Colorado Club Update

A number of Colorado Club teams have hit the road for the the first evaluation period of April.  Club teams are in  Dallas, Las Vegas, Anaheim, Houston, and a couple stayed in town.

The Colorado Hawks are joined this year on the Adidas Uprising Circuit by Chauncey Billups Elite. Both programs are fielding teams in the 17U, 16U and 15U divisions.

The Gauntlet series is a bit different this year. More teams and less Gauntlet stops, makes each all the more important. Only 16 teams are invited to the Gauntlet Finals in Atlanta in July.

The Colorado Hawks started their second season in the Gauntlet and finished 4-0 and are in the top bracket headed to Indy the weekend of April 24 -26. There they will face Basketball University and then a possible match up with the Utah Prospects who feature the best shooting guard n the the nation Frank Jackson. Who you may remember from back in December, his high school team Lone Peak played Overland in and he scored 40 plus points. Regardless of the future possible match up the Hawks are off to a good start in the Gauntlet.

Billups first foray into the Gauntlet hasn’t been so kind. The 17’s are 1-3 so far and will play in the consolation Wall Bracket in Indy. Billups started out with a buzzer beater win and then lost at the buzzer to rival D1 Minn. They will face the Dallas Mustangs in their first game who feature 6’7 Oliver Powell and 6’3 G Tyrick Bennett .

For more on the Adidas event check out Nick Graham’s recap.

16’s

Billups 16’s  finished the tournament 3-1 Lowry bracket losing to the Playground Warriors in the finals.  Elijah Blake from Rangeview and Jalen Sanders from Valor Christian both scored in double figures in the final game.

Hawks 16’s finished 2-2  winning their last game over the New England players.

15’s

The Hawks Sam Masten had a helluva a tournament it sounded like complete with a 32 point performance vs the Compton Magic. The Hawks finished 2-2. Including a loss to D1 Minn. There must be something about Colorado teams playing D1 Minn.

Pangos Spring Spectacular

A number of Colorado teams attended the Pangos Spring Spectacular in Las Vegas.

17’s  Invitational

Colorado Chaos D1 17’s elite finished pool play 3-0 and then lost to eventual champion Belmont Shore by 2 in the opening round of the championship bracket.

Colorado Elite went 3-2 in Vegas losing to Gamepoint in the Silver bracket semifinals. It appears that Justin Bassey the Harvard commit from Colorado Academy  is now playing with Colorado Elite full time and is no longer with Billups Elite.

Colorado Miners 17’s Elite finished 1-2 in pool play then lost in their consolation game.

17’s Platinum

Colorado Chaos 2016 – Finished pool play 2-1 then lost in the semis of the Silver bracket. 

CO Premier U16 National -Went 0-3 and lost consolation game by 3 . Not a bad showing considering they are mainly 16’s playing up and only lost 1 game by more than 10 points. 

Next Level 17 Select – 0-3 in pool play 

Next Level 17 Elite  – Finished pool play 1-2  and both loss were by 5 or less. 

16’s

Colorado Chaos 16 Elite  – 3-0 in pool play then advanced to semis of championship bracket 

Next Level 16 Elite – 0-3 in pool play

Southern California Hoop Review

Only team in the field from Colorado was Next Level 17 Premier team. They went 2-3 in the event and didn’t loss a game by more than seven points.

The Salt Lake City Rebels had two players from Colorado on their team from Colorado Springs. Jordan Phillips and D’Shawn Schwartz played well from all reports.

H-Town Classic