Live Blog: Day two of the Under Armour Session 1 (Westfield, IN) - Saturday
Westfield, Indiana – Day 2 of the Under Armour Session 1 is under way.
9:15 AM (17u) KC Run GMC vs. Middlesex Magic
Coach Watch: Mike Boynton (Oklahoma State), Fran McCaffery (Iowa), Mark Fox (Cal), Mike Bray (Notre Dame), and Micah Shrewsberry (Penn State) were courtside. Assistants from Southern Cal, Boston College, Stanford, Wake Forest, Providence. UConn, Virginia Tech, with a number of mid-major coaches.
Game one of Day 2 had over 100 coaches lining both baselines. The name in this game is 2023 three-star Parker Friedrichsen, an Oklahoma State commitment. Mike Boynton and at least one assistant were courtside to watch the Bixby High shooting guard. Friedrichsen’s KC Run GMC teammate, 6-11 2023 Carey Booth is one to watch as a high major big.
Middlesex Magic 6-11 post JP Estrella brought another handful of coaches to watch including Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery, Penn State head coach Micah Shrewsberry, and Notre Dame headman Mike Bray.
Middlesex Magic won the game and Estrella finished with 8 points and 8 rebounds. Carey Booth knocked down four threes en route to 16 points and four blocks. Friedrichsen had a game-high 20.
10:30 AM (17u) West Coast Elite NorCal vs. All Arkansas Red
Coaches Watch: Wayne Tinkle (Oregon State), Mark Fox (Cal), Steve Alford (Nevada) were courtisde along with assistants from UCLA, San Francisco, Tulsa, St. Mary’s, TCU, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, and UC Santa Barbara.
The draw is for West Coast Elite NorCal 2023 wing Courtney Anderson. The 6-foot-5 wing from Richmond (CA) Dublin High had Mark Fox and an assistant courtside with a host of others.
He does not claim any offers yet, but schools walked away impressed with All Arkansas Red 6-foot-4 2023 wing Katraleus Aldridge ofTopeka (KS) Highland Park.
Aldridge led all scorers with 18 points. Anderson led the way for the West Coast Elite NorCal team with 16 in the win.
4:45 PM (17u) Middlesex Magic vs. West Coast Elite NorCal
Coaches Watch: Rick Barnes (Tennessee). Assistants from Washington State, Villanova, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, UNLV, Stanford, Arizona, California, Iowa, Maryland, Providence, Wisconsin, Rhide Island, Vanderbilt, and Southern Cal. In total there were around 75.
Things started to pick back up for the 5 o’clock time slot as college coaches started to pile back in from lunch. JP Estrella is starting to bring his contingent of coaches, of note Note Notre Dame has been at each of his games this weekend. Wisconsin also made an appearance courtside.
West Coast Elite NorCal’s Courtney Anderson had half of the PAC-12 in the stands watching,. Arizona State and Cal were his most recent offers, and Cal was at both games today.
Two guys from this game to watch and see if the mid major offers start coming, Joseph Nugent with Middlesex Magic and Jamar Howard for West Coast Elite NorCal. They are niche prospects, but guys you could see winning a lot of games in college at the right place.
Anderson could not get into a rhythm as he was strapped with foul trouble getting four in the first half. Estrella, in the win, finished with 10 points, 11 rebounds, and four blocks.
6:00 PM (17u) Houston Defenders vs. Illinois Wolves
Coaches Watch: Ben Johnson (Minnesota), Greg Gard (Wisconsin), Chris Collins (Northwestern), and TJ Otzelberger (Iowa State) were joined by assistants from Vanderbilt, Wichita State, Tulsa, California, Indiana, Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, and others.
The Illinois Wolves brought out the Big 10. 6-foot-7 2023 Asa Thomas had Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard sitting courtside. Teammate On3 Consensus No. 85 Cam Christie had Iowa State’s TJ Otzelberger and Minnesota’s Ben Johnson with assistants.
7:15 PM (17u) West Coast Elite vs. Team Breakdown
Coaches Watch: No head coaches, but assistants from California, Mississippi State, Wichita State, Southern Cal, St. John’s, and a handful of mid-major coaches.
The draw was the wing matchup of 6’6 2024 Rodney Brown from West Coast Elite and 6’7 2023 On3 Consensus No. 29 Kris Parker. Brown could be a big riser from this weekend as he carries Cal and Washington State offers. More could/should be on the way.
Parker had Florida State in for his earlier game to watch. He finished with a game-high 21 points, scoring at each level. Brown also had 21, the three-point marksman was 5 of 7 from beyond the arc.