Summers in final 16 of USA 18U team

[bsure]

Roster will be trimmed to 12 later in the week. Chris Wright was one of seven who didn't make the cut.

[FairfaxHoya]

Very nice - DaJuan's stock continues to soar.

[theEDGEfactor]

great to see dajuan making the cut one more and hes there

[prhoya]

When is this team playing?

[dejoyahoya]

is there a link for this? and no macklin?

[nychoya3]

www.usabasketball.com/men/2006/06_mu18_trials_invitees.html

Here's the link. The only coverage I've seen is behind the pay wall at Rivals.com. No Macklin, but this isn't the best 22 players under 18 or anything quite like that. Tons of 2006 guys (Durant, Oden, Lawson, etc.) aren't their and most of the 2007 guys aren't as highly regarded as Austin. Nolan Smith does seem to be tearing it up - missing out on him to Duke will sting a little bit going forward, because he's probably the perfect backcourt mate to Freeman.

Got a little off track, but what I meant to say was that it's not a snub or anything that Vernon isn't there.

[EasyEd]

I kinda hope Summers does not make the team so he can be seen in the Kenner league this summer.

[jerseyhoya34]

The event in which Summers would participate ends on July 2, so he probably would not miss any KL action.

On another note, Summers was interviewed by the Team USA site...
www.usabasketball.com/men/2006/06_mu18_finalists_quotes.html
(Scroll down for Summers...)

[theEDGEfactor]

based off that, sounds like he got a great knowledge that he brings to the table about the game

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

Wahington Post has the story on Summers now: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/19/AR2006061901085.html

[FairfaxHoya]

stpetersburghoya said:

Wahington Post has the story on Summers now: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/19/AR2006061901085.html

Summers, a guard? Well, on this year's Hoyas team with Hibbert, Green, Macklin, maybe 6'8" doesn't seem quite so extraordinary.

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

doogie said:

stpetersburghoya said:

Wahington Post has the story on Summers now: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/19/AR2006061901085.html

Summers, a guard? Well, on this year's Hoyas team with Hibbert, Green, Macklin, maybe 6'8" doesn't seem quite so extraordinary.

I think they got that wrong - but hey if he's the answer to the questions at 2 the season could be very interesting. With a starting line up that's 6'1, 6'8, 6'10, 6'10, and 7'2

[FairfaxHoya]

stpetersburghoya said:

doogie said:

Summers, a guard? Well, on this year's Hoyas team with Hibbert, Green, Macklin, maybe 6'8" doesn't seem quite so extraordinary.

I think they got that wrong - but hey if he's the answer to the questions at 2 the season could be very interesting. With a starting line up that's 6'1, 6'8, 6'10, 6'10, and 7'2

Why stop there? Put PE III at the point and we'll post up opposing teams all season long! I just hope that DaJuan and PE II don't mind chasing around small point guards on defense.

[theEDGEfactor]

1-pe2
2-summers
3-green
4-macklin
5-hibbert

sounds good to me

[RBHoya]

Jeff Could play the point, from an offensive standpoint... He's a superb passer, great court vision. You don't really need a point guard with a point-forward like him.

Obviously getting the ball up the court would be an adventure, but it's not impossible to imagine once over the halfcourt mark.

And obviously I'm trying to rationalize a pretty crazy, tongue-in-cheek idea, but hey, if Jeff improves his ballhandling, who knows??? People compared him to Boris Diaw, and Diaw was basically a point guard for a long time.

[HoyaChris]

The list is now down to 14 and DaJaun remains in contention.

www.usabasketball.com/men/2006/06_mu18_finalists14.html

[theEDGEfactor]

does that mean he has made theteam?

[GIGAFAN99]

hoyachris said:

The list is now down to 14 and DaJaun remains in contention.

www.usabasketball.com/men/2006/06_mu18_finalists14.html

Is this "Survivor?" How many cuts are there until the final 12?

[theEDGEfactor]

yea thats what i was thinking havent there been 3 cuts already?

[HoyaChris]

Someone other than DaJaun voted off of the island. With only 13 players left for 12 spots, we can confidently predict that there is only one more cut to come.

www.usabasketball.com/men/2006/06_mu18_finalists13.html