Weekend Recap: Second July Recruiting Period
Two July recruiting periods down, one more to go. This past week saw some teams hit the road to as far as California while others stayed in the Bluegrass state or close by. Here’s a look at the team results that I can find via internet and twitter search. If your favorite team isn’t listed, please post in the comments.
15u:
M.A.T.T.S. Mustangs went 1-2 in pool but advanced to the Platinum bracket on tiebreaker where they won a game before losing to eventual champions Haywood Hoops.
Louisville Legends went 1-2 in pool play then lost to College Basketball Prospects of America National in the Gold bracket.
Shining Stars Price – Red went 3-0 in their pool and advanced to the Platinum bracket where they lost to eventual champion Haywood Hoops.
Charlotte Court – Smith went 1-2 in pool play and played in the Silver bracket where they lost their first game to Indiana Elite Force.
Louisville Prospects 15s went 1-2 in pool play and won a game in the Silver bracket before losing to Wisconsin United Black.
Charlotte Court – Hammonds won their pool at 3-0 and won their first bracket game in the Platinum South before losing the championship game to Indiana Elite North.
Kentucky Thunder 15u went 2-1 in pool play and advanced to the gold bracket where they lost to The Ville by 1.
The Ville went 3-0 but lost the tie breaker so they went down to the gold bracket and eventually won the championship game of the gold bracket.
Starz United finished 1-2 in pool play and lost to Ohio Crossover Athletics in the first game of the Silver tournament.
Louisville Magic finished 3-2 at the Adidas Summer Championships in California.
Hoop Dreams went 0-3 in Atlanta at the Super 6 Showcase.
16u:
CKY Magic – Morton went 1-1 in pool and won an additional game to advance to the platinum bracket where they lost in the quarterfinals to College Basketball Prospects of America National.
M.A.T.T.S. Mustangs went 1-2 in pool play and lost the first gold bracket game to Indiana Elite Force in overtime.
The Ville 16u won their pool at 3-0 and won a game in the platinum bracket before falling in the semifinals to the eventual champion College Basketball Prospects of America.
Louisville Legends 16s went 3-0 in their pool and advanced to the platinum bracket where they lost their quarterfinal game to SMAC primetime.
Charlotte Court-Hudson went 0-4 on the weekend with 3 losses in their pool and a loss in the silver bracket opener.
Kentucky Pressure went 1-2 in pool play in Louisville then won a game in the silver bracket but the final game results weren’t posted on the site.
Cky Magic – Green went 3-0 in their pool and advanced to the south platinum bracket where they lost to eventual champion Mid Ohio Pumas.
Lexington based Iam3rd Ice went 1-2 in the pool and moved on to the silver bracket where they won the championship.
Louisville based Rivals went 2-1 in their pool and won the tiebreaker to advance to the south Platinum bracket where they won a game before falling to Wisconsin United.
Shining Stars Price – Red were 3-0 and advanced to the south platinum bracket where they lost in the quarterfinals.
Louisville Prospects 16u went 1-2 in pool play and won a game in the silver bracket before they lost in the semifinals.
Kentucky Knights were 3-0 in pool play but lost their tournament opener.
Louisville Magic went 2-4 in California at the Adidas Summer Championship
The Kentucky Defenders finished in 3rd place the D2 AAU National Tournament in Orlando.
17u:
Louisville Legends 17s went 2-1 in pool play and advanced to the Platinum North bracket where they lost their first game.
Shining Stars – Mitchell were 0-3 in their pool and won a bracket game before falling in the semifinals of the bronze championship.
SMAC Ky Royals were 1-2 in their pool and lost their first bracket game in silver bracket play.
The Ville won their pool with a 3-0 record and lost their first bracket game in the Platinum north bracket.
Shining Stars – Price won their pool at 3-0 and won a platinum bracket game before falling to AOT in the quarterfinals.
NKY Force also won their pool with a 3-0 record and lost their bracket opener to Garner Road West Virginia.
Charlotte Court went 2-1 in pool and lost the first bracket game.
Louisville Spartans went 1-2 in pool and lost their first bronze bracket game.
Starz United 17u went 2-1 in pool but ended up 3rd in their 5 team pool. They lost their first game in the silver bracket.
Hoop Dreams 17u went 0-7 on the weekend at Super 6 Showcase in Atlanta.
Manimal Elite 17s went 3-2 in California at the Adidas Summer Championships.
M.A.T.T.S. Mustangs went 5-2 at AAU Nationals in Orlando and ended up as the 17u AAU Championship Runners-Up