long beach pool I preview

Last but not least, this is Pool "I" of the teams playing today and tomorrow at the Long Beach Fall Hoops Classic. We finally got the rosters for the teams to go along with the schedules Dinos Trigonis sent us the other day, so now we can at least evaluate, on paper, the relative strengths and weaknesses of the various teams in each pool. Some teams look really, really strong on paper, while others look pretty weak. Of course there's no substitute for actually seeing the games, and we're sure that notwithstanding how good some teams look on paper, a lot of people will be surprised that some seemingly lowly looking rosters will be one or more high-powered and well-regarded team.

We're going to list the rosters pool-by-pool, which will be a little more helpful and give you a way to actually plan out what teams you'll watch tomorrow, since the games on Friday (yesterday) and Saturday will all be pool play games. Here's what we now know about the teams and the schedule for Pool "I" (note: We'll include the roster numbers where they are available):

ABC Hoops

Coach: Mike Lewis

Brandon Heath (6'-3" So. G) Westchester
Jason McKinney (6'-0" So. PG) Westchester
Gene Myvette (6'-4" Sr. F) Littlerock
Brian Taylor (6'-0" Sr. G) Inglewood
Keth Everage (6'-5" So. G) Westchester
Felipe Williams (6'-3" Sr. G) Crossroads
Cedric Thompkins (6'-6" Sr. F) Westchester
Craig Smith (6'-6" Jr. F) Fairfax
DeAngelo Collins (6'-9" Jr. F) Inglewood
Chris Davis (6'-7" Sr. F) Crenshaw
Jason Breland (6'-4" Sr. G) Westchester
Eugene Jeter (5'-10" So. G) Serra

1. Dominic Ingerson (6'-3" Jr. SG) Santa Barbara
3. Trey Putnam (6'-6" Jr. F) Santa Barbara
5. Chris Jones (6'-2" Sr. G) South HS Bakersfield
12. James Akinjo (5'-11" Jr. G) McClymonds
15. Shawn Whilt (5'-11" Sr. G) Santa Barbara
23. Alfred Williams (6'-3" Sr. G) Bakersfield
31. Adam Allegro (6'-5" Jr. F) Agoura
32. Johnny Wiley (6'-5" Sr. F) Bakersfield
33. Markel Abraham (6'-8" Sr. F) McClymonds
35. James Johnson (6'-6" Sr. F) Stockdale

Compton Magic

Coach: Etop Udo-Ema

Eric Alvarez (5'-11" Sr. PG) Centennial
Donny Joubert (6'-2" Sr. G) Centennial
Anthony Coleman (6'-9" Sr. F) Centennial
Ellis Myles (6'-7" Sr. F) Centennial
Sterling Byrd (6'-6" So. F) Centennial
Omar Weaver (6'-8" Sr. F) Centennial
Jamal Barnes (6'-5" Jr. G) Centennial
Jamar Sloan (5'-10" So. G) Centennial
Jonathan Smith (5'-8" So. G) Centennial

Shooting Stars

Coach: Paul Hoover

Omar Amaral (5'-11" So. G) Bolsa Grande
Willie Montgomery (6'-2" Sr. G) Bolsa Granda
Jake Collins (6'-1" Fr. G) Santa Margarita
Ryan Stacey (6'-6" Sr. F) Santa Margarita
Wes Wardrop (6'-3" Jr. G) Loara
Jon James (6'-3" Sr. G) Bolsa Grande
Lenny Collins (6'-3" So. G) Santa Margarita
Chris Parrish (6'-3" Jr. G) El Toro
Jed Collins (6'-1" 8th G) San Juan Capistrano
Dillon Hayes (6'-6" Jr. F) Tustin

Total Impact

Coach: Sam Alipio

Jamayne Potts (5'-11" Jr. G) St. Monica
Robert Rakestraw (5'-10" Jr. G) St. Monica
Bomani Bragg (5'11" Sr. G) St. Monica
Peter McCaslin (5'-11" Jr. G) Chadwick
Jess Valero (6'-1" So. G) San Pedro
Logan Steinhauer (6'-0" Sr. G) West
Marcus Shelby (6'-6" Jr. F) St. Monic
Michael Reich (6'-4" Jr. G) Chadwick
Sean Cole (6'-7" Jr. F) St. Monica
Vincent William (6'-6" Sr. F) Hollywood
Billy Sewell (6'-6" Jr. F) Dominguez

Compton Magic, basically the entire Compton Centennial team has to be the favorite with at least two high D-I's from this year's class. ABC Hoops looks really familiar, if you've been through the other rosters we've posted, and virtually every one of their players are on another team. Total Impact has some solid, young guys, and the Shooting Stars have some talent too in Dillon Hayes, Ryan Stacey, and solid shooting from Wes Wardrop. Again, after the Magic, it's anyone's race. See you there.

Teams--Friday, September 10	Time	Location
Compton Magic v. Shooting Stars	5:15 p.m.	LBCC Main
ABC Hoops v. Total Impact	7:45 p.m.	Long Beach Millikan

Teams--Saturday, September 11	Time	Location
ABC Hoops v. Shooting Stars	9:00 a.m.	LBCC Main Gym
Compton Magic v. Total Impact	9:00 a.m.	LBCC Aux Gym
Shooting Stars v. Total Impact	2:00 p.m.	LBCC Aux Gym
Compton Magic v. ABC Hoops	4:30 p.m.	LBCC Main Gym