Zip Watcher Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Ok, I know there are a few members of the Nation residing in Western PA / Pittsburgh, so I'm posting some information about what you should be doing THIS weekend to support the Pittsburgh Storm. Go catch some fine AAU hoops and cheer on the block party that is Zeke Marshall.The website of the Tournament is located HERE. Based on currently posted schedules, the Storm plays Friday at 6:30PM at the Peterson Events Center (Pitt's home court).They are then scheduled to play Saturday @ 8:30AM at Trees Hall (also at U Pitt).Directions to all sites are linked to on the main tourney page .. Pitt facility directions are HERE.Bracket play then begins, and is laid out on the home page. The Storm is in Pool 12, and the winner goes to the Gold Bracket, the 2nd Place to the Silver Bracket. Please check the tournament pages for final schedules, as everything is subject to change at the whim of Jamie Dixon .. er ... the tournament organizers.I encourage you to make it out if you're in the area. AAU hoops are HIGH quality at this level .. you won't be disappointed.Please continue to be mindful of contact guidelines regarding any potential player / family. Let's represent the Rowdies and UA well .. and support the Storm.Also, for those of us not in WPa .. please post your thoughts if you do go.Go Storm .. Go Zips .. Go ZekeP.S. The Storm is coming to UA in 2 weeks for those who didn't catch any games at Solon, or went to see the 16U team instead of the older kids. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UAZipster0305 Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 For those of you planning on coming to Pittsburgh, please PM or reply here as I live in Pittsburgh (and attend Pitt for graduate school) and would love to meet some members of the Nation in person. I also wouldn't mind seeing Zeke in action and having something to do on Friday night. Cheers!...and of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 P.S. The Storm is coming to UA in 2 weeks for those who didn't catch any games at Solon, or went to see the 16U team instead of the older kids. B) We were just scouting the Sophmores. I think we found one, but I didn't catch his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted April 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 We were just scouting the Sophmores. I think we found one, but I didn't catch his name. Actually, you may have been looking at a 7th or 8th grader. There's a kid on the younger Storm team that had to be 6-7 or 6-8 that I have on good info was still in junior high. I didn't see that team play, but they were hanging around the 17U team for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted April 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Roll Call!!Anyone going to this event? B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 No, too busy. I'm waiting for the King James event here in Akron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted April 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Ok,I did a little reconnoitering over at the Pitt boards at Scout, and here's what I found about last night's Pitt Storm game @ The Pitt Jam Fest. If you look around Pitt's board a bit, you'll find that many of their posters are skeptical as to whether or not Zeke merits a BE level scholi.- They apparently lost to National Christian Academy. According to pittfan3411 in this topic, Zeke got the better of some guy name Dante Taylor. I looked him up and he's number 27 on this list of 100 guys. So that's an interesting observation to read.- This thread also merits some monitoring as it's specifically about Zeke at the Pitt Jam Fest. Hopefully there will be more.If at least 1 guy thinks that Zeke hung tough with a guy who has offers like Taylor .. it seems to me he belongs out there with anyone in his class. Fortunately, no coaches were able to see that game. Today opens up scouting for coaches. They CAN go to the games and scout, but are still prohibited contact. My understanding is that Jamie Dixon can speak with Zeke after his last game, since he'll be on Dixon's campus .. but all others are prohibited from speaking to him (this may not be 100% accurate). I think 2 Zips coaches are headed to Pitt for today's games.Next weekend can't get here fast enough for me. Zeke will be in town again .. and after his last game, the Zips staff will have the chance to sit down and have some face time with him. It's a great thing to have one of the MONSTER AAU tourney's on campus .. kindof like an extra official visit, if I understand the rules correctly.Still would like to hear the comments of any UA fans that may have gone to the game.Go Storm!Go get 'em Boals!Go Zips! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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