UK recruiting fans will have plenty to watch this weekend, with the
Derby Festival Classic in Louisville and the USA Nike Hoops Summit taking place in Portland, Oregon. Stacey Poole will be playing in the Derby Festival Classic and
Matt's earlier post (or
this link)will help you if you need to get tickets. If you're not into leaving the house this weekend, depending on what you spend on cable currently, you can still catch a few UK recruits, plus UK commit Enes Kanter, in action on television this weekend.
The Nike Hoops Summit will feature
Kanter on the World Select Team, along with Canadian Cory Joseph, while the USA team will have Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones. In Cincinnati, on Directv, I'm getting the broadcast on channels 646, 659, 660, 661 and 663, which is most of the Fox Sports channels, so if you have almost any of the Fox Sports channels you should be able to see the game. Tip off is set for 7pm in Oregon so we're getting the game on the east coast at 10pm. Personally, I can't wait to see Kanter in live action against Jared Sullinger. It's probably going to be your best opportunity to truly gauge where Kanter sits in reference to the nation's best centers.
Here's the
rosters for each team and links for the more information:
USA Junior National Select Team
Harrison Barnes |
G |
6'8'' |
209 |
05/30/92 |
Ames HS / Ames, IA |
*No.Carolina |
Will Barton |
G |
6'6'' |
161 |
01/06/91 |
Brewster Academy / Baltimore,MD |
*Memphis |
Reggie Bullock |
G |
6'6'' |
190 |
03/16/91 |
Kinston HS / Kinston,NC |
*N.Carolina |
Tobias Harris** |
F |
6'8'' |
210 |
07/15/92 |
Half Hallow HS / Brokville,NY |
*Tennessee |
Meyers Leonard |
F/C |
7'0'' |
215 |
02/27/92 |
Robinson HS / Robinson,IL |
Illinois |
Kyrie Irving |
PG |
6'2'' |
172 |
03/23/92 |
St.Patrick HS / Elizabeth,NJ |
*Duke |
Terrence Jones |
F |
6'8'' |
219 |
01/09/92 |
Jefferson HS / Portland,OR |
TBA |
Brandon Knight |
G |
6'3'' |
183 |
12/02/91 |
PineCrest HS / CoralSprings,TN |
TBA |
Kendall Marshall |
PG |
6'4'' |
180 |
08/19/91 |
Bishop O'Connel HS / Arlington,VA |
*N.Carolina |
Jared Sullinger |
C |
6'9'' |
262 |
03/04/92 |
Northland HS / Columbus,OH |
*Ohio St. |
Patric Young |
F |
6'9'' |
220 |
02/01/92 |
Providence HS / Jacksonville,FL |
*Florida |
HEAD COACH: Bob Cimmino, Mt.Vernon HS, NY Â ASSISTANT COACH: Rich Gray, St.Louis Eagles, AAU, MO
World Select Team
Jason Cadee |
G |
6'0'' |
165 |
04/15/91 |
Australia |
Institute of Sport |
Duje Dukan |
G |
6'8'' |
195 |
12/04/91 |
Croatia |
Deerfield, HS, IL |
Cory Joseph |
G |
6'4'' |
200 |
07/11/90 |
Canada |
Findlay Prep, NV |
Enes Kanter |
F |
6'10'' |
235 |
05/20/92 |
Turkey |
Stoneridge Prep, CA |
Mael Lebrun |
F |
6'6'' |
185 |
04/17/91 |
France |
Entente Orleans |
Robert Loe |
C |
7'0'' |
225 |
08/05/91 |
New Zealand |
JTB Breakers |
Nikola Mirotic |
F |
6'10'' |
220 |
02/14/91 |
Spain |
Faymasa Palencia |
Dejan Musli |
C |
7'0'' |
240 |
01/03/91 |
Serbia |
FMP Zeleznik |
Sui Ran |
G |
6'4'' |
191 |
06/25/92 |
China |
Shandong |
Tristan Thompson |
F |
6'10'' |
235 |
03/31/91 |
Canada |
Findlay Prep |
HEAD COACH: Rob Beveridge (Australia) Â ASSISTANT COACH: Marin Sedlacek (Serbia)
USA Nike Hoop Summit Website
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