ESPN with great games coming soon/Huge Event in Dayton in January

With Calipari’s heightened recruiting standards comes another benefit for UK fans. You’ll now be able to watch these guys plenty of times from the comfort of your own home. ESPN has a ton of high school hoops games for your viewing pleasure, coming up soon. Here’s a look at what’s to come:

2009-10 ESPN, ESPN2 & ESPNU High School Boy’s Basketball Schedule

Date	Time (ET)	Game	Network
Fri., Dec. 11	9:30 p.m.	No. 47 Duncanville (Texas) vs. No. 40 Lincoln (Texas)Ellis Davis Field House — Dallas, Texas	ESPNU
Thu., Dec. 17	7 p.m.	No. 1 Findlay Prep (Nev.) vs. No. 16 Northland (Ohio)The Rike Center — Westerville, Ohio	ESPN
	9 p.m.	No. 33 Waukegan (Ill.) vs. No. 25 Ames (Iowa)Hilton Coliseum — Iowa State University	ESPN
Wed., Dec. 23	7:30 p.m.	City of Palms ClassicBishop Verot High School — Ft. Myers, Fla.	ESPNU
	9:30 p.m.	City of Palms ClassicBishop Verot High School — Ft. Myers, Fla.	ESPNU
Sat., Jan. 16	4 p.m.	No. 16 Northland (Ohio) vs. No. 3 Oak Hill (Va.)Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Spalding Hoophall Classic — Springfield, Mass.	ESPN
Mon, Jan. 18	11 a.m.	Bishop O’Connell (Va.) vs. No. 4 St. Benedict’s (N.J.)Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Spalding Hoophall Classic — Springfield, Mass.	ESPNU
	1 p.m.	No. 6 Westchester (Calif.) vs. St. Anthony (N.J.)Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Spalding Hoophall Classic — Springfield, Mass.	ESPNU
	3 p.m.	No. 1 Findlay Prep (Nev.) vs. No. 2 St. Patrick (N.J.)Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Spalding Hoophall Classic — Springfield, Mass.	ESPNU
	5 p.m.	No. 19 Mater Dei (Calif.) vs. No. 7 DeMatha (Md.)Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s Spalding Hoophall Classic — Springfield, Mass.	ESPNU
Tue., Feb. 2	11 p.m.	No. 30 Jefferson (Ore.) vs. Kentwood (Wash.)Location TBD	ESPN2
Fri., Feb. 5	5 p.m.	No. 12 Montverde Academy (Fla.) vs. The Sagemont School (Fla.)Location TBD	ESPNU
	7 p.m.	No. 41 Winter Park (Fla.) vs. No. 23 Pine Crest (Fla.)Location TBD	ESPN2
Sat., Feb. 6	4 p.m.	Bishop Luers (Ind.) at Lawrence North (Ind.)	ESPNU

Findlay Prep – Nick Johnson (2011), Winston Shepard (2012) (Findlay could possibly play in the City of Palms Championship or 3rd place games on December 23rd)

Oak Hill – Doron Lamb (2010)

St. Patrick – Michael Gilchrist (2011)

DeMatha – Quinn Cook (2011)

Jefferson – Terrence Jones (2010)

Pine Crest – Brandon Knight (2010) (Note that this game is against Austin River’s team, great PG matchup)

Tip of the hat to Zag’s Blog for originally bringing this schedule to my attention. Make sure to check out this link for Zag’s look at some of the bigger tournaments coming up soon.

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The 2010 Flyin’ to the Hoop event in Dayton will be a big time opportunity for UK fans to get a closer look at many of UK’s top targets and many of the most talented high school ballers in the nation. The list of UK targets that will be on hand is probably the best your going to see during the high school season.

The names include Brandon Knight (Pine Crest/2010/PG), Nick Johnson (Findlay/2011/G), Winston Shepard (Findlay/2012/F), Justin Coleman (Huntington Prep/2010/F), and Sam Thompson (Whitney Young/2011/C). You’ll also probably be interested in checking out former UK commitment Michael Avery (Montverde), 2012 stud Nigel Williams-Goss (Findlay), Jelan Kendrick (Wheeler), Adreian Payne (Jefferson) and a prospect of interest for UK, Cory Joseph (Findlay). All the information you need to get there, be on time and get tickets can be found by looking below or following one of the links below:

January 16th, Saturday
11:30 am  Marion Franklin (OH) v Centennial (GA)
1:15 pm  Garfield Heights (OH) v Winton Woods (OH)
3 pm  Aiken (OH) v Miller Grove (GA)
4:45 pm  Princeton (OH) v Pine Crest (FL) – Brandon Knight
6:30 pm  Trotwood (OH) v Montverde Academy (FL) – Michael Avery
8:15 pm  Findlay Prep (NV) v Cleveland Benedictine (OH) – Nick Johnson, Winston Shepard, Nigel Williams-Goss, Cory Joseph

January 17th, Sunday
11:30 am  Future Academy (NC) v Kettering (OH)
1:15 pm  Huntington Prep (WV) v Kettering Alter (OH) – Justin Coleman
3 pm  Cleveland Heights (OH) v Roger Bacon (OH)
4:45 pm  West Jessamine (KY) v Centerville (OH)
6:30 pm  Flora Academy (NC) v Thurgood Marshall (OH)
8:15 pm  Whitney Young (IL) v Dunbar (OH) – Sam Thompson

January 18th, Monday
11:30 am  Flora Academy (NC) vs. Westerville North (OH)
1:15 pm  Pine Crest (FL) vs. Jefferson (OH) – Brandon Knight vs Adreian Payne
3 pm  Wheeler (GA) vs. Lakota East (OH) – Jelan Kendrick
4:45 pm  Centennial (GA) vs. Chaminade Julienne (OH)
7:30 pm  Miller Grove (GA) vs. Wilmington (OH)
8:15 pm Montverde Academy (FL) vs.Wayne (OH) – Michael Avery

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