Love this: former Theodore Roosevelt (DC) and DC Premier teammates Marcus Dockery (Maryland) and Darius Miles (Alabama) after last night's game.
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A white player could show up with a 50 inch vertical and literally dunking from the 3 point line and he'd remind Chauncey Billups of a young Scott Skiles lol
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in the Final Four
UCONN
Jordan Hawkins (Gaithersburg/DeMatha)
MIAMI
Jordan Miller (Loudoun Valley)
Anthony Walker (Perry Hall)
Favour Aire (Bishop McNamara)
Jakai Robinson (Rock Creek Christian)
Christian Watson (St. John's)
Interviewed Kyle Honore for a story last season that was supposed to take 10 minutes but spent a good half hour talking to him. GREAT kid from a GREAT family. Can't imagine how much they are hurting right now. Love and prayers to the entire Potomac community. ๐
Everybody wants to out-"basketball guy" each other on here and its exhausting. I get it fam, all you do is watch 23 hours of film (full games only!) per day and solely recruit guys who sprint to the scorers table, rah rah rah.....get over yourself ๐
Said this before, but need to repeat: if you are a Division I player (or believe yourself to be one) you can't disappear for huge stretches of HS games. There can't be a quarter where nobody remembers you were on the floor.
Spring/Summer basketball isn't happening, and the sooner we can all accept that and figure out how to adapt and help the kids out (Hey, it's still about them, right?), the better it'll be.
DeMatha has hired St. Stephen's & St. Agnes (Va.) coach Mike Jones as its new basketball coach. He takes over for Pete Strickland, who was named interim coach when longtime Stags coach Mike Jones left for Virginia Tech last spring. Yes, you read all that correctly.
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Malcolm Battle will be the Athletic Director and Varsity Boys Basketball coach at the newest DCIAA school, Bard High School Early College. The school opened last fall and gives students the opportunity to graduate with a two-year associate degree.
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@MRBattleTested
โJust with my development coming in, no one would have thought I'd be in the position I am now. So I gave this uniform everything I have. Thereโs stuff I wish I could have done differently, but at the end of the day I did everything I could, and Iโm glad I did.โ -
@CaseyMorsell
DeMatha coach Pete Strickland _ absolutely soaked - hands out bubblegum cigars to his team. I didn't even know you could still get those; their confusion was great ๐
People will tell you how fast your HS/College playing career goes, but you'll never really understand it. One day its Freshman Orientation and the next its Senior Night ๐ ..... Enjoy everything in between to the fullest.
Announcing that I have received my release from Verizon Fios, and will be transferring to a less expensive TV option. Its been a great 2-year contract but I need to do what's best for me and my wallet. Please respect my decision; I will not be granting interviews at this time. ๐
Had a few parents introduce themselves to me over the weekend and say thank you because their kids were getting college interest they didn't have before. It makes everything worth it.
One of the biggest problems with living in the DMV is you cant even play rec sports without a bunch of pros and D1 dudes showing up LOL... I dont want bump anymore fam, I just want to get out the house and run around for a little bit ๐
Pleased to announce the relaunch of my program, $hadyside Preparatory Academy: Home of The Hustlers. A one-time, non-refundable deposit will temporarily guarantee you a roster spot. All* players will receive Division I scholarships! More info to come!
(*Subject to change)
So you want a scholarship? So does:
- Every other HS player
- International guys
- Junior college players
- D-I transfers
- Lower-level guys trying to transfer up
If you've got a seat available, don't get left standing when the music stops
Mike being like "The whole team was in there with cocaine, weed and women, but not me, though!" was funny as hell. So many former teammates were getting pressed at home last night lol
One of the very first coaches I met when I got here was Malcolm Battle, and he's been one of my favorite guys ever since. Him not being at Cesar Chavez is a major loss on the sideline, but - far more importantly - off the court. NOBODY fights harder for his kids.
#Salute
Mount St. Joseph (Md.) 2023 forward Amani Hansberry one of the standouts here at Locked In Elite Showcase. Planning to make his college decision September 2 from a list of Auburn, Illinois, Miami, Penn State and Virginia Tech.
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Wise (Md.) coach Lou Wilson will try to pick up career coaching victory # 700 tonight as
@WiseHoops
travels to Suitland (Md.). Coach Wilson's career mark? 699-309 ๐
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Maryland D-Fenders 17U 6-1 guard Sincere Jones (Potomac-MD 2019) had a game-high 26 points on 11-of-14 shooting (2-3 on 3's) in an 82-60 win over VA Hokies Elite.
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#DMVelite
DeMatha (Md.) 2020 guard Earl Timberlake will announce his college pick Monday at 4 pm. The finalists are Miami, Pitt, Providence, Seton Hall and South Carolina.
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@easyyyooo
10 years ago this week I moved to Maryland and hooked up with
@DMVeliteCEO
to create
@DMVeliteNews
. I'd like to take a moment to give a big thanks to everyone who has contributed to the site along the way and helped to make it all possible. Much love to:
@TylerIAm
Imagine how angry you'd be at 6 knowing everything you know about the world right now. Your classmates finger painting and you just sitting there mumbling about how this is all bullshit lol
Villanova-bound DeMatha 2019 guard Justin Moore with the absolutely massive Alhambra Championship trophy. One of my favorite guys to talk to the past few years; Best of luck going forward
@YooJustoo
!
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#ACIT
VCU-bound St. Frances (Md.) 2020 guard Ace Baldwin had 11 of his 13 points in the second half a 57-53 win over Poly (Md.) at Morgan State, including 9 in the fourth quarter. Also finished with 8 assists, 5 steals and 1 facial laceration.
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@yeah_ace3
@SFA_Basketball
BIG TRANSFER: Basketball/Football 2020 standout Jahmal Banks has left Bishop O'Connell (Va.) and enrolled at St. Frances (Md.). He's slated to make his
@SFA_Basketball
debut tomorrow in
#DMVLive
at DeMatha.
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@jahmalb21
I can name 10 kids off the top of my head who were told not to come back to school by coaches. Everybody in the transfer portal isn't there by choice. They just get glossed over to fit the narrative that all the players are selfish though..... ๐
BREAKING: Transfer wing Earl Timberlake (
@easyyyooo
) has found a new home, joining
@Memphis_MBB
. He averaged 9.3 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 2.4 apg in injury-shortened freshman year at Miami. He explains his decision here:
I still can't believe that with all the technological advances we've made as a society we can't find a more effective way to package dress shirts than sticking 50 pins in them
Arundel Christian (Md.) 2018 guard Darien Simmons scored 90 (NINETY. 9-0!) points tonight in a 112-60 win over Rockbridge Academy (Md.).
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@DGuwop
Sad to hear St. Maria Goretti (Md.) is closing at the end of the school year. Goretti was one of the first places outside of the Beltway that we ever held DMVelite events. Great environment, and they had some really nice teams/players to cover over the years.
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I don't cover much football anymore, but I watched this young man tear it up his final two seasons of HS, overcome a nasty injury his senior year and keep pushing forward. Congrats
@TwanDoee
!