Texas Roundball

The 2003 edition of the College Station shootout is up this weekend in Bryan/ College Station. Team Texas will not defend their crown, the runners-up Houston Hoops will be here this weekend. We'll go through the NBA Division favorites and then give a list of the players to watch this weekend.

NBA Division

Favorites to win the whole thing: Houston Westside All Stars, Houston Select 1, Dallas Mustangs Blue, Houston Hoops (without Gibson and McClellan).

The next pack: Texas Top Prospects 17's , Texas Top Prospects 2003, Team Texas 16's, Team Ft. Worth, San Antonio Bulls, Austin Dawgs 1, ATX Boys 16's, San Antonio Rohawks, TUAC Warriors, Ft. Worth MLK Mash.

Who will finish 1-2 in the pools (not the exact pools but we just have the schedule not the pool list)

Pool A- 1. Texas Top Prospects 17's, 2. Houston Lynx

Pool B- easy to pick the two that advance hard to say the finish....Not sure who will be with Team Texas 16's..... They and the Austin Dawgs advance.

Pool C- 1. Houston Select; 2. Southeast Texas All Stars

Pool D- 1. Ft. Worth MLK Mash....2. San Antonio Rohawks

Pool E- 1. Dallas Mustangs Blue; 2. TUAC Warriors

Pool F- one of the toughest pools here by far... 1. Houston Westside All Stars; 2. Texas Tops 2003 and the ATX 16's battle it out.

Pool G- 1. Houston Hoops; 2. Arlington Magic

Pool H- another really tough pool....1. Team Ft. Worth; 2. San Antonio Bulls or Team NCI Hoopstars Elite

NBA Players to watch (all class of 2004 unless noted)

Houston Hoops 17's- 6-3 PG Daniel Gibson and 6-5 WG Jawaan McClellan are in Paris for a tourney, and will not play ; 6-5 WF Matt Wheaton; 6-0 G Rodney Foster; 6-6 F Mike Nichols; 6-1 G Mario Kersee;

Houston Westside All Stars- 6-7 WF Dion Dowell; 5-11 G Sean Morris; 5-11 G Charlie Jones III; 6-9 BF Connor Atchley; 6-4 WF Richard Hurd.

Houston Select I- 6-4 WG Chamberlain Oguchi; 6-9 BF/C Joseph Jones; 6-4 G Derrick Roberts (have not heard if he will play or not); 6-5 BF Larry Posey; 6-7 F C.J. Clark

Dallas Mustangs Blue (all c/o 2005) unless noted - 5-11 PG Byron Eaton; 6-0 G Booker Woodfox; 6-2 G Aaron Jackson; 6-7 F Gary Flowers; 2004 6-9 BF/C Sean Williams.

Texas Top Prospects 17s- 6-2 G Kenneth "Red" White; 6-8 BF/C David Farmer; 6-7 F Justin Wilkerson (2005); 6-7 F Scott Weaver; 6-8 BF Kendrick Johnson (2005)

Houston Lynx- 6-7 BF Troy Ruths; ???? 6-10 C Carl Nelson

ATX Boys 16's- 2005 G 6-1 Curtis "C.J." Jerrells; 2005 WF 6-4 Malcolm Johnson

ATX Boys 17's- 2004 F 6-4 Donald Dawson

Texas Top Prospects 2003- 6-3 PG John Killen; 6-1 G Roderick Adams; 6-4 F Rodrick Rogers

Arlington Magic- 6-4 WF Clarence Masters (2005); 6-6 F Thomas Morgan; 6-6 BF Kellen Allen

Team Texas 16's- 6-8 BF Kevin Rogers (2005); 6-4 WF Jerel Hastings (2005); 6-8 BF Darrell Arthur (2006)

Austin Dawgs- 2005 G 5-10 AJ Abrams; 5-9 G Matt Braeuer; 6-4 F Chuck Foster

Southeast Texas All-Stars- 5-11 G Keithan Hancock

Ft Worth MLK Mash-6-6 F Jeremis Smith; 6-1 G Dominique Williams; 6-2G Jeff Muriel

San Antonio Rohawks- 6-8 F Patrick Britton; 6-1 G Wendell Mulkey; 6-7 F Jason Grohman, 6-8 BF Johnathan Woods; 5-9 PG Dominique Richardson

Houston Gold- 6-8 BF Brandon Collins; 6-6 F Chester Moore

TUAC Warriors all class of 2005- 6-7 BF Lendrick Washington; 6-3 WG Marcus Whitfield; 6-1 G Nick Chestnut

Dallas Mustangs White all class of 2005- 6-4 WG Terrel Harris; 6-6 F Derrick Moore; 6-0 G Clint Nixon

San Antonio Bulls- 6-9 BF Trent Plaisted; 6-2 G Paul Barnes

Team Fort Worth- 6-3 WG Casey Forge; 6-6 WF Montrel McDonald; 6-6 F Will Hensley; 6-6 F Eric Sheppard; 6-4 WG Gerneil Edwards; 6-2 G Thomas Cook

Team NCI Hoopstars Elite- 6-6 F Ryan Bright; 6-4 WF John Williams

Killeen Future Stars- 6-0 G/F Charles James; 6-6 F Chris Montgomery

Cedar Hill- 5-11 2005 G Devon Mosley; 6-4 F Folarin Olawoye

NCAA Division Players to Watch

Team NCI Hoopstars (one of the favorites)- 2004 WG 6-4 Dante McDaniel; 2005 F 6-6 Josh Bell; 2004 G 6-0 Tim Nelson; 2004 F 6-3 Terrence Cowherd; 2004 F 6-6 Robert Goodson

Houston Select 2- 2005 F 6-7 Obi Ikeakor; 2005 F 6-7 Sean Coleman; 2005 WG 6-3 Chris Pinkalla

Houston Hoops 16s- 2005 6-7 F Fendi Onobun (injured not sure if he will play); 2005 F 6-6 Ashton Hall; 2005 F 6-6 Rashad Woods; 2005 PG 5-11 David Devezin

Houston Swoosh- 2006 G 6-0 Harrison Smith; 2006 PG 5-10 O.J. Avworo; 2006 g/f 6-0 Lance Pevehouse; 2006 F 6-4 Justin Kurtz

Team Houston Black- 2006 F 6-4 Reggie Shanks; 2006 F 6-4 Avery Braggs; 2006 G/F 6-2 Greg Burton; 2006 PG 6-0 Jason Ebie; 2006 5-11 G James Ewing

Team Houston Red- 2006 F Ronald Chachere; 2006 PG Edwin Opoku

ATX Boys 15's- 2006 PG 5-9 Courtney Thomas, 2006 F 6-3 Danny Torres; 2006 G 5-9 Tremont Calvert

San Antonio Spurs- 2005 WF 6-4 Terrel Nicholas

Houston Hoops 15s- 2006 PG 5-9 Nic Wise (gone to France); 2006 F 6-4 Pierre Beasley; 2006 BF 6-8 Darris Santee; 2006 F 6-4 Tim Palmer; 2006 F 6-4 Justin Fields

Austin Hoop Zone/And 1- 2006 C 6-10 Josh Lomers

Round Rock Dream Team- 2004 WG 6-3 Cedric McKelvey