Noah Baumann played the best basketball in the tournament. Each averaged 30 points a game. In the game against one of the top teams in the tournament the 702 team in Vegas, Baumann had 33 pts. Team Phoenix played at an amazing level considering they are all 15 and 16 year old freshman and soph primarily. The team went 2 and 1 in back to back 17u certified tournaments. They end up losing to a Utah team that lost to the LV prospects by 1. Team Phoenix led my 13 points just ran out of gas.

Click here: Bayless game winner

CBS Sports Listing:

Drew Bender gone from Northern Colorado, blew two years at Rice, so (3) three schools in four years upcoming...

Larry Lewis Jr. gone from UTSA and used RS and freshman year.... UTSA, between Lewis and Lucas O'Brien and forgot George Matthews (played 7 games and being 2009 grad.) if still there, another program recruits AZ, but of late players do not see floor... Geno Littles, will be next years casuality, kid plays but wont last at 2 points a game with average minutes at PG....

It may be possible that the AIA in a one year block scheduled all the Southern Arizona DII teams on the road twice against Phoenix schools. So far that is the case for Buena, Sunnyside, Rincon, Cienega, and Ridge.

~SoAZ Insider

These new forums offer a ton of new technology and features, so play with it and enjoy.

Sad to inform everyone that Coach Jim Acton passed away during surgery last week. He was currently teaching at Sunnyside. His funeral services will take place on 4/25 at the LDS church in Kearny, AZ, 200 Hammond Ave @ 10 AM.

Coach Acton was not coaching this year. He was going to volunteer at Sunnyside, but had to take care of his wife who was sick.

Condolences to all his family and friends.

What's the word on Lightfoot decommitting from New Mexico?

Why?

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Soooooo, things just got interesting for SBT.

The new forums on the Rivals network are set to release.

This has been a major effort for the past several months by Rivals and Yahoo!

The Main Board (TMB) on Rivals.com will be the first to launch next Wednesday, followed by the network sites the following Monday, April 20.

I encourage you to visit TMB next Wednesday to get a feel for what is coming to this site. We will also have info to help navigate the new forums.

I read an article online from SoAZ yesterday that stated GCU requested Renfro to release them from his NLI.

Is that for real? Man, very strange.

Hearing CMac is transferring out of ASU.

Article in the AZ Republic this morning stating the intentions of Alex Barcello and Marvin Bagley.

Yeah, I'm a big Corona fan but I'm glad to see these kids willing to give the new coach a chance and not cut and run like many others would.

Corona article

What a great young man.

http://www.missouristatebears.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032515aaa.html

Is it game day?

Opinion piece on the Howard move to Findlay

Markus Howard's move shows maturity

Offered by Texas Tech.

Why did Glendale Ironwood open up again?

Phoenix College PG Brandon Brown (Cesar Chavez) signed with Coach Mike Dunlap at Loyola Marymount Wednesday. Brandon leaves Phoenix as one of most decorated junior college players of all time. People who know Brandon's situation, know how much he has overcome and how great of a young man he is. The Phoenix College family wish him the best and look forward to watching him wreaking havoc in WCC next season.

His accomplishments include:
2015 NJCAA Division 2 National Player of the Year
2015 ACCAC Player of the Year
2015 Cistano Little Man Award of the National Tournament
2015 Region 1 Tournament MVP
2014 ACCAC Freshman of the Year
2014 NJCAA Divsion 2 National Tournament MVP
2x NJCAA Division 2 First Team All American
2x NJCAA Divison 2 National Tournament All Tournament Team
2x All ACCAC First Team
1 National Championship
1 ACCAC Championship
2 Region Championships
1603 points (school record)
438 assists

Big honors for Alex Barcello and Markus Howard, Barcello earned 1st team MaxPreps Sophomore All-American honors while Howard earned 2nd team All-American honors. Congrats to both of them for a great year again!

MaxPreps

He's been cleared to jog, doing 'box-jumping' now, and is getting ready for his prom on Saturday. Projected back July/August time-frame. All is good!

I've noticed over the decades of watching high school basketball that teams with high scoring point guards seldom win state championships. When a team's highest scorer is the PG, there's often a chemistry issue that prevents the highest level of team success.

Yes, there are exceptions....Mike Bibby was Shadow Mountain's high scorer back in the 90's and his team won it all. And recently, Alex Barcello is a high-scorer who led his team to a title.

Barcello's team had oher options though in Dane Kuiper and Marvin Bagley.....Bibby did not have potent scorers like Barcello.

But here's my point...........over the years I've heard rumors, innuendo and even comments made directly to me (by players) that some high scoring PG's are not fun to play with.

Heck, we've all played on teams with a ball hog, and it's not that much fun, right? We all want our "touches."

I'll cite a couple examples for the sake of conversation.

Jahii Carson - even though he was my all-time favorite player to watch at the high school level - was a high scorer who couldn't win a state championship and his first two years at Mountain Pointe were well-documented as Jahii being an alienating teammate. Even when Jahii went on to ASU, the two teams he played on lacked chemistry because Jahii's focus was getting his 20 ppg.

Markus Howard recently left his Perry teammates for the supposed greener pastures at Findlay Prep.......it's been rumored lately his former teammates didn't like playing alongside him because he took too many shots.

And I'm hearing rumblings that Barcello isn't all that much fun to play with either.

Playing the PG position is a tough chore. It's hard to find that right balance between getting teammates involved and active on the offensive end yet then being able to take over a game if needed.

Personally, I think the PG should average about 10 to 12 ppg for optimal team success. Nothing wrong when the PG goes off for an occasional 20 to 30 if the team wins.....and Barcello's teams have sure been doing a lot of winning.

This post was edited on 4/16 10:23 AM by scott_az

Rumor has it that Coach Duane Jr has resigned from Corona. Wow!!!!

Why do high major prospects feel the need to transfer out of high school to a national prep team?

They have the talent, offers, and all the other intangibles that will secure them a solid place at the college level, so why end the high school experience and the fun and lifetime memories that come with it?

Are parents and 'handlers' steering this boat? Does switching to a top prep school really improve their game to justify the loss of their high school experience?

I'm sure looking back many of the players who have gone on to successful college careers look back and cherish their high school days more and more. It's becoming a thing of the past. From the simple things like printed box scores in the newspaper to living the high school dream - it's all disappearing.

No wonder these top high school coaches are calling it quits.



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