nike day one results, day two schedule

Here's the scoop on what we've been able to find out from our friends and neighbors who were down in San Diego yesterday for the first day of the Nike National Championships, Day One:

July 27th Games	Court Number 5	Court Number 6
4:00 PM	NY Riverside 80, Sports Express L.A. 50	Alabama Lasers 43, Portland Legends 56
5:30 PM	SoCal All Stars 63, Illinois Warriors 68	Georgia Stars 56, Salt Lake City Metro 51
7:00 PM	Houston Hoops v47, The Family - Detroit 34	Bray Center 81, Arizona Stars 64
8:30 PM	Bloomington Red AAU 56, Howard Pulley 75	High Five America 2, Top Prospects 0 (forfeit)

So TPI failed to show up, and we don't know exactly why, but it's probably because most of their guys are already playing for other teams, including EJ Harris who used to play for Dart Stamps but now finds himself on Miles Gonzales' Sports Express squad. Oh, Gonzales also picked up Ellis Myles, who would normally have been playing for Dinos Trigonis' Belmont Shore team, which is scheduled to be up in the Bay Area at the Berkeley EBO "Elite Eight", but then it may turn out to be the "Sensational Six" because we know for a fact that the Pump N Run Gold team, which was scheduled to play won't be going either. . . too much burnout, the Portland players are stuck up in Portland, Salim Stoudamire's got summer school, etc., etc. The absence of TPI in San Diego creates a hole in the schedule, but it probably won't bother the coaches who were in attendance, including Coach K, and Wojo, Bibby, Lavin, Steve Fischer, Romar, Lute Olsen, Tubby Smith, Tom Izzo, and a bunch of other luminaries.

They were busy watching guys like Omar Cook (6'-0" Sr. PG), pictured left Darius Miles (6'-8" Sr. F), Michael Lee (6'-2" Jr. SG) from Portland Jefferson (who might just give Brandon Brooks a good run for some serious pt this season), Ellis Myles (6'-7" Sr. PF) from Long Beach Poly, who may reportedly end up at yet another school, Wesley Stokes (5'-11" Sr. PG) also from Long Beach Poly, Tyson Chandler (7'-0" Jr. PF/C) from Compton Dominguez, Jamal Sampson (6'-10" Sr. C) from Mater Dei, Josh Childress (6'-6" Jr. SG) from Mayfair, and the rest of the Dominguez guys who are all on Barrett's Southern California All-Stars squad.

Alabama Lasers: Robinson 8, Tate 8
Arizona Stars: Ryan Wallcott 12
Bloomington Red: Sean Kline 20
Bray Center: Caron Butler 18, Barry Thompson 17
The Family- Detroit Family: Johnson 10
Georgia Stars: Riley 18, Teasly 13
Houston Hoops: Anderson 16;
Howard Pulley: Sullivan 19, Adam Boone 16
Illinois Warriors: Darius Miles 19, Melton 13
Portland Legends: Michael Lee 16, J Lee 12
Riverside Church: Kyle Cuffe 15, Watkins 14
Salt Lake City Metro: Higgins 17
Sports Express: Ellis Myles 14, E.J. Harris 12
So Cal All Stars: Josh Childress 13, Steve Moore 11

By the time you read this, most of today's games will be over and done, and the standings from pool play will be compiled in order to figure out who will be playing whom on Thursday, which is the first day of bracket play. Here's the schedule for today's games:

July 28th Games	Court Number 5	Court Number 6
9:00 AM	Portland Legends vs. NY Riverside	Sports Express LA vs. Alabama Lasers
10:30 AM	Illinois Warriors vs. Georgia Stars	Salt Lake City Metro vs. SoCal All-Stars
12 Noon	The Family - Detroit vs. Bray Center	Arizona Stars vs. Houston Hoops
1:30 PM	Howard Pulley vs. High Five America	Top Prospects vs. Bloomington Red AAU
4:00 PM	NY Riverside vs. Alabama Lasers	Portland Legends vs. Sports Express LA
5:30 PM	SoCal All-Stars vs. Georgia Stars	Salt Lake City Metro vs. Illinois Warriors
7:00 PM	Houston Hoops vs. Bray Center	Arizona Stars vs. The Family - Detroit
8:30 PM	Bloomington Red vs. High Five America	Howard Pulley vs. Top Prospects

Hopefully, we'll be able to get the results from today in time to be able to figure out the standings so that the schedule will make sense for Thursday. Stay tuned.