Hat-tip to Patrick Hayes for tracking down this photo of Snoop Dogg with the #10 USC jersey that, we all know, belongs to former Saginaw Arthur Hill standout and the people’s Mr. Basketball, Maurice Jones. Jones, a freshman, is currently leading the Trojans in minutes played, assists and steals. He is also third in scoring.
Posts Tagged ‘Maurice Jones’
‘Pook’ Dogg: Check out Snoop rockin’ Maurice Jones jersey
Posted: January 27, 2011 by Jared Field in College, Saginaw Valley LeagueTags: Maurice Jones
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Pookie POY: Maurice Jones is GLH’s player of the year
Posted: March 30, 2010 by Jared Field in High SchoolTags: Maurice Jones, Mr. Basketball, Saginaw Arthur Hill
SAGINAW, Michigan — One is left to wonder how Maurice Jones finished fourth in the voting for the Mr. Basketball award this month, now that the AP has named the 5-foot-6 Arthur Hill guard the class A player of the year. (Two of the players ahead of Jones in the voting are in class A, by [...]
Steve Bell: Yes, Maurice Jones can dunk
Posted: January 11, 2010 by Jared Field in High SchoolTags: Maurice Jones
I know how he feels. Steve Bell, a friend and high school hoops guru, posted this link on Mlive recently, and some commenters played the role of St. Thomas to Jesus on the miracle of a 5-foot-5 kid being able to dunk. No one believed my first report of Jones’ dunking, and that was two years ago. He was [...]
Hotbed Hoops: Can Shaq Smith lock up on Maurice Jones?
Posted: January 8, 2010 by Jared Field in High SchoolTags: Maurice Jones, Shaq Smith
Here’s a nice interview with Flint Northern’s Shaquille Smith, one of the top junior guards in the state. From Hotbed Hoops: Saginaw Arthur Hill’s Maurice Jones, a senior point guard who’s committed to USC, is averaging nearly 30 points and 10 assists per game for the Lumberjacks. While Northern junior point guard Shaquille Smith doesn’t [...]
Arthur Hill falls, but Maurice Jones makes case for Mr. Basketball bid
Posted: December 27, 2009 by Jared Field in High SchoolTags: Keith Appling, Maurice Jones, Ray McCallum, Trey Zeigler
I wrote last week after the holiday tournament at Saginaw Arthur Hill that 5-6 senior guard Maurice Jones is the best basketball player in Michigan. It was a bit of a departure for me, since I’d been singing the praises of Detroit Country Day’s Ray McCallum, who I still believe is the most college-ready player [...]
Arthur Hill tournament notes: Is Maurice Jones the state’s best?
Posted: December 20, 2009 by Jared Field in High SchoolTags: Devon Oliver, Jordan Hare, Matt Costello, Maurice Jones, Tyler Dwyer
SAGINAW, Michigan –I feel it appropriate to give the short answer, paying homage to the 5-foot-6 Maurice Jones: YES. Jones is the best basketball player in Michigan this season and everyone in the gym at Saginaw Arthur Hill on Saturday knows it. Jones, who will be playing at USC next season, shredded a much larger [...]
‘Mau-Jo’ workin’: The Saginaw area’s 10 best
Posted: December 1, 2009 by Gavin Raath in High SchoolTags: AJ Thomas, Darvin Ham, Derrick Davis, Devante Jackson, Greg Hayes, James Johnson, James Rogers, Jared Briguglio, Maurice Jones, Tommie McCune
I always struggle with these lists. Are they about a team’s MVP, college potential, or high school production with strength of schedule consideration? With this list I consider all of the above. There’s obviously a lot of ultra-talented guys in Saginaw like Jordan Hare of Arthur Hill and Travion Babers of the High, but I [...]
Is Maurice Jones quicker than Derrick Rose? His coach thinks so
Posted: November 16, 2009 by Jared Field in High School, Saginaw Valley LeagueTags: Maurice Jones
Saginaw Arthur Hill head coach Greg McMath says his all-state point guard, 5-7 senior Maurice Jones, is quicker than just about anyone he’s seen including the Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose. Read what McMath told a reporter from the Los Angeles Wave recently: Greg McMath, his coach at Arthur Hill High, said, “He’s one of the [...]
