FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 2, 2010
As indicated in the initial press-release at the conclusion of the event, the Oakland CA-based Drew Gooden Soldiers were crowned the inaugural Las Vegas Fab 48 champions in the presence of LeBron James at Bishop Gorman High School on Sunday night July 22nd.
James stayed for most of the Soldiers' 86-66 victory over the Iowa Barnstormers to win the Invitational Division in front of 1,500 spectators.
Jabari Brown was named the tournament MVP following the conclusion of the game. Nick Johnson and Kyle Wiltjer added 16 points each for the Soldiers while Seth Tuttle led Iowa with 16 points.
Led by Nick Emery's19 points, Salt Lake Metro Black won the 17 Open championship by defeating Southwest Elite Black (TX), 68-48.
Savoy Goodman had 24 points and Brandon Taylor added 20 as the Team Philly 16s beat the Oakland Soldiers 16s, 81-47, to win the 16-under Division championship.
More than 175 teams from over 20 states and Canada participated in the four-day event which attracted over 300 college coaches, scouts and media including head coaches such as Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams, John Calipari, Rick Pitino, Billy Donovan, Bill Self, Tom Izzo, Ben Howland, Rick Barnes, Mike Montgomery, Tim Floyd, Tubby Smith, Sean Miller, Lorenzo Romar, Lon Kruger, John Beilein, Herb Sendek, Bob Huggins, Mark Few, Steve Alford, Johnny Dawkins, Craig Robinson, Kevin O'Neil, Bruce Weber, Jeff Capel, Dana Altman, Steve Lavin, John Thompson III, Scott Drew, Seth Greenberg, Tony Bennett, Bruce Pearl, Kevin Stallings, Trent Johnson, Josh Pastner, Paul Hewitt, Mick Cronin, David Carter, Oliver Purnell, Frank Haith, Steve Fisher, Ken Bone, Anthony Grant, Mark Fox, Doc Sandler, Marvin Menzies, Max Good, Randy Bennett, Bob Williams and Dan Monson.
Deron Williams, Drew Gooden, Danny Granger and Kyle Lowry were a few of the NBA players who showed up to support the traveling teams that they sponsor.
The initial press-release included an incomplete all-tourney team. Below is the official and complete 2010 Las Vegas Fab 48 All-tourney team. There was so much talent on-hand, we had to expand it to 65 players in order to do justice to all the excellent performances that were witnessed during the event.
MVP: Jabari Brown, Drew Gooden Soldiers 17
Kory Alford, Danny Granger Hurricanes
Kyle Anderson, Playaz 17
Ryan Anderson, California Supreme Red 17
Brandon Ashley, Drew Gooden Soldiers 17
Adjehi Baru, Team Loaded 17
Gary Bell, Seattle Rotary Select
Wayne Blackshear, Mac Irvin Fire17
Deonte Burton, TP Elite 16
CJ Cooper, Belmont Shore Gold
Erik Copes, Team Philly
DeAndre Daniels, Belmont Shore
Brian Darden, Team Loaded 17
Myles Davis, Playaz 17
Sam Dekker, Wisconsin Playground Warriors
Nick Emery, Salt Lake Metro Black
Bruce English, Belmont Shore Gold
Javan Felix, New Orleans D-I Ambassadors
Christian Frankling, Los Angeles Rockfish
Amir Garrett, Belmont Shore
Ricardo Gathers New Orleans D-I Ambassadors
Sterling Gibbs, New York Panthers
Thomas Gipson, Texas Bluechips Navy
Savon Goodman, Team Philly 16
Cezar Guerrero, Belmont Shore
Maurice Harkless, New York Panthers
Darnel Harris, Hurricane Rebels
Andre Hollins, Memphis Magic
Desmond Hubert, Playaz 17
Jernard Jarreau, New Orleans D-I Ambassadors
Amile Jefferson, Team Philly 16
Grant Jerrett, Belmont Shore
Kevin Johnson, California Supreme Red 17
Nick Johnson, Drew Gooden Soldiers 17
Myck Kabongo, Grassroots Elite Canada
Kyle Kager, Texas Bluechips Navy
Brandon Kearney, Team Detroit
Brett Kingma, Friends of Hoop Seattle 17
Austin Kuemper, ICP Portland 17 Red
Charles Lee, Hurricane Rebels
Charles Lewis, Houston Superstars
Tyler Lewis, Team Loaded 17
Myles Mack, Playaz 17
Keaton Miles, Dallas Mustangs
Josh Montague, Iowa Barnstormers
Reece Morgan, Branch West Elite
Chance Murray, Los Angeles Rockfish
LeBryan Nash, Dallas Mustangs
Darius Nelson, Team Odom
Josh Oglesby, Iowa Barnstormers
Walter Pitchford, Team Detroit
Norman Powell, San Diego All-Stars Gold
Jeff Short, New York Panthers
Charles Standifer, Play Hard/Play Smart
Ameen Tanksley, Team Philly 17
Adonis Thomas, Memphis Magic
Kevin Thomas, Grassroots Canada 17
Sam Thompson, Mac Irvin Fire 17
Jean-Pierre Tokoto, Wisconsin Playground Warriors
Josiah Turner, Drew Gooden Soldiers 17
Seth Tuttle, Iowa Barnstormers
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa Barnstormers
Byron Wesley, California Supreme Red 17
Kyle Wiltjer, Drew Gooden Soldiers 17
Tony Wroten, Seattle Rotary Select
Next year's tournament will be held July 22-25, 2011 at Bishop Gorman and other nearby locations.
CONTACT: Victoria Sun at (213) 268-9388 or vic32scoob@aol.com
