

5/26/04 NY Post: St Johns steps up city recruiting.

5/26/04 NY Post: Cardozo Star, Dwayne Johnson, going south to play at UNC-Greensboro next year.

5/26/04 Anthony Nicodemo: 'Westchester Elite Basketball presents the Summer Hardwood Classic, July 16-18 2004. The tourney will take place at Briarcliff High School, in Central Westchester. Age divsions; 13 and under, 14 and under and 15 and under will compete. 3 game guarantee with playoffs and championships for each division. The cost will be $350.00 per team with multi-team discounts available. Our Spring Tourney was a sell out and we excpect this one to be also. Contact us at westchestersbest@hotmail.com and check out our site www.westchesterelite.com.'

5/25/04 John P Miciotta: 'Rudy Mitchell the fine 6'2" shooting guard who helped Xaverian to a berth in the CHSAA finals this season has accepted a scholarship to attend division II St. Anselm's College in New Hampshire. Coach Keith Dickson's Hawks play in the Northeast 10 Conference, one of the nation's most competitive D-II leagues. By choosing St. Anselm's Rudy has found a school where he's almost certain to contribute immediately on the basketball court. He's also absolutely certain to find the kind of academics to challenge a bright student like him off the court, particularly in math and science where he has been especially strong. Congratulations to Coach Dickson and his staff on getting a great student-athlete, to Rudy's mom and dad for raising a great son, and most of all to Rudy for making the kind of decision which is not made by student athletes often enough these days.'  Web note:  More on that topic later.

5/25/04 Wayne Simone: 'War in the Woods in Atlantic City on June 5-6 is filling up fast.  Entrance fee is $350. For more info call Wayne Simone at 203-510-1662 or Rich Marcucci at 856-6298243. Entries will close on June 1st.'

5/25/04 The Oregonian: Blazers ought to let Sebastian Telfair sneak away.

5/25/04 NJ Hoops: 3rd Annual HSBC.

5/25/04 Coach Paul Suber: 'Excellent Basketball in North Jersey (5/22 - 5/23): In the "May Madness A.A.U. Basketball Tournament" in Manaquan, NJ. The Team Next Basketball organization swept the tournament championships in 3 (11 & under, 13 & under and 14 & under) divisions. The 14s won the championship over "K.B.R." from Neptune, NJ, 65-43. The 12 & under team (playing up in the 13 yr. old bracket) won the championship 74-55 over J.S. Rockets from Atlantic City. The 11 & under team won their championship over Monmouth Power from Monmouth, NJ. 51-29. This was a great tournament in preparation for the Regional Championships that will be held at the Island Garden Sports Complex, Hempstead, LI, on Memorial Day (5/31).'

5/24/04 Coach Abdu-Allah Torrence: 'The New Heights program for student-athletes 8th grade team competed in the Staten Island Jazz AAU Invitational this weekend. With tremendous efforts from Ian Umpierre, Kareem Green, Kaseem Carr, Sean Corley and Mohammed Barry they captured the championsip tiitle with a 20 point win over the New Jersey Cardinals. Coach Darryl Washington had tremendous poise when the Cardinals made a 18-4 run to pull within 4 points of tying the game. Kudos to the 8th grade tema of making great strides this month.

On sadder note the sportsmanship of the coach on the Cardinals sent a bad message to a sport that is struggling with it's perseption by society. It showed on the faces of some of the players who seemed embarassed by his cursing and disgusting behavior.We as role models have to show restraint. I know in the heat of competition we lose our heads but remember before and after the whistle we have to be gentleman and this coach did not represent that. If you have any responses email to atorrence72@hotmail.com.'

5/24/04 John P Miciotta: Metro Hawks just miss sweep of Basketball City Classic.

5/24/04 NY Hoops: New England Playaz Take Home Basket Ball City Classic.

5/24/04 NJ Hoops: The Westchester Hawks trimmed North Jersey Hoops 79 - 74 this afternoon at Rebounds in the championship of the 17 & Under bracket of the Rebounds Roundball Classic.

5/23/04 The New York State champion Mt Vernon Knights are now the IS8 Spring Classic champs as well, coming from a 63 - 61 third quarter deficit to defeat the Juice All Stars going away 91 - 81. Behind an MVP 22 point performance from Jonathan Mitchell they shot seventy percent in the second half (21 for 30) and rode a 14 - 0 run early in the last quarter to become the first school team ever to win an IS8 tournament. Dexter Gray (14), Shantay Robinson (11), Keith Benjamin (10), Chris Lowe (10), Mike Coburn (7) and Mike Watson (6) each chipped in for the Knights, while Eugene Lawrence (22), Corey Fisher (19 points and the IS8 Rookie award for the 'all business' freshman), Phil Jones (12), Marvin Roberts (8), Jamel Jackson (8) and Matt Pink (5) scored for Juice as they again played without their star, Ramel Bradley, still working on school projects.

There are more pictures and the tournament teams on the IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 page.

5/23/04 New York Insider: Levance Fields Sparks Gauchos Past Ravens at Basketball City.

5/23/04 NY Post: Hall's Andre Barrett has caught Iaiah's interest.

5/23/04 NY Hoops: Pool Play Results at Basketball City.

5/23/04 Frederick Neal: 'Anthony Mason's Prime Time Basketball Camp, August 15th- 20th,2004. Boys entering grades 3-12. Tution is $425 per camper, tution is due by July 20th.Camp is located at Brookwood Camps, in upstate Glen Spivey, N.Y. Guest peakers include Mike Saunders, Knick trainer, Rod Strickland, Toronto Raptors, Rafer Altson, Miami Heat, Mark Jacson, Houston Rockets, and a host of college coaches, including St.Johns' coach Norman Roberts. For further info contact Scott Fiedler at (516) 897-3507.'

5/22/04  It will be Mt Vernon vs. Juice at noon tomorrow for the IS8 championship as the Knights edged the Bingo All Stars 76 - 72 and Juice held on for a 106 - 97 win against the Playaz, last fall's champs. Mt Vernon began the game with a 7 - 0 start before the All Stars came back for a 36 - 35 halftime lead and then began the second half with a 15 - 2 streak. Other than that, the All Stars were better as A J Price had a game high 25, Devon Baker 14 and Arturo Dubois a respectable 13. Unfortunately, Derrick Caracter was held to 7 while the Knights got balanced scoring from Jonathan Mitchell (17), Keith Benjamin (16), Dexter Gray (13), Chris Lowe (12), Mike Coburn (8) and Shantay Robinson (6).

Juice played withour Ramel Bradley (he had an online test to take but will be back tomorrow), led by one after the first period, outscored the Playaz 39 - 19 in the second for a comfortable 64 - 43 halftime lead.  Then the fell asleep. It was 82 - 70 after three and 88 - 87 Playaz with 3:49 to play and their pont guard, Eugene Lawrence (12) fouling out.  But Corey Fisher (22 points and 6 for 6 from the foul line in the last 1:40 for the fabulous freshman), Kojo Mensah (23), Jamel Jackson (15) and Marvin Roberts (12) took up the perimeter slack while Phil Jones (9) and freshman Brandon Walters (9) continued to control the boards to the very end. The Playaz' top six were Jordan Fowler (20 with four treys), Courtney Nelson (18), Mark Tyndell (18 for Philadelphia's Player of the Year, heading for Temple), Kyle Lowrey (13), Sean Singletary (13) and JR Inman (9) but they faded in the final minutes.

5/22/04 Rudy King, Right Bounce Basketball Showcase Commissioner: 'We have begun to update the site www.rightbounce.com with photos and stories. We have more than 500 photos to download so the site will be updated daily.'

5/22/04 psal.org: Boys Basketball Coaches Proposed Changes to Divisions.

5/22/04 Donovan Lowe Sr: 'As I read through your list of class of 2007 I can only wonder why Donovan Lowe, Jamie Harris and Jovan Deare, all Rice froshmen and St Raymond's Gerald Coles didn't make the list. You have Justin Rivers and Darian Bembow from St Ray's on the list but those guys didn't carrie the Ray's freshmen team; Gerald Coles did.'

5/22/04 Coach Rock Eisenberg: 'Live and "Learn -- A few days ago I posted a piece about two Tilden players who play for the Jjuice Allstars. In this post I challenged the Juice coaches to meet with me regarding the future of these two fine young men. Well, let me say this - Dwayne "Tiny" Morton stepped up to the plate and more than answered my questions! In a long conversation Tiny gave me what I believe was a true picture of the situation. After speaking with him I realized that we both should have spoken to each other much sooner. I was wrong to post my thoughts without giving him the courtesy of a call first. As I said Live and learn. I for one have learned that I should ask questions before jumping to conclusions. I apologize to anyone I might have offended.'

5/21/04 InsidersHoops: Top 100 from the class of 2005 includes # 16 Greg Paulus, # 19 Brandon Costner, # 24 Tyrell Biggs, # 27 Shane Clark, # 43 Theo Davis, # 47 Andrew Bynum, # 51 J.R. Inman, # 52 Kyle McAlarney, # 69 Levance Fields, # 71 Sean McCurdy.

5/21/04 ESPN: JR Smith announced Thursday he has signed with SFX agent Arn Tellem, making his decision to enter the NBA draft final.

5/21/04 NJ Hoops: Scoring combo headed D-2 -- Manny Perrotte.

5/20/04 NY Hoops: IS8 preview and prediction. Saturday's games are Bingo vs. Mt Vernon at noon and Juice vs. Playaz at 1:30. Sunday championship game is at 12 noon.

5/20/04 Mike Neely: 'This weekend at the Div-2 Regionals on Long Island the Staten Island Stingrays 16u (Blue Team) qualified for the Nationals in New Orleans July 10-17. It is the first team from the Stingrays organization to qualify. This team has players from 4 different high schools: Michael Neely, Justin Guilfoyle, Rick Boccia, Claudio Perfeto, Rich Ferrara, Carl Pertigno from Farrell, Tom Tibbs, Brian Jirak from St.Peters, Frank Terranova from Sea and Gleb Neponmdaschy from Tottenville. Coached by Mike Reape and Mike Neely.

5/19/04 Peter J. Goyco: 'The New York Empire State Games will be held in Binghamton, New York, July 28-August 1, 2004. There is a New York City Boys Scholastic Basketball team that will participate in the games, coached by Don Kent (Msgr. McClancy) & Tom Fraher (Mount St. Michael). Any boy interested in trying out for the scholastic division are generally those who are in the 11th Grade or younger as of March 1, 2004. The tryouts for the NYC Scholastic team are as follows: May 22, 2004 at Bishop Ford HS. 500 19th Street Brooklyn, NY from 12noon to 4PM,  June 8, 2004 at Mount St. Michael Academy 4300 Murdock Avenue Bronx 5PM to 7PM,  June 12, 2004 at Bishop Ford HS 500 19th Street Brooklyn from 5PM to 7PM.  If you have any questions or information you can Coach Tom Fraher at (718) 515-6400 ext.249.'

5/19/04 Justin Leonard: 'The schedule for this weekends Basketball City Classic Tournament is now available online. The Basketball City Classic is one of New York City's premier events this spring. A total of 44 teams will be participating.

16 & Under Division features - New Heights, NY Panthers, Brooklyn USA, NY Ravens, Metro Hawks, TT Playaz, Gauchos, Brooklyn Bridge, TK All-Stars, SI Stingrays, Ahead of the Game, Kips Bay, Bayside Titans, Maine Hoops & more.

17 & Under Division features - TT Playaz, New Heights, Gauchos, NY Ravens, Brooklyn USA, NJ Demons, NJ Panthers, Metro Hawks, NY Elite, New England Playaz, Manhasset All-Stars, Exodus & more.'

5/19/04 Coach Lance Tejada: 'U.D.C. will host a girls division 18 and under this summer. For more information please contact Lance Tejada at 718  320-0132 or email at ny_iceboxx@yahoo.com. There is limited space available so please act on quickly or you will be left out.'

5/19/04 Coach Carlton Screen (FYA): Sean Watson told me last night at Erasmus Hall High School during practice, that he scored 1070 on his SAT. We are practicing for The Gymrat Challenge upstate in Albany, New York on Memorial Day Weekend.We were scrimmaging against some high school ballers from a good high school last night.Sean Watson hit something like 25 three pointers.Wow! This young man can really shoot the basketball. It gives me great pleasure to see players like Max Menard (Madison), Karim McKenzie (Wadleigh), Sean Watson (Sheepshead) still practice hard on sharpening their skills.We are practicing weekdays 6 - 9pm. Anyone interested please feel free to call 718 666 6534 or 718 434 0127.'

5/19/04 Coach Kyle Anderson (Playaz), Shawn McCray (Zoo Crew) and Terence 'T-Bone' Johnson (Watchung Conference) have more info on the New Jersey class of 2007.

5/19/04 Rob WIlliams, NYC Heat/ Bistate Pythons, LFBALL and coach Rock Eisenberg on coaches and kids.

5/19/04 Daily News: St. Benedict's Alex Galindo to Kansas.

5/19/04 PrepStars: Jayhawks finish, start right.

5/19/04 The ranking for the top 22 in the class of 2007 with 52 others listed alphabetically is now available.

5/19/04 NY Hoops: Right Bounce Showcase 9th Grade Game.

5/19/04 Coach Tom Sampogna: 'The CT Flame 16U team went 4-1 this past weekend at the Westchester Elite Spring Hardwood Classic at Pace U. while playing up in the 17U division and lost in the championship game to the Student-Athlete Broncos, who played with D1 Fordham U. signee Bryant Dunston. Playing extremely well over the weekend was Port Chester PG Melvin Calhoun, who averaged 21ppg and 7apg over the weekend. Also playing well were Armonk native/ Brunswick 2G Kevin Decker and 6'5 Gompers HS PF Greg Avila. It was a great experience for all the kids and a well run event. Thanks to the Westchester Elite staff.'

5/18/04 Coach Kenny Pretlow: 'The Metro Hawks will hold tryouts this Saturday and Sunday at Riverbank State Park. 10 and under at 5pm. 13 and under 5pm. 15 and under 7pm 17 and under 7pm. These times are for both days. Riverbank is located on 145th Street and Riverside Drive. Any questions contact me via e-mail at kennypretlow@msn.com.'

5/18/04 Jeffrey Attard: 'I am looking for teams to participate in a highly competitive summer league this year in Queens. Divisions are 11 and under boys, 10 and under girls, 13 and under girls. The league will be held at I.S. 5 located in Elmhurst Queens. $150 entry fee plus ref's fees. If you are intrested please call Jeffrey at 347 - 865 - 1026  or email at jef210@aol.com.'

5/18/04 The Insiders.com 2004 Top Post Grads inckudes # 5 Ramel Bradley, # 7 Jermaine Bell, # 8 Aleks Maric, # 10 Adrian Joseph and # 14 Rahshon Clark

5/18/04 NY Hoops: Citiwide Championship Results.

5/17/04 NewYorkInsider: Niko Scott Has Big Summer Ahead.

5/18/04 Coach Paul Suber: 'Citywide Championships -- Team Next (formerly Riverside Church) 10 & Under team won the championship over Abyssinian Church 49-43. It was a very exciting game. Team Next was up by as many as 15 pts. before Abyssinian went on 13-2 run in the fourth quarter making it a 4 point game, led by sportsmanship award winner Kevin Ware. Team Next was led by MVP De'Vaughn Reid (13 pts.), along with Sterling Gibbs (11 pts.), Da'Shawn Suber (11 pts.) and Jameek Jones (12 pts.), kept Abyssinian at bay. It was a great team effort defensively, and also helped with the victory.'

5/18/04 Coach Oliver Antigua: 'St. Raymond’s Basketball Camp will be held August 9-13 at St. Raymond high school. The camp is open to boys in grades 4- 9. For more information please contact Coach Antigua @ 718- 824-5050 ext 38.'

5/17/04 John P Miciotta: IS8 quarterfinals on the IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 page.

5/17/04 Coach Jim Hart: Rumble confirmed teams are on the Rumble in the Bronx, 2004 page.

5/17/04 NewYorkInsider: Herbie Allen Receives An Offer from Rider.

5/17/04 NY Hoops: IS8 Quarterfinals.

5/17/04 Coach Sly Johnson: 'The Manhasset AllStars went 4-1 in the Hoopla 2 Tournment at Hoop Heaven, NJ -Sat & Sun, May 15-16. In the first game, the AllStars defeated the Fairfield County Stars 68-38. The AllStars was led by the inside play of 6'-5" power forward, Rory Grady (Great Neck South) 22 points and 6'-6" center Kevin Vosilla (Massapequa) 14 points. Tyson Johnson (St. Mary's) 12 points and Jon Han (Lawrence Woodmere Academy) 11. In the second game, the AllStars defeated the host team, Garden State Sharp Shooters, 69-63. The AllStars was led by Kevin Vosilla, 20 points, Tyson Johnson, 17 and Jon Han, 16. On Sunday the AllStars started the day with a 74-50 win over the Staten Island Sting Rays. Jon Han led all scorers with 17 points, Kevin Vosilla 15, Rory Grady, 14 and Sean Kennedy (St. Dom's) 10. In the second game on Sunday, the AllStars defeated the Nisky Hoop Dogs, 72-45. Kevin Vosilla led the team with 21, Jon Han, 20 and Bobby Kiernan (St. Dom's) 12. The final game was a rematch with the host team, Garden State Sharpshooters. The Sharpshooters won the game, 66-56. Kevin Vosilla and Han scored 14 points each. Bobby Kiernan 8, and Tyson Johnson (who arrived late from a game at IS8) scored 8 for the AllStars. Next up, Basketball City Classic (5-22-23).'

5/17/04 Coach Abdu-Allah Torrence: 'The 5th grade team for New Heights program for Student-Athletes traveled to Oxon Hill, Maryland this weekend for Slam n Jam's Ballers 2004 Spring Tournament. It was a tournament that was very well put together and the competition was very tough. The team played five games over two days and went 3-2 losing in the championship to the host team. In the championship they lost by 8 points to Slam n Jam who won their AAU regional Tournament this year. Although there was a little home cooking with the refs Slam n Jam is a team that is going to compete for the natinal championship. Kudos to Rob Jones and Willis Thomas for a great tournament. Next up Team Next Tournament June 11-13 in Westbury, NY.'

5/17/04 Coach Antonio Cannon Sr: 'T.K. 16u Boys team advanced to the second round of the Almighty Force playoff competition by defeating Far Rockaway 57-53. Setting up a second round contest against the Elmont Panthers (Campus Magnet H.S). In addition, we competed in the 16u AAU Regional Qualifier over the weekend. On Friday @ Island Garden we defeated The Long Island Inferno 79-69. Saturday, we traveled to St. Mary's and defeated The Long Island Lighting(Golluscio) 53-50. Sunday, we traveled out to Molly College and lost our final pool game against Brooklyn T.O.P. 72-66. Giving us a second place finish within our pool, drawing, and defeating The Long Island Ghetto Busters 78-54 in the semifinals. Setting up the opportunity to advance to the championship round in a contest against the S.I. Stingrays Blue team. The Stingrays came out on fire, with great outside shooting, and outstanding rebounding on both ends of the court, as they coasted to a 80-65 victory. May 21-23 we are competing @ the Basketball City AAU competition. May 28-30 we will travel up to Albany to compete in the GymRat Challenge.'

5/17/04 John P Miciotta: Ovservations on on the Right Bounce Basketball Showcase page.

5/17/04 Rich Kosik (BOOKSNBALL): Reactions to Dick Weiss article on Norm Roberts.

5/17/04 Coach Wee Francis: 'I would like to thank my players for their hard work and effort during the CityWide tournament season. Abyssinian super eight's made it to the championship today and lost but gave it their all. The following players are eight and under and are definitely rising talent to keep an eye on: Daquon Erving (cousin of Gary Erving), Cheyenne Nettleton, Chaz Walter, Jaelen Walter, Amari Brown, Kyle Williams (sportsmanship award ), Troy Mitchell, Cameron Cardwood, Timothy Jones and Christopher M. This is truly a group of future stars. Also, it's that time of the year again when Wee's All-stars will be selecting the best of the best for the upcoming summer tournaments. Wee's All-stars will be returning to the Stephon Marbury Classic (last years runner up) Ron Artest tournament (last years champions) and this year we will be in the pre -- teen classic. Look out for tryouts.'

5/17/04 Chris Phillips, head coach NY Elite SRAP: 'The team did it again combining for another championship in Springfield Mass. They went 6-0 , and in the playoffs on Sunday they beat 3 tough teams Cecil Kirk, Fairfax Stars, and BABC. Greg Paulus was outstanding as the tournament MVP, with teammate Andre Blache making the all tournament team but there were other players who came up big. Benoit Bekono had a great series with outstanding defense, rebounding and key baskets. James "767 widebody" Tchana boxed out sending bodies flying, hopefully the trainer didn't get paid by the occurence. Jimmy O'Sullivan hit some key three's throughout the weekend. Also 2 new additions Javon Parris and Nate Brumfeld proved to be big game players. Parris locked up the Fairfax Stars leading scorer with the SRAP/NY Elite coming back from a 16 point deficit. Brumfeld scored, rebounded and defended relentlessly. Next up is Bob Gibbons in North Carolina.'

5/17/04 Anthony Nicodemo: 'Westchester Elite Basketball Spring Hardwood Classic finished up on Sunday afternoon with some great championships. 82 teams participated during the tourney in Westchester. The following teams took home titles; 10 and under New Haven Heat, 11 and under Gym Ratz, 12 and under New Haven Heat A, Spring Hardwood Classic finished up Sunday night with the Rising Stars taking home the 13 and under title. The 14 and under title was captured by the Jersey Hot Shots. 15 and under Central Jersey Hawks, 16 and under Ballston Spa, 17 and under Student Athlete Broncos. Congratulations to all the winners and teams that participated.'

5/16/04 It was a tough day to be a Panther but a good day to be a freshman at IS8 as the Panthers' A team lost to Juice 62 - 50 with freshman Cory Fisher (pictured left) scoring 11 for Juice and the B team beaten by the Bingo All Stars 87 - 69.  Then Mount Vernon with freshman Mike Coburn (pictured right, he had nine for the Knights and did a credible job guarding Lavance Fields) became the third team in next Saturday's IS8 semis as they pulled away from Brooklyn USA in the last quarter to win 96 - 79. The Playaz and Phillie are playing for the final spot. Details later.

5/16/04 Daily News: Johnnies coach, Norm Roberts,  on the spot.

5/16/04 NY Post: Coaching in New York - the toughest job in town.

5/16/04 NY Hoops: Fisher and Lawrence lead Juice over Brooklyn USA.

5/16/04 Pictures and results from the 8th, 9th grade game are on on the Right Bounce Basketball Showcase page.

5/16/04 Coach Roberto Diaz, NYC Finest - 'Our 16u/10th graders team went 3-0 in our pool play this Saturday. Our first game, we beat L.I. Lightning (Grodski) 67-39  Oshamar Planes with game high 13 pts, Charles Jenkins & Jamine Peterson 11 pts each, Branden Matthews 6 pts, Daniel Desir 4pts, Gary Sanders Jr. 9 pts, Randy Harris (freshman) 8 pts & Machelle Bailey (freshman) 5 pts. During our second game of the day, Oshamar Planes let the way with 26 pts, Charles Jenkins 15 pts, Jamine Peterson 10 pts, Daniel Desir 8 pts & Branden Matthews 4 pts to lead to a 63-52 victory over the Queens Cobras. We closed the day with a win over L.I. Lightning (Tyas) 85-66. Charles Jenkins & Oshamar Planes each 20 pts, Jamine Peterson 15 pts, Daniel Desir 12 pts, Gary Sanders Jr. 8pts, Randy Harris 6 pts & Machelle Bailey 4 pts. We will be playing today Sunday at 3:30pm for the quarterfinals at St Mary's HS. A great job performed by our crew.'

5/15/04 John P Miciotta: 'Contrary to published reports and according to Ron Naclerio, Dwayne Johnson will not sign with Northeastern. According to coach Naclerio the Huskies staff advised him that they would use their last scholarship on a post player. This means that Johnson is still looking for an offer. Again let me say DJ would be an absolute steal for most low major programs, and could provide a steardy hand in reserve for programs at higher levels. Coaches please go to www.psal.org for the contact info on Cardozo, you will find in DJ an outstanding player and a better person.'

5/15/04 The IS8 playoffs are not for the faint of heart. Real Scout's Salvador Patricio had the cut over his left eye taken care of and scored 13 for his team in a losing effort. Lavance Fields led Brooklyn USA with 32 in a 95 - 90 win. Basil Leslie (17), Michael Johnson (17) and Akeem Comes (11) chipped in for B USA, while Weyimme Efejuku (23 and a great game for the Rice guard), Jamel White (15), Phil Murphy (13) and Angel Alonzo (13) joined Salvador in a balanced attack.  Friday night Juice beat Brooklyn USA 97 - 85 and the Panthers A took LPAC 88 - 68.  More on the IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 page.

5/15/04 InsidersHoops: Catching Up With Brandon Costner - UCLA will be his first official visit.

5/15/04 Kevin Murphy: 'The Bobby Gonzalez Basketball Camp Dates July 5-9 and July 12-16, Day camp from 9:00 am-4:30 pm., Ages 8-18, contact Josephine Alohan @ 718 862 7180 or josephine.alohan@manhattan.edu or Kevin Murphy @ 718 862 7182.

5/14/04 IS8 started with 40 teams but they're now down to the Sweet 16 with two games tonight and six tomorrow. Tonight's 6:30 game matches Juice vs. Bklyn USA (A) while the 8:00 game is LPAC against the Panthers (A). Tomorrow's schedule is 9:30 Real Scout, Bklyn USA (B), 11:00 Holy Cross, Panthers (B) 12:30 NYC Heat, Bingos All Stars, 2:00 Playaz, Metro Hawks, 3:30 Mt Vernon, Future Stars and 5:00 Connect Talent, Phil Ballers. Sunday's Elite 8 start times are 11:00, 12:30, 2:00 and 3:30 PM. Playoff schedule and earlier info is on the IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 page.

5/14/04 David Nelson: 'The Kips Bay Elite Basketball Program will be hosting our 2nd annual Black Top Summer Classic July 6-August 13, 2004. The games will be played during the week so not to conflict with your week end schedules. There will be 6 divisions. They are Boys 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U and Girls 14U and 16U. Teams will receive league shirts. Team interested need to contact David Nelson at nelsond@coned.com to get a tournament application. You can also get an application by going to our website at www.eteamz.com/kipsbaybball.'

5/14/04 Coach Roberto Diaz, NYC Finest - 'Our 16u/10th Graders will be participating this weekend in the Island Garden Metro AAU Regionals. Our first game is scheduled for 10:10am at Island Garden vs the L.I. Lightning (Grodski) followed by our second game at the N.Y. Institute of Technology vs Queens Cobras & our last game of the day will take place at 7:10pm at St. Mary's HS vs L.I. Lightning (Tyas). Our schedule for Sunday will depend on the outcome of Saturday's games. The same team will be going to the GymRat Challenge in Albany May 29-30.'

5/14/04 PrepStars: McAlarney joins Irish.  

5/14/04 John P Miciotta on an underrecruited player.

5/14/04 Robert White, NY Hoops: 'We were speaking with Dwayne Johnson's father at IS8 on Tuesday and he will be signing with Northeastern this weekend.'

5/14/04  NY Hoops: IS8 Playoffs – First Round. And Mike Coburn propels My. Vernon over Juice.  

5/14/04  Coach Steve Harris: 'I would like to post tryouts for Team Roc in the following divisions. Super Biddy 10 & under, Biddy 12 & under, Midgets 14 & under and Juniors 16 & under. The scheduled dates are 05-29-04 and 06-05-04. The time for each division is super biddy 8 a.m., biddy 10 a.m., midgets 12 noon and juniors 2 p.m. The location is Minisink Townhouse 142nd St. & Lenox Ave. Inquiries can be made by calling me, coach Steve Harris at 1-917-656-1414.'

5/14/04 PrepStars: McAlarney joins Irish.  

5/14/04 John P Miciotta on an underrecruited player.

5/14/04  Coach Steve Harris: 'I would like to post tryouts for Team Roc in the following divisions. Super Biddy 10 & under, Biddy 12 & under, Midgets 14 & under and Juniors 16 & under. The scheduled dates are 05-29-04 and 06-05-04. The time for each division is super biddy 8 a.m., biddy 10 a.m., midgets 12 noon and juniors 2 p.m. The location is Minisink Townhouse 142nd St. & Lenox Ave. Inquiries can be made by calling me, coach Steve Harris at 1-917-656-1414.'

5/13/04 RivalHoops: 'It may be the ‘dead’ period but Notre Dame basketball has been busy reeling in players for the class of 2005. On Wednesday night, they received their third commitment in the rising senior class from point guard Kyle McAlarney.'

5/13/04 Saturday's Right Bounce games are at LIU's Brooklyn campus with the boys 8/9th game at 12:00 noon, the girls 8/9th at 2:00 and the boys 10th graders at 4:00.  The confirmed participants are on the Right Bounce Basketball Showcase page.

5/13/04 Adrian Armstrong: 'The UDC summer basketball league is looking for some quality H.S girls teams (18 years old and younger) to participate this summer. Games will be played during the week at one of our sites, located in Mt. Vernon. For further information please contact  me at theudc@aol.com or call 914 760-8576.'

5/13/04 Class of 2005 coverage upped to almost 120 with more than 65 ranked and the others listed alphabetically.

5/13/04 Daily News: Dexter Gray Storms to St. John's

5/13/04 The team page is updated with the Gauchos profile on top and the rest of the teams listed alphabetically. Please send team information to nycnjhoops@aol.com.

5/13/04 Doc Nicelli: 'The Student Athlete Bronco's will be having it's Annual Summer League tournament in Astoria , Queens NY , right by the Triboro Bridge and Grand Central Parkway . Anyone interested or has any questions can call me at 718 392 4527.'

5/12/04 t-bone: 'Any quality teams looking to enter the Hillside (NJ) high school Christmas tournament contact coach Lowery @ 908 352-7664 ext. 4429 Mon through Fri. Last year's tourney included Lawrenceville (Joakim Noah, David Whitehurst) and a cross-championship game vs the winner of the Elizabeth Christmas tournament. '

5/12/04 Journal News: Mount Vernon's Dexter Gray chooses St. John's.

5/12/04 Daily News: South Florida eyes Rice HS coach, Maurice Hicks.

5/12/04 NY Post: Brian Beckford to North Carolina-Greensboro.

5/12/04 Kenny Pretlow: 'The Metro Hawks will be holding tryouts on saturday May 15, 2004 for Biddies (13 and under) and Midgets (14 and under). The tryouts will be at Riverbank State Park on 145th and Riverside Drive. The Biddies will start at 5pm and the Midgets at 7pm. Any questions please contact me by e-mail at kennypretlow@msn.com.'

5/11/04 Coach Phil Diasparra: 'Westchester Hawks Select 17u- Hawks played in the Metropolitan Regionals this weekend. at the Island Garden, Qualifiers go to Nationals in Orlando. They went 5-0 this weekend and will be playing in the finals on Memorial Day. They played Team Roc, NY Pride, NYC Rise Panthers and upset the #1 seed Long Island Lightening. Great team effort. In the quarter finals vs. Rise Panthers, Chris Diasparra hit a 3 with 2 seconds left to send it into overtime, Hawks won by 3. In the semi's,vs the #1 seed, there was outstanding play by Ted Detmer, Quentin Martin, Randy Wilson, Codi Oliver, Carlos Pellot, Todd Ward and Chris Diasparra. This will be the third year in a row Hawks are in the finals, Congratulations Coach Karger.'

5/11/04 Thanks to coach Gary Charles the team page is updated with the New York Panthers profile on top and the rest of the teams listed alphabetically. Please send team information to nycnjhoops@aol.com.

5/11/04 NY Hoops: Juice Runs Over Rebel at IS8. Web note: Playoff schedule and earlier info on the IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 page.

5/11/04 BOOKSNBALL: 'External Page from HESC (Higher Education Services Corporation. This is a free site for everyone studnets, parents & all coaches to familiarize themselves with. It can only help!'

5/10/04 Vincent Davis Championship results on the Pro style 2k 4 "Winter league" page.

5/10/04 Coach Roberto Diaz, NYC Finest - 'Our 14u/8th graders team took part in the Metro Regionals Tournament at Island Garden this weekend. We went 3-0 in our pool. Friday night we took on one of the L.I. Lightning teams where Isiah Lee hit 7 of 8 free throws in the last two minutes to ice the 55-52 win. He ended with 15 pts, Christopher Becton added 12 pts, strong board and 10 pts from Paris Pickering, Darin Marshall 8 pts & Jamaal Speede 4pts. On Saturday, we defeated the L.I. Lasers 58-30. Justin McNeill & Christopher Becton each added 12 pts, Isiah Lee and Paris Pickering each dropped 10 pts, Darin Marshall 8 pts, Starheim Ripley 4pts and Jay Booker 2pts. The 2nd game was vs the N.Y.C. Jaquars where Christopher Becton had game high 22 pts, Isiah Lee added 12 pts, Paris Pickering added 10 pts and a strong rebounding performance, Jamaal Speede 6 pts, Darin Marshall & Starheim Ripley 4 pts and Justin McNeill 2pts. On Sunday, we had our first playoffs game vs another L.I. Lightning team, and great effort all around, specially defensively, brought us to a 59-47 win. Christopher Becton let the way with 16 pts, Isiah Lee 13 pts, Paris Pickering 12 pts, Darin Marshall 10 pts, Starheim Ripley & Justin McNeill 4 pts each. We made it to the quarterfinals where we lost to the L.I. Lightning (Katz) 60-52. Our guys gave a great effort coming back from a 20 pts deficit going into the last 5 mins of the game but time and tiredness became a great factor as they had to play back to back games. Isiah Lee had 16 pts, Christopher Becton 14 pts, Paris Pickering 12 pts, Justin McNeill 8 pts & Darin Marshall 2pts. A great performance and improvement showed by our youngsters going into the summer where they will be playing in Stephon Marbury, Metro Nike Swoosh, Student Athletes Adidas & City Wide.'

5/10/04 Anthony V Nicodemo: 'Westchester Elite Basketball Presents the Spring Hardwood Classic, this weekend May 14-16. Games will be played at Pace University and Briarcliff High School in Westchester County. 82 teams will compete in 8 age groups as the tourney was a sellout. Some great programs will be participating, including; Central Jersey Hawks, Connecticut Flame, Connecticut Warriors, Edge Athletics, Gym Ratz, New York Pride, NJ Mavericks, Northeast Sharks, Orange County Elite, Rising Stars, Student Athlete Broncos, Westchester Hawks and many others. Also, many college coaches are excpected to attend. For more info email us at westchestersbest@hotmail.com.'

5/10/04 Galen Smith: 'The Metro Hoops Freshman-Sophomore Showcase is an invitational camp for the top 9th and 10th graders in the metro area. This showcase assembles talented players who want to compete against a higher level of competition. This is a very intense 2-day setting. We will teach advanced techniques, along with a variety of drills to improve your individual skills. Each player will participate in 2-4 games per day. This event is for serious player only! For Freshman/Sophomore Showcase application click here!'

5/10/04 Abdu-Allah Torrence: 'The New Heights Program for student athletes 5th grade team captured the 10 and under winter Prostyle crown Saturday with an impressive 12 point victory over the Team Next (formerly Riverside) 5th graders. It was an exciting game filled with dominating performances on both sides. Kyle Anderson and Emmanuel Brown once again held up the scoring load along with Byron Washington, Jamel Torrence, Tarik Smith, and the surprise of the day Kalil Singleton, usually known for in your face defense chipped in with 6 points. Team Next was down 18 points and made a valiant comeback chipping the lead down to eight when Byron Washington hit a three from the corner to end their run. Both teams will represent New York well on the national level at the 11 and under nationals in Cocoa Beach FL.'

5/10/04 Antonio Cannon Sr: 'The T.K. Allstars 16u boys team ran into a very inspired LPAC team at the Citywide Elite 8 playoffs at Roberto Clemente State Park Wednesday night. LPAC jumped out to an early lead and never looked back defeating T.K. 50-37. The 37pts. is T.K.'s lowest offensive performance this year! Great job by Coach Ruben and his LPAC ball club. On Saturday we completed our regular season schedule at the Almighty Force competition by defeating a talented Brooklyn Express team 50-41. We are scheduled to play in the 16u Division-2 Metro Regional Qualifier this weekend at Island Garden, Hempstead, NY. In addition to competing in first round playoff action at the Almighty Force competition (Bklyn, NY).'

5/10/04 Lawrence McGugins (aotgbasketball@aol.com): 'Ahead of the Game's Elite varsity team welcomes you for a tryout. If you can not make it please call, coach Larry @ 917-868-5816.  Session 1: Who: 17U; must be 6'4" and up. When: May 15, 2004 and June 5, 2004. Time: 11AM to 1PM Where: Prospect Heights HS, 883 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Session 2:  Who: 17U; must be 6'4" and up. When: May 21, 2004 and May 26, 2004. Time: 7PM to 9PM. Where: Berkeley Carroll HS, Lincoln Place btween 7th and 8th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.'

5/10/04 Thanks to coach Dwayne (Tiny) Morton the team page is updated with the Juice All Stars profile on top and the rest of the teams listed alphabetically. Please send team information to nycnjhoops@aol.com.

5/10/04 Pete Edwards: Playoff schedule on the IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 page.

5/10/04 Coach Ruben Taverez, LPAC: 'I am convinced that the majority of the coaches who are involved in AAU basketball have not experienced what I experienced this weekend in winning the ProStyle winter league 16+under championship Saturday night. My joy comes from knowing that 85% of my team has been with me for almost 4 years. They have been in the gym learning this great game of basketball and although we've taken our lumps for the last couple of years,we finally put together 2 good weeks of basketball which allowed us to beat Gotham Reign 79-64 in the 16+ under prostyle championship. It started last weekend when we got a 1st round forfeit win over Team Roc and a 94-74 win over Riverside Church, Then we beat FYA 81-51 in the semi-finals setting up a rematch with Gotham Reign who beat us earlier in the season. The game was tied after 3 quarters at 51 before Amuary Fermin (22 points and the championship game MVP) converted a 3 point play and had 3 big steals later in the quarter that took the wind out of Gotham Reign and Steve Pickens (20 points and the Prostyle 16+ under scoring Champion) hit 2 three pointers and added 4 free throws to give LPAC the lead for good. Brian Howard had a monster game with 12 points, 16 rebounds and 5 block shots and Anthony Nieves picked up the slack for LPAC'S leader Andre Pow (sprained his ankle in the 2nd quarter) with 8 points and 5 rebounds in the 4th quarter. I want to thank my assistant coach Victor Crespo for all the hardwork he put in. Victor, this one is for you.'

5/10/04 Rodrick C. Bussey Brooklyn-Queens Warriors(Scholars Through Sports Foundation): 'I would like to congratulate Jamaal Smith of LaSalle Academy on his selection to the All-Manhattan First Team by the Daily News and Newsday. Jamaal continues to be one of the most underrated players in the five boroughs. Jamaal is the complete student-athlete. He has a 90 gpa and scored 1060 on his SAT. Jamaal has the grades and the ability to compete on the Division 1 level.'   

5/9/04 Darryl Bryant led his Gauchos Midget 13's team to a ProStyle championship victory over Riverside Church yesterday. He posed with his mother on the left with his MVP trophy and then with his mom and grandmother on the right. We'll have all the ProStyle results on Monday.

5/9/04 NY Post: All-CHSAA team Sundiata Gaines (Player of the Year), Lavance Fields, Gavin Grant, Brian Laing and Ronald Ramon.

5/9/04 Daily News: Telfair is News' top player and Epiphanny Prince earns girls honors.

5/9/04 NY Hoops: Playaz run Juice at IS8.

5/9/04 Jacqui Gibbs: 'Team Next presents: "The 3rd annual New York Invitational Classic" on June 11-13, 2003 for 11u- 5th grade, 12u- 6th grade, 13u - 7th grade, 14u 8th grade, 15u - 9th grade (minimum of 3 games). AAU sanctioned tournament (players, coaches and organizations must have AAU membership).  Westbury High School, 1 Post Road, Wwestbury, NY 11590. Entry fee: $375.00 per team (non -refundable). AAU eligibility rules apply. (See www.aausports.org). If player exceeds this requirement and will be eligible to participate in the upcoming aau national championships, please call for exception. only legal documentation will be accepted. Entry deadline: May 21, 2004. Limited availability. Ccertified check or money order made out to: Team Next P.O. Box 505 Hhewlett, NY 11557. Contacts: Jacqui Gibbs - (973) 332-0905 or Michael Moore - (917) 406-6801.'

5/9/04 Charity basketball game to benefit the New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund and the America-Israel Friendship League's 'Citizenship Through Sports' program. Sunday, May 16, 2004, 5:00pm Riverbank State Park.

5/8/04 Rob Schoemig: 'R.P.S.A. Basketball now in its 10th year.'

5/8/04 Daily News: Today 'best' day for H.S. hoops stars.

5/7/04 Insiders Hoops: Traveling Team Top 25.

5/7/04 Coach James Simmons guided Brooklyn USA to a 103-69 victory over the Gaels last night at IS8. Basil Leslie led all scorers with 33 points. Terrance Portis and Akeem Comas chipped in 18 points apiece as Brooklyn USA moved to 4-0 in pool play to earn a bye in the playoffs which begin on Monday night. Web note: Rosters, schedule and earlier game summaries are on the IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 page.

5/7/04 Vincent Davis Championship schedule on the Pro style 2k 4 "Winter league" page.

5/7/04 Seth Peloso, NYU Basketball Asst. Coach (212-998-2057 office, 212-995-4105 fax and sp81@nyu.edu): 'I'm trying to reach out to the Public School Coaches to track down recruitable basketball student-athletes for our program. This proves to be an important summer for us with the graduation of 6 seniors. Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.'

5/7/04 Asst. Coach Ross Burns, Fordham Basketball: 'We are holding our team camp on June 25-27th at the Bronx campus. Eastern Invitational will be at Fordham the following week from June 28 - August 2nd. For more information on our high school team camp call me at 917-328-3766.'

5/7/04 Coach Peter Sullivan has provided an update on his 10 under Long Island Lightning team with the rest of the teams listed alphabetically. Please send team information to nycnjhoops@aol.com.

5/7/04 NY Hoops: IS8 Wednesday.

5/7/04 Peter Fuhrman: 'St. Gregory the Great’s 3rd Annual 2004 Fall Classic Basketball Tournament is October 8th thru 17th, 2004. St. Gregory the Great Parish Center, Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, New Jersey 08690.  Boys Ages 12-14 (Must be in 7th or 8th grades) Pool-Play (4 games guaranteed). Varsity High School Officials, 20-Team Maximum. Individual Trophies to Champions and Runner-Ups. All-Tournament Team Awards. $250 Team Entry Fee (Includes Tournament T-Shirts). Checks made payable to: St. Greg’s Parish Athletic Committee, 49 Foy Drive, Hamilton Square, NJ 08690. Teams will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis! It may seem early to commit for a Fall tournament, but you should reserve your spot now! For more information, please call Peter Fuhrman at 609-631-8448 or Peter.Fuhrman@CareerMedia.com.  

We are also looking for sponsors for the following areas: Concessions, Scorekeepers, Referees and Shooting Competitions.'

5/6/04 Newsday: Our Savior star picks Louisville - Juan Diego Tello-Palacios.

5/6/04 1st Annual High School Heaven's Playground Tournament, Saturday, June 12, 2004. Seton Hall Preparatory School, West Orange, NJ.

5/6/04 Coach Carlton Screen (FYA): 'We are hosting our 9th annual FYA/SLAM Invitational Basketball Tournament 2K4, at Bildersee Park, Flatlands Avenue and East 81st Street Brooklyn, N.Y. Saturdays & Sundays from June 26 - August 14, for Boys & Girls age groups Boys 11 and under - 13 and under - 15 and under - 17 and under, and Girls 12 and under - 16 and under, for more information call 718 434 0127 - 718 666 6534 or email fya1@earthlink.net.'

5/6/04 Brooklyn Scout: 'The 8th Annual Big Apple Junior College Exposure Games were conducted on April 17, 2004 at John Jay College in New York City. There event featured 100 top student-athletes playing in front of more than 40 coaches and scouts from schools and scouting services across tthe country. The top 12 players, selected by a vote of coaches attending the event, played in an all-star game held at the conclusion of the daylong event. The players selected to the all-star game were as follows: Sam Edwards, a 6-7 small forward. . . Michael Smith, a 6-1 combo guard. . . Angel Alamo, a 6-7 small forward. . . Akio Charles, a 6-5 small forward. . . Casey Gordon, a 6-3 wing guard. . . Benny Utley-Allen, a 6-3 wing guard. . . Haron Hargrave, a 5-11 point guard. . . Iquan Wiggins, a 5-11 point guard. . . Anthony Pimble, a 6-5 small forward. . . Jamal Charles, a 6-2 shooting guard. . . Waldis Serrano, a 6-6 power forward. . . Richard Forbes, a 5-11 combo guard.  This annual event was conducted in conjunction with the EKB Classic held the following day at the Dunn Center in Elizabeth, NJ.'

5/6/04 Times Herald-Record: 'St. John's University offered Harriman resident and Don Bosco Prep basketball star John Oates a scholarship over the phone Tuesday night. Oates, 6-foot-10½ and 255-pounds, will decide by week's end whether to accept the scholarship. Recently hired Red Storm coach Norm Roberts visited the Oates household April 26. The family visited the Queens campus Saturday. Fordham and Holy Cross also have offered Oates a scholarship, and Rutgers has shown considerable interest.'

5/6/04 Abdu-Allah Torrence: 'The New Heights Program for Student-Athletes are having tryouts for their 10 and under summer team on Friday May 14th at 6pm and Saturday May 15th at 12pm. This team is for young people who are in 4th grade or 5th grade but turn eleven in 2005 or after September 1st of 2004. If you have any questions you can call 212 927 4667 or 347 680 9539. The try outs will take place at I.S. 90 168th St. between Amsterdam Ave. and Edgecombe Ave. in Washington Heights NY. You can take the M101 Bus to 168th St or take the 1,9,A, or C train to 168th St and Broadway and walk 3 blocks east.'

5/6/04 Albert Ko, Vice President of Basketball Operations, Brooklyn Kings United States Basketball League, Inc.(www.usbl.com/brooklyn.cfm): 'Wanted to let you know that Kareem Reid 5-10 PG from the Bronx and Duane Woodward 6-3 SG from Cardozo HS via Boston College have joined the Westchester Wilfire of the USBL. They will be playing Brooklyn Kings at LIU - Brooklyn Monday May 10 7pm. Brooklyn Kings include NYC HS products: Mike Campbell - LIU - Brooklyn (Nike Battlegrounds), Anthony Glover - SJU - Bronx - Rice HS, Chudney Gray - SJU Bronx - Rice HS, Shamel Jone - Georgetown, Memphis - Brooklyn, BJ McFarlan - St. Thomas Aquinas, Kevin Morris 6-0 PG from Georgia St., Willie Shaw - SJU - Bronx - JFK HS. The Brooklyn Kings are coached by former Brooklyn Prep HS, Fordham University Ram, Buffalo Brave, Atlanta Hawk of the NBA Kenny Charles.'

5/6/04 Thanks to coach Peter Aguilar the team page is updated with the Next Generation profile on top and the rest of the teams listed alphabetically. Please send team information to nycnjhoops@aol.com.

5/6/04 Coach Rock Eisenberg: 'I wanted to announce that two of or outstanding seniors co-captain. 6' 1' combo guard Brendon Luckain and 6' 4'' forward Darryl David will attend Brandeis University in the fall. Both of these high quality young men will get a full accademic scholarship to the T.Y.P. Program at Brandeis. They will join two other Tilden players Andy Rawlins, Tilden 2003 and former senior class president Shawn Williams, Tilden 2002 at this great University. Thanks to the Brandeis "Family" for welcoming two more of our great young people.'

5/6/04 BOOKSNBALL: 'Fans of city hoops can have a great time on Wednesday May 26th, 2004 at Student Athletes 15th Annual Gala Fundraiser. It is being held at New York City's famous Plaza Hotel (5th Avenue at 59th Street).University of Kentucky Coach "Tubby" Smith is being honored as Coach of The Year. Karl Krauser of Big East power University of Pittsburg is being honored as Soph. Collegiate Player of the Year and Peter S. Kaufman of the Gordian Group LLC is the Man of the Year. The Gala offers hoop fans a chance to meet and greet numerous college coaches, players and celebritys in a fan friendly atmosphere. The nite will start at 6 p.m. with a beer & wine cocktail hour & silent auction. A great buffet dinner will be at 7:00 and conclude with awards & live auction at 8:00. Tickets are tax-deductible at $300 & available by calling 718 392-4527.'

5/6/04 LFBALL: 'I had an opportunity this year to watch Pocono Mountain East HS, Swiftwater Pa. play. I was shocked at the great talent level of this team. With 3 D1 level starters returning next year, and outstanding height and coaching, this is a team that would be right up there for a NYC championship if they were in NYC. Oddly, most of the players are from the NY metropolitan area and used the area to develop skills. I think they would be great comp for ANY NYC HS Team. And the gym facility is better than most colleges.

While at the school the other day I noticed they are having the Pocono Mountain East Shootout on May 22 and 23 with 5 games guaranteed. That's 5 games in two days. The coach told me he would love to have a few NYC and NJ HS teams at this event. The cost is only $200 and the distance to NYC is only 80 miles. If teams wish to stay overnight, they can stay at local hotels for a reasonable cost per room. Just think 2 days in the beautiful Pocono Mountains with your team (back and fourth or stay overnight) for at least 5 games and great team bonding. T shirts to all participants. Interested teams should contact: Bron Holland (ex Lasalle U star), Head Coach, (570) 839-7121 ext. 80412.'

5/5/04 Vincent Davis Weekend playoff results are on the Pro style 2k 4 "Winter league" page.

5/5/04 All-USA Today third-team boys basketball forward Juan Diego Tello Palacios of Our Savior New American (Centereach, N.Y.) says he'll sign with Louisville. The 6-8 Palacios, a native of Colombia, chose the Cardinals over Baylor.

5/5/04 T-Bone: 'Why is no one talking about Daryll Hill entering the NBA Draft?'

5/5/04 Coach Nigel Thompson, Monroe HS: 'There is an important article in the American Educator (Spring 2004) titled, "It's time to tell the kids: If you don't do well in H.S., You won't do well in college (or on the job)". According to the article, research has shown that only 14% of students with a "C" average (or lower) in H.S. will graduate from any kind of college (2yr or 4yr). Whereas, 64% of students with an "A" average will graduate from college(2yr or 4yr). Wow! I have shared this article with my players and I have asked them to maintain at least a 75 average to be elegible. And now I'm not sure if that is enough.

Congratulations to Darian David (Monroe HS-Jr)on having another fabulous season: 1st team (Bronx)- Newsday; 2nd team (Bronx)-Daily News.'

5/5/04 Antonio Cannon: 'The T.K. Allstars 16u boys team defeated team Gershwin 67-43, @ Almighty Force last Sunday, then travelled up to Prostyle for the elite 8 playoffs. T.K. arrived late and started the game down 14pts. and three mins. off the game clock. Gothan Reign held on to defeat us 88-80. Great effort by the entire roster, clawing back to make this a competitive playoff contest. Up next, Citywide elite 8 playoffs Wednesday, May 5th, 7:00pm vs. L-Pac @ Roberto Clemente Stae Park.'

5/5/04 Brooklyn Scout: 'Kareem Lloyd, a 6-7 forward who played this season at New Mexico Junior College, made a verbal commitment to Boise State of the Western Athletic Conference. Lloyd was named first team All-Conference and All-Region in the NJCAA Region V after compiling averages of 13.2 points and a conference-leading 10.3 rebounds. He connected on 50.2% of his field goal attempts and recorded season highs of 27 points against Howard (TX) on 1/19 and 21 rebounds versus New Mexico Military on 1/26. As a freshman, Lloyd attended and briefly played at Crichton (TN) College. The Brooklyn (NY) native led Benjamin Banneker HS to the 2000-01 PSAL "B"  title while averaging 16 points and 10 rebounds during his senior season.'

5/5/04 Daily News: Telfair's already in money. Endorses sneaker, draft. It's not Kidd stuff. For coach Larry Brown, big doubts on Telfair.  Looking at $15M, just think: If shoe fits, wear it. His shifting fortunes.

5/5/04 Newsday: Telfair’s quantum leap of faith. Taking pass on college makes dollars & sense.

5/5/04 NY Post: Next stop, NBA.  First step in aligning with the stars.

5/5/04 Booksnball: 'Congratulations to Sebastian "Bassy" Telfair and his family for the first class press conference that was held at the ESPN Zone Sport's Restaurant Tuesday afternoon. Sebastian showed his poise & grace in anouncing his decison to forego his college education at Louisville and put his name into the 2004 NBA Draft. It was also announced that Sebastian has signed a six year promotional agreement with the adidas shoe company. Terms were not disclosed, but it was for a "significant" amount of money with incentive performance clauses included. (this usually means more money if he makes the All Rookie team, is Rookie of the year, makes the All star Game etc over the course of his contract etc)

Time will tell what the future holds for this special youngman/player, but if a winning personality, poise and a work ethic of someone much older means anything then success on the NBA level will come to Sebastian much sooner than many people may believe. Sebastian mentioned several times the great support he receives from his family and friends. It was great to see the pride and wall to wall smiles in the room as Sebastian spoke and charmed the questioners with his articualate answers. Bassy is just 18 and yet he spoke and handled himself like a seasoned NBA veteran. I think that once he has interviews and workouts with NBA Teams- GM's that you will see his name appear early on in the upcoming draft. He is in superb shape (still working out with Andrew Amigo, the personal trainer of his brother Jamel.

I'm happy to report via a conversation with Jamel, that contray to published reports, Sebastian is not leaving Lincoln H.S. to train at the IMG Academy in Florida. He is on track to graduate (he has passed all of his NY State required Regent exams) and as he finishes up his class requirements he will walk down the aisle with the class of 2004 on June 25, 2004. Best to you and yours Bassy, we will miss ya!'

5/5/04 Thanks to Ben Tockarshewsky the team page is updated with the Flushing Express profile on top and coach Peter Sullivan has provided an update on his 10 under Long Island Lightning team with the rest of the teams listed alphabetically. Please send team information to nycnjhoops@aol.com.

5/4/04 Vinny Kabus: 'Thanks to Niko Scott's solid play with the Metro Hawks in Houston the previous weekend, over 15 Div.1 college coaches made the trip to Christ The King to see him . He has numerous "official scholarship offers'' from schools such as Hofstra, as well as very strong interest from Richmond St Johns and Syracuse. After speaking with many of the coaches, the consensus on Niko is that he is a strong ''combo'' guard that always seems to make the right play, as well as having one of the purest shots in tri-state area. Not bad after only one weekend tournament.'

5/4/04 Abdu-Allah Torrence: 'The New Heights Program for student-athletes 5th grade team played in the AAU Metro regional at Island Garden this weekend. We won our pool play games by an avergae of 27 points against very good competion like the Lightning-Dingle squad that played us very tough at Prostyle the previous weekend. Also compliments go to the Westchester Hawks-Donovan squad and the Rockland Rockets team who had this kid #3 a guard who lit us up for 25 points. In Prostyle we played a tough Teaneck Youth Basketball team who were ranked #2 in the whole seeding process, but once again Emmanuel Brown and Kyle Anderson held up the scoring load while New Heights got great guard play from Jamel Torrence, Tarik Smith, Bryant Cruz, Kalil Singleton and Byron Washigton. But, at the end of the weekend they had their 12 game winning streak snapped on Sunday in the AAU Regional semifinals by by a very good Next Generatiion squad. It was a hard fought game, but after an emotinal win vs the NYC Rise Panthers the team was a bit drained. Two weekends, 13 games, and next Saturday we paly Team Next in the 10 and under championship in Prostyle Saturday at 10 am Bronx Regional HS. Congratulations to the players on a very sucessful weekend and a berth to the 11 and under Mationals in Coca Beach Florida.'

5/4/04 Daily News: High School Basketball All-Stars player of the year candidates are Sundiata Gaines, Gavin Grant, Brian Laing,  Ronald Ramon and Sebastian Telfair.  Telfair makes point: it's NBA. Lincoln star will join Benedict's JR Smith today. All-City boys - first team is Sundiata Gaines, Gavin Grant, Brian Laing,  Ronald Ramon, Russell Robinson and Sebastian Telfair.  Bronx boys. Brooklyn boys. Manhattan boys.  Staten Island boys. Queens boys.

5/4/04 NY Post: Telfair ready to announce choice today. Prep star JR Smith jumps into NBA.

5/4/04 NJO: St. Benedict's Smith decides to pursue NBA.

5/4/04 NJ Hoops: JR Smith will test NBA waters.

5/4/04 PrepStars: Big-timers decide on NBA.

5/4/04 Thanks to coaches Dave Paulus and Eric Jacklitsch the team page is updated with the SRAP (Syracuse Rochester Area Players), NY Elite profile on top and the rest of the teams listed alphabetically. Please send team information to nycnjhoops@aol.com.

5/3/04 Coach Paul Suber: 'A grueling and special weekend - Team Next 10 & under team played 7 games over the weekend. They won a Citywide quarter final game and a Prostyle semi-final game, before traveling to numerous sites (St. Dominic's, St. Mary's and Island Garden) in Long Island to participate in the Metro Regional A.A.U. Tournament. They went 5-0 while playing against some very nice competition supplied by Chase the Game, the L.I. Lightning-Howell and #1 seeded Westchester Hawks. It was a total team effort throughout the weekend and great team play by Marky Philipps, Robert Weschler, Khalid Straver, Jeremy Espalaite, Roget Romain, Davon Saunders, Kareem Canty, Jarren Oliver-Moore, Kyle Lane, Jameek Jones, De'Vaughn Reid and Jermaine Sanders. In the quarterfinal game at St. Dom's (Oyster Bay, L.I.) Da'Shawn Suber scorched the L.I. Lightening with 34 pts. and De'Vaughn Reid had 12 rebounds. The team now advances to the championship game that will be played on Memorial Day, May 31st. I am very proud of the kids overall work and dedication to teamwork.

Team Next has 2 other teams (6th grade & 8th grade) that made it to the championship and will also be playing on 5/31.'

5/3/04 Kristie Ackert: 'The Daily News All-Star section will be in tomorrow’s newspaper.'

5/3/04 Elaine Sung, assistant sports editor Newsday city edition: 'After the Newsday site redesign, I noticed that our city hoops coverage never gets posted, but that Long Island's coverage (of A.J. Price, for example) gets posted instead. If it's a case of redesign/computer code/url changes, you should know that the city website (www.nynewsday.com) was redesigned as well. You posted the Newsday's all-Long Island boys basketball team, but the city team was put out a week earlier (April 25), and that never appeared on your site...'  Web note: Oops!? I've always used the url www.newsday.com not www.nynewsday.com. I will check both from now on. Newsday: The all-borough teams.

5/3/04 Newsday: Source: Telfair to opt for draft.

5/3/04 NJ Hoops: Team Kenny Anderson wins title for the championship of the NJ 16 & Under State AAU Tournament.

5/3/04 NY Hoops: IS8 Sunday May 2. Web note: Rosters, schedule and earlier game summaries are on the IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 page.

5/3/04 Thanks to Alinda Angerville the team page is updated with the Bingo All Stars profile on top and the rest of the teams listed alphabetically. Please send team information to nycnjhoops@aol.com.

5/3/04 Rich Kosik (BOOKSNBALL): Supporting the Nets move to Brooklyn.

5/3/04 Mike Neely: '2004 Stingrays Tournament Winners  - 11under C.J, Devils 4-0 M.V.P. Tyler Russo 4/18/04.  12under SI Lightning 4-0 M.V.P. James Norman 4/25/04.  Championship Game:SI Lightning 45-Stingrays(Blue)-41. 13under R ockland Rockets 4-0 beat the Hidden Skills Heat, MVP Issiah Dixon (JKMBA) 4/18/04. 14under SI Stingrays(gold) 5-0 MVP Lafaette CurtisM.V.P. 4/25/04. Champioship Game: Stingrays(Gold) 55-NJ Cardinlas 51 in OT. 15under J.K.M.B.A 4-0 MVP Julian Sanders (JKMBA) 4/25/04. Championship Game: JKMBA 68-Shore Shots-58. 16under Monmouth T/Wolves 4-0 beat the Stingrays (White) MVP Jack Destefano M.V.P (T/Wolves) 4/18/04.'

5/2/04 NJ Hoops: Stanley Harris leads Team Kenny Anderson 16 under.

5/2/04 Newsday: All-Long Island boys basketball team includes A J Price, Kahiem Seawright, Clarence Alonzo, Alex Anderson, John Garcia, Danny Green, Jon Han, Bryant Lassiter, James St. Robert and Darrell Wonge.

5/2/04 Andre Menzies: '2004 Big Games 1st Annual Summer Basketball Tournament -- Mens Division: Entry Fee is $650.00 Includes full uniforms. First 8 teams by May 21,2004. NBA and NCAA sanctioned open roster 12 players on bench. Tournament runs from June 28th-July 28th. Playoffs run August 2nd-August 11th. Tournament will be held in Middle School 137 in Queens. For more information and application call Andre Menzies at (646)239-7383.'

5/1/04 Daily News: Telfair taking his game to NBA.

5/1/04 NY Post: Numerous sources have been saying for months that Sebastian Telfair will enter the NBA Draft. On Tuesday, he will have the chance to say so himself.

5/1/04 Coach Germaine Baron guided Brooklyn USA "B" to a 110-76 win over Juice All Stars "B" team at IS8 on Friday night completing a 4-0 regular season. A two-point first quarter lead was stretched to 10 at halftime as Brian McMikle (11 points) hit a long three-pointer at the buzzer. Thomas Manzano led six players in double figures with 26 points including a couple of high-flying dunks. Kaimondre Owes added 17 points for the winners while Nyan Boateng led Juice with 21 points.

Rosters, schedule and earlier game summaries are on the IS8 Nike Spring High School Classic, 2004 page.

5/1/04 NJ Hoops: Playaz prevail in state action.