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Who deserves to make All-Centercourt?

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You think it's easy to come up a top 25?  Give it shot. Five teams, with five players on each team.

 

In about four weeks, the 4th Annual All-Centercourt team will be announced, honoring the top 60 seasons turned in by high school players this year.  The selections are broken down into a first, second, third, fourth, & fifth team, with five players on each, along with 35 honorable mention selections.  There are also both Player & Coach of the Year selections, along with an award for the sixth man of the year.

 

The top 60 may sound like a lot, but when you start putting names down on paper, the list fills quickly and inevitably some very good players get left off the list.  The main criteria I focus on is the 2013-2014 season, not what you did in the past, and not where you're going in the future…it's all about honoring the top 60 from this season.

 

Use the comments section below to tell us what your 5 teams would look like and maybe even why.  If you're really ambitious, try coming up with the entire team including the HM selections.  

 

Please keep all commentary appropriate when discussing high school athletes, and remember, it is lame to say someone does not belong on a team, without offering up who should be on one.  It might be even more lame to give only one or two teams.  Show us you've paid attention this season and provide all five teams.

 

-centercourt

192 responses to “Who deserves to make All-Centercourt?”

  1. WNYHOOPS Avatar
    WNYHOOPS

    One name definitely deserves first team honors as he has picked up his team on his back and has carried them to Glens Falls… Zack Panebianco.

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  2. Dante Jackson Avatar
    Dante Jackson

    Varin Lenard (McKinley)

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  3. Neil Lewis Avatar
    Neil Lewis

    Johnathon Lewis 24 points vs olean in the game of the year vs olean , 32 points at aquinas MVP of that tournament , 33 points in win over middle college , 27 points vs timon … The kid plays big in the biggest moments !!! Just imagine if he had the size of Bathurst or a tapling a scary thought … It was games after Tyson went down where they triple team him box and 1 him and he still manage to get his team to a 18-3 record and 1st seed in the B2 bracket … He’s also a 1,000 point scorer … For a lil guy he had a heck of a career… East high was a top team all year even after their big man ( Tyson ) went down that team def deserves a player on 1st team ..

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  4. Brian Smith Avatar
    Brian Smith

    Ok I will give it a shot (selections based on what I have seen, read or heard)
    1st
    Sterling Taplin
    Will Bathurst
    Donte Williams
    Johnathon Lewis
    Zack Panebianco (MVP)
    2nd
    Ryan Funk
    Sam Eckstrom
    Tyree Tyson
    Howard Washington
    Chris Miner
    3rd
    LeeYaw
    Tyler English
    Bri’an Brown
    Lester Diaz
    Colin Dougherty
    4th
    Zak Ciezki
    Sam Castronova
    Varin Leonard
    Jacob Haight
    T.C Brown
    5th
    Kevin Briggs
    Phil Bowen
    Alex Price
    Ryan Robson
    Joe Piotrowski
    HM
    Bryce Morrison, Mitchell Maycock, Adam Fron, Jay Bergman, Aaron Phillips, Jordan Nwora, Bryan Jost, Dominick Welch, Jared Fish, Justin Hollins, Derrick Sekuterski, Ed Smith, Tarron Scott, Nicholas Clough, Dylan Dussault, Stafford Trueheart, Brandon Roach, Dylan Meyer, Matt Wrobel, Derrick Cheatom, Randy Golda, Devin Morris, Chris Woodard, Brendan Cox, Clay Lewis, Bill Brooks, Nick Schmidt, Percy Bryant, Cam Lewis, Allen Wright JR, Joe Jankowski, Luke Hennessy, Emaure Williams, Andrew Graham, L. Reed
    Really hard, sure I left off a lot of deserving players

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  5. wnybball Avatar
    wnybball

    1st
    Wil Bathurst
    Sterling Taplin
    Donte Williams
    Jonathon Lewis
    Zach Panebianco
    2nd
    Ryan Funk
    Cam Lewis
    Howard Washington
    Quinn Lee Yaw
    Sam Eckstrom
    3rd
    Jake Haight
    Tyler English
    Lester Diaz
    Phil Bowen
    Dominick Welch
    4th
    Bri’an Brown
    Nick Schmidt
    Sam Castronova
    TC Brown
    Stafford Trueheart
    5th
    Matt Cieslik
    Bill Brooks
    Derek Cheatom
    Chris Miner
    Ed Smith

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  6. Dante Jackson Avatar
    Dante Jackson

    1st
    Will Bathurst
    Donte Williams
    Stafford Truehart
    Sterling Taplin
    Jonathan Lewis
    2nd
    Ryan Funk
    Quinn Lee Yaw
    Howard Washington
    Percy Bryant
    Sam Eckstrom
    3rd
    Brian Brown
    Devin Morris
    Varin Lenard
    Tc Brown
    NICK Schmith
    4th
    Kevin Briggs
    Dominick Welch
    Cam Lewis
    D’andre Stewart
    Chris Miner
    5th
    Bill Brooks
    Lester Diaz
    Tyree Tyson
    Willie Smith
    Tj Scott
    4

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  7. Coach Avatar
    Coach

    1st
    Bathurst:POY
    J. Lewis
    Panibianco
    Williams
    Washington
    2nd
    Lee Yaw
    Eckstorm
    Trueheart
    Diaz
    Cam Lewis
    3rd
    Schmidt
    Dougherty
    Briggs
    B.Brown
    Brooks
    4th
    Morris
    Bryant
    Meyer
    Haight
    Welch
    5th
    Bowen
    Reed
    Funk
    Miner
    W. Smith

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  8. Coach P Avatar
    Coach P

    1st
    Sterling Taplin
    Will Bathurst
    Donte Williams
    Johnathon Lewis
    Zack Panebianco
    2nd
    Ryan Funk
    Sam Eckstrom
    Bri’an Brown
    Chris Miner
    Percy Bryant
    3rd
    LeeYaw
    Tyler English
    Varin Lenard
    Lester Diaz
    Colin Dougherty
    4th
    Zak Ciezki
    Sam Castronova
    Devin Morris
    Jacob Haight
    T.C Brown
    5th
    Kevin Briggs
    Phil Bowen
    Alex Price
    Ryan Robson
    Joe Piotrowski

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  9. McShea is God Avatar
    McShea is God

    1st of all it’s IMPOSSIBLE 2 pick a team now. I can assure u that if Olean and Jamestown win STATE TITLES it will b Taplin, Quin, Zack, Will, Sam. End of story. Unless of course Middle College wins 1 and then B Brown.
    I’ll give u guys the official team soon, stay tight.

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  10. McShea is God Avatar
    McShea is God

    Also happy 2 confirm Brandon Kellam will b returning 2 Jamestown 2 replace Quinn Lee Yaw in the middle when the Red Raiders go 4 back 2 back State titles in 2015! Sort of a Stan Weir back n forth. Obviously now the other 11 AA squads r playing 4 second place next year.

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  11. Neil Lewis Avatar
    Neil Lewis

    If taplin automatically on there when his team never wins anything then yea you can make your prediction now and their just predictions and the way mcshea is god making it seems then you would think it woulda been more players from Mack high on there last year instead of just marcus Morris

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  12. sal Avatar
    sal

    just a couple of dates put out there, April 5th at NFHS ^ AAU teams will be competing teams from Albany,Roch, Canada, Buff and NF, and ACE tryouts will be apr. 8th and games on apr. 10th at NFHS

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  13. Nixon Patt Avatar
    Nixon Patt

    You can’t just judge a player based on how far his team went in playoffs, many players do not have the help that that Jamestown and Olean have.

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  14. Hoop guy Avatar
    Hoop guy

    So why is people saying wait until after we see what happeneds at Glenn falls ???? When people was just making predictions … You guys are basically going off what the power house teams are gonna do so they can take up all the slots .. When there are kids like johnathon Lewis and Percy Bryant who are far more talented and if they played in a system like Jamestown , olean , or anything of the big programs they probably be favor to win states east doesn’t even have a assistant coach they have regular teachers who knows nothing about basketball acting like they kno what there doing … I feel like johnathon Lewis showed in that game against olean he is by far the best all around gaurd in western ny and if he had size he would be the best player .. He’s won 2 straight b2 championship and they didn’t lose to a bad team they lost to olean which probably will win states , but you guys come up with all the excuses in the world for taplin you guy do this every year to public school kids

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  15. ECICfan Avatar
    ECICfan

    Before you pre-name teams why don’t you wait until you see who the coaches pick for their all-league teams. These coaches know the game and actually had to game plan for more than a handful of teams that made it to Buff State. Half of the posts here are simply repeating the same names that were hyped all year. Has anyone actually reviewed the stats and tried to identify the best players vs. those with the most press? Half of these lists are just the leading scorers and could have been put together by a 5 year old.

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  16. WnyTalents Avatar
    WnyTalents

    Now if we could Finish the predictions on who we think should make what teams it would be great .. all the extra comments doesn’t matter the title at the top of the page is what we are on here for…… now make your predictions for the teams

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  17. centercourt Avatar
    centercourt

    Neil –
    Last year, Lovell Smith & Marcus Morris were both First Team.
    http://centercourt.typepad.com/high-school-hoops-talk/2013/04/the-2013-all-centercourt-team-the-best-in-wny.html

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  18. CM Avatar
    CM

    Just speak your real agenda ECICfan. If alot of the same names are getting repeated then maybe that should be telling you something. If you have someone in mind say it. I doubt you looked at any stats outside of ECIC either and really who cares?? If people are giving there picks here do they really need to qualify it all with stats?? Or better yet wait for the coaches all star teams…yeah right no politics ever involved with how those go down.

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  19. From the North Avatar
    From the North

    Is it stats, leadership, team success or press coverage? I wonder! I’ll leave it to the experts like centercourt…

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  20. CM Avatar
    CM

    Will Bathurst
    Quinn Lee Yaw
    Zach Panebianco
    Jonathan Lewis
    Sterling Taplin
    2nd team
    Howard Washington
    Stafford Trueheart
    Sam Eckstorm
    Brian Brown
    Donte Williams
    3rd team
    Chris Miner
    Cameron Lewis
    Dom Welch
    Devon morris
    Lester Diaz
    4th Team
    Jacob Haight
    Phil Bowen
    Ryan Funk
    Chris Dougherty
    Billy Brooks
    5th team
    Bryce Morrison
    Tyler English
    Nick Schmidt
    Sam Castronova
    Dylan Meyer

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  21. McShea is God Avatar
    McShea is God

    1st Team –
    LeBron James
    Kevin Durant
    Kevin Love
    Chris Paul
    James Harden

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  22. Logos Avatar
    Logos

    I think part of the problem is that any time one attempts to select a “best” team, it is always going to be based upon subjective parameters. Obviously, the simplest way to do this would be to select the consensus best players on the teams with the best records. Logic dictates that these players had to at least have had some impact on the final results. Are we supposed to dock players like Panebianco and Washington simply because they do not deviate from their winning systems in an effort to put up better statistics? On the other hand are we supposed to completely ignore the accomplishments of players like Haight and Diaz simply on the basis of their weaker divisions? What about special cases like Tyson? Although he was injured half the year, when healthy, he was clearly one of the most talented big men in this area. Are we measuring individual impact on a team? A player like Phil Bowen essentially carried a team that was originally predicted to finish near the bottom of his league to a share of the ECIC II title. Thus pollsters such as Centercourt have the unenviable job of combining all of these factors to somehow create a 25 man team, and, inevitably, angering many in the process. With all of that being said, here is my mythical “team”.
    1st
    Will Bathurst
    Sterling Taplin
    Donte Williams
    Sam Eckstrom
    Zach Panebianco
    2nd
    Cam Lewis
    Howard Washington
    Quinn Lee Yaw
    Jonathon Lewis
    Ryan Funk
    3rd
    Phil Bowen
    Chris Miner
    Stafford Trueheart
    Bill Brooks
    Bri’an Brown
    4th
    TC Brown
    Jake Haight
    Zak Ciezki
    Lester Diaz
    Nick Schmidt
    5th
    Kevin Briggs
    Derek Cheatom
    Sam Castronova
    Dylan Meyer
    Tyree Tyson

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  23. Bruh Avatar
    Bruh

    1st team
    Wil Bathurst POY
    Howard Washington
    Zack Panebianco
    John Lewis
    Stafford Trueheart
    2nd team
    Quinn Lee Yaw
    Sterling Taplin
    Luke Hennessy
    Sam Eckstrom
    Donte Williams
    3rd Team
    Cam Lewis
    Ryan Richards
    Nick Schmidt
    Percy Bryant
    Bri’an Brown
    4th Team
    Varin Leonard
    Zak Chiezki
    TC Brown
    Tyree Tyson
    Ryan Funk
    5th team
    Colin Dougherty
    Tyler English
    Zacc Kinsey
    Bill Brooks
    Kevin Briggs

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  24. Russel Avatar
    Russel

    How can yall do this when the public school kids like east goes on a good run without Tyson and when ythey do get him he’s not healthy the 2 guards definitely ‘ and then McKinley started with a whole new group off kids losing there 5starters and 3 great bench players so that’s 8 players that leave as seniors in they go and compete like that with a whole new team they make it to far west regionals you telling me those guys don’t deserve spots.

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  25. fan Avatar
    fan

    Questions for CC:
    Are there players that will make one of your teams that you never even saw play? How do you handle that situation? Watch game film? What exactly i your criteria for making it on a team? It seems like you shouldn’t be deciding the fate of kids without even seeing them play.

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  26. MMA Avatar
    MMA

    You can always tell who was following which league by the comment. Some guys arguing for ECIC players and some for the city. Nobody really mentioning the catholics yet, so here goes. A strange year in the MMA to be sure. Canisius is clearly the team all season, yet they get eliminated early. Had they won the Cup, there are Crusaders at the top. Normally there are one or two catholic players who are locks for 1st team. This year there are several who were very good, but with the way it all ended, it’s all debatable. Guys like Williams, Washington, Lewis, Miner, and Trueheart will find themselves somewhere in the five teams, but no guarantees where. Maybe Hollins or English also.
    I did not see Iroquois this year, but heard Bowen was good. However, failing to lead a team to at least the semifinals usually drives a player’s stock down. I suspect that to be the case with Lester Diaz also who I originally thought would be a 1st team guy based on what I had heard. I did see Clarence twice, vs St. Mary’s and Jamestown at BS. Thought Funk was very good, but containable. In both of those games, he was effectively taken out of the game…not until the second half vs Mary’s. McKinley is a team who has success based on a system, conditioning and depth. Never did get to watch Haight from Barker play, but am left to wonder after his team flamed out against OTC.
    I will take my shot at coming up with some teams later and will try to avoid too much catholic bias 🙂

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  27. bullsfan Avatar
    bullsfan

    1st:
    Bathurst (Olean) – POY
    Taplin (WN)
    Brown (MEC)
    Panebianco (James)
    Williams (Timon)
    2nd:
    Washington (Can)
    Eckstrom (Olean)
    Lewis (East)
    Lewis (Nichols)
    Brooks (SC)
    3rd:
    Lee Yaw (James)
    Funk (Clar)
    Truehart (Can)
    Briggs (MEC)
    Haight (Barker)
    4th:
    Diaz (Laf)
    Welch (Cheek)
    Dougherty (Lock)
    English (SML)
    Morris (McK)
    5th:
    Bryant (East)
    Ciezki (Cheek)
    Morrison (Rand)
    Cheatom (Park)
    Meyer (Fred)
    Honorable Mention:
    Lewis (Holl)
    Hollins (SJ)
    Bowen (Ir)
    Roach (Olm)
    Geib (Ken E)
    Clough (Will E)
    Fish (Sal)
    Stoddard (RH)
    Fogan (Tap)
    Willaism (Will E)
    Brown (Am)
    Kneeland (Newf)
    Wefing (MG)
    Castronova (Will S)
    Schmidt (Ol)
    Hennesy (Ol)
    Lenard (McK)
    Steward (McK)
    Phillips (Cleve H)
    Miner (Nich)
    Robson (Sher)
    Graham (Sher)
    Tyson (East)
    Nwora (Amh)
    Sekutarski (Dep)
    Scott (MEC)
    Richards (Can)
    Smith (Mary)
    Smith (Riv)
    Fron (KW)
    Piotrowski (NT)
    Lamar (Timon)
    Wrobel (SML)
    Saglimben (All-L)
    Boling (Ton)

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  28. rick Avatar
    rick

    Look at stats

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  29. centercourt Avatar
    centercourt

    fan –
    There’s two players who will make my top 25 that I only got to watch three times this season. Every other player, I saw four or more times. I hear what you’re saying about needing to see the kids. Trust me, I do my best to make the rounds and see as many different teams & players that I can, without compromising seeing the best games each night that I’m most drawn to.
    As far as my criteria for selecting teams, I could answer it two ways. The first would be to say it’s a combination of several factors from team success to individual stats, and everything in between. The second answer, and the one I prefer, is to say there is no set criteria. I see well over 100 games every season and watch everyone from the small schools, Southern Tier schools, Yale Cup, Monsignor Martin, ECIC, etc.. Throughout those travels, things start to make sense.
    If I cemented myself to certain criteria, I wouldn’t even need to attend the games, I could just look at the stats that met my criteria and the teams would fall into place. To me, it makes a lot more sense to get out there and watch the games. That way when someone says, so-and-so was way better than this guy who you have above him, I can feel comfortable with my picks, knowing I’ve seen them all, multiple times. As an example, if the parent of the best player on Frontier swears their kid should make a certain team, I wonder how they can be so sure a player from a different team who they never saw, doesn’t deserve to be even higher.
    Hope that helps.

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  30. WNY observer Avatar
    WNY observer

    I believe Truehart (canisius) as well as Schmitt ( Nichols) are worthy of a team, both are among a handfull of players in WNY that are D1 players. If you judge off playoffs Schmitt is out with that injury …. Truehart and Canisius didn’t go as far, so basing off success over talent may distort the teams. Schmit and truehart are examples

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  31. fan22 Avatar
    fan22

    I believe that each player’s respective leagues should be taken into account. Very good players don’t put up astounding numbers because they play within a system. MMA may be the hardest league and ECIC1 a close second. Talent and known ability should over rule success; look at some of the smaller schools! These polls are very opinion based. Would make sense to wake for coaches poll from leagues….

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  32. ECICfan Avatar
    ECICfan

    My point earlier, agreed fan22. No agenda, just saying that Coaches polls should have some weighting as they have a perspective that fans may not and shouldn’t be discounted as “political” automatically. Many good players play on teams with limited depth and aren’t going deep in playoffs (with the exception of Jamestown). Unfortunately there is limited exposure to anything other than PPG, which is obviously important but don’t measure the full impact of a player on the game when ignoring assists, shooting percentage, rebounds, steals, and blocks. Great to see a stat stuffer like Haight getting respect on most boards as the kid has a full stat line every night (and no I’m not from Barker).

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  33. fullcourt1 Avatar
    fullcourt1

    Relax; it is just a fun opinion based poll on a BLOG; it is not going to make or break a Student Athlete’s Collegiate or Professional Future. My 1st Team would be: TAPLIN; BATHURST; PANEBIANCO; WILLIAMS; and LEWIS with the 2nd Team featuring ECKSTROM; LEE-YAW; LEONARD; CAM LEWIS; and WASHINGTON

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  34. Hubert Avatar
    Hubert

    I really don’t think Jamestown had any more depth than Clarence or North this year. They did all beat each other this year. Really can you even tell me who comes off the bench there to offer that depth? My opinion is Jamestown’s players were much better in the biggest games and they will get rewarded appropriately for it. They should. They didn’t beat Greece with depth, they beat them with Zack P!! Any other team in AA would have lost to that team by 15. And serious question…what names are we going to see getting coaches awards that are not popping up already? I guess that is the most confusing part of people saying to wait for the all league teams. what are they really going to tell us?

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  35. Hubert Avatar
    Hubert

    CC, when are you going to show us the all-league teams for this year?

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  36. ECICfan Avatar
    ECICfan

    Jamestown had no depth, they have Zack and Lee Yaw and that is why I listed them as an exception if you actually read the post rather than rant about how the coaches polls will tell you nothing until you have seen them. They may or may not have different names, and may or may not rank them differently so just wait and see.

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  37. wny hoops 56 Avatar
    wny hoops 56

    take into account that the division 1 prospects in WNY are Bathurst (Olean), WIlliams (timon), Washington (CHS), Truehart (CHS), Taplin (WN), Reed (CHS) , Schmit, C. Lewis and Miner

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  38. Rusty Schackelford Avatar
    Rusty Schackelford

    Bathurst, as is already known going to Cornell. Williams probably need’s a year at a prep school or JUCO to adapt to rigors of college. Washington has already been offered scholarship by ACC school. Trueheart young, what level he projects is TBD as he is being evaluated by coaches at different levels. Taplin, multiple offers to consider. Reed and Schmit could have very good DIII careers and contribute early. Lewis and Miner very talented, but if they want to play early and often and WIN, DIII is best option. Neither one of them is even close to the player that most players their size are, currently competeing in the SUNYAC, Empire 8, or Liberty League and certainately not at the level of the post player’s who will be competing in the sweet 16 of the NCAA DIII Tournament.
    Have attended many DIII games through the years and the level of play in WNY does not prepare those players and fathers of those players for DI opportunities. If it is the opportunity to play and receive a quality education that is valued more than any thing else then the coaches from DIII who come calling should be given the courtesy of listening. Truth be told, they are currently not looking at many in Section VI. One or two % in a good year of all high school players go on to play at college ball at any level and even fewer get on the court the 1st couple years.

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  39. Hubert Avatar
    Hubert

    Sorry. I read your comment again and now see you were saying Jamestown went deep in the playoffs, not that they had depth. I stand by what i said about the coaches teams though. I really don’t think the coaches all-star teams change anything anyone else already has posted.

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  40. Viewer43 Avatar
    Viewer43

    Schmit and Truehart already have multiple d1 offers, they must be doing something right… Both are young, long and very athletic. As a former D3 assistant coach I believe that your assessment of these 15 and 16 year olds if very much incorrect. It has alot to do with a raw product as much as it has to do with development.

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  41. Viewer43 Avatar
    Viewer43

    It also should be noted that miner, schmit, lewis and truehart won’t play post positions in college.

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  42. My truth Avatar
    My truth

    It is a tough question to say who is favored: The good player on a limited team (Pro’s: has the ball in his hands more often vs Con’s: almost always faces double teams & defenses designed solely to defend him)or the good player on a good/balanced team (Pro’s: seldom faces double teams/specialty defenses vs Con’s: Has to share the ball more given his teammates’ talents).
    Looking at the stats on the Section 6 website, there were only 8 kids that scored 400+ pts this year in Section 6 (Diaz, Bowen, Bathurst, Ekstrom, Clough, Welch, Saglimben & Lewis) and another 30 that scored 300+ pts. Ultimately, I think weight should be given to production on the court as you can’t control how talented your teammates are.
    My teams
    Bathurst
    Lee Yaw
    Pannebianco
    Diaz
    Taplin
    Eckstrom
    Williams (Timon)
    Brown (MEC)
    Lewis (Nichols)
    Hollins
    Lewis (East)
    Bowen
    Brown (Amherst)
    Schmidt (Olean)
    Trueheart (does other things than score)
    Lewis (Holland)
    Saglimben
    Clough
    Welch
    Dougherty
    English
    Briggs
    Stoddard
    Bryant
    Funk

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  43. Rusty Schackelford Avatar
    Rusty Schackelford

    So the assesment of current DIII coaches throughout New York state is less relevant than that of a former DIII coach.
    Don’t take my word for it though, ask the game officials who work the various Section VI and MMA Championsips and also work college games.
    What ever level they get to, good for them, I wish them the best. But why sit the bench at a D1 when you can have a stellar carreer at DIII. Isn’t the education the most important thing either way. Why not enjoy being the stud instead of being a roll player.
    How does someone advise a kid to hold out for the scholarship when they have no idea what the talent level is at DII. The biggest difference is that a majority of the D1’s are freakishly athletic and big and play in more competitive high school and AAU programs.

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  44. Brian Smith Avatar
    Brian Smith

    The Section 6 website is not 100% accurate, many teams don’t enter stats on the site. It is the coach who enters those stats and many chose not to or have only entered a few games.

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  45. From the North Avatar
    From the North

    I agree with Rusty I’d rather see my son playing at the D3 level then sitting at the D1 level. Two of the top five from last years list sat the bench all year at the D1 level.

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  46. bullsfan Avatar
    bullsfan

    When all star teams are selected by people who are ignorant, you will get a based team. When centercourt makes his selections, they will be informed and well thought out. Additionally, he will be able to back up the choices with both anecdotal evidence (games that he’s seen) and statistics as opposed to personal bias.

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  47. Olean High Avatar
    Olean High

    Find a player in WNY that made as many 3-pointers and had as good of a 3-point % as Nick Schmidt of Olean High. Extremely overlooked.

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  48. Olean High Avatar
    Olean High

    Bathurst: Class B player who played an independent schedule facing several A and AA schools. Led Olean High averaging 20 a game. Has his team 2 wins from a state title. Probably the hardest player to stop I’m WNY considering very few teams have. No Class B teams. Class A teams like Timon and AA teams like Bishop Kearny and Greece Athena. You watch this kid play amd he does it all. When his jumper is failing he is virtually unstoppable (Ask Greece Athena about the 36 points he had against them including his 1,000 career point) The best player in WNY is Bathurst. Taplin of Will North comes close but is not quite Wil Bathurst.

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  49. Anon Avatar
    Anon

    First Team
    Bathurst: MVP
    Taplin
    Williams
    J. Lewis
    And Washington, Truehart, or Panebianco. Up in the air.
    But no doubt that Bathurst and Taplin are in their own class.
    Then J. Lewis and Donte Williams are some of the best in WNY

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  50. Northtowns Avatar
    Northtowns

    No one has mentioned Ryan Lawrence (Lockport) or Noah Whalen (Kenmore West), both averaged nearly 20 PPG for respective teams which each had 15 wins, Lawrence made huge contributions to Lockport down the stretch of the season along with Colin Dougherty. All three players NFL all-stars.

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