Nike Baltimore Elite Invitational starts Friday
The Nike Baltimore Elite basketball program will be home this weekend for its own AAU tournament.
The Nike Baltimore Elite Invitational Basketball Tournament is scheduled for May 6-8 at CCBC-Catonsville Annapolis Area Christian School and other Baltimore-area sites.
The tournament will feature six of the country's top 10 recruits from the 2012 class in power forward DaJuan Coleman of the Albany (N.Y.) City Rocks, center Kaleb Tarczewski and Duke-bound forward Alex Murphy of the New England Playaz, forward Amile Jefferson of Philly's Finest, Villanova center commitment Daniel Ochefu of Cuttino Mobley Philly Pride, and forward Kyle Anderson of the Playaz Basketball Club (N.J.) -- which won the 2011 NBE Invitational at Hoop Magic in Chantilly, Va.
Other players to watch include:
Top players to watch from the class of 2012
Jamel Artis, 6-6 guard, Baltimore Elite, St. Benedict (N.J.)
Sam Cassell Jr., 6-2 guard, Baltimore Elite, Notre Dame Prep (Mass.)
Shaquille Cleare, 6-9 center, Houston Defenders, The Village School (Texas)
Savon Goodman, 6-6 guard, Playaz Basketball Club (N.J.), Academy of The New Church Boys (Pa.), Villanova commitment
Jerami Grant, 6-8 forward, Team Takeover (D.C.), DeMatha
Isaiah Miles, 6-8 forward, Baltimore Elite, Glenelg Country School
Arnaud Moto, 6-5 guard, Team Takeover (D.C.), Episcopal (Va.)
James Robinson, 6-3 guard, Team Takeover (D.C.), DeMatha
Jevon Thomas, 6-0 guard, Our Savior Of New American (N.Y.), St. John's commitment
Darrick Wood, 6-4 guard, Playaz Basketball Club (N.J.), Nia Prep (N.J.)
Top players to watch from the class of 2013
Bee Jay Anya, 6-9 center, Team Takeover (D.C.), DeMatha
Reggie Cameron, 6-6 forward, Playaz Basketball Club (N.J.), Hudson (N.J.) Catholic
Will Ferguson, 6-1 guard, Team Takeover (D.C.), Bishop O'Connell (Va.)
Aaron Harrison, 6-6 guard, Houston Defenders, Strake Jesuit College Prep (Texas)
Andrew Harrison, 6-6 guard, Houston Defenders, Strake Jesuit College Prep (Texas)
Daquein McNeil, 6-3 guard, Baltimore Elite, Vermont Academy
Daxter Miles, 6-2 guard, Baltimore Elite, Dunbar
Javion Ogunyemi, 6-8 forward, Albany (N.Y.) City Rocks, Troy (N.Y.)
Mike Owona, 6-9 center, Baltimore Elite, John Carroll
Stanford Robinson, 6-4 guard, Team Takeover (D.C.), Paul VI (Va.)
Kavon Stewart, 5-11 guard, Playaz Basketball Club (N.J.), Hudson (N.J.) Catholic
Rashard Todd, 6-7 forward, Baltimore Elite, Mount Carmel
Kameron Williams, 6-2 guard, Baltimore Elite, Mount St. Joseph
Mike Young, 6-7 forward, Team Takeover (N.J.), St. Benedict (N.J.)
Top players to watch from the class of 2014
Phil Booth, 6-3 guard, Team Takeover (D.C.), Mount St. Joseph
John Crosby, 6-2 guard, Baltimore Elite, City
Kamau Stokes, 6-2 guard, Baltimore Elite, John Carroll
Lionel Owona, 6-7 forward, Baltimore Elite, John Carroll
Among the teams slated to participate are: Baltimore Elite, Playaz Basketball Club (N.J.), Albany (N.Y.) City Rocks, Houston Defenders, Team Takeover (D.C.), New England Playaz (Mass.), Cuttino Mobley (Pa.), BWSL Defenders (Va.), D.C. Assault, Metro Hawks (N.Y.), Riverside Hawks (N.Y.), Raising Champions, Southern Kings (Ga.), Triple Threat (D.C.), Wayne County Blazers (N.C.), Richmond (Va.) Phenoms and Philly Finest among others.
For more information, visit NikeBaltimoreElite.com.
Comments
Is this open to the public? There are some really heavy hitters playing.
steve: The tournament is open to the public. It's $10 per day and $20 for a weekend pass. The website I linked above has more info. -- Matt
Posted by: steve | May 3, 2011 8:12 PM
Matt,
Is Shaquille Cleare playing in this tournament? I may have missed his name in the above article?
I really hope that the Terps fans show up to this and are very positive towards all of the kids who are playing.(Even if they have committed elsewhere.) MD has a tremendous recruiting opportunity with the Houston Defenders. The coach is from the area, they are an Under Armour sponsored team, and at the very least very high level recruits (Cleare and the Harrison twins) are listing UMD as schools that they have are strongly considering.
TL: Good catch. Cleare will be here. I added his name to the list. Thanks. -- Matt
Posted by: TL | May 4, 2011 9:47 AM