AAU Weekend Recap: Second Live Period (FREE)

AAU season is in full swing and Kentucky players played all over the Midwest this past weekend as NCAA D1 coaches were allowed out to evaluate prospects. Here’s the recap of teams and top players as submitted via twitter DM. If nothing was submitted for the team, nothing was reported.

15u:

Team Mack finished up 2-2 in Louisville. Rashaad Faulkner Rashaad Faulkner 5'11" | SG Bryan Station | 2025 State KY led and Eli Craig Eli Craig 6'0" | SG George Rogers Clark | 2025 State KY led them in scoring. Chris Wright Chris Wright 5'3" | PG Frederick Douglass | 2025 KY and Drew Noble also had strong weekends.

Breakdown Kentucky went 3-1 on the Grassroots XL Circuit. Saxton Howard Saxton Howard 5'11" | PG Lexington Christian Academy | 2025 State KY averaged 15 points and 5 assists per game, Elijah Thompson Elijah Thompson 6'3" | SF Pineville | 2022 State KY averaged 13 points and 8 rebounds per game while Keondre Davey averaged 14 and Colton Rawlings Colton Rawlings 6'1" | CG South Laurel | 2025 State KY put up 8 points and 6 rebounds per contest.

Pendleton County’s Luke Gregg averaged 5 points and 4 assists for Mid Ohio Pumas.

The Louisville Legends went 5-0. Julian Bunton averaged 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 assists for the weekend.

Cave Gym went 1-3 but had a strong weekend from Chase Pace who had games of 28, 18, 17 and 15.

Blue State AAU went 3-1 and lost in finals of the Lincoln County HoopFest. Tanner Willis of Taylor County led them all weekend.

16u:

Team Mack played in Louisville. Ethan Dunn Ethan Dunn 5'11" | PG Montgomery County | 2025 State KY had 26 points against the Magic City Jayhawks. Jamaul Ratchford averaged 11 per game with a game high of 20.

Griffin Elite James went 3-1 in Louisville with a 2 point loss in their lone defeat. Drake Skeen, Deshawn Murphy and Camden Cox Camden Cox 6'3" | SG Spencer County | 2024 State KY were named top performers.

UpNext went 3-1 in Louisville, losing by 5 in the championship game. Conner Miller averaged 13 points per game while Jonah Butler put up 15 per game. Antonio Williams was an impact defender.

Eli Johnson Eli Johnson 6'1" | PG Pikeville | 2024 State KY averaged 23 points per game for Kentucky Future. They went 3-1 and Johnson shot the ball well from deep all weekend.

Vision Elite went 1-3 in the Adidas Gold in Spartanburg. Zane Whitaker Zane Whitaker 6'6" | SF Magoffin County | 2024 State KY averaged 13 points and 5 rebounds per game. Braden Moore Braden Moore 6'0" | CG Floyd Central | 2024 State KY had a weekend high of 24 points on his way to averaging 11 per game. CAL’s Nolan Wahl averaged 10 points and 5 rebounds per game.

Indiana Elite Royals went 3-1 and had strong weekends from Northern Kentuckians Noah Johnson, Ben Fay and Mattox Kelly Mattox Kelly 6'5" | PF Beechwood | 2025 State KY .

R5 Elite finished 3-1 in Louisville. Beau Baker Beau Baker 6'7" | PF Washington County | 2024 State KY , Layken Lyons Layken Lyons 6'2" | SG Taylor County | 2025 State KY , Riley Brown Riley Brown 6'3" | CG Washington County | 2024 State KY and Luke Downing all averaged double figures for a balanced attack.

Cave Gym Elite did not provide a record but did spotlight Brody Turner as a top performer. He averaged 14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals and 1 block per game.

Griffin Elite went 1-3 on the Under Armour Rise but had a couple of big games from Kaydon Custard Kaydon Custard 6'2" | PG Harrison County | 2024 State KY and Vince Dawson over the course of the weekend.

17u:

UpNext finished 2-2 and were led by Kenyatta Carbon and Lamar Northington were identified as top performers for the weekend.

Griffin Elite Bordas were led by Eric Hackett Eric Hackett 6'1" | SG Tates Creek | 2023 State KY and Jay Rose Jay Rose 6'4" | SG Madison Southern | 2024 State KY . Rose averaged 17 points per game with a 30 point outing Sunday.

Griffin Elite Perry had several solid contributors as Ashton Reynolds, Micah Engle Micah Engle 6'5" | PG Lynn Camp | 2022 KY and Brady Robinson all scored the ball well and Robinson had some really strong stretches.

Great Crossing’s DeJohn Blunt DeJohn Blunt 6'4" | CG Great Crossing | 2023 MD played the weekend with Hidden Gems and helped them to a 3-1 record while putting up a game high 24 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals.