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Dozen Canadians Present At Hoop Hall

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11 Canadians will have the privelage to particpiate in the 2014 Hoop Hall Classic held at the home of the Basketball Hall Of Fame in Springfield, ON.

Class of 2014:

6’2″ PG Kevin Zabo, Brewster
6’9″ C Chris Egi, Montverde
6’7″ F Connor Gilmore, Cushing Academy

Class of 2015:

6’6″ SF Montague Gill Caeser, Huntington Prep
6’3″ CG Kamar McKnight, St.Benedicts Prep
6’6″ SF Dillon Brooks, Findlay Prep
6’2″ PG Tyronn King, Arlington Country Day
6`0`PG Munis Tutu, La Lumiere

Class of 2016:

6’7″ G/F Justin Jackson, Findlay
6’2″ PG Nate Darling, DeMatha

Class of 2017:

6’6″ F Jerome Desrosiers, Northfield Mount Hermon
6’6″ F Oshae Brissett, Findlay

In 2012 , seven alumni of the high school invitational put on by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame were selected in the first round of the NBA draft. In 2013? Nine former Hoophall ballers were drafted in the first round, including the first and second picks.

No. 1 overall Anthony Bennett was injured and did not participate as a junior or senior when Findlay College Prep was present.

Like last year, the year before and the previous nine years before that, the 2014 Hoophall Classic, to be held Jan. 16-20, will feature many of the top teams and players in the country.

In a nutshell some top schools headed to the Hoophall Classic include Montverde Academy (Fla.), Findlay Prep (Nev.), Oak Hill (Va.), Prime Prep Academy (Texas), Mater Dei (Calif.) and St. Anthony (N.J.).

SCHEDULE

Saturday
12:00 – Putnam vs Woodstock Academy
1:30 – Springfield Central vs Albany Academy
3:00 – Bishop O’Connell vs Rainier Beach
4:30 – Lincoln vs Yates
6:00 – St. Frances Academy vs St. John Bosco
8:00 – Huntington Prep vs Prime Prep

Sunday
11:00 – Kimball Union vs Northfield Mount Hermon
12:30 – Cushing Academy vs Worcester Academy
2:00 – St. Benedict’s vs Arlington Country Day
3:30 – Our Savior New American vs LaLumiere School
5:00 – DeMatha vs St. Joseph
6:30 – Wilbarham & Monson vs Brewster Academy

Monday *ESPNU will broadcast four games on Monday from the Hoophall Classic*
9:45 – St. Anthony vs Paul VI
11:30 – Wesleyan Christian vs Findlay Prep
1:30 – Oak Hill vs Whitney Young
3:30 – Curie vs Montverde Academy 
5:30 – St. John Neumann-Maria Goretti vs Mater Dei

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Kentucky Wildcats Monitoring Montaque Gill-Caesar

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Andrew Wiggins and Montaque Gill-Ceaser both attended Vaughan Secondary School in Ontario and ultimately went to Huntington (W.V.) Prep. Gill-Caesar also plays for CIA Bounce, the same Toronto-based summer-league team that produced Wiggins. They were teammates last year and remain very close friends, even with Wiggins now off to Kansas after perhaps the most hyped recruitment in recent history.

“I talk to him every day just to see how he’s doing at school, what college is like,” Gill-Caesar said of Wiggins, who attended summer school at Kansas. “He gives me a lot of advice. He told me athleticism is not really going to get you that far.”

Poster boy for #CdnBallers at Huntington (WV) Prep. Class of 2015 6-ft-5 SF Montague Gill-Caeser

As far as his own recruitment, Gill-Caesar holds offers from Baylor, West Virginia, Illinois, Purdue, Ohio State and Alabama, according to Huntington (W.V.) Prep head coach Rob Fulford.

He also has interest from Kentucky and recently got a call from head coach John Calipari.

“He just said he likes my improvements,” Gill-Caesar said. “When he saw me during the season he likes how I handle the ball, how I handle the pressure.”

After a long winter of MGC & Wiggins going at it every day in a open gym, still no bigger fan of Gill-Caesar, or “Teki” as he is nicknamed then Andrew Wiggins himself.

“Teki is the next big thing, no question about it,” said Wiggins “He’s 6-foot-5 and growing and he’s talented. I’m telling you he’s definitely going to be the guy. Trust me, I’ve known him forever.”

Gill-Caesar and Wiggins grew up in Ontario and even attended Glen Shields Elementary together! The pair spent a summer together playing for the same AAU program, CIA Bounce (Canada). That’s when Wiggins started to talk to Gill-Caesar about coming to play in the U.S.

“He would always tell me about how good the competition is over here and I love competition,” Gill-Caesar said. “Finally, I decided to come over and play with him after I had a strong summer.”

Teki had a strong first year in West Virginia His invite to this summers NBPA Top 100 Camp is a reflection. Followed by a strong AAU circuit. Let the Teki HIGH MAJOR Sweepstakes begin…