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World Select team defeats U.S. at Hoop Summit

Jim Halley — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:17:49 -0400

The USA Basketball Junior National Select Team lost 97-89 to the World Select Team at the Nike Hoop Summit Saturday night at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. It was the first time the World Select squad won the game...

Marcus Jordan picks Central Florida for basketball

Jeff Zillgitt — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:23:30 -0400

Marcus Jordan, the son of Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, has committed to play basketball for the University of Central Florida, in part because the school was interested in more than his name. Brian Davis, Jordan's AAU coach, told the...

Michigan high school association to pay $6 million

Jeff Zillgitt — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:10:17 -0400

Michigan used to play its girls' high school basketball season in the fall and volleyball in the winter while most states played volleyball in the fall and girls' basketball in the winter. In 1998, a group called Communities for Equity...

Findlay Prep 74, Oak Hill 66 in the boys final at NHSI

Jeff Zillgitt — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:59:30 -0400

Findlay College Prep (Henderson, Nev.) vs. Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) in the boys final at National High School Invitational (3 p.m. ET, ESPN). Findlay Prep defeated Oak Hill 74-64 Sunday. Both teams entered the game unbeaten, and...

Breaking down Findlay Prep vs. Oak Hill at NHSI

Jeff Zillgitt — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:40:54 -0400

Mountain State Academy (Beckley, W. Va.) coach Rob Fulford has played Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) and Findlay College Prep (Henderson, Nev.) this season, losing to Oak Hill twice and Findlay Prep once, most recently on Friday in...

The Seton Keough 44, Riverdale Baptist 42 in girls final at NHSI

Jeff Zillgitt — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:56:31 -0400

The Seton Keough (Baltimore) vs. Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro) in the girls final at National High School Invitational. The Seton Keough grabbed its first lead of the game with 3:08 left in the fourth quarter and held on for a...

Montrose Christian 88, Friends' Central 45 at NHSI

Jeff Zillgitt — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:50:17 -0400

No. 6 Montrose Christian (Rockville, Md.) vs. Friends' Central (Wynnewood, Pa.) in a National High School Invitational quarterfinal game Friday. Montrose Christian, ranked No. 6 in USA TODAY's Super 25, reached the semifinals of the tournament with an 88-45 victory...

Findlay College Prep 76, Mountain State Academy 55 at NHSI

Jeff Zillgitt — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:34:35 -0400

Findlay College Prep (Henderson, Nev.) vs. Mountain State Academy in a quarterfinal game Friday at the National High School Invitational. Findlay Prep, ranked No. 1 in USA TODAY's Super 25, defeated Mountain State 76-55. The Pilots had five players in...

St. Benedict's 75, St. Frances 64 at NHSI

Jeff Zillgitt — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:24:49 -0400

No. 8 St. Benedict's (Newark, N.J.) vs. St. Frances (Baltimore) in a quarterfinal game of the National High School Invitational at Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Md. Thanks to St. Benedict's reserve junior center John Paul Kambola and junior forward...

Oak Hill 83, Pinewood Prep 64 at NHSI

Jeff Zillgitt — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:21:34 -0400

No. 2 Oak Hill (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) vs. Pinewood Prep (Summerville, S.C.) in a quarterfinal game of the National High School Invitational Friday. Terrific guard play carried the day for Oak Hill in the opener of the eight-team National...

Talent assembled at National High School Invitational

Jeff Zillgitt — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:53:58 -0400

Quality boys basketball teams will play in the National High School Invitational, which begins Friday at Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Md. ESPNU will televise Friday's games, starting at 2 p.m. ET. The four-team girls tournament begins Saturday. The finals...

Blogging from McDonald's

Jim Halley — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:24:01 -0400

The East leads the West 76-73 with 15:32 to go in the second half. DeMarcus Cousins has 14 points for the East. Cousins had recently given a verbal commitment to Memphis but is back on the market after John Calipari's...

McDonald's All American Girls Game

Jim Halley — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:56:42 -0400

The West leads the East 18-11 midway through the first half of the girls McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game in Coral Gables, Fla. The term "West" is relative as T.C. Williams (Alexandria, Va.) guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, a North...

Door opens for Cousins

Jim Halley — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:25:34 -0400

With John Calipari heading to Kentucky, his top recruit at Memphis isn't sure where he's going next. LeFlore center DeMarcus Cousins had recently given a commitment to Memphis but had not yet signed a letter-of-intent. "My final three schools were...

Morsels from the plate of high school sports

Jeff Zillgitt — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:42:39 -0400

Florida football coaching legend Gene Cox dies. The TV show Friday Night Lights gets two more seasons. A look at what the success of a high school basketball star -- San Diego (Calif.) High forward Jeremy Tyler -- does. Tyler,...