Nike Hoop Summit rosters announced!

Great analysis of the 2007 Nike Hoop Summit rosters at Draft Express by Jonathan Givony with a focus on NBA Draft implications by the international players.

The Nike Hoops summit does not count as an all-star game with regards to NCAA eligibility, so some of the best players in the 2007 class have been selected including Kevin Love, OJ Mayo, Derrick Rose, and Patrick Patterson. For all the details check the story at DraftExpress.

The 2007 Roundball Classic

The 2007 Roundball classic, a work of the Godfather of summer hoops (Sonny Vaccaro), will take place on Tuesday April 3rd 2007 (day after the NCAA final). It usually airs on CSTV. I do not know yet whether CSTV plans to air it live or tape-delayed.

West rosters

East rosters

HOWEVER this includes some swing players, as they are also included in the McDonalds All American game and the Jordan Classic. As you may recall, NCAA regulations prohibit a player from participating in more than two all-star games if they want to retain their eligibility. McDonalds is the most high profile of those games (on ESPN baby!) so players chose to either go to Jordan or Roundball, but not both (unless they plan to turn pro).

List of swing players

OJ Mayo

Kevin Love

I do not know if they made any official announcements as to which game they'll actually play in

The Nike Hoops Summit does not count as an all-star game because it is a USA Basketball event, although it is really an all-star game. So the best players of each class usually go to the McDonalds game, the Nike Hoop Summit and either the Jordan or the Roundball classic.

I will have a more detailed break down of the all-star games and recruiting in general after the March Madness madness cools off...

Recruiting DVDs for your collection: Seinfeld one day sale!

The Seinfeld DVD collection (Seasons 1 through 7) is on sale today only in Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day for $99 with free shipping. It comes out to $15.50 per season! A must for Sienfeld fans! This is a one-day only deal (Tuesday)

This week on Sports Stars of Tomorrow

This week on Sports Stars of Tomorrow, features on:

Austin Freeman, going to Georgetown

Dallas Lauderdale (nephew of NBAer Priest), Ohio State

Brandon Jennings (a SoCal currently at Oak Hill) verbally committed to USC (2008 class)

John Roberson (going to Texas Tech)

Chase Budinger (currently at Arizona)

Check local TV listings for airtimes...

Must see TV: Mater Dei vs Artesia on Fox College Sports

Today, 5pm pacific time, SoCal High school hoops: Mater Dei vs Artesia, Fox College Sports, with Marques Johnson. Must see TV! as a number of touted recruits including the Wear twins, Taylor King, James Harden, and many more are playing. This is a repeat, not a live game.

TV Review: Generation Next, Episode V

Episode Review

Recruiting expert guests: Van Coleman and Tom Konchalski. Grade: Good!

A short debate on who should be the mythical #1 high-school basketball team, and the obligatory revisiting of the "Is Oak Hill a high-school" issue. Grade: Good!

A recap of the recent commitments. Grade: Good!

A review of the 2007 Big East commitments. This covered all 16 teams, with coverage of quite a few of them. This was an improvement of last week's ACC segment, even though it is 16-team conference. Grade: Good and bonus points for the more in-depth coverage

A recap of the McDonalds All American team selections and the Orwellian "off the court issues" when the cmte decides not to select an otherwise deserving player. Grade: Good!

Guest interview: Jay Wright of Villanava. Fans of the four-guard offense of the 2005-2007 season will be thrilled to find out that Jay Wright will be bringing it back next year with Corey Fisher, Malcolm Grant and Corey Stokes. (Assuming Scottie Reynolds stays put)

Short video feature on Nolan Smith

Personal segment: Seth appeared excited about all the Dookies selected for the McDonalds team, and he thinks Kyle Singler is the #1 of the 2007 class

Overall Rating: This was the best episode of the season!

Show details

The show's webpage is at CSTV and it includes recruiting coverage from Van Coleman and Bill Hodges.

For airtimes of Seth Davis Generation Next, check my daily college basketball tv listings at Ncaa Hoops Today or CSTV's TV schedule page

TV: New Seth Davis Generation Next episode today!

New Seth Davis Generation Next episode today on CSTV. This is episode #5.

Airtimes (all times pacific, add +3 for eastern)

Thursday: 430pm, 630pm, 9pm, 1230am

Friday: 8pm, 11pm

Saturday: 1130am

For more details and for updated TV listings check cstv.com

Also tonite, at 5pm pacific there is a Kevin Love game on Fox College Sports: A repeat of the game featuring Lake Oswego at Mater Dei, Fox College Sports. UCLA bound K-Love visited SoCal with his hs team to cut the ribbons on Mater Dei's long awaited new facility. I don't want to spoil the result, but it made UCLA fans happy. Ben Howland was caught by the cameras watching the game from a prime location (they call it "baby-sitting" in the recruiting world).