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Featuring top-ranked athletes from throughout the nation, USA Basketball today announced the first nine members and the coaching staff for the 2010 USA Junior National Select Team, which will face off against the World Select Team in the 13th annual Nike Hoop Summit at 7:00 p.m. (PDT) on Saturday, April 10 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. MORE >
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The 3rd Annual VILLA Holiday Classic was held yesterday, January 3, 2010 at St. Joseph University’s Hagan Arena, noon-8:00pm. The Classic showcased the top 8 high school basketball teams out of Philadelphia and New York featuring Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn, NY) Power Forward and top Villanova recruit Jayvaughn Pinkston, Strawberry Mansion Guards Khyree Wooten and D.J. Newbill, Girard College Guards Torrell Candelaria and University of Pittsburgh recruit, John Johnson; Friends’ Central Forward Amile Jefferson (Top 10 Nationally ranked Sophomore) and Guard Devin Coleman; Harrisburg’s Bryan Taylor; North Catholic Guard Mike Terry; and Phelp’s Damien Williams, Tyree Harris, and Jahmad Saleem. MORE >
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VILLA, one of the east coast’s leading urban retailers and community partners, will host its 3rd Annual Holiday Classic, Sunday, January 3, 2010, noon-8PM at St. Joseph’s University, showcasing eight of the top high school basketball teams out of New York and Pennsylvania. Co-sponsored by Nike Basketball, the Holiday Classic features the likes of Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn) power forward and new Villanova recruit Jayvaughn Pinkston, Strawberry Mansion’s guard Khyree Wooten, and the 2007-08 Pennsylvania Boys AA State Champions, Imhotep Charter High School. MORE >
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Last week Gonzaga College High School hosted the 20th annual Gonzaga DC Classic. It has been reported that a Gonzaga parent proposed that Gonzaga host a holiday basketball tournament in Washington, DC. That parent enlisted the support of the Gonzaga Fathers’ Club, formed a committee of interested Gonzaga fathers, and began to work the plan. On December 20, 1989, the Gonzaga DC Classic made its start. While the original teams were only four in number, they were some of the best in Washington and Baltimore: Gonzaga, DeMatha, Coolidge and Dunbar. MORE >
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The best high school basketball programs from across the United States and Canada will descend on New York City for the first annual New Heights Holiday Hoop Festival on Dec. 18-19.
Teams from Illinois, Canada, Connecticut, Massachusetts, DC, Pennsylvania and New Jersey will square off in this unique eight-team holiday tournament to be held at the famed Rose Hill Gymnasium at Fordham University. Not to be left out, four of the best high school programs from New York City – Bishop Loughlin, Lincoln, Cardozo and Christ the King – will participate in two Showcase Games. MORE >
