I have a great deal of respect for many grassroots AAU basketball programs. These programs don’t get the elite players, but they often give good players the opportunity to become great.
Here’s an example of one program that’s doing it right: OAA Select. These ‘Select’ seniors will be playing college ball next season:
1. Justin Fowler – Holly: Lake Forest
2. Kyle Sherwin – Holly: Dominican
3. Mitchell Vallie – Goodrich: Calvin
4. Andrew Patrick – Goodrich: Concordia
5. Brenden Rizzo – Fraser: Rochester College
6. Brian Bolin – Brighton: Aquinas
7. Thomas Lovachis – Holly: Concordia
Michael Fugate SVSU
fugate is not even good..
Why so mean?
Michael Fugate- Saginaw Valley
Brandon Pokley Western Michigan
Matt Kaminicki – Ball State
Kevin Truitt-Delta
Alex Harville- Albion
Dan Owens- Ashland
Cole Moore- Ashland
Matt Carden- Spring Arbor
Kevin McCarthy- Lehigh
and there are more, I just can’t think of them right now!
The above players did not play in the same years.
Very nice – here is another, COMMON BOND 17U from last year – 7 guys playing at the next level – 5 in the GLIAC, one D1, and one CC as follows:
Mohamed Conde – SVSU
Glenn Cosey – Columbus Community College
Brandon Crane – Hillsdale
Tyler Dwyer – Ferris State
Brandon Gouch – Northwood
Keith Mackie – Cleveland State
Pat O’Brien – SVSU
Dominique Pointer – ??????? Played senior year at a prep school in North Carolina
I think Pointer has been reclassified (class of 11)and will be at Quality Education Academy in NC again this year.
We (Parallel 45) had a couple battles (and one ugly loss) with OAA last year, so glad to see those guys doing well. That P45 team will have 7 of its 10 playing college basketballball next year, and two more playing D2 football.
Oh yeah – Gabe Martin form that Common BOnd team from last year wll be playing football at Bowling Green. That’s 9 out of 11 doing something next year in college or prep school.