Tarkanian Classic Semifinal Recap
It will be a Redondo Union-Putnam City West championship game in the Tarkanian Classic Platinum Division, as Redondo Union squeaks out a win over FAB 50 No. 12 Corona Centennial. No. 33 Putnam City West pulls out a buzzer-beating overtime win over Las Vegas Bishop Gorman. Read on for analysis and comments from winners.
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Thursday Tarkanian Classic Recap
Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.) advances to Plantinum Division semifinals for the second consecutive year. The Sea Hawks will meet FAB 50 No. 12 Centennial (Corona, Calif.). In the other semifinal, it will be host Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Nev.) taking on FAB 50 No. 33 Putnam City West (Putnam City, Okla.). Read on for Platinum Division recaps and analysis.
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Tarkanian Classic Results
Here are the complete results from the Platinum Division and the winners’ bracket of the Premier Division. These game are being played at Bishop Gorman and the Orleans Arena. For the complete results of the Premier Division and the Select Division, please visit TarkanianClassic.com
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Tarkanian Classic Predictions
We decided to have a bit of fun and predict the Platinum Division bracket of the Tarkanian Classic. We’d like to read what you think about our predictions and would like to see your mock bracket in the comments section below. The two main points to take away is this was done in good fun because about a dozen teams can beat any other team in the field on any given day, and that national rankings are not necessarily a predictor of games.
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New FAB 50 National Rankings
By There’s little change at the top in the second GrassrootsHoops.net FAB 50 rankings of the 2014-15 regular season, as only one team joins the top 25. There is plenty of change among the second 25, as teams jockey for position heading into the major holiday tournaments the next two weeks. There are nine newcomers to the rankings with the highest being No. 36 Sagemont (Weston, Fla.).
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Thursday Tarkanian Classic Top Performers
We took in all the Platinum Division first round games Thursday at the 2013 Tarkanian Classic and come up with a list of our top 10 performers. Check back late Friday for a recap of the Platinum Division quarterfinals, semifinals and a recap of the top games in the Prep Division.
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Friday Tarkanian Classic Recap
It will be an all-California final in the Platinum Division of the Tarkanian Classic with Student Sports FAB 50 No. 6 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) taking on No. 27 Bishop O’Dowd. In the Prep Division, the nation’s No. 2 ranked team goes down as Prime Prep (Ft. Worth, Texas) rebounds from its first loss on Thursday to down Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.). Findlay Prep’s loss is sure to shake up the next set of FAB 50 rankings after the New Year’s holiday.
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Wednesday Tarkanian Classic Recap
Student Sports FAB 50 ranked Findlay Prep, Mater Dei and host Bishop Gorman post victories in first day action at the 2013 Tarkanian Classic. Mr. Basketball USA impresses with a 42-point outing.
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Wednesday Tarkanian Classic Recap
Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) 84, Foothills Christian (El Cajon, Calif.) 45
For the first 10 minutes of the first half (in Nevada high school basketball there are two 16-minute halves and no shot clock), Foothills Christian hung with the defending California Open Division state champions.
Towards the end of the first half, Mr. Basketball USA candidate Stanley Johnson began to take over the game with strong drives to the basket. The No. 1 ranked prospect in the country by the Hoop Scoop finished with 42 points on 16-of-24 shooting, including 4-of-7 3-pointers.
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Updated FAB 50 National Rankings
Defending FAB 50 champion Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) remains in the top spot after impressive early season victories and enters this week’s Culligan City of Palms Classic as the No. 1 seed. Preseason No. 2 Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) and new No. 3 Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) are also off to fine starts despite setbacks to programs ineligible for national rankings consideration. Look for the City of Palms, the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas and other holiday tournaments that begin the day after Christmas to cause considerable change to the first FAB 50 update in 2014.
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