Former Dematha standout Victor Oladipo impresses crowd at midnight madness



The 6-5 guard from Hyattsville, Md., assembled a group of eight elementary school-aged children and had them huddle in the lane. He then took off, and spread his legs apart as he went airborne over the group and slammed it........

                                  

Read more: http://www.indystar.com/article/20101016/SPORTS0601/10160331/1068/SPORTS06/Oladipo-gets-IU-started

Oladipo jumps over eight kids at midnight madness.

Can Kris Joseph be Syracuse's go-to guy?

From best supporting actor to the role of leading man.

That’s the challenge Kris Joseph faces this season.

Last season, Joseph excelled as the first player off the bench for the Syracuse Orange basketball team. He scored 10.8 points per game; third on the team behind Wes Johnson and Andy Rautins. His 5.5 rebounds per contest also ranked third on the Orange..........

Read more: http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2010/10/can_kris_joseph_be_syracuses_g.html

Will Barton of the Memphis Tigers is named to C-USA preseason 2nd team

Barton, a consensus top-15 national recruit, comes to Memphis after playing at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire in 2009-10. In his one season at Brewster, the 6-foot-6 guard averaged 20.8 points in helping lead the Bobcats to a 35-4 overall record and the National Prep Championship crown. Barton was named the MVP of the National Prep Championship tournament after scoring 24 points in the title game. He was also selected the New England Preparatory School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) Class A Player of the Year for 2009-10.

Following the 2009-10 campaign, Barton played in two all-star games. The Baltimore, Md., native scored 15 points in the Jordan Brand Classic, which was played in Madison Square Garden in New York City. He also participated in the Nike Hoops Summit, which was held in Portland, Ore

Kansas wonder if Selby can fill Sherron Collins shoes.

...... He is Josh Selby, a 6-foot-2 freshman guard from Baltimore who was rated the No. 1 overall player in the 2010 class by Rivals.com. Self went out o
f his way to compare Selby to Collins, saying Selby reminds him of a “bigger Sherron,” and why not? This is Kansas, and, as Self enters his eighth season in Lawrence, he understands that Selby’s Jayhawks will be as good or better than Collins’ Jayhawks for no other reason than that they have to be......

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/12/2306786/ku-looks-to-selby-to-fill-void.html

Some of the DMV finest make John R. Wooden preseason top 50 list.

The DMV has been represented well in college basketball over the last few years. Some of the most phenomenal players have gone through the college ranks and carried their skills onto the NBA. The players are NCAA tourney MVP, Carmelo Anthony, 2007 player of the year Kevin Durant, Michael Beasley, Tywon Lawson, Donte Green, Jeff Green and a few other names.

    So for the 2010-2011 year a few players who played their high school basketball in the D.C, Maryland and Virginia area have made the prestigious John R. Wooden preseason top 50 list.

*Malcolm Delaney - Virginia Tech’s 6’3 shooting guard from Baltimore, MD. Malcolm averaged 20.2ppg 3.7rpg 4.4apg last season.

*Kris Joseph – Syracuse’s 6’7 wingman from Montreal, Canada, but attended high school in the greater DC area for his junior and senior year. Also, he played for DC Assault on the AAU circuit. Joseph averaged 10.8ppg 5.1rpg 1.7ast 1.3spg last season. Those stats helped him become Big East Sixth man of the year.

*Nolan Smith – Duke’s 6’2 point/ shooting guard is from Upper Marlboro, MD. He attended a few neighboring high schools in Maryland before transferring to Oak Hill academy. Smith averaged 17.4ppg 2.8rpg 3.0apg, which helped lead his team to a National Championship

*Austin Freeman – Georgetown’s 6’4 shooting guard from Mitchellville, MD attended powerhouse DeMatha Catholic high school. Freeman averaged 16.5ppg 3.5rpg 2.4apg

Quinn Cook's Slam magazine article.

Quinn Cook, a rising senior at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, is one of the top recruits in the country. He has currently narrowed his college list down to Villanova, Duke, North Carolina, UCLA, and Kansas. The 6-1, 180-pound guard from Maryland transferred this summer to national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy............

Read the rest of the article below.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/college-hs/high-school/2010/10/quinn-cook-joins-slam/

Dematha's Mikael Hopkins commits to Georgetown.

   

DeMatha forward Mikael Hopkins on Tuesday night committed to play for Georgetown.
Hopkins, who is 6 feet 9 and 215 pounds, picked the Hoyas after considering Maryland, Virginia Tech, Miami, West Virginia, Texas and Ohio State.
"I feel as though i fit [Georgetown's] system well," Hopkins said. "And it's close to home and I have a little sister who I want to have come to my games."
Hopkins said he also liked Georgetown's "tradition of getting big men to the [NBA] and their program. THey have a great program

Dewayne Jackson receives preseason All-Conference honors.

Yesterday, Morgan State had two players be voted onto the All-MEAC First Team, Dewayne Jackson was one them.  Jackson was MEAC Rookie of the year last season.

Jackson is a 6’8 210 swingman/slasher that started 11 games, recording 10points and 4reb per game. With Jackson and expected MEAC player of the year Kevin Thompson, the MSU Bears are expected to be the MEAC champs for a third year in a row.

Garvey Young leaves Vermont University and tranfers to Quinnipiac University

Check out this article:

  http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17500&ATCLID=205002537

Team Takeover Dominates AAU Circuit this past Summer

http://www.washingtoninformer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4580:-team-takeover-dominates-aau-basketball-&catid=47:sports&Itemid=199