Great American Shootout

Buford_Julep · July 6, 2007

North Texas prospects according to Rivals are:

Brandon Shaw..6-2 point guard from Colleyville Heritage....GPA 3.9.....AAU team...Texas Blue Chips Silver....uniform #10

Darian Thibbodeaux...6-3 wing from Dallas Kimball..NT has offered scholarship......AAU team....Dallas Showtyme Elite...uniform #3

Ray Holliday......6-6 wing from College Station A&M Consolidated.......GPA 3.87.....AAU team....Houston Heat 17.....#30

Courtney Jackson....6-7 post from Paris..NT has offered scholarship......AAU team...Dallas Mustangs.....#55 (I was very pleased to see this guy pop up on NT's list. He made a big impression on me at the AAU Summer Tip-off tournament in Carrollton. He is very quick and plays hard. He is an outstanding offensive rebounder.)

Quincy Acy is not listed on Rivals, but while googling for someone else, I wound up on Acy's MyPage. There he listed NT as one of the many schools recruiting him. Acy is a 6'8 Post from Mesquite Horn. He supposedly plays for one of the six Texas Blue Chips teams, but a search of my program revealed no info. Rivals gives him 4 stars, ranks him #73 in the nation and puts him in the class of 09. Texas Hoops rates Acy as Texas' #10 player in the class of 08.

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The Dallas Showtyme Elite are the the defending champs of the Great American Shootout. The Coach is Erven Davis III (Chris' brother). Erven was video coach for NT for about 8 or 9 years and is a frequent visitor at NT practices and games. Every season North Texas goes after players on this AAU team. Here is the roster:

00...Andre Jackson........6-9....Pinkston (Wide Body)

0...Deontre Richmond....5-7....Dallas Sunset

1....Antwain Thomas......6-2....Terrell (pg was leading scorer in game I saw)

3....Darian Thibbodeaux.6-3....Kimball NT has offered. Southern Cal, A$M, Wichita St and Oral Roberts are interested)

4...Damarious Jones......6-4....Pinkston

5...Reger Dowell............6-1...North Dallas

10..PJ Colley..................6-6...N Crowley

11...Reggie Britton..........6-3...Plano

15...TJ Franklin...............6-1...N Crowley

21...Mike Webb...............6-8...Kimball

24...Will Gordon..............6-4...Mansfield Summit

34...Tre Prater................6-8...Sunset

There were some problems with the Summer Tip-Off roster program. Some guy about 6-4 was wearing #6 and was not listed in the program. No one was wearing #10. TJ Franklin is listed as #15, but he is supposed to be 6-1. Whoever was wearing #15 was at least 6-5. Any corrections would be appreciated.

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Players with green blood:

Bobo Morgan (son of Ronnie)...6-10 Post....SOC...AAU..Urban DFW Elite....#44

Chase Spruill (son of Larry)....6-6.....Princeton.......AAU....Dallas Heroes 17....#24

Nolan Dennis (Brother of Collin)..6-6...Richland......AAU....Dallas Mustangs.....#1 (A pg at Richland last season, he played on the wing for the Mustangs at Summer Tip-Off.)

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Southlake has basketball too:

Neil Duvall.....6-7 Post...SLC.....AAU..Dallas Mustangs Blue...#15

Duvall runs the court well and likes to slip outside and shoot 3's. He might be able to move to the wing. He is ranked only #97 by Texas Hoops, but Scout.Com likes him better. Their correspondent at the Kingswood Shootout said Duvall had the best stroke at the tournament.

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Denton High prospect:

Fred Moore...6-6 post...Denton.....AAU....Dallas Mustangs Blue...#22

Hunter is very strong, smooth and athletic. At the Summer Tip-Off I saw him take a defensive rebound and then lead the fast break using a full speed behind the back dribble to fake out a defender at mid-court. He was the #30 Texas Hoops prospect as a Soph. He had to sit out his junior season when the school board ruled he transferred from Ryan to Denton High for athletic purposes.

He does have some minuses. Below are quotes from AAU coach Grady Dale found in a 2006 DRC story.

I think Fred has changed where he was considered “the man” on his high school team, but with us we say, ‘You might be the man there, but here you still have to work hard. If you don’t, you go to the bench,’” Dale said. “He was the biggest guy on his high school team, but he’s not out here.”

Dale added that Hunter has the potential to play at one of the best college programs in the country if he wants to saying, “We put him in the position to be seen, get the coaches out there and then he has to take care of business.”

Edited July 6, 2007 by Buford_Julep

Cooley · July 6, 2007

There's also some very good football prospects that are just as good in basketball:

Shedrick Ferrell (North Dallas DL - Powerful PF)

Kevin Payne (Allen QB - Excellent BG/SF D1 recruit)

http://www.dallasmustangs.org/roster.htm

http://www.txselectbasketball.com/

http://www.walkergroup.tv/allstars/news/index19.cfm

(From the archives)

http://www.cmiregistration.com/user/about/...584&org=457

Texas Bluechips Elite -----------Coach: Anthony Anderson

34 BRANDON MOORE 6’9 PF ’08 NEW ORLEANS LA HOLY CROSS

4 QUINCY ACY 6’8 PF ’09 MESQUITE HORN (PREP SCHOOL IN ‘09)

32 DARIUS BOLLING 6’7 PF ’07 ALLEN TX H.S

15 ERIC FREDERICK 6’7 SF '08 SAN ANTONIO TX CORNERSTONE

24 KEDRICK HOGAN 6’7 PF ’07 NEW ORLEANS LA Karr

44 SHEDRICK FERRELL 6’6 C ’08 NORTH DALLAS H.S.

22 ZACK WILLIAMS 6’4 SG ’08 DALLAS SKYLINE

10 MARQUIS HARRIS 6’5 SG ’08 SAN ANTONIO TX CORNERSTONE

20 JEREMY JOHNSON 6’2 PG ’08 PREP SCHOOL TBD

11 KENYON HARPER 6’2 CG ’08 SAN ANTONIO TX CORNERSTONE

5 BILLY MCMILLEN 5’10 PG ’07 FAIRFIELD TX H.S.

21 STEVE MARTIN 5’9 PG ’07 NEW ORLEANS BROTHER MARTIN

Texas Bluechips Select -- Coach: Vonzell Thomas

#4 Ryan Daugherty 5-11 G 2008 Bethesda

#5 Wyatt Littles 6-1 W 2008 Southlake Carroll

#10 Charles McLerath 6-1 G 2008 Grapevine

#11 Brian Talley 5-10 G 2008 Duncanville

#15 Ben Wharton 6-5 F 2007 Lake Country Christian

#20 Tyler Jefferson 6-6 P 2007 North Crowley

#21 Kendall Timmons 6-4 W 2008 FW Southwest

#22 Terrick Hudgins 6-5 F 2007 Arlington Bowie

#24 Chris Wideman 6-8 P 2008 Arlington Sam Houston

#32 Eric Allen 6-5 P 2007 Calvary

#34 Mark Jones 6-4 F 2008 Mineral Wells HS

#42 Kevin Butler 6-5 P/F 2008 Duncanville

#44 CJ Thompson 6-4 F 2007 Round Rock McNeil

Texas Bluechips Navy --- Coach: Robert Erger

#5 John Love 5-7 G 2007 New Orleans LA

#10 Melvin Gambrel 5-11 G 2007 Huntsville

#11 Rodney Cox 5-10 G 2008 Hugo OK

#12 Gibson Chikboo 6-7 P 2007 New Orleans St Aug

#15 Marcus Anderson 6-0 G 2008 Laneville

#20 Jeff Campbell 6-3 W 2008 Allen High

#21 Gerald Oma 6-4 W 2007 Terrell High

#22 CJ Ogbuehi 6-5 F 2008 Plano East

#24 Duwan Kornegay 6-5 F 2007 Prep GA

#32 Cade Clark 6-5 F 2008 Whitehouse

#34 Marshall Carrell 6-7 P 2007 Paris HS

#42 Darius Bolling 6-6 P 2007 Allen HS

#44 Keaton Williams 6-6 P 2007 Mesquite Horn

G2S Magic Blue/17U--- Coach: Vincent Manor

#2 Anthony Chiles 6-0 G 2008 Arlington Lamar

#3 Jourdan McDuffie 6-1 G 2008 Arlington Bowie

#4 Denzel Howard 6-1 G 2008 DeSoto

#5 Garrett Crabtree 6-1 G 2008 North Crowley

#21 Deion Turner 6-1 G 2009 North Crowley

#22 Terry Tyler 6-1 W 2008 DeSoto

#23 Marcus Gilmore 6-2 W 2008 Duncanville

#24 Joshua Etheridge 6-2 W 2008 Duncanville

#31 Freddie Jordan 6-2 W 2008 Seguin

#32 Taylor Shipp 6-4 F 2008 Arl Lamar

#33 Rickey King 6-5 F/P 2008 S. Grand Prairie

G2S Magic Elite/17U

#1 Kenneth Turner 5-11 G 2008 Denton Ryan

#2 Olan Jackson 5-8 G 2008 S. Grand Prairie

#3 Gerald Pearson 6-2 W 2009 North Crowley

#4 Andrew Watson 6-3 G 2008 Denton Ryan

#5 Larry Brandon 6-1 W 2008 Mansfield Summit

#21 Howard Sturgis 6-1 W 2007 Denton

#22 Barry Bennett 6-5 F/P 2008 Arlington Lamar

#23 Quinton Gary 6-5 F 2008 Denton Guyer

#24 T. J. Taylor 6-3 G 2010 Denison

#31 Cory Dixon 6-7 P 2008 Argyle

#32 Jonathan Smith 6-6 P 2008 Mansfield Summit

#33 Aaron Smiley 6-4 F 2008 Denton High

#34 Matthew Hawthorne 6-3 F 2008 S. Grand Prairie

G2S Magic Seniors

#2 Derik Gibson 5-11 G 2007 Mansfield Summit

#3 Sam Jones 5-11 G 2007 Arlington HS

#4 Joe Countee 6-1 W 2007 Sam Houston

#5 Robert Ballard 6-1 W 2007 S. Grand Prairie

#21 Evan Staples 6-3 F 2007 Arlington Seguin

#22 Gabriel Mason 6-4 F 2007 S. Grand Prairie

#23 Darius Gregory 6-5 F 2007 S. Grand Prairie

#24 Duran Diaz 6-2 W 2007 Kennedale

#32 Julian Peoples 6-2 W 2007 Keller Central

#33 Rico Rose 6-6 P 2007 Arl Sam Houston

G2S Magic Red/16U

#1 Deoirvay Johnson 6-1 G 2009 Mansfield Summit

#2 Sean Swords 5-11 G 2009 Colleyville Heritage

#4 Andrew Ensley 6-2 W 2009 DeSoto

#5 Louis Munks 6-1 G 2009 Arlington Bowie

#21 Anthony Francis 6-3 F 2009 Arlington Bowie

#22 Cedric Hampton 6-5 F/P 2009 Midlothian

#23 Jordan Dunbar 5-9 G 2009 Sam Houston

#24 Stacy Stevens 6-3 W 2009 Arl Lamar

#32 Chad Williams 6-6 F/P 2009 Cedar Hill

#33 Cedric Langston 6-8 P 2009 S. Grand Prairie

G2S Southwest Cavaliers/16U

#0 Heston McSpadden 6-4 P 2009 Crowley

#1 Rico Leggett 5-10 G 2009 Crowley

#3 David Smith 5-11 W 2009 Dunbar

#4 Austin Tindle 6-0 W 2009 Martins Mill

#5 Marquis Smith 5-9 G 2009 Everman

#14 William Brown 6-0 F 2009 FW Southwest

#21 Deantre Harlan 6-3 F 2009 Everman

#23 Sterling Hunt 6-0 F 2009 Crowley

#24 Chris Franklin 5-10 G 2009 Everman

#41 Julian Summerlin 6-2 F 2009 FW Poly

G2S Lakers/15U

#1 Andrew Jones 5-5 G 2010 Arlington Bowie

#2 Deon Willis 5-5 G 2010 Arlington Bowie

#3 Cody Necaise 5-9 G 2010 Mansfield

#8 Darquin Bass 6-0 W 2010 Mansfield Summit

#10 Nicholas McKinley 6-0 W 2010 Birdville

#12 Chad McNiel 6-0 G 2010 Mansfield

#23 Daven Morris 6-2 W 2010 Arlington Bowie

#31 Robby Ramsey 6-3 F/G 2010 Mansfield

#32 Eric Waters 6-5 P 2010 Mansfield Summit

#33 Michael I 6-5 P 2010 Arlington Bowie

#40 Casey Perkins 6-6 P 2010 Arlington Lamar

#42 Michael Evans 6-6 P 2010 Arlington Seguin

G2S Southwest Cavaliers

#5 Dominique Sanders 6-1 P 2010 FW Dunbar

#11 Ejay Guyden 5-9 W 2010 Crowley

#12 Davuan Gray 5-9 G 2010 North Crowley

#13 Stanley Johnson 5-4 G 2010 Southwest Academy

#14 Desmond Robinson 5-4 G 2010 Crowley

#15 Raymond Rivera 5-8 G 2010 Western Hills

#21 Derrick Bunting 6-2 F 2010 Crowley

#23 Kelton Lowery 5-10 F 2010 Crowley

#32 Scout Gibson 5-9 G 2010 Crowley

#35 Chi Chi Onyekanne 6-2 P 2010 Crowley

#41 James Kantner 5-9 F 2010 Crowley

Full Court Athletes- Roster-17U

Coaches: DJ Greene and Pete Williams

17U

Brandon Williams Richardson H.S. 5'10

Quinton Branch Euless Trinity H.S. 6'2

Jason Hanlon Dallas Jesuit 6'1

Jared Pryor Richardson H.S. 6'0

Tyler Hall Pampa H.S. 6'2

JB Conley Richardson H.S. 6'6

Spencer Collins Mesquite Poteet 6'2

Casey Cheshier Frisco H.S. 6'6

Ryan Glanzer Creekview H.S. 6'4

Jeremy Hinton Frisco H.S. 6'6

Buford_Julep · July 7, 2007

Thanks.

So it looks like Q Acy is class of 08 and is committed to prep school in 09.

The player I thought was Southlake's Neil Duvall is actually named Jerry or Terry Jones. The real Neil Dunall plays for the D-Mustangs, not the D-Mustangs Blue. He looks like a conventional post player.

Nolan Dennis was not present for the D-Mustangs opening game.

Coach Foy was present at the D-Mustangs-Texas Ambassadors game.

6-8 Andrew Davis of Garland Christian Academy has been added to Erven Davis' Dallas Showtyme Elite roster.

Cooley · July 8, 2007

There were a number of top kids missing. I knew that Bobo Morgan was committed to a national tournament or two this summer. Nolan Dennis played with the Dallas Mustangs 15U at the tournament in Carrollton in May. I believe they play in the NCAA division.

The best performance of the day (or at least what I witnessed) came from Damarious "Shug" Jones of Dallas Pinkston. (Dallas Showtyme Elite) Shug is the best player in Dallas. Unfortunately, I believe grades saddled him late in the season last year. I'd love for JJ to get this kid in the 08 class!

HP solidified my opinion that they may be the team to beat in 4A. (Their top kids play for the Dallas Heroes)

On a facilities note:

We need a center court scoreboard at the Super Pit real bad! With SMU's huge scoreboard fresh on my mind (Global Games) the pit seems to be lacking big time. RV, give me a call! I'll make the first donation!

The quality of the game action photo's of each individual player (on the wall was phenominal) Best looking pictures I've ever seen!

I guess we will wait until school starts to update the banners hanging in the Pit. The 2007 NCAA tournament appearance was not up.

ADLER · July 8, 2007

Buford and Cooley,

Thank you to both of you for researching and sharing this information. I always value your opinions in matters of North Texas basketball.

FirefightnRick · July 9, 2007

Buford and Cooley,
Thank you to both of you for researching and sharing this information. I always value your opinions in matters of North Texas basketball.

Ditto. And I completely agree about the Center Scoreboard. The Super Pit hasn't felt right without it since they took the old one out.

RIck