To the weekend at the 2010 Pump N Run Spring Classic. Pool play and bracket play were 2 totally different items.
Saturday Pool Play
The end of pool play Saturday morning and early afternoon was nothing but blowouts. Pump N Run big in their 2 games in pool A. Heat Black rolled to the pool B title. Heat Elite no problems in pool C. WOTN Gold won pool D. MN Wrath with an easy Saturday win to take pool E. Iowa Barnstormers routed pool F. Fury Blue took pool G. The only interesting pool was pool H. Southside had a 1 point win under their belt but fell by 1 to RK Elite in morning play. RK Elite played Mpls GATOR for the pool title to end 17U pool play. RK Elite would win the pool outright with a win. A Mpls GATOR win by 2 would give them the 3 way tiebreaker. 47 all with 5 seconds left. GATOR ball, they push to halfcourt and get pushed out with 2 seconds left for free throws. The 1st is good and the 2nd is off. GATOR rebounds but holds and wins 48-47. Now we have a complete mess. All 3 teams are tied. We go to the 1 published tiebreaker, point differential. But all 3 teams have a point differential of 0. Now what. Tournament director decision (and you know this will be published next year) takes us to points allowed to determine head-head breakers. RK Elite wins the points allowed and has head-head on Southside to win the pool. Southside takes 2nd via their head-head win over GATOR. 1 free throws takes GATOR from 1st to the Silver bracket.
Round of 16
In the round of 16, Pump N Run took out the WI Blizzard. WI Starz won a Wisconsin battle with RK Elite. WOTN Gold took out Bound 4 Glory. Nimrod Hilliard (who actually was there with his high school club since Playground Elite had the week off) nails a buzzer beater for NESYB to beat MN Wrath. In the bottom half, Heat Sprang took out EOTO. Then the end of the night was wild. Iowa Barnstormers got up 20 on WI Swing but had to hold on for 75-73 win. Fury Gold controlled their game with Heat Elite for a 56-51 win that's hard to call an upset the way Nick Carroll's team has played. Finally MN Southside took out Fury Blue in an ugly 46-45 game. Neither team able to generate offense in that one.
In 16U round of 16 play, 43 Hoops came from 5 down at the half against Heat Elite to win easily. Dave Simmet effective inside for the Heat in the 1st half, but the Heat got locked down on D only scoring 10 points in the 1st 15 minutes of the half. Josh Turnquist hit 3s picking and popping against Simmet and there wasn't an answer for that.
Sunday
To the 16U quarters where 43 Hoops took on 1 of the tourney favorites, WI Swing-Litscher. 43 Hoops dominates the 1st half for a 39-24 lead but gives up a 21-2 run to start the 2nd half. Coach Harris' club locks down again as they don't allow a point in the last 4 minutes of a tie game and win 59-50. Barnstormers won their game in that half. Bound 4 Glory came from 7 down at half vs a game Rosemount squad to advance 57-46. Pump N Run held off Fury 60-52 to complete the bottom half.
In the 17U quarters. Pump N Run rolled over WI Starz. Lucas Brown with a layup with 5 seconds left to beat NESYB and complete the 1st semifinal. Heat Sprang had no problems with Southside. Barnstormers got up big on Fury Gold before Fury cut it to 3 late. Barnstormers win by 7 to setup the other semi.
In the 16U semis, PNR defeats Bound 4 Glory 59-45. 43 Hoops vs Barnstormers was another case of 43 Hoops giving up a big run. This time it was 13-2 early to fall behind by double digits. No panic from coach Harris as once again he chooses to let his kids play through it with no time out. They claw back to within 7 at the half and take a 4 point lead with 4:45 left. 56 all and 43 Hoops has the ball. Its all Marcus Marshall as he goes step back with 6 seconds left for the 3. 59-56 43 Hoops wins.
In the 17U semis, no problems again for the Barnstormers as they steamroll Heat Sprang 80-49. Wear Out the Net Gold gave Pump N Run all they wanted. A 10-0 run ends the 1st half and gives WOTN a 34-28 halftime lead. Then Marcus Alipate with a second 3 in a big stretch and WOTN leads 51-38 with 10:45 left. Kyle Noreen draws 2 quick fouls on Alipate posting him on the left block and to me that turned the tide and set the physical tone for the rest of the game. Roosevelt Scott with a steal and fouled on a dunk. He grabs the miss of the 2nd FT and puts it back. Then he nails a 3 with 7:40 left and PNR is back on top 55-54. That's a 17-3 run. 59 all with 4 minutes left. Marcus Alipate with 2 freebies at 1:27 for a 1 point WOTN lead and then Alex Richter spins into a turnover. Kyle Bauman with 1 of 2 FTs with 54.2 left. To Richter at the high post and he kicks it right out to Joel Lindberg for a right wing 3. Bauman with his own redemption as he scores on the post with 18 seconds left. 66-65 WOTN leads. Timeout PNR as they bring it to the halfcourt line with 11 seconds left. The call is a high pick and roll with Roosevelt Scott and Jonah Travis. Travis catches at the right block and scores the tough finish with 5 seconds left for a 67-66 win.
16U Championship
This was going on at the same time as the 17U final and actually started and finished afterwards. Close game the entire way. Carnell Sheppard with a 3 with 2 minutes left and PNR leads 59-56. But Duke Anywanu (Blaine) puts back a miss with 5 seconds left to give 43 Hoops the title 62-61. Sanjay Lumpkin is really blowing up right now for the PNR 16s. But the story of this tournament, maybe at any level, was Marcus Marshall of 43 Hoops. His offense and ability to cross you over and step back for 3s is flat out dominating. Between him and Isaiah Gray, most of their offense is high screen and roll and for very good reason. Josh Turnquist made a living off of that as both guys are quick enough to get in the lane and cause trouble. Turnquist hit a bunch of 3s this weekend popping off of that high screen and it wasn't a fluke. Interesting chess match with that vs Heat Elite with big Dave Simmet who couldn't get out to Turnquist. Same problem for Pump N Run as they'd start Sanjay Lumpkin on Marshall, but on the high screen/roll they'd switch which would negate that intended matchup.
17U Championship
We get the expected matchup here and Seth Tuttle is back from prom for the Barnstormers after missing time on Saturday. But the big 3 (Josh Oglesby, Seth Tuttle and Jarrod Uthoff) do nothing in the 1st half and PNR controls the half for a 35-23 lead. Barnstormers are too good to get beat by double-digits in this one and we're tied at 40 with 8:35 left. Oglesby for 3 at 5:54 to tie the game at 45 and then 2 technical free throws for the lead. Tuttle then with a kickout from the post and that's a 3 to tie the game at 50 with 2:05 left. Uthoff on the post, 52 all at 1:30. Teams trade misses and Shelby Moats has a 25 footer at the horn that's no good.
In the overtime, Moats around Uthoff for 2 and the foul with 40.4 left for a 3 point PNR lead. The Barnstormers nail a pair of 3s, including 1 with 5.2 left. 57 all. PNR timeout and they turn it over on the inbounds. Barnstormers don't get a good look and we'll play double overtime. WOW. Tuttle with an easy weakside putback with 56 seconds left in the 2nd OT after Uthoff misses on the post. Jonah Travis makes 1 of 2 FTs with 31.2 left. Oglesby has to be fouled and his 2 freebies are all net with 27.4 remaining. Kyle Noreen misses a 3 and a runout dunk finishes it. 65-60 Barnstormers win the title in double overtime. Jonah Travis 24 points in the loss. 100% all the time and relentless inside.
Pump N Run Spring Classic 17U All Tournament Team (as selected by the media members in attendance)
Jarrod Uthoff- Iowa Barnstormers (MVP)
Josh Oglesby - Iowa Barnstormers
Jonah Travis - MN Pump N Run
Roosevelt Scott - MN Pump N Run
Bryan Sprang - MN Heat Black
Marcus Alipate - Wear Out the Net Gold
Nimrod Hilliard - NESYB
Marquealis Edwards - MN Fury Gold
Honorable mentions. I liked what Kyle Bauman did for WOTN Gold this weekend. Eric Robertson of Pump N Run making shots. Congrats to the WI Blizzard 14s who took out and the Iowa Barnstormers 15s for winning titles. Finally, how about some love for Apple Valley assistant Duez Henderson and his Bound 4 Glory program. Great weekend across the board for them after getting some bulletin board material from my preview (i.e lack of any mention). Their 15s took out the top PNR Maroon 15s in the quarters before losing to the Barnstormers and their 16 Black squad made the 16U semis.
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Day 1 of 2010 Pump N Run Spring Classic
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Friday night at the Pump N Run Spring Classic at Jefferson. Once again $2 for the 12 oz Pepsi. Note to self, I'm bringing as many 24 packs as I can carry and I'm selling them outside the activity center for a buck between 7:30 and 7:45 AM. (That's a joke, don't expect me to be there at that hideous hour of the day, support the cause and buy the concessions)
Very early 5:30 PM opener this year. Mostly 15U games between metro teams. Fury Blue 15U coming off their championship at the Comets Tourney took out the Midtown Kings in a big way 62-42.
6:40 gets it started for the 17U games. Call the Gold Guys has its WOTN Gold vs Fury Gold. WOTN without David Stanley or Lucas Brown from Roseville. College coaches all over the place for this one. U of Mary and SW MN State, Augustana, St. Cloud State, St. Olaf just some of the schools looking on. Tight game throughout the first half with the teams actually playing defense, a rarity in summer ball. 34-32 WOTN at the break. Then a 7-0 WOTN run to start the half as Fury goes cold. They do cut the lead to 54-52 on a Justin Casey putback. But Marcus Alipate gets an assist and then scores on Aaron Ziman in the post to push the lead to 7. WOTN wins 64-59.
Court 7 for my next game was held up due to a faulty clock so we get bonus hoops over on court 1. MN Southside taking on Minneapolis GATOR (who?). 56 all with 1:45 to go and Southside turns it over. Gator turns it over on their end for 1 of 2 free throws from Jalen Albritton. Gator turns it over again and Joey King converts a layup and then blocks a shot coming back. Albritton makes 2 freebies and this should be over. Not quite. Southside gives up a 2 and then turns it over. 10.9 to go, Gator ball down 3. They put back a miss for 2 with 2 seconds left and time runs out. Southside hangs on 61-60 and plays at 10:20 vs RK Elite for the pool crown. Joey King 25 points in the win.
Back to the main gym for Wrath vs Wisconsin Swing. Monroe's Brian Tordoff with a respectable game but this one took forever for Wrath to win 69-59. Wrath up 10 in the first half before Swing cut it to 4 at the 5 minute mark. 12-4 Wrath run to end the half pushes the lead back to double-digits and they weren't threatened. Heat Elite pull away from Comets Gold 61-41
In the night cap, Fury Blue vs Wisconsin Starz. We miss Nimrod Hilliard (tiny goggled guard from last year). After all, without sports who would root for the Nimrods. Josh Pella, off a visit to Minnesota-Moorhead, joins the shorthanded Fury for this one. Big city kid but he did enjoy the visit. Interesting situation there with no coach in place yet after they fired Stu Engen. Fury start the game on an 11-0 run and it looks like a blowout but the Starz pull to 26-18 at the half. The second half is a total disaster for the Starz as Fury builds the lead all the way to 53-28 with 6+ left on their way to a blowout win. Liked a spurt from Starz big Joe Sokovich in the second half. Starz tried their 1-2-2 trapping zone and just had no success with much of anything they tried in the second half.
Very early 5:30 PM opener this year. Mostly 15U games between metro teams. Fury Blue 15U coming off their championship at the Comets Tourney took out the Midtown Kings in a big way 62-42.
6:40 gets it started for the 17U games. Call the Gold Guys has its WOTN Gold vs Fury Gold. WOTN without David Stanley or Lucas Brown from Roseville. College coaches all over the place for this one. U of Mary and SW MN State, Augustana, St. Cloud State, St. Olaf just some of the schools looking on. Tight game throughout the first half with the teams actually playing defense, a rarity in summer ball. 34-32 WOTN at the break. Then a 7-0 WOTN run to start the half as Fury goes cold. They do cut the lead to 54-52 on a Justin Casey putback. But Marcus Alipate gets an assist and then scores on Aaron Ziman in the post to push the lead to 7. WOTN wins 64-59.
Court 7 for my next game was held up due to a faulty clock so we get bonus hoops over on court 1. MN Southside taking on Minneapolis GATOR (who?). 56 all with 1:45 to go and Southside turns it over. Gator turns it over on their end for 1 of 2 free throws from Jalen Albritton. Gator turns it over again and Joey King converts a layup and then blocks a shot coming back. Albritton makes 2 freebies and this should be over. Not quite. Southside gives up a 2 and then turns it over. 10.9 to go, Gator ball down 3. They put back a miss for 2 with 2 seconds left and time runs out. Southside hangs on 61-60 and plays at 10:20 vs RK Elite for the pool crown. Joey King 25 points in the win.
Back to the main gym for Wrath vs Wisconsin Swing. Monroe's Brian Tordoff with a respectable game but this one took forever for Wrath to win 69-59. Wrath up 10 in the first half before Swing cut it to 4 at the 5 minute mark. 12-4 Wrath run to end the half pushes the lead back to double-digits and they weren't threatened. Heat Elite pull away from Comets Gold 61-41
In the night cap, Fury Blue vs Wisconsin Starz. We miss Nimrod Hilliard (tiny goggled guard from last year). After all, without sports who would root for the Nimrods. Josh Pella, off a visit to Minnesota-Moorhead, joins the shorthanded Fury for this one. Big city kid but he did enjoy the visit. Interesting situation there with no coach in place yet after they fired Stu Engen. Fury start the game on an 11-0 run and it looks like a blowout but the Starz pull to 26-18 at the half. The second half is a total disaster for the Starz as Fury builds the lead all the way to 53-28 with 6+ left on their way to a blowout win. Liked a spurt from Starz big Joe Sokovich in the second half. Starz tried their 1-2-2 trapping zone and just had no success with much of anything they tried in the second half.
2010 Pump N Run Spring Tournament Preview
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2010 PNR Spring Tourney
Its time once again for the Pump N Run Spring Classic. Here's my look at the 2010 edition. I'll have live results on my Twitter page throughout the tournament. If you weren't following along last weekend, you missed game updates and plenty of feedback from the recruiting analysts in attendance.
17U (Schedule Here)
In Pool A, expect Pump N Run to roll. Comets North is the Comets squad in the pool. Top 2 Comets teams have the weekend off as last year prom decimated those squads. Jonah Travis got rave reviews from all the recruiting folks watching in Denver last week. Joel Lindberg just picked up a Toledo offer from former UWGB coach Tod Kowalczyk. Roosevelt Scott also jumping on the scene for PNR.
In Pool B, yuck. Team GetShook and the 3rd teams from the MN Heat and Wisconsin Blizzard. Richfield's lefty point guard Shawn Bear has been lighting it up for GetShook. Anoka's Eli Guptil on the wing is the other primary scorer. I'll take them by default to win the pool. (Czar's Note 4/22/10: Its actually Heat Sprang in the pool, not Heat Red. With Sprang and Jordan Van Eps, I'll take them to win the pool)
In Pool C, Bound 4 Glory makes the trip from Iowa but Heat Elite is the easy pick in this pool. Comets Gold is another secondary Comets squad in the bracket.
Pool D has very nice balance. This is the 2nd WI Playmakers squad so no Paul Jesperson or Phil Romback (politics potentially there as they will be at the Pulley Invite in 2 weeks). But 6'8 Kyle Stankowski was impressive a couple of weeks ago. Mahtomedi's Dane Schmid of Fury Gold is a good matchup for him. And we haven't mentioned the top Wear Out The Net squad yet with Lucas Brown, David Stanley, Vaughn Thada, Ben Sicoli and Matt Hentges. Fury vs WOTN at 6:40 Friday night likely decides the pool.
Pool E, not a fan. MN Wrath are here with MN Premiere. WI Swing is an unknown item. Good program, but 16s weren't special last year (unlike the 15s and 17s).
Pool F, WOTN 2nd team is here. Shane McSparron played well for them last weekend but this pool is all about the 3 headed monster of the Iowa Barnstormers. They rolled through the Badger City Classic 2 weeks ago and won their own tourney defeating the Milwaukee Spartans last weekend. Josh Oglesby is a 6'5" sharpshooting guard. He has offers from Creighton and Arizona State just to name 2. His Cedar Rapids rival 6'8" Jarrod Uthoff has been blowing up with offers from Indiana, Arizona State and Iowa State at the big level. Northern Colorado (coach now at Colorado), Northern Iowa, Indiana State and Creighton all on board as well. Wishoops named him the Badger City Classic MVP. Finally 6'8" Seth Tuttle who just got an offer from Colorado State. They have to be the major contender to the throne in the tournament. PNR knocked off the Barnstormers for the 16U title last year 62-54.
Pool G, this is the other very balanced pool. Triple Threat and James Fort are in. Fury Blue and Wisconsin Starz (former Madison Spartans group) round out the pool. Starz lost the title game at the Badger City Classic to the Barnstormers. A pair of Madison Memorial wings, Tre Burnette and Miles Chamberlain lead that squad. Starz vs Fury at 9 PM Friday night may decide the pool.
Finally in Pool H, this is MN Southside's pool to win as they play up a level. Joey King leads the way. De La Salle's Sam Burt is a good fit with him up front to hammer the glass. Eden Prairie's Sander Mohn is a shooter and Matt Larson is a bruising 6'1 forward. RK Elite comes up from southeast Wisconsin with Chris Souter at a guard and 6'7 big body Brian Quinn inside.
Bracket Prediction
Pump N Run over Southside (tough round of 16 game for Southside)
Wear Out The Net Gold over MN Wrath
Wisconsin Starz over Heat Sprang (Czar's Note 4/22/10: updated to reflect change to pool B)
Barnstormers over Heat Elite (rough draw)
PNR over WOTN Gold
Barnstormers over Starz (again)
PNR over Barnstormers in a very good game like PNR vs Swing last year.
16U (Schedule Here)
WI Swing Litscher returns to defend their 15U title from last year. Assuming they kept Zak Showalter and David Neis, that's a quality guard duo to win pool A. I'll take the Wisconsin Playmakers in pool B. A retooled Pump N Run squad coming off a final 4 finish in Denver to roll in pool C. Sanjay Lumpkin impressed some of the onlookers there. Barnstormers 16s have been rolling too, they should win pool D. If the Wisconsin Starz roster that shows freshman stars Ian Taylor and Cody Riseeuw is correct I think they win pool E. But Heat Black may give them a run after their title at the Mpls Spring Jam last week. Totino-Grace's Sam Meyer playing well for that crew. Pool F has the Fury 16s in it against a 2nd or 3rd Swing team and Bound 4 Glory. Give me Fury. I'll take Heat Elite in pool G and 43 Hoops in Pool H. 43 Hoops with a rough championship loss last week in Menomonie. Expect coach Al Harris to have his guys ready for this week.
Bracket Prediction
Swing-Litscher over 43 Hoops
Barnstormers over Starz
Heat Elite over WI Playmakers
PNR over Fury
Barnstormers over Swing (both tough wins to get here)
PNR over Heat Elite
PNR over Barnstormers (I can see any of Swing Litscher, Barnstormers or PNR winning it)
15U (Schedule Here)
The story here has to be the 2 Pump N Run teams. Especially the loaded Maroon team with Darrion Strong and Carson Shanks who both drew attention in Denver. Maroon wins pool A, Black wins Pool C but watchout for the Wisconsin Playmakers. The Onalaska duo of Clint Rihn and Matt Thomas are both players of note. Those teams play at 11:30 Saturday morning in one of the top 15U pool games. Barnstormers win pool E. Can't ignore Fury Blue in Pool F after they won the Comets tourney. Midtown Kings athletes in that pool can be disruptive. In Pool G, don't be surprised in the #4 Frosh in WI, Nick Fuller shows up with the WI Swing team. I'll take Swing in that pool. Comets Elite wins pool H.
Pump N Run Maroon stays undefeated and wins the tourney
17U (Schedule Here)
In Pool A, expect Pump N Run to roll. Comets North is the Comets squad in the pool. Top 2 Comets teams have the weekend off as last year prom decimated those squads. Jonah Travis got rave reviews from all the recruiting folks watching in Denver last week. Joel Lindberg just picked up a Toledo offer from former UWGB coach Tod Kowalczyk. Roosevelt Scott also jumping on the scene for PNR.
In Pool B, yuck. Team GetShook and the 3rd teams from the MN Heat and Wisconsin Blizzard. Richfield's lefty point guard Shawn Bear has been lighting it up for GetShook. Anoka's Eli Guptil on the wing is the other primary scorer. I'll take them by default to win the pool. (Czar's Note 4/22/10: Its actually Heat Sprang in the pool, not Heat Red. With Sprang and Jordan Van Eps, I'll take them to win the pool)
In Pool C, Bound 4 Glory makes the trip from Iowa but Heat Elite is the easy pick in this pool. Comets Gold is another secondary Comets squad in the bracket.
Pool D has very nice balance. This is the 2nd WI Playmakers squad so no Paul Jesperson or Phil Romback (politics potentially there as they will be at the Pulley Invite in 2 weeks). But 6'8 Kyle Stankowski was impressive a couple of weeks ago. Mahtomedi's Dane Schmid of Fury Gold is a good matchup for him. And we haven't mentioned the top Wear Out The Net squad yet with Lucas Brown, David Stanley, Vaughn Thada, Ben Sicoli and Matt Hentges. Fury vs WOTN at 6:40 Friday night likely decides the pool.
Pool E, not a fan. MN Wrath are here with MN Premiere. WI Swing is an unknown item. Good program, but 16s weren't special last year (unlike the 15s and 17s).
Pool F, WOTN 2nd team is here. Shane McSparron played well for them last weekend but this pool is all about the 3 headed monster of the Iowa Barnstormers. They rolled through the Badger City Classic 2 weeks ago and won their own tourney defeating the Milwaukee Spartans last weekend. Josh Oglesby is a 6'5" sharpshooting guard. He has offers from Creighton and Arizona State just to name 2. His Cedar Rapids rival 6'8" Jarrod Uthoff has been blowing up with offers from Indiana, Arizona State and Iowa State at the big level. Northern Colorado (coach now at Colorado), Northern Iowa, Indiana State and Creighton all on board as well. Wishoops named him the Badger City Classic MVP. Finally 6'8" Seth Tuttle who just got an offer from Colorado State. They have to be the major contender to the throne in the tournament. PNR knocked off the Barnstormers for the 16U title last year 62-54.
Pool G, this is the other very balanced pool. Triple Threat and James Fort are in. Fury Blue and Wisconsin Starz (former Madison Spartans group) round out the pool. Starz lost the title game at the Badger City Classic to the Barnstormers. A pair of Madison Memorial wings, Tre Burnette and Miles Chamberlain lead that squad. Starz vs Fury at 9 PM Friday night may decide the pool.
Finally in Pool H, this is MN Southside's pool to win as they play up a level. Joey King leads the way. De La Salle's Sam Burt is a good fit with him up front to hammer the glass. Eden Prairie's Sander Mohn is a shooter and Matt Larson is a bruising 6'1 forward. RK Elite comes up from southeast Wisconsin with Chris Souter at a guard and 6'7 big body Brian Quinn inside.
Bracket Prediction
Pump N Run over Southside (tough round of 16 game for Southside)
Wear Out The Net Gold over MN Wrath
Wisconsin Starz over Heat Sprang (Czar's Note 4/22/10: updated to reflect change to pool B)
Barnstormers over Heat Elite (rough draw)
PNR over WOTN Gold
Barnstormers over Starz (again)
PNR over Barnstormers in a very good game like PNR vs Swing last year.
16U (Schedule Here)
WI Swing Litscher returns to defend their 15U title from last year. Assuming they kept Zak Showalter and David Neis, that's a quality guard duo to win pool A. I'll take the Wisconsin Playmakers in pool B. A retooled Pump N Run squad coming off a final 4 finish in Denver to roll in pool C. Sanjay Lumpkin impressed some of the onlookers there. Barnstormers 16s have been rolling too, they should win pool D. If the Wisconsin Starz roster that shows freshman stars Ian Taylor and Cody Riseeuw is correct I think they win pool E. But Heat Black may give them a run after their title at the Mpls Spring Jam last week. Totino-Grace's Sam Meyer playing well for that crew. Pool F has the Fury 16s in it against a 2nd or 3rd Swing team and Bound 4 Glory. Give me Fury. I'll take Heat Elite in pool G and 43 Hoops in Pool H. 43 Hoops with a rough championship loss last week in Menomonie. Expect coach Al Harris to have his guys ready for this week.
Bracket Prediction
Swing-Litscher over 43 Hoops
Barnstormers over Starz
Heat Elite over WI Playmakers
PNR over Fury
Barnstormers over Swing (both tough wins to get here)
PNR over Heat Elite
PNR over Barnstormers (I can see any of Swing Litscher, Barnstormers or PNR winning it)
15U (Schedule Here)
The story here has to be the 2 Pump N Run teams. Especially the loaded Maroon team with Darrion Strong and Carson Shanks who both drew attention in Denver. Maroon wins pool A, Black wins Pool C but watchout for the Wisconsin Playmakers. The Onalaska duo of Clint Rihn and Matt Thomas are both players of note. Those teams play at 11:30 Saturday morning in one of the top 15U pool games. Barnstormers win pool E. Can't ignore Fury Blue in Pool F after they won the Comets tourney. Midtown Kings athletes in that pool can be disruptive. In Pool G, don't be surprised in the #4 Frosh in WI, Nick Fuller shows up with the WI Swing team. I'll take Swing in that pool. Comets Elite wins pool H.
Pump N Run Maroon stays undefeated and wins the tourney
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