To championship day at the 2009 Pump N Run Showcase, here's what I saw.
15U Bracket Games
A big quarterfinal between MN Southside and MN Heat Elite. Joey King with 7 in a row to start the game for Southside. The Heat took a 3 point lead to the half but gave up the 1st 10 of the 2nd half and got out to an 18 point lead with 9 minutes left. 26-5 to start the half. King puts up somewhere in the vicinity of 20 points in a 70-55 win. WI Swing-Litscher was up 8 at halftime with the Heat Select group cutting it to 3 with 6:40 left but the Swing hold on 61-50. Pump N Run rolls over Fury 68-33. IA Barnstormers roll 75-43 in the same half.
Pump N Run and WI Swing-Litscher win the semis. Swing-Litscher wins the 15U title 55-47 over Pump N Run in a game that was close throughout.
16U Bracket Games
In the 16U Quarters, Playmakers vs Pump N Run was the big attraction. Pump N Run tried to bully the Playmakers early and got out to a 10-3 lead. Then the Playmakers went to a passing lane 2-3 zone and Pump N Run really had no good answer for it. While the Heat attacked it successfully with penetration down the middle on Saturday, PNR tried to go conventional 1-3-1 high low offense against it, but without a scorer at the high post and guys in the passing lanes, they had trouble scoring as it took Jonah Travis and Alex Richter out of the game. Meanwhile the Playmakers lit it up from 3 with Paul Jesperson being quiet again. 30-26 Playmakers at the half. PNR slowly comes back behind Mike Yahnke inside and an Alex Kreuser triple at 3:40 ties the game at 49. 1:39 to go timeout still tied at 49. Playmakers go man (remember this). Travis promptly to the basket and he makes 1 of 2 FTs. Connor Miller was huge in this one and he drives for a 51-50 Playmakers lead. Richter walks with :28 seconds left. Miller 1 of 2 FTs. Travis fouled with 12 seconds left and he makes both ends of the bonus and we'll go to OT tied at 52 as Aaron Ziman strips Miller right before the buzzer.
Ethan Petrill reverses for a the 1st bucket of the OT. Playmakers miss but Ziman with a drive and bad shot with 40 seconds to play gives the Playmakers life. Jesperson fouled with 16 seconds left for 2 FTs and the 1st is in and out. Ziman with 2 freebies and PNR holds on 56-53 in OT in a great game. Jesperson 11 points but only 2 FGs. Nice defensive work by Alex Richter on him. Connor Miller with 19 points. Why did Coach Jesperson not go back to the zone in the last 1:30 of regulation and OT? I'm throughly baffled by that. Madison Spartans won their quarterfinal big 72-48 over IA Mavs Blue. IA Barnstormers won their quarterfinal big. Wear Out The Net (WOTN) won 64-54 over Heat Elite who were down to 3 guys in the last couple of minutes due to foul outs after being down 20.
In the semis, IA Barnstormers won 83-75 after being down 4 with 11:30 to play to WOTN. Pump N Run was down 19-13 at the break to the Madison Spartans. Alex Richter with a bucket at 8:13 and PNR was back on top 28-27. Then a pair of strange T's on the PNR bench with 6:25 to go but the Spartans only make 2 of the 4 FTs and Ziman takes a miss the other way for a 32-31 PNR lead with 5:50 left. The Spartans can't throw in the ocean after that as they get outscored 18-1 after the technicals. 48-32 Pump N Run wins. Nimrod Hilliard with a couple of sick crossovers in the game, but like Alex Vogel on Saturday couldn't finish at the rim against the trees.
In the championship game, IA Barnstormers vs PNR. 25 all at half, 37 all with 10 minutes left in a very entertaining game. Pump N Run wins the 16U title 62-54.
17U Bracket Games
In the 17U quarters, the IA Barnstormers broke a 62 all tie with 6:30 to go for a 84-75 win over the WI Force. Redhawks won a close one over the Fox Valley Storm 58-47. WI Swing-Selk roll 79-62 as they quickly busted open a game vs Fury Elite that was very close at about 20 all in the 1st half for a 49-28 halftime lead. Pump N Run rolled over Big Game Sports 67-47.
In the Semis, Pump N Run steamrolled the IA Barnstormers 79-43. WI Swing Selk vs Redhawks was very competitive. They win 69-55 but it was as 8 point game with 2 minutes left.
We get the expected high profile championship game between WI Swing Selk and Pump N Run. Marquis Mason with 2 quick fouls and he gets an extended rest for the Swing. He's back later in the half. A 7-0 gives Swing the lead and they go to the half up 34-27. Josh Gasser leads the Swing with 11 points. Chip Rank with 6 points and he's much quicker than you think and not a good matchup for PNR. Steve Tecker and Kevin Noreen with 8 points each, Carlos Emory with 7 points.
Mason is a beast on the other end who can't be guarded either. Emory can't handle him on the block and he eats Noreen for lunch. He's also swatting anything inside away on the other end as he had at least a half dozen blocks in the game. Emory hot with 3 triples to start the half (a part of his game that everyone gives him as something to work on) and we're tied at 40 with 12:25 left. Emory then goes down the right wing gets a feed and totally posterizes Mason with a massive dunk at 9:30. Mason can't guard Noreen on the other end though. 54-48 PNR on a nice Noreen rip thru and drive with 3 minutes left. Gasser with 4 FTs around a Noreen turnover to cut it to 2 with 2:08 left. Mason goes 0-2 from the stripe with 1:26 left and Gasser misses a 3 with 1:10 left. Jonathon Crockett misses a front end with 1:02 left. Mason 1 of 2 with 53 seconds left to foul Noreen out of the game. Aaron Anderson fouled with 49 seconds left and makes both ends of the bonus. Then it gets wild. Gasser blocked by Emory, Rank misses a 3 that Mason grabs and then Rank from the left wing for 3 and we're tied at 56 with 24 seconds left. Dyami Starks misses a 3 at the horn and we'll play OT.
In the OT, Rank gets a good look after setting a backscreen for Mason (play for a dunk). No good with 1:45 left and PNR holds the ball. Wow. With 5 seconds left, Mason gambles for a steal and fouls Crockett at halfcourt. Crockett with 1 of 2 and on the 2nd miss, Timeout Swing with 3 seconds left. They look for Gasser curling long but the pass is right to Anderson at halfcourt. He gets fouled with 2 seconds left and makes both. PNR intercepts another inbounds and Anderson tacks on 1 more FT for an exciting 60-56 win. Carlos Emory and Kevin Noreen with 18 each for PNR. Josh Gasser with 19, Marquis Mason and Chip Rank with 11 each for the Swing. Gasser is a pleasure to watch as a big point guard. Mason was arguably the MVP of the tournament as nobody had an answer for him. Worth noting that the Swing were missing 4 players including 2 or 3 starters this weekend.
Official 17U All-Tournament Team
Josh Gasser, Chip Rank and Marquis Mason from WI Swing-Selk
Kevin Noreen, Steve Tecker and Carlos Emory from MN Pump N Run
Josh Cameron from WI Force
Parker Hines from Minneapolis Redhawks
Rasham Suarez from Iowa Barnstormers
I'll add in Scott Nystrom (Comets Elite-Seevers), Alex Koch (TC Elite) and Taylor Hanson (Mpls Redhawks) as other players I saw play well in the 17U bracket.
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Saturday at the 2009 Pump N Run Showcase
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Saturday action at the Pump N Run showcase, here's what I saw.
Session 1
I started the day with the Madison Spartans 16U team taking on MSB, a 10-2 start for the Spartans pretty much sums it up. Their 1-2-2 halfcourt pressure quickly effective giving Nimrod Hilliard a handful of easy layups. 37-24 at the half, 67-48 Spartans win. Nice job by the Spartans of converting from defense to offense by pushing the ball. In 17U games Fox Valley Storm rolled 69-53 over EOTO. Big Game Sports defeated Iowa Mavs Blue 90-78.
Session 2
Josh Oglesby of the Iowa Barnstormers 16s is the real deal. He breaks open a close game with the Heat Select for a 74-60 win. Heat Elite 16s win their pool opener big over 94 Ft.
Session 3
Pump N Run 15s pound the NW WI All-Stars with a 47-16 halftime lead. Fox Valley Storm 17s win another pool game in a rout, 67-36 over Fury Gold. Simon Krych of Holdingford from the Comets 16s elites joins the Comets Seevers 17s today. After leading by 1 with 12 minutes left, the Seevers squad came from 7 down with 5:30 left to win 65-63 over Triple Threat-Rhodes. Scott Nystrom with 7 points down the stretch including the game winner wtih 13 seconds left. Another nice game for him.
Session 4
A rare exception on AAU days where I sit thru an entire game. But the Redhawks vs Iowa Mavs Black game was well worth it. Parker Hines of the Redhawks hot out of the gate with 7 points and an assist for a 3 point play. 15-13 Redhawks. The Mavs counter with a 19-1 run over the next 4:30 for a 32-16 lead as Alex Vogel knocks down a set of pull up jumpers. The Redhawks awaken and score the next 14 points to cut the lead to 2. Redhawks down 6 at the break. Fast forward to 3 minutes left and the score tied at 55. Vogel with a pair of turnovers trying to convert at the rim. A Taylor Hanson post bucket gives the Redhawks a lead they won't give up. Hines with 5 of 6 FTs and a late steal to seal the win and his outstanding individual performance of at least 19 points. Redhawks win the pool 65-57
Session 5
Staying with the single game theme, I took in the 16U Heat Elite vs Wisconsin Playmakers game. Being a Wisconsin guy I'm obligated by kingdom law to cover last night's Swing-Selk game and this Playmakers game with #7 2011 player Paul Jesperson. All props to Luke Preiner in this one as he had most of the chore of guarding Jesperson. Jesperson only 3-15 shooting and 9 points. Rob Daul bulled his way to 21 points, Riley West with 18 points as the Heat just dominated the Playmakers with physical play. Heat win 69-54 and that's with a couple of late 3s against that score. So much for best pool game of the day. Jon Christensen also deserves mention for crashing the glass and scoring 14 points. Connor Miller with 4 triples and 14 points for the Playmakers.
Also in the session, MSB 17s vs Iowa Barnstormers. After 2 FTs, the Barnstormers up 3 with 6 seconds left and MSB has the ball out of a timeout at halfcourt. Inbound goes to David Stanley who misses a left corner 3. The ball caroms between the circles where Troy Klingsporn tracks it down and heaves and is fouled at the horn. He steps up with no one on the line and buries all 3 freebies to send us to OT. But a last second layup by the Barnstormers wins the pool in OT 62-60.
Session 6
Play-in games for the 17s or lunch. Play-in games for the 17s or lunch. I'm thinking lunch. But I do catch the 2nd half of the Comets Seevers vs Fury Gold matchup. The Comets were up 15 with 12 minutes left but the Fury mount a furious comeback. Joe Conley, Michael Lindberg and Austin Rink all nail triples and the game is tied at 58. Conley gets the Fury over the hump for a 60-58 lead with 3:10 left. Mike Jenson with a triple and then a Joey Cuperus hoop put the Comets up 3 late. Jayme Moten (also up from the 16s) with 3 of 4 FTs to seal a 66-62 win.
Big Game Sports came from 12 down at half to defeat Iowa Mavs Black 66-60. Alex Vogel DNP down the stretch in that one for the Mavs. Don't know if he had fouled out or what the deal there was.
Session 7
Triple Threat-Rhodes vs Comets Blue. Seth Hinrichs up from the Comets 16s Elites and he nails a triple at the horn to force OT but Triple Threat hangs on 66-64 in OT. Wisconsin Force pounds the MN Sharks 77-57 in the other play in game.
Session 8
Damarius Cruz with the Triple Threat-Weber squad for today's action as they only had 6 guys. He had a big 1st half. Alex Koch with 7 in a row as TC Elite gets it going to over come that squad 81-62. MSB lead WI Swing-Shaw 33-29 at half but gave up a 10-0 to start the 2nd half and Swing-Shaw moves on 58-45. MN Xplosion won 63-56 over MN Panthers. Heat Select had a big 1st half lead on Fury Blue that was cut to 4, but they extended to a 9 point halftime lead and moved on.
Session 9
16U-Round of 16 games underway. Playmakers use with a diamond press vs TC Elite for a 17 point 1st half lead and win 69-56. Madison Spartans back and forth with the Heat Black team. A Bryan Sprang layin gives the Heat a 45-44 lead with 2:45 to play. Miles Chamberlain with a 3 point play with 2:06 left that put the Spartans up 49-47 and they don't look back. 58-49 Spartans move on as they used a 10-0 run after Heat lead 47-46 late. Heat Elite won big over Fury Blue. Wear Out The Net continued to impress and they won their bracket opener 67-28. Fury Gold defeated Iowa Mavs Black 71-66 in a 17U friendship game.
Session 10
17U - Round of 16 games. Pump N Run moves along 71-45 over Comets Seevers, Zach Noreen making an appearance. Willmar star soph Brian Reeves showed with Comets Blue during the day as well so the very good Comets 16s getting some good exposure here. Iowa Barnstormers pulled away from EOTO in the 2nd half for a 86-62 win. Big Game Sports defeated 94 Ft of Game 49-41 with some of the strangest end of game clock management I've seen in a while (both teams). Wisconsin Force were up 4 with 9:40 to play but back to back 3 point plays put them up 10 and they went on to a 59-48 win over Triple Threat-Rhodes.
Session 11
The botttom half of the 17U bracket gets their Round of 16 games in this session. Fox Valley Storm are storming thru the bracket as they win their bracket opener 66-46 over WI Swing-Shaw. The Storm are 3-0 with the closest win by 16. WI Swing-Selk rolled 81-52 over Heat Select. Fury Elite defeated MN Xplosion 71-56. The Mpls Redhawks took out TC Elite 77-60 with a big 2nd half.
17U Quarterfinals
Pump N Run vs Big Game Sports
Iowa Barnstormers vs Wisconsin Force
WI Swing-Selk vs Fury Elite
Fox Valley Storm vs Mpls Redhawks
Pool Winners
17U: Pump N Run, Swing-Selk, Fox Valley Storm, Iowa Barnstormers, WI Force, Mpls Redhawks, Fury Elite and 94 Ft of Game
16U: IA Barnstormers, Pump N Run, IA Mavericks Black, Wear Out The Net, MN Heat Elite, Madison Spartans
Pool Champion Prediction Record: 8-0 17U, 5-1 16U (Playmakers wrong)
7 of 8 teams in the 17U Quarters with brownie points for saying my 1 wrong answer (94 Ft) was the #1 seed most likely to be upset.
Session 1
I started the day with the Madison Spartans 16U team taking on MSB, a 10-2 start for the Spartans pretty much sums it up. Their 1-2-2 halfcourt pressure quickly effective giving Nimrod Hilliard a handful of easy layups. 37-24 at the half, 67-48 Spartans win. Nice job by the Spartans of converting from defense to offense by pushing the ball. In 17U games Fox Valley Storm rolled 69-53 over EOTO. Big Game Sports defeated Iowa Mavs Blue 90-78.
Session 2
Josh Oglesby of the Iowa Barnstormers 16s is the real deal. He breaks open a close game with the Heat Select for a 74-60 win. Heat Elite 16s win their pool opener big over 94 Ft.
Session 3
Pump N Run 15s pound the NW WI All-Stars with a 47-16 halftime lead. Fox Valley Storm 17s win another pool game in a rout, 67-36 over Fury Gold. Simon Krych of Holdingford from the Comets 16s elites joins the Comets Seevers 17s today. After leading by 1 with 12 minutes left, the Seevers squad came from 7 down with 5:30 left to win 65-63 over Triple Threat-Rhodes. Scott Nystrom with 7 points down the stretch including the game winner wtih 13 seconds left. Another nice game for him.
Session 4
A rare exception on AAU days where I sit thru an entire game. But the Redhawks vs Iowa Mavs Black game was well worth it. Parker Hines of the Redhawks hot out of the gate with 7 points and an assist for a 3 point play. 15-13 Redhawks. The Mavs counter with a 19-1 run over the next 4:30 for a 32-16 lead as Alex Vogel knocks down a set of pull up jumpers. The Redhawks awaken and score the next 14 points to cut the lead to 2. Redhawks down 6 at the break. Fast forward to 3 minutes left and the score tied at 55. Vogel with a pair of turnovers trying to convert at the rim. A Taylor Hanson post bucket gives the Redhawks a lead they won't give up. Hines with 5 of 6 FTs and a late steal to seal the win and his outstanding individual performance of at least 19 points. Redhawks win the pool 65-57
Session 5
Staying with the single game theme, I took in the 16U Heat Elite vs Wisconsin Playmakers game. Being a Wisconsin guy I'm obligated by kingdom law to cover last night's Swing-Selk game and this Playmakers game with #7 2011 player Paul Jesperson. All props to Luke Preiner in this one as he had most of the chore of guarding Jesperson. Jesperson only 3-15 shooting and 9 points. Rob Daul bulled his way to 21 points, Riley West with 18 points as the Heat just dominated the Playmakers with physical play. Heat win 69-54 and that's with a couple of late 3s against that score. So much for best pool game of the day. Jon Christensen also deserves mention for crashing the glass and scoring 14 points. Connor Miller with 4 triples and 14 points for the Playmakers.
Also in the session, MSB 17s vs Iowa Barnstormers. After 2 FTs, the Barnstormers up 3 with 6 seconds left and MSB has the ball out of a timeout at halfcourt. Inbound goes to David Stanley who misses a left corner 3. The ball caroms between the circles where Troy Klingsporn tracks it down and heaves and is fouled at the horn. He steps up with no one on the line and buries all 3 freebies to send us to OT. But a last second layup by the Barnstormers wins the pool in OT 62-60.
Session 6
Play-in games for the 17s or lunch. Play-in games for the 17s or lunch. I'm thinking lunch. But I do catch the 2nd half of the Comets Seevers vs Fury Gold matchup. The Comets were up 15 with 12 minutes left but the Fury mount a furious comeback. Joe Conley, Michael Lindberg and Austin Rink all nail triples and the game is tied at 58. Conley gets the Fury over the hump for a 60-58 lead with 3:10 left. Mike Jenson with a triple and then a Joey Cuperus hoop put the Comets up 3 late. Jayme Moten (also up from the 16s) with 3 of 4 FTs to seal a 66-62 win.
Big Game Sports came from 12 down at half to defeat Iowa Mavs Black 66-60. Alex Vogel DNP down the stretch in that one for the Mavs. Don't know if he had fouled out or what the deal there was.
Session 7
Triple Threat-Rhodes vs Comets Blue. Seth Hinrichs up from the Comets 16s Elites and he nails a triple at the horn to force OT but Triple Threat hangs on 66-64 in OT. Wisconsin Force pounds the MN Sharks 77-57 in the other play in game.
Session 8
Damarius Cruz with the Triple Threat-Weber squad for today's action as they only had 6 guys. He had a big 1st half. Alex Koch with 7 in a row as TC Elite gets it going to over come that squad 81-62. MSB lead WI Swing-Shaw 33-29 at half but gave up a 10-0 to start the 2nd half and Swing-Shaw moves on 58-45. MN Xplosion won 63-56 over MN Panthers. Heat Select had a big 1st half lead on Fury Blue that was cut to 4, but they extended to a 9 point halftime lead and moved on.
Session 9
16U-Round of 16 games underway. Playmakers use with a diamond press vs TC Elite for a 17 point 1st half lead and win 69-56. Madison Spartans back and forth with the Heat Black team. A Bryan Sprang layin gives the Heat a 45-44 lead with 2:45 to play. Miles Chamberlain with a 3 point play with 2:06 left that put the Spartans up 49-47 and they don't look back. 58-49 Spartans move on as they used a 10-0 run after Heat lead 47-46 late. Heat Elite won big over Fury Blue. Wear Out The Net continued to impress and they won their bracket opener 67-28. Fury Gold defeated Iowa Mavs Black 71-66 in a 17U friendship game.
Session 10
17U - Round of 16 games. Pump N Run moves along 71-45 over Comets Seevers, Zach Noreen making an appearance. Willmar star soph Brian Reeves showed with Comets Blue during the day as well so the very good Comets 16s getting some good exposure here. Iowa Barnstormers pulled away from EOTO in the 2nd half for a 86-62 win. Big Game Sports defeated 94 Ft of Game 49-41 with some of the strangest end of game clock management I've seen in a while (both teams). Wisconsin Force were up 4 with 9:40 to play but back to back 3 point plays put them up 10 and they went on to a 59-48 win over Triple Threat-Rhodes.
Session 11
The botttom half of the 17U bracket gets their Round of 16 games in this session. Fox Valley Storm are storming thru the bracket as they win their bracket opener 66-46 over WI Swing-Shaw. The Storm are 3-0 with the closest win by 16. WI Swing-Selk rolled 81-52 over Heat Select. Fury Elite defeated MN Xplosion 71-56. The Mpls Redhawks took out TC Elite 77-60 with a big 2nd half.
17U Quarterfinals
Pump N Run vs Big Game Sports
Iowa Barnstormers vs Wisconsin Force
WI Swing-Selk vs Fury Elite
Fox Valley Storm vs Mpls Redhawks
Pool Winners
17U: Pump N Run, Swing-Selk, Fox Valley Storm, Iowa Barnstormers, WI Force, Mpls Redhawks, Fury Elite and 94 Ft of Game
16U: IA Barnstormers, Pump N Run, IA Mavericks Black, Wear Out The Net, MN Heat Elite, Madison Spartans
Pool Champion Prediction Record: 8-0 17U, 5-1 16U (Playmakers wrong)
7 of 8 teams in the 17U Quarters with brownie points for saying my 1 wrong answer (94 Ft) was the #1 seed most likely to be upset.
Friday at the 2009 Pump N Run Showcase
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A light night on the schedule at the Pump N Run Showcase. 3 sessions of action. Here's what I saw.
Session 1
Most of this was 15U action. Minnesota Southside put an absolute beating on Metro Elite Basketball Academy. Chad Potas on the roster but not in attendance for MEBA. 82-28 final there, ouch. TC Elite Green and Heat Elite also win big. Heat Select get 4 straight steals from Kevin Poster in a comeback that just fell short against the Fury. They were within 2 late before a turnover resulted in an And 1 on the other end. NW WI All-Stars went on a late 7-0 run to break open a 2 point game against TC Elite White. In the 2 17U games, Heat Select and Pump N Run rolled to big wins.
Session 2
16U games on the docket here. Wear Out The Net took it to PRIDE 77-36. Pump N Run got off to a slow start against Fury Blue down 10-3 early, but a 20-4 run out of a timeout restored order. But Kevin Flesch's triple at the horn cuts the PNR lead to 25-19 at the break. Pump N Run takes care of business in the 2nd half and rolls from there. Is there a better finisher in the 2011 class than Alex Richter? Maybe Joe Coleman but I'm at a loss for anyone else. Fury Gold defeated MSB 667-56 and Grassroots defeated EOTO 80-70. In the 1 17U game I saw bits of, MSB played without David Stanley and Zach Vraa but had Marcus Alipate as a replacement. Lucas Brown played well in the bits of this one that I saw. They defeated Fury Blue 59-48.
Session 3
Enough bouncing around, I decided to stay put and watch the top Wisconsin Swing team. A total beatdown 91-41 by the Swing. Gotta like the Superman S on the Swing jerseys No Kyle Kelm or Evan Richard for the Swing due to prom. Jayme Moten moved up from the 16s for the Comets also due to prom. Marquis Mason was a beast inside as expected and he committed to UW for football today. That also gives him a basketball option. Josh Gasser got to the basket at will. Balanced offense all the way around. Scott Nystrom was a bright spot for the Comets. The Fury Elite won a relatively close game and the Minneapolis Redhawks won big 68-33.
Session 1
Most of this was 15U action. Minnesota Southside put an absolute beating on Metro Elite Basketball Academy. Chad Potas on the roster but not in attendance for MEBA. 82-28 final there, ouch. TC Elite Green and Heat Elite also win big. Heat Select get 4 straight steals from Kevin Poster in a comeback that just fell short against the Fury. They were within 2 late before a turnover resulted in an And 1 on the other end. NW WI All-Stars went on a late 7-0 run to break open a 2 point game against TC Elite White. In the 2 17U games, Heat Select and Pump N Run rolled to big wins.
Session 2
16U games on the docket here. Wear Out The Net took it to PRIDE 77-36. Pump N Run got off to a slow start against Fury Blue down 10-3 early, but a 20-4 run out of a timeout restored order. But Kevin Flesch's triple at the horn cuts the PNR lead to 25-19 at the break. Pump N Run takes care of business in the 2nd half and rolls from there. Is there a better finisher in the 2011 class than Alex Richter? Maybe Joe Coleman but I'm at a loss for anyone else. Fury Gold defeated MSB 667-56 and Grassroots defeated EOTO 80-70. In the 1 17U game I saw bits of, MSB played without David Stanley and Zach Vraa but had Marcus Alipate as a replacement. Lucas Brown played well in the bits of this one that I saw. They defeated Fury Blue 59-48.
Session 3
Enough bouncing around, I decided to stay put and watch the top Wisconsin Swing team. A total beatdown 91-41 by the Swing. Gotta like the Superman S on the Swing jerseys No Kyle Kelm or Evan Richard for the Swing due to prom. Jayme Moten moved up from the 16s for the Comets also due to prom. Marquis Mason was a beast inside as expected and he committed to UW for football today. That also gives him a basketball option. Josh Gasser got to the basket at will. Balanced offense all the way around. Scott Nystrom was a bright spot for the Comets. The Fury Elite won a relatively close game and the Minneapolis Redhawks won big 68-33.
2009 Pump N Run Showcase 17U Preview
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Here's what I'm paying attention to this weekend in the 17U division of the Pump N Run Spring Showcase.
Pool A - This is Pump N Run's pool with very little of note. The MN Heat's 2nd squad is here with Trey Scott and Steve Bailey as their 1st team has the weekend off due to Stillwater's prom. In another pool they might be a surprise, but not here.
Pool B - Here's the top competition for Pump N Run, the WI Swing-Selk team. This Swing team has 4 of the top 10 kids in Wisconsin and 2 more in the top 25. Here's the list of those kids with their ranking.
#3 6'4 G Josh Gasser - Port Washington.
#8 6'6 F Chip Rank - Cedarburg
#9 6'9 F Kyle Kelm - Randolph
#10 6'4 F Marquis Mason - Madison East
#16 6'3 F Evan Richard - Cuba City
#24 6'1 G Brett Meinecke - Sussex Hamilton
Gasser has been looked at by Iowa, Iowa State and Indiana with offers from Northwestern, St. Louis, UNI, UWGB and UW-Milwaukee. Averaged 22.4 PPG this year and is a terrific rebounder from his point guard spot. Rank averaged 19.2 PPG this season and has offers from St. Louis, UWGB, UW-Milwaukee and NDSU. Kelm has high major offers from Iowa, Iowa State, Marquette and Oregon State along with interest from Minnesota. More of a high post player than a low post threat. Mason is a left-handed beast on the block who needed to work on his perimeter game when I saw him in December 2007. He was the catalyst for a much improved Madison East team this year and just received a football offer from Wisconsin at wide receiver. He was once committed to UW-Milwaukee for basketball but withdrew that committment. Richard blew up this year and scored 50 points in a game over the Christmas holiday. Meinecke gets overshadowed by teammate Kameron Cerroni, but he's a solid guard who can shoot it.
Pool C - MN Fury's 2nd team is here but the team to beat here is the Fox Valley Storm. Read a preview of them here. Their top player Logan Ellman of Oconto made a big leap from nowhere to #21 in the latest Wishoops ranking.
Pool D - If this were last year's Iowa Barnstormers roster with Brennan Cougill, I'd really be interested. MSB and the Fury 3rd team are in the pool, but the tradition of the Barnstormers as one of the 3 premier AAU programs in Iowa makes me take them here.
Pool E - TC Elite heads up the local contingent in this pool, but again I'm going the Wisconsin route with former Badger Hennssy Auriantal's Wisconsin Force program. They have 3 players ranked in the Wishoops top 50. 6'1 Mike Boos from Sun Prairie (#36), 6'1 Josh Cameron from Kenosha Christian Life (#42) and 6'6 Sam Gage from Waterloo (#44) along with a couple of 6'7 bodies. The Saturday game between those 2 teams should be a good one to decide the pool.
Pool F - The Iowa Mavericks hopefully won't get snowed out like they did at the Comets tournament, but I'll take the Mpls Redhawks here. The 3rd Comets team is in this pool as well.
Pool G- The other Iowa Mavs squad is here, but I'm taking the Fury Elite.
Pool H - The Swing's 2nd team, a decimated Xplosion squad (another team losing kids to prom and a couple of kids moving over Heat Select) and 94 Ft are here. Look for Andre Ingram of 94 Ft to be huge in pool play.
Everybody advances to the championship bracket with play-in games in the mid-afternoon. Round of 16 games are at 7 and 8:10 Saturday night. Here are my predictions of those.
Round of 16
Pump N Run over Comets Seevers
94 Ft of Game over IA Mavs Blue (but 94 Ft is the #1 seed most likely to be upset)
IA Barnstormers over Fury Gold
WI Force over IA Mavs Black
WI Swing Selk over Heat Select
Fury Elite over WI Swing Shaw
Fox Valley Storm over MSB
Mpls Redhawks over TC Elite
Quarterfinals (9:40 AM Sunday)
Pump N Run over 94 Ft
IA Barnstormers over WI Force
WI Swing Selk over Fury Elite
Mpls Redhawks over Fox Valley Storm
Semifinals (1:10 PM Sunday)
Pump N Run over IA Barnstormers
WI Swing Selk over Mpls Redhawks
Championship (3:30 PM Sunday)
Pump N Run over WI Swing Selk
Pool A - This is Pump N Run's pool with very little of note. The MN Heat's 2nd squad is here with Trey Scott and Steve Bailey as their 1st team has the weekend off due to Stillwater's prom. In another pool they might be a surprise, but not here.
Pool B - Here's the top competition for Pump N Run, the WI Swing-Selk team. This Swing team has 4 of the top 10 kids in Wisconsin and 2 more in the top 25. Here's the list of those kids with their ranking.
#3 6'4 G Josh Gasser - Port Washington.
#8 6'6 F Chip Rank - Cedarburg
#9 6'9 F Kyle Kelm - Randolph
#10 6'4 F Marquis Mason - Madison East
#16 6'3 F Evan Richard - Cuba City
#24 6'1 G Brett Meinecke - Sussex Hamilton
Gasser has been looked at by Iowa, Iowa State and Indiana with offers from Northwestern, St. Louis, UNI, UWGB and UW-Milwaukee. Averaged 22.4 PPG this year and is a terrific rebounder from his point guard spot. Rank averaged 19.2 PPG this season and has offers from St. Louis, UWGB, UW-Milwaukee and NDSU. Kelm has high major offers from Iowa, Iowa State, Marquette and Oregon State along with interest from Minnesota. More of a high post player than a low post threat. Mason is a left-handed beast on the block who needed to work on his perimeter game when I saw him in December 2007. He was the catalyst for a much improved Madison East team this year and just received a football offer from Wisconsin at wide receiver. He was once committed to UW-Milwaukee for basketball but withdrew that committment. Richard blew up this year and scored 50 points in a game over the Christmas holiday. Meinecke gets overshadowed by teammate Kameron Cerroni, but he's a solid guard who can shoot it.
Pool C - MN Fury's 2nd team is here but the team to beat here is the Fox Valley Storm. Read a preview of them here. Their top player Logan Ellman of Oconto made a big leap from nowhere to #21 in the latest Wishoops ranking.
Pool D - If this were last year's Iowa Barnstormers roster with Brennan Cougill, I'd really be interested. MSB and the Fury 3rd team are in the pool, but the tradition of the Barnstormers as one of the 3 premier AAU programs in Iowa makes me take them here.
Pool E - TC Elite heads up the local contingent in this pool, but again I'm going the Wisconsin route with former Badger Hennssy Auriantal's Wisconsin Force program. They have 3 players ranked in the Wishoops top 50. 6'1 Mike Boos from Sun Prairie (#36), 6'1 Josh Cameron from Kenosha Christian Life (#42) and 6'6 Sam Gage from Waterloo (#44) along with a couple of 6'7 bodies. The Saturday game between those 2 teams should be a good one to decide the pool.
Pool F - The Iowa Mavericks hopefully won't get snowed out like they did at the Comets tournament, but I'll take the Mpls Redhawks here. The 3rd Comets team is in this pool as well.
Pool G- The other Iowa Mavs squad is here, but I'm taking the Fury Elite.
Pool H - The Swing's 2nd team, a decimated Xplosion squad (another team losing kids to prom and a couple of kids moving over Heat Select) and 94 Ft are here. Look for Andre Ingram of 94 Ft to be huge in pool play.
Everybody advances to the championship bracket with play-in games in the mid-afternoon. Round of 16 games are at 7 and 8:10 Saturday night. Here are my predictions of those.
Round of 16
Pump N Run over Comets Seevers
94 Ft of Game over IA Mavs Blue (but 94 Ft is the #1 seed most likely to be upset)
IA Barnstormers over Fury Gold
WI Force over IA Mavs Black
WI Swing Selk over Heat Select
Fury Elite over WI Swing Shaw
Fox Valley Storm over MSB
Mpls Redhawks over TC Elite
Quarterfinals (9:40 AM Sunday)
Pump N Run over 94 Ft
IA Barnstormers over WI Force
WI Swing Selk over Fury Elite
Mpls Redhawks over Fox Valley Storm
Semifinals (1:10 PM Sunday)
Pump N Run over IA Barnstormers
WI Swing Selk over Mpls Redhawks
Championship (3:30 PM Sunday)
Pump N Run over WI Swing Selk
2009 Pump N Run Showcase 16U Preview
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2009 Pump N Run Spring Showcase
Here's what I'm watching in the 16U division of this weekend Pump N Run Showcase
Pool A - The 2nd MN Heat squad and the Iowa Barnstormers are here. Pay attention to 6'5 guard Josh Oglesby of the Barnstormers in this pool. Read what NY2LA Sports said about him in February.
Pool B - This is Pump N Run's pool. The Fury Blue squad is here as well with TJ Gist and Savaughn Jordan
Pool C - The other Iowa Mavericks squad is here with a Grassroots and EOTO team. Very little know about this pool
Pool D - TC Elite, PRIDE and Wear Out The Net are here. Brandon Siefert gives WOTN a nice guard and they have size with the lanky Otto Pfefferle and improved Spencer Pankonin in the middle. If Max Watts is with them and not Pulley this adds to the bunch.
Pool E - This pool brings us a dynamite (and unfortunate) pairing of the Heat Elite (Preiner Twins, Rob Daul, Riley West) against a very good Wisconsin Playmakers team. That game could be the top pool game out of any the 17U or 16U pools. 6'6 wing Paul Jesperson is one of the top players in 2011 in Wisconsin (#7) and Connor Miller out of Eau Claire Regis is ranked #22. Wing Connor Olejniczak is one to watch as well. Add in some size on the front line and they will be a force here. Read a preview of the Playmakers team here.
Pool F - Another tough Wisconsin team makes an appearance, that's the Madison Spartans (preview here). Nimrod Hilliard came out of the blue for Madison East this year and he's now #16 in Wisconsin. Add in a pair of talented wings, Miles Chamberlain and Tre Burnette, from traditional powerhouse Madison Memorial and this club will be a tough out as well.
Here we go with the predictions
Round of 16
IA Barnstormers over TC Elite
MSB over Grassroots
Wear Out The Net over Big Game Sports
WI Playmakers over IA Mavs Blue
Pump N Run over Fury Gold
Heat Elite over PRIDE
IA Mavs Black over Fury Blue
Madison Spartans over Heat Black
Quarterfinals (10:50 AM Sunday)
IA Barnstormers over MSB
WI Playmakers over WOTN
Pump N Run over Heat Elite
Madison Spartans over IA Mavs Black
Semifinals (1:10 PM Sunday)
WI Playmakers over IA Barnstormers
Pump N Run over Madison Spartans
Championship (3:30 PM Sunday)
Pump N Run over WI Playmakers (I'd love to see the Playmakers 5'5 PG vs Ziman)
Pool A - The 2nd MN Heat squad and the Iowa Barnstormers are here. Pay attention to 6'5 guard Josh Oglesby of the Barnstormers in this pool. Read what NY2LA Sports said about him in February.
Pool B - This is Pump N Run's pool. The Fury Blue squad is here as well with TJ Gist and Savaughn Jordan
Pool C - The other Iowa Mavericks squad is here with a Grassroots and EOTO team. Very little know about this pool
Pool D - TC Elite, PRIDE and Wear Out The Net are here. Brandon Siefert gives WOTN a nice guard and they have size with the lanky Otto Pfefferle and improved Spencer Pankonin in the middle. If Max Watts is with them and not Pulley this adds to the bunch.
Pool E - This pool brings us a dynamite (and unfortunate) pairing of the Heat Elite (Preiner Twins, Rob Daul, Riley West) against a very good Wisconsin Playmakers team. That game could be the top pool game out of any the 17U or 16U pools. 6'6 wing Paul Jesperson is one of the top players in 2011 in Wisconsin (#7) and Connor Miller out of Eau Claire Regis is ranked #22. Wing Connor Olejniczak is one to watch as well. Add in some size on the front line and they will be a force here. Read a preview of the Playmakers team here.
Pool F - Another tough Wisconsin team makes an appearance, that's the Madison Spartans (preview here). Nimrod Hilliard came out of the blue for Madison East this year and he's now #16 in Wisconsin. Add in a pair of talented wings, Miles Chamberlain and Tre Burnette, from traditional powerhouse Madison Memorial and this club will be a tough out as well.
Here we go with the predictions
Round of 16
IA Barnstormers over TC Elite
MSB over Grassroots
Wear Out The Net over Big Game Sports
WI Playmakers over IA Mavs Blue
Pump N Run over Fury Gold
Heat Elite over PRIDE
IA Mavs Black over Fury Blue
Madison Spartans over Heat Black
Quarterfinals (10:50 AM Sunday)
IA Barnstormers over MSB
WI Playmakers over WOTN
Pump N Run over Heat Elite
Madison Spartans over IA Mavs Black
Semifinals (1:10 PM Sunday)
WI Playmakers over IA Barnstormers
Pump N Run over Madison Spartans
Championship (3:30 PM Sunday)
Pump N Run over WI Playmakers (I'd love to see the Playmakers 5'5 PG vs Ziman)
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