ND Phenom 17U: AAU Analysis

<p>An impressive group of players all from North Dakota. These guys will have a productive and fun senior season. They made some great memories this summer and they improved along the way. At the end of the AAU season, Phenom showed that North Dakota kids can compete at the national level. Read below for comments on the team and roster.</p> <p><a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/ND-Phenom-Preview.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1158417" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ph/uploads/2021/03/ND-Phenom-Preview-300x187.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="187" /></a></p> <h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Team comments from <em>Jordan Maurer</em></strong></span></h3> <p><em>"Due to several of the top players in the class of 2022 playing with out-of-state AAU programs, or playing multiple sports, for lack of a better word, our season was unique. One weekend our team may have been mostly Bismarck/Mandan kids, and another weekend our team may have been a collection of high-level talent from across the state. We used 16 different players over the course of the season. It was a fun end to the season as we won our division in the Summer Slam, went 3-3 the final weekend of SPTS, and beat a team who had beat us in April, and then we finished the season with a win in Las Vegas. Special shout out to [player_tooltip player_id="1165553" first="Ben" last="Morman"] who has battled several knee injuries over the course of his career and I am so thrilled he was able to get a championship win in his last Phenom tournament. On a personal note, huge thanks to the Twins and the Treys for helping us out in Las Vegas. [player_tooltip player_id="1046360" first="Aaron" last="Grubb"] was new to the Phenom this year and [player_tooltip player_id="812226" first="Trey" last="Brandt"] only played with us in Las Vegas, but the other 7 players who played in the Fantastic 40 started and ended their AAU careers playing in a North Dakota Phenom uniform, and having them represent us on a national stage is truly special to me. Thanks the all of the families for making the season successful."</em></p> <p><em>"It was an honor to be able to coach these different players and I look forward to following their senior seasons and their collegiate careers; whether it be in basketball, football, track, and field, or any of the other plethora of options this group has."</em></p> <h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Roster</strong></span></h3> <p><strong>Sam Schmidt (2022) |5-10 G| St. Mary’s</strong> - Junkyard dog. Quick defender. Paint penetrator.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1135496" first="Adam" last="Kallenbach"] (2022) |6-0 G| Jamestown</strong> - Playmaker. Good shooter. High-level competitor.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046361" first="Nick" last="Schumacher"] (2022) |6-0 G| St. Mary’s</strong> - Good set shooter. Physical.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1135509" first="Garrett" last="Bader"] (2022) |6-1 G| St. Mary’s</strong> - Solid transition finisher. Good spot-up shooter. Very competitive.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812226" first="Trey" last="Brandt"] (2022) |6-1 G| Beulah</strong> - Efficient scorer. High-level shooter. Competitive defensively.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046359" first="Evan" last="Gross"] (2022) |6-3 G| St. Mary’s</strong> - Jack of all trades. Finisher. Rebounder. Long defender.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046367" first="Nate" last="Fedorchak"] (2022) |6-3 G| St. Mary’s</strong> - High-level shooter. Transition scorer. Solid defender.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046360" first="Aaron" last="Grubb"] (2022) |6-3 F| Mandan</strong> - Physically imposing. Junkyard dog. Improved shooter.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812225" first="Logan" last="Wetzel"] (2022) |6-5 F| Bismarck Legacy</strong> - High-level spot-up shooter. Good position defender. High IQ.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046352" first="Treysen" last="Eaglestaff"] (2022) |6’5 F| Bismarck</strong> - Elite level highly confident scorer. Great in the passing lanes. Creates. Rebounds.  Competes.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046353" first="Zander" last="Albers"] (2022) |6-5 F| Bismarck Legacy</strong> - Rim protectorHigh flyer. Good set shooter.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1130543" first="Gannon" last="Limke"] (2022) |6-5 F| Hillsboro</strong> - Cerebral. Shotmaker. Rebounder. High IQ.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1046366" first="Carter" last="Englund"] (2022) |6-6 F| Shiloh Christian</strong> - Athletic finisher. High-level rebounder.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="812220" first="Gus" last="Hurlburt"] (2022) |6-9 F| Enderlin</strong> - Bouncy. Good spot-up shooter. Nice face-up post-game. Junkyard dog.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="1165553" first="Ben" last="Morman"] (2022) |6-10 F| St. Mary’s</strong> - Space eater. Rim protector.</p> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id="787658" first="Joe" last="Hurlburt"] (2022) |6-11 F| Enderlin</strong> - Generational ND talent. Great passer and shooter. Rim protector. Finisher. Will be a pro.</p> <h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Schedule</strong></span></h3> <p>Sanford Pentagon Spring Jam (Sioux Falls, SD) – April 24-25 </p> <p>Sanford Pentagon Tournament Series (Omaha, NE) – May 1-2 </p> <p>Sanford Pentagon Tournament Series (Minneapolis, MN) – May 15-16 </p> <p>Great Plains Alliance (St. Cloud, MN) - June 22-24</p> <p>Sanford Pentagon Summer Slam (Sioux Falls, SD) – July 10-11 </p> <p>Sanford Pentagon Tournament Series (Sioux Falls, SD) – July 16-18 </p> <p>Fantastic 40 (Las Vegas, NV) – August 5-8 </p>