Kenner League 7/9-7/11

[RBHoya]

According to the schedule:

Last Nights games included Universal All Star Madness against Trophies and Awards (Brandon's team) as well as well as Bethesda Magic vs. R Davis Reality (Tyler's team)..... Anyone happen to catch either of these?

Todays games include Symonds All Stars vs. Trophies and Awards (Brandon again) as well as Universal All Star Madness vs. The Tombs (Jeff, Jon, PE Jr. and the frosh). I know that at least a few of our Hoyatalk Members are gonna take in at least the Tombs game, and hopefully we'll get a few reports on how everyone looks.

Tomorrows games of interest include Bethesda Magic vs. Trophies and Awards (triple-header weekend for Brandon), Tombs vs. Custom Uniforms (DJ's team) and DC Jammers vs. Clyde's (Ashanti and Roy's team). Hopefully at least a few from this board will take in that game too and report back here to us on it.

Of particular interest this weekend, I think, is Spann... is he here and playing? Supposedly he missed the first round of Tombs games because he wasn't enrolled yet, which makes sense. But Ive heard that the second summer session started on July 1, indicating that Spann could and would be on campus and working out with the team by now. It seems that very few of us really know what to expect from him, in terms of what kind of game he plays and how ready he is to contribute. I'm really hoping he plays this weekend and we can get a scouting report on him. It'll also be interesting to hear how the other 3 freshman play, if JW can continue to look good, and if Jeff and PE can continue to dominate.

[lichoya68]

second summer session actually starts this mon july 11th so hopefullty spann will be there as all the others today and tommarrow..... go hoyas go kenner which has been much more on schedule this year so far.. ;D

[Thomas]

Trophies and Awards(Brandon's team) lost to Universal Madness 80-70. Universal Madness had a STACKED team with Tony Skinn and Jai Lewis of George Mason and Pops Mensu-Bonsu and Omar Williams of George Washington. B.Bowman was battling inside with Pops and got a couple put-backs over him. Trophies and Awards added a good player(he wore number 7), so they looked a LOT better than they had in previous games. I was feeling bad for B.Bowman because they put him on a team that didn't have a lot of star players. Another note about Trophies and Awards, the 6-8 or 6-9, VERY skinny guy on the team is Kenyon Churchwell, the brother of former Hoya Robert Churchwell. He graduated Gonzaga High School last year. I don't know what college he is going to.

R.Davis Reality(Tyler Crawford's team) won their game against Bethesda Magic. The coach didn't play T.Crawford down the stretch of that game. I'm thinking he had foul trouble.

[37thstreet]

That should read Pops and Omar of George Washington not George Mason, thanks for the update Thomas

[Thomas]

Trophies and Awards(Brandon's team) actually won a game on Sunday in overtime. I got to the game late in the second half. Trophies and Awards sent the game into overtime on a tip in by Kenyon Churchwell. Boston College guard Louis Hinnant(he wore number 7) played on Trophies and Awards.

[37thstreet]

Anyone happen to catch the Clyde's game yesterday? Any reports?

[Thomas]

Clyde's won their game 81-68. Roy Hibbert made a couple strong post moves. Ashanti Cook played good. Clyde's had Deron Washington of Virginia Tech and George Washington players J.R.Pinnock and Carl Elliot. When I watch the games I look at all the players, so I can't really give you a detailed analyisis of what the Georgetown players did. Clyde's got a balanced effort from all of their players, no one really stood out.

Another guy I forgot to mention on Brandon's team is Donald Kirk, he was the point guard last year for the Washington Post number one ranked team, Potomac High School. He plays a little out of control, but can be a deadly 3-point shooter. In one game, he and B.Bowman had a 2 on 0 fast break, as D.Kirk was getting ready to throw the ball off the backboard, it slipped out of his hands, and went out of bounds. D.Kirk came back and hit a 3-pointer on the next play, though. If you watch Trophies and Awards in the future, D.Kirk is the little guy with the braids.

Something not mentioned about Tombs game yesterday is the Big guy from Custom Uniform named Calvin Brown, he plays at Norfolk State(he played in the game last season against Georgetown). He was able to score inside against Jeff Green and Patrick Ewing for lots of the game, until the end when his shot was easily rejected. I'm surprised none of the guys who gave recaps of yesterday's game mentioned him. I believe C.Brown played a lot of minutes in the Georgetown-Norfolk State game last season.

Also I saw the 4 Hoya freshman walk into the gym together during the final game yesterday, they were all wearing blue shirts, with '09 written on the back. I guess they did have to attend a function for all the incoming freshman.