Kentucky and Michigan squads win tournaments, more

Several teams of note made the semi-final round or more yesterday including a couple of championships worth mentioning.

* 17U Reebok Championships went to Dominique Fergeson and Ray McCallum and Team Detroit. Trey Zeigler had 16 points for the winners. They beat D-One Sports (Quincy Miller) 56-48 in the title game. (photo is Zeigler from Detroit News)

* The Ville won the Adidas Super 64 championship in the 14U division. Jody Demling has a nice rundown of some of their best players. http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/demling/blog.html When I got a chance to see them at the Kentucky Hoopfest I was pretty blown away by Daryl Hicks and Jason Hatcher. Demling said Hicks had 26 points in the championship game and Hatcher was the MVP with a boat load of rebounds. He and Hicks look about 20 years old, they're so much more mature than the other 14U players I saw. Hicks is the best player in the age group I've seen so far (2013). He has a nice three pointer to go with getting a layup whenever he wants. Hicks was also the leading scorer in the Top 150 camp held in Lexington in June for the country's top incoming freshmen. He'll play for Shelbyville. Hatcher is also pretty strong and a good athlete.

* 16U Indiana Elite/Team Indiana had to forfeit the championship game to Southern Kings Gold because they misunderstood when the game would be played if they made it that far. Jeremiah Davis and Austin Etherington continued picking up their games from many reports over the weekend.

* 16U Derek Smith All Stars lost in the final four to the Southern Kings Gold squad. Demling's link above has Remy Abel and George Fant continuing to have big months and more and more coaches trying to figure out if they are good mid major recruits or high major recruits. Demling said Fant added an Ohio offer to Western Kentucky and Oklahoma State. But those kids have a lot of good players. Elliot County's Tommy Knipp, Jordan Shanklin, Clark county's Robbie Stenzel, and Jeffersonville, Indiana's Evan Mashmeyer are all kids who can play.

* SYF Players have advanced to championship game in Center Stage event in Vegas, more on this one in the morning hopefully...

* Bloomington South made it to the final four of the Main Event. Hugh Kellenberger's Quick Hits blog has been all over this. http://blogs.heraldtimesonline.com/quickhits/ I also posted a link to Demling's story on them for the CJ on yesterday's tourney update.