Each year, Grand Blanc High School hosts the premier high school basketball event in the Flint area, boasting top hoops talent from around Michigan and beyond!
Two-time Gottagetit Game MVP Curtis Williams (
@Curtis5Williams
) buries the game-winner to knock off Orchard Lake. Great game between two teams that picked up wins last Saturday!
(📺:
@ThePrep3
, with
@Bushleague22
on the call. Watch the whole game here:
)
ANNOUNCING OUR FIELD FOR THE 2023 CARMODY CLASSIC ON JANUARY 7th!
♦️Arthur Hill vs. Beecher
♦️Hamtramck vs. Hamady
♦️Cass Tech vs. Carman-Ainsworth
♦️East Lansing vs. Grand Blanc
Looking forward to January 8th and the 3rd annual Gottagetit Hoop Classic! As always, it's going to be an amazing day of high school basketball, absolutely loaded with Division 1 college prospects!
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2020 All-GOTTAGETIT First Team:
*Lorne Bowman (OLSM)
*Matt Nicholson (Clarkston)
Fletcher Loyer (Clarkston)
Sir’Real Smith (Saginaw)
Brandon Hall (Thornton)
*Tied for first in voting for the 2020 GOTTAGETIT Most Outstanding Player
A two-time Gottagetit Hoop Classic participant and an All-Gottagetit honoree in 2020, Ty Rodgers (
@Ty_rodgers20
) looks more than ready for the next level!
Illinois’ 2022 W Ty Rodgers tonight: 33pts/20rebs/5asts/4stls/3blk per
@TthsVarsity
; you may want to go ahead and give him the 2022 Mr Illinois Basketball crown. Dude will be an instant starter for Brad Underwood day1. Best senior HS player in Illinois
The MVPs of this year’s six games: Nick Marsh (River Rouge), Robert Davis Jr. (Hamtramck), Treyvon Lewis (Ferndale), Curtis Williams (Brother Rice), Carmelo Harris (Beecher), and Trey McKenney (OLSM)
Today especially we remember our event’s namesake, Charlie Carmody, on what would have been his 60th birthday. Nobody loved Grand Blanc sports more deeply than Charlie, and he forever will be remembered as The Voice of the Bobcats.
🐾🎙❤️
20+ future D-1 players will take the court this Saturday at the 2022 Gottagetit Hoop Classic! Spend the whole day at Grand Blanc High School for an amazing event, topped off by a battle between
@OLSMHoops
and
@GrandBlancHoops
!
#GOTTAGETIT
SCHEDULE
Game 1: Kalamazoo Loy Norrix vs Clio
Game 2: Birmingham Brother Rice vs Saginaw Arthur Hill
Game 3: Macomb Dakota vs Powers Catholic
Game 4: Clarkston vs Carman-Ainsworth
Game 5: Chicago Thornton vs Saginaw
Game 6: Orchard Lake-St. Mary’s vs Grand Blanc
Congratulations to the Heritage Hawks who defeated Hamady by a score of 66-63, led by Game 2 MVP Tyler Ode, whose 29 points included a Carmody Classic record SEVEN three pointers!
2022 All-Gottagetit Team
First Team:
-Kaden Brown (GRCC)
-Robert Davis Jr. (Hamtramck)
-Carmelo Harris (Beecher)***
-Trey McKenney (OLSM)
-Chris McLavish (Carman-Ainsworth)
***Carmelo Harris was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2022 Gottagetit Hoop Classic.
Congratulations to past Gottagetit Hoop Classic participants Mekhi Ellison, Javaughn Hannah, Carmelo Harris, Isaiah Jones, Fletcher Loyer, Ty Rodgers, and Kareem Rozier for receiving nominations to be McDonald’s All-Americans!
Saturday is getting close. And we’re getting excited! Six great games, capped off by
@GrandBlancHoops
facing the
#1
ranked team in Michigan (
@mpowerchange
)!
The
@PrepHoopsMI
Class of 2022 player rankings are out, and no less than FIVE of the top nine sophomores in Michigan are scheduled to play in this year's classic, held on January 4th!
Congratulations to Jakobie Boose on being named Game 2 MVP of this year’s
#CarmodyClassic
! He was huge during Hamady’s 23-0 run that completely turned the game around!
In 2020, Tim Jordan Jr. (
@Tim2Jordan
) was an All-Gottagetit selection playing for Saginaw’s Arthur Hill HS (
@ArthurhillBB
) at the second Gottagetit Hoop Classic. Now he’s playing for the
#1
ranked high school team in the country, Richardson (TX) HS (
@RHS_BoysBB
)!
As a sophomore,
@nba_pbj
and
@FREDD_HOOPSQUAD
took part in the inaugural GOTTAGETIT Hoop Classic. Now, headed into his senior season, the
@MSU_Basketball
recruit is recognized as being among the top players in the country!
Looks like either Western Michigan or Toledo is going to pick up a great kid and a really talented player as two-time GOTTAGETIT MVP, Owen Lobsinger, makes his announcement on Wednesday. Stay tuned...
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Game Four: First year Detroit Catholic Central coach Tory Jackson returns to Grand Blanc to face Davison in a game that will feature Division 1 recruits on both sides of the court!
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The Carmody Classic is the premier high school basketball event held in Genesee County each year. The 5th Annual Classic, held January 6th at Grand Blanc High School, will be no different, with top-notch talent from throughout the state of Michigan! Check out these matchups:
Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Gottagetit™ Hoop Classic on January 8th at Grand Blanc HS. It will be a fantastic day of great high school hoops, featuring many of the top players and teams in the state! Tickets are $15 and are NOT available to be purchased in advance.
Make sure to block off Saturday, January 9th, 2021 on your calendars! The third edition of the
#GOTTAGETIT
Hoop Classic promises to be the best one yet with our deepest field of talent ever!
MEDIA, COLLEGE COACHES & SCOUTS: If you are planning on attending/covering this season’s GOTTAGETIT Hoop Classic on January 4th, please request credentials in advance. ALL uncredentialed attendees will be required to pay the $10 admission fee. Thank you for your understanding.
Congrats to Kaden Brown (
@KadenBrown04
) of GRCC (
@goCCcougars
) who tied a Gottagetit Hoop Classic record (set just about 90 minutes earlier!) by knocking down SIX three pointers on his way to scoring 33!
(📺:
@ThePrep3
)
And the honorees in the 2024 Carmody Classic boys games…
Game 2 MVP: Saginaw Heritage’s Tyler Ode
Game 3 MVP: Detroit Renaissance’s Jordan Sigmon
Game 4 MVP: Detroit Catholic Central’s Devin Lee
@d1_dev_2025
Game 5 MVP: Grandville’s Cameron Regnerus
If you can’t be at Grand Blanc High School today for the Gottagetit Hoop Classic, then be sure to check out the live professional broadcast of games 2-6, brought to you at by our broadcast partners
@ThePrep3
!
The following GOTTAGETIT records were set yesterday:
Individual Records
Dunks: Latavius Vaughter-4
Rebounds: Matt Nicholson-22
3pt FG Made: Fletcher Loyer-5 (ties record)
Team Records
Fewest Points Allowed: Clio-38
3pt FG Made: Thornton-12
FG Made: Thornton 32 (ties record)
2023 All-Carmody Classic 1st Team:
-Robert Lee, Beecher (Most Outstanding Player)
-Darius Acuff, Cass Tech
-“Boop” Hardy, Saginaw Arthur Hill
-RJ Taylor, Grand Blanc
-Tae Boyd, Grand Blanc
Congrats to all the honorees!
#CarmodyClassic
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Among the many great players who will play at this year's Gottagetit Hoop Classic are these four who've already committed to D-1 schools:
-Kareem Rozier (OLSM/Duquesne)
-Javaughn Hannah (OLSM/Western Michigan)
-Jack Karasinski (GRCC/William & Mary)
-Teyvon Lewis (Ferndale/Loyola)
Congrats to freshman Chris McLavish of Carman-Ainsworth, who set a Gottagetit Hoop Classic record Saturday with SIX three pointers, including this mid-court bomb that he buried at the halftime buzzer!
(📺:
@ThePrep3
)
@ChrisMcLavish
@C_AAthletics
@GottagetitTm
We look forward to working Saturday with our broadcast partner,
@ThePrep3
, as they cover games 2-6 of the 2022 Gottagetit Hoop Classic! Check them out here:
Maybe not the most exciting highlight video ever, but it was
#CarmodyClassic
history being made, so it should absolutely be documented. With these three free throws, Robert Lee approached, tied, and surpassed the previous event record of 39 points in a game. What a performance!
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2020 All-GOTTAGETIT Second Team:
Tim Jordan Jr. (Arthur Hill)
Latavius Vaughter (Clio)
Curtis Williams (Brother Rice)
Owen Lobsinger (Powers)
Mark Miller (Grand Blanc)
2021
@NUMensBball
commit
@JuRoper
was not only a participant in last year’s Classic, but with OLSM scheduled to participate again, he will be one of the marquee players at next year’s event as well! We can’t wait to host him and his OLSM teammates again!
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Game Five: Looking to make their fourth straight trip to Breslin this season, the Bobcats of Grand Blanc face a formidable Grandville squad, led by Grand Blanc HS alum, Coach Desmond Young!
@CoachReace
@dyoung33
Congratulations to Thornton Wildcats 2022 Forward Ty Rodgers (
@Ty_rodgers20
) (Illinois Signee) on being named to the Chicago Sun-Times All-Area Team.
#TTHS
Thanks so much to all the volunteers, staff, district employees, fans, teams, officials, and everyone else who made this year’s Carmody Classic such a success!!! Can’t wait for next year!
Come see
@JBrooks23JB
and the defending Division 2 state champs, Grand Rapids Catholic Central (
@goCCcougars
), as they face the defending Division 3 state champs, Beecher (
@BeecherSchools
), Saturday at Grand Blanc HS in the Gottagetit Hoop Classic!
Freshman Trey McKenney (
@mckenneytrey1
) of Orchard Lake St. Mary’s (
@OLSMHoops
) was one of the brightest stars at this year’s Gottagetit Hoop Classic, scoring 25 points and being named 1st Team All-Gottagetit & Game 6 MVP! Check out this piece by
@ABC12WJRT
’s
@BGreenReports
:
Looking forward to seeing this fine pair of junior guards in action at this season's Gottagetit Hoop Classic!
Both RJ Taylor (
@rj21taylor
) and Amont'e Allen-Johnson (
@AmontAllen
) of Grand Blanc already hold D-1 offers!
MEDIA, COLLEGE COACHES & SCOUTS: If planning on attending/covering this season’s Gottagetit Hoop Classic on January 8th, please request credentials in advance via DM here or at
@ScribSports
. ALL uncredentialed attendees will be required to pay the $15 admission fee. Thank you.
Congrats to event alumni Darius Acuff, Durral Brooks, Kaden Brown, Robert Lee, Trey McKenney, RJ Taylor & Curtis Williams on being named Best of the Best by BCAM! Congrats also to Jonathan Blackwell, Tae Boyd, Greg Lawson & Chris McLavish, who were named Division 1 BCAM’s Best.
Two-time Gottagetit Hoop Classic participant, and All-Gottagetit honoree Ty Rodgers garnered some national attention with his 19th double-double in 22 games played.
Ty Rodgers is B1G READY!
#Illini
commit (
#52
in 2022 ESPN 100) had the whole state HYPED in Thornton's Double OT win vs. Kenwood.
@Ty_rodgers20
🔸 20 points
🔹14 rebounds
🔸 5 assists
📽️
@HoopNowTV
We’re looking to add a couple top teams to the Carmody Classic field on January 6th at Grand Blanc HS. Over 35 players from the four previous Classics have gone on to play for NCAA D-1 teams like those pictured below. Reach out to us if you think your team’s a good fit this year!
Congrats to 2020 GOTTAGETIT Hoop Classic Game 5 MVP, Brandon Hall, on being selected to play for Team Illinois at the
@prepballstars
Midwest Challenge! That makes SIX GOTTAGETIT Hoop Classic alumni competing in this event!
Congrats to Division 4 Player of the Year,
@nba_pbj
and 1st Team All State selection,
@bigtae35
, both of whom competed in the inaugural GOTTAGETIT Hoop Classic in 2019! Congrats also to
@Kreole_Coach_21
on being named Division 4 Coach of the Year!