Dylan, diaries would be cool.

Morris came out and scored the first 5-7 points for the Red Oxen vs Clarkston. Hit a three, baseline drive and pull up J, fast break lay in. Probably had 13-16 in the game before getting injured. He locked down his man at the other end all game, just as he did last year vs Eso Akunne (who was now his teammate).

His first step is quick, he handles the ball with confidence and strength even moreso then last year. He could go anywhere he wanted on the court at any given time. Fathers on the Clarkston team kept looking at eachother like “are you kidding me right now? How do we compete?”

Lastly on Morris….kid is in GREAT shape. last year he looked like a HS player, this year he looks straight D1. Put on at least 8-10 lbs of rock over the past year…another reason for his straight dominance this weekend. I really am not over hyping him either…he was killer.

BTW, he was all smiles when I left…yet still limping. This freshman class already seems to have a bond. Akunne, McLimans, Vogrich and Morris seem to always be smiling, laughing and pokeing fun at one another when the chance arrives.

Matt Vogrich- Matt’s shot was definately inconsistent today. The first game vs Ottawa, he missed his first two three’s, a lay in, and a jump shot before hitting two deep bombs from long distance. His shooting form is flawless. Quicker release then what I saw in his film.

When Matt wants to, he takes it strong to the rim. This is where the biggest difference between him and Stu is. Where Stu will only pump fake you out on the wing and look to pass (Stu’s getting better but Novak is this way too), Matt can take you all the way to the whole, or stop and pop for the jumper. He also has a drive and running jumper he uses. Plays stronger then he looks.

The most suprising thing about Vogrich was his defense. He really gets after it. LOTS of tip balls in the lane, and he seems like he likes to rebound. Not a finesse player, he gets after it. He was basically the man on his team after Bartlestein got hurt. Although there was one other kid who could play wearing #65…played the PG spot….dont know the name.

Blake McLimans- Kid can shoot. During warm ups for the Red Oxen (Blake, Darius and Eso’s team) Vogrich (on the Blue Oxen) was on the bench watching his future teammates, kept trying to rattle Blake by yelling “BROKE” before/during every three point attempt. Blake was smiling, but oviously it didnt affect him, because it just kept going in.

When the game began vs Clarkston, I was intrested to see how Blake would compete vs Mike Kameniki (sp?). Mike K. played very well against Lubick last year and played well during the morning game when Clark. rolled Will Regans team.

Mike Kam took Blake off the dribble 3-4 times, and Blake got called for 3 qucikish fouls. Blake couldnt really stop him off the dribble to begin with (first 10 mins or so). All of a sudden Blake blocked pretty much anything that came down the lane. I dont know if he needed to get his timing down or what if he just needed to get loose but he was pretty darn productive after that. Still needs to work on latteral movement, and got beat by Kam but he timed his own jump to block the shots.

Likes to rebound, and is strong with the ball when he does, despite not having grown into his body yet. Dosent bring the ball down low. Not much of a post game yet, but certainly potential to be. Launched three’s all game going 4 for 7. Smooth stroke. Whoever said he reminds them of Gibson was WAAAYY off.

Still has a lot of work to do with overall strength, post game and defense but that will come. I was expecting a lot worse to be honest. He COULD play this year if he adds 5-10 lbs before the season….but only for situational use 5-7 mins here and there…especially if J.Morgan inst 100%…

Eso Akunne- Am I wrong for saying I like his game better then Hardaway’s? Because I do. More versitile, not as long, but will create 10x more off the dribble. Can shoot just as good, can finish ect..

If he had 2 more inches on him he would have been a national recruit. Really took the ball to the rim hard, especially when Darius went out the first time. Is a bull. Put on a few lbs from last year but can still move. Im definately not worried about that though…kid can ball. Really benifited when Darius was out there (well everyone did), in particular on the break.

Tim Hardaway Jr.- One dimensional. Two if you count finishing its own aspect of the game. Kid can certainly finish, but he’s a shooter, and a streaky one at best. Just not efficient. He lets them fly, he misses a lot, makes a couple. Great LOOKING form. Does not take the ball to the hole. Not much of a handle. Is very long and finished very well on the break today. Potential I guess.

This is just MY OPINION, but no way I offer him yet. Would make a good system player I guess, but with Manny leaving thats just not what we are looking for. I like the kid a lot. I interviewed him for Sam once and he was very freindly…so this is nothing personal. Id rather have Devin Oliver.

Carlton Brundidge- I could tell he was still hurt. Didnt have a great game vs Jackson (who were throwing down pretty hard ally oops). Strong with the ball, not a pure PG yet, even though he had some nice passes on the break. Didnt have much help aroung him though. A couple nice up and under moves…but not a great game to evaluate him on…..sorry.

Didnt get a chance to watch Oliver today but hes a good player….very versitile.

Bartelstein looked pretty darn good before getting injured. Was driving o the hoop, shot looked good. Great walkon talent.

Not sure if im going back tomm. or not, but today was fun and I am already looking forward to next years camp so I can watch the incoming freshman, Evan Smotrycz and Trey Zeigler….hopefully!

Sorry about any bad puncuation…its 1230am!!!

BTW, glad we didnt get Regan…or should I say, glad we got Smotryc instead.

http://www.bankhoops.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123:winging-it-at-u-ms-elite-camp&catid=18:hs&Itemid=67

another writeup by Next Generation sports:

http://www.legends247.com/ngs/?p=945