Friar Starting Five: Saturday Edition

Here are links to five topics that may be of interest to Friar fans.

1. In case you missed it here is my article previewing the start of the first AAU live period this weekend.

2. Kadeem Batts was a guest on the Rhode Show on WPRI on Friday where he talked about the Friars incredible season and his future prospects in the professional ranks.

3. Here is a complete listing of the major AAU tournaments that will be taking place this Spring and Summer.

4. Brice Kofane has decided to attend Monmouth University for his last year of eligibility where he will be joining head coach King Rice who used to be a Friar assistant coach.

5. Future Friar Ryan Fazekas had nine points and four rebounds in 15 minutes of action as his Mean Streets AAU team defeated The Family 54-52 in the first game of the NIKE EYBL in Sacramento. Here is the box score from the game. Other games of interest from the first day at the EYBL include:

BABC 52  Baltimore Elite  33

Playaz Basketball Club (NJ) 64  Expressions Elite 51

Team Scan 46  CIA Bounce  44

Off the Bench

Here is PCBB17’s weekly recruiting update.

ABC6 has a video on Bryce Cotton getting ready for his NBA workouts.

John Rooke has several nice takes in his weekly Thinking Out Loud column.

The Nike EYBL tournament in Sacramento is streaming all of the games live that are on court 1. You can catch all of the action here. Games tentatively scheduled for court 1 on Saturday include:

Team Penny vs. St. Louis Eagles 12:00pm

Alabama Challenge vs. Texas Titans 1:30pm

New Jersey Playaz vs. Team Scan  3:00pm

Athletes First vs. Jackson Tigers 4:30pm

Albany City Rocks vs. Team Penny  6:00pm

Team Takeover vs. The Alabama Challenge  7:30pm

Team Scan vs. Mean Streets  9:00pm

Jackson Tigers vs. Team United 10:30pm

 

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