I'm at the Holiday event--first game is
Verrado vs North Canyon

Hold on to your hats boys and girls, some incredible takes from the Insider Posse coming soon.

Story from ASUDevils - https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1837588

He is the inventor of basketball. I've only listened to the first minute but this is incredible!!! The undisputed inventor of basketball was 77 in 1939 when this was recorded! He explains how he invented the game by changing the rules by eliminating traveling until it all worked.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...rare-audio-basketball-inventor-james-naismith

Just checked out the new Recruiting Superboard that will hit the site soon.

Looks awesome.

GameChanger will be compiling all the stats for HoopHall West this weekend and you'll be able to follow live from your PC or Phone! After the game, be sure to check out the recap story and shot charts of your favorite teams or players!


https://gc.com/tmt/fall-2015/2015-hoophall-west-565c996ac47aa20021d5a66f

Link - Press Release

The 2015 McClintock Holiday Shootout is right around the corner. Many of the teams in our tournament field have gotten off to great starts. We are looking forward to another exciting tournament! Listed below are a few "Players To Watch" from each participating team.

2015 McClintock Holiday Shootout

Dates: December 26,28,29,30

Location: All games will be played at McClintock High School (Main Gymnasium)

Field: 16 Teams (Seeded / Bracketed)

2015 Tournament Field: Apollo, Arcadia, Boulder Creek, Brophy, Campo Verde, Chandler, Cienega, Desert Mountain, Desert Ridge, Dobson, Marcos de Niza, McClintock, Mesa, Sunrise Mountain, Tempe, Westview

Players to Watch:

Apollo

Holland Woods 5’11 Junior

Dre Marin 5’11 Junior

Carson Taylor 6’4 Senior


Arcadia

Elijah Sikora 6’4 Senior

Max Moses 6’0 Junior

Matt Burton 6’2 Junior


Boulder Creek

Matt Downey 6’2 Senior

Nick Johnson 6’5 Senior

Justin Braun 6’4 Senior

Tristen D’Angelo 6’4 Sophomore



Brophy

Bo Brunkhorst 6’3 Senior

Sean Dunn 6’10 Junior

Matthew Kempton 6’4 Junior


Campo Verde

Brandon Whittaker 6’7 Senior

Alejandro Elias 6’3 Senior

Mikal Rodriguez 6’2 Senior

Simon Kubrom 6’1 Senior


Chandler

N’Keal Harry 6’4 Senior

Tevian Jones 6’5 Sophomore

Brandon Thompson 5’9 Junior

Jalen Gibson Starks 5’10 Junior


Cienega

Isaiah Murphy 6’4 Senior

Jordan Green 6’0 Sophomore

Andrew Leonard 6’0 Junior


Desert Mountain

Adam Rees 6’5 Senior

Grant Fogarty 6’0 Senior


Desert Ridge

Timmy Allen 6’5 Sophomore

Jalen Harris 6’4 Junior

Keith Holmes 6’2 Junior

Billy Jordan 6’7 Junior


Dobson

Kendrick Williams 6’0 Senior

James Clark 5’10 Senior

Dante Hicks 6’2 Senior

Da’Shawn Ray 6’2 Junior


Marcos de Niza

Mason Stark 6’0 Junior

Cameron Stark 6’2 Senior

Chris Buchanon 6’1 Senior


McClintock

Amiri Chukwuemeka 5’11 Senior

Malique Washington 6’0 Senior

Davion Green 6’6 Senior

Adam Wright 6’0 Junior


Mesa

Colter Galante 6’7 Senior

David Cummard 6’0 Senior

Darius Goudeau 6’4 Senior

Drew Hatch 6’4 Senior


Sunrise Mountain

Elijah Thomas 6’5 Senior

Michael Walcott 6’3 Senior

Chris Mullaney 6’2 Senior

Chase Cord 6’3 Junior


Tempe

Javier Carrasco 6’0 Senior

Keyshawn Spivey-Johnson 5’8 Senior


Westview

Luis Peralta 6’3 Senior

Daniel Arce 6’4 Senior

Page and Buena - their travel schedules are BRUTAL.

http://www.azpreps365.com/scores/basketball-boys/varsity/2015-12-10

Some good matchups down south.

DV vs. Findlay Prep @ Rancho Solano - oh boy

Always some discrepancies in Max Preps Stats, but here they are (go to the top to change category:

http://www.maxpreps.com/leaders/bas...a/stat-leaders.htm?classyear=all&position=all

Who's stock is rising unexpectedly early in the season?

Ralph's wife Erin is in her 20th day of labor awaiting their fourth child, and first daughter. And she is still heading off to work every day.

This little girl is preparing to be super tough for the crap her three big brothers will surely heap on her. Those boys have no clue what they are in store for.

I've had the pleasure to be around those boys a few times - pure boyhood goodness going on at the Amsden's household. Ralph clearly outkicked the coverage on his marriage like I did. Erin is a beauty.

I've watched 0.8 seconds of the Suns season so far - happened to tune them in this past weekend right before the inbounds play.

0.8 seconds I wish I could get back.

Nice wins by both teams.

Story: https://arizonavarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1830284

At Horizon to check out the MTV and Horizon programs from FR-Varsity

Last night I saw one of the best high school games I've seen in a long time. Highland got off to a quick lead with Tim Fuller inside. He had 16 by halftime and had about 5 thunderous dunks inside. In the second half the Highland guards took over and made big shot after big shot.

Boulder Creek's Matt Downey had 25, and took BC on his back and brought them within one with the ball and 30 seconds to go. BC couldn't convert and Highland won at the foul line. Nick Johnson had probably his worst shooting night ever, missing probably 10 or more threes in a row, most on wide open looks. He may be suffering from playing the past 3 games without coming out even once.

What I took away was this, these are two of the absolute best teams in the state. They both play the game the right way, as a TEAM. They will both be heard from later this season. Highland's student section rocked the house. It was amazing BC came back given the huge home court advantage Highland has. All in all, a great night and restored my belief in HS hoops in AZ!!!!

Former South Mountain HS Coach David Grace's UCLA Bruins shot 53% against the number one defense in the country and out rebounded them as #1 Kentucky falls in Pauley Pavillion. I'm guessing that was the greatest win of Grace's college coaching career so far. HC Steve Alford has beat a #1 ranked team before at Iowa vs Arizona but not with his son Bryce at PG who had a great all around game. This huge win puts him that much closer to becoming the first ever retired military veteran to become a D1 HC. With the number 3 ranked recruiting class in the country next year the Bruins are only going to keep getting better. Here is Coach Alford's post game chat with the team. Coach Grace looks about ready to explode with joy but he's all business!

“Their coach outcoached our coach, their guards outhustled our guards to balls, they executed better than us,” Calipari said. “We just — we got kicked.” - LA Times

"They were tougher, and that's what we've been talking about for a while," UK coach John Calipari said. "... This was a spanking." - Scout

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At PV Invite for 8 games today. 10:00-10:00 PM.

1st game up today is Chavez vs Valley Vista.

Palo Verde 61 Marana 58
Douglas 62 Safford 57
Buena 54 El Paso Ysleta 51
Rio Rico 66 Valley Union 27
La Joya 59 Sahuaro 46
Mountain View 60 Flowing Wells 54
Palo Verde 68 Douglas 63
Tucson 62 Shadow Ridge 51
Safford 66 Sabino 59
Marana 67 Valley Union 44
La Joya 80 El Paso Ysleta 59
Trevor Browne 76 Rio Rico 62
Pueblo 56 El Paso Irvin 52
Tucson 71 Flowing Wells 54
Mountian View 62 Shadow Ridge 61
Sahauro 72 Trevor Browne 62
Sabino 47 El Paso Irvin 42
Buena 55 Pueblo 43

Frehsnmen Grant Ward had 16 of his game high 19 points and hit four of his five threes in the second half as Buena opened up a close game against Pueblo.

Puebalo guard Isaiah Attles is the Grandson of Al Attles.

Marana went 2-2 in the Tournament after not having won a game for the past two and a half years.

After 1Q

Dysart 11
Willow cyn 3

A Kyle Goggins 3 from WC started the game off, but that was it as the presence inside by Big Ondigo keep WC from getn any good looks inside

Gauchos advance to the tourney championship of the 1st Annual Native American Classic @ Glendale CC. Glendale comes in with a 5-3 overall record and a 2-0 tourney record with wins over Little Big Horn College 118-62 and Salt Lake City College 92-86.

Game is at 8 pm tonight. The game can also be seen livestreamed at azsports.tv

Thank you - Coach Nowlin

Douglas 58 Valley Union 41
Rio Rico 57 Marana 50
Buena 62 Palo Verde 53
Tucson 75 El Paso Ysleta 37
Shadow Ridge 60 Sabino 54
La Joya 62 Mountain View 45
Rio Rico 61 Safford 47
Sahuaro 61 El Paso Irvin 49
Palo Verde 53 Valley Union 46
Marana 56 Douglas 39
Pueblo 67 Safford 50
Trevor 70 Tucson 64
Flowing Wells 74 Sabino 59
Mountain View 73 El Paso Ysleta 47
La Joya 58 El Paso Irvin 50
Buena 48 Shadow Ridge 47
Sahauro 58 Pueblo 41
Flowing Wells 72 Trevor 68