2006 FIBA U18 at St. Marys...any players interest you?

[SsKSpurs21]

EVENT OFFICIAL LE: 2006 FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Men
EVENT SITE: St. Mary’s University, Greehey Arena, San Antonio, Texas
DATE: June 28-July 2, 2006

QUALIFIED TEAMS: Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, United States and Uruguay.

EVENT DESCRIPTION: The FIBA Americas Men's U18 Championship will feature eight national teams from North, South and Central Americas and the Caribbean. The top four finishing teams qualify for the 2007 FIBA U19 Men's World Championship that will be held July 7-22 in Malaysia.

Pop and coaches from other teams including many college coaches will be in attendance.

Named as USA Basketball U18 finalists were:
Chris Allen (Meadowcreek H.S., Ga./Michigan State);
Jerryd Bayless (St. Mary's H.S., Ariz./Undecided;
Michael Beasley (Oak Hill Academy, Va./Undecided);
Johnny Flynn (Niagara Falls H.S., N.Y./ Syracuse);
Drew Gordon (Archbishop Mitty H.S., Calif./Undecided);
Donte Greene (Towson Catholic H.S, Md./Syracuse);
Spencer Hawes (Seattle Prep, Wash./ Washington);
James Hickson (Wheeler H.S., Ga. /Undecided);
Taylor King (Mater Dei H.S., Calif./Duke);
Gani Lawal (Norcross H.S., Ga./Georgia Tech);
Tajuan Porter (Renaissance H.S., Mich./Oregon);
Stanley Robinson (Huffman H.S., Ala./Connecticut);
Kyle Singler (South Medford H.S., Ore./Undecided);
Nolan Smith (Oak Hill Academy, Va./Duke);
DaJuan Summers (McDonogh School, Md./Georgetown);
Lance Thomas (St. Benedict's H.S., N.J./Undecided).

I am a currrent student at St. Mary's and Iam taking the summer semester there so I will most likely go to this event.

My question is, do you know any of these players or know of players from other countries who I should be looking out for...OR are there players who interest you, and would like me to see how they do

[Louie Vega]

Any player from Oak Hill or St. Bene's in Jersey automatically grabs my attention. Oak Hill is always contending for the mythical national le and I believe that Jersey has more talent per capita then any other state. Jersey is not a very big state but they have loads of talent. Mater Dei always produces talent as well. And if those players going to Duke don't make you want to go see this game then you must not be a prep hoops fan. The most intriguiging thing about these players is that they are bred to play at Major Hoop schools. Not schools like UT and A&M. When you start talking about schools like UCONN, Duke, Syracuse and North Carolina then you are talking about something that most Texans have no idea about. These prep players are on a whole other level.

[SsKSpurs21]

mike jones, i guess nolan smith and taylor king fit your bill...oakhills and duke prospect.

ill just go there with a general idea and see who catches my eye.

[Louie Vega]

mike jones, i guess nolan smith and taylor king fit your bill...oakhills and duke prospect.

ill just go there with a general idea and see who catches my eye.

I don't give a why you go as long as you go.
San Antonio plays host to some pretty cool games. And not alot of people turn out for these games. The Army All American Football game is always dead. The Air Force Basketball Tournament does a little better as far as attendance is concerned. But only cause local teams are playing. And I am sure there will be a low turn out for the FIBA'S game as well. It is only a matter of time before they start moving these games to other locations. San Antonio only takes them for granted.