My Week of High School Hoops

This weekend I went to the National High School Hoops Festival at Dematha Catholic High School and the Gonzaga DC Classic tournament at Gonzaga College High School. I saw some pretty incredible individual performances and some disappointing ones. Here are my individual awards for the weekend.

Best Performance:
This goes to Villanova recruit Josh Hart. Hart is a senior at Sidwell Friends High School in DC. Sidwell took on Gonzaga, the number one team in the DC area Saturday night. Hart and the rest of Sidwell dominated Gonzaga from the tip. Hart was a dominant force offensively hitting three pointers, attacking the bucket, and drawing fouls. Hart also contributed defensively and rebounded well. He was the leader of his team, and finished the night with a tournament high 34 points.
Biggest Suprise:
This goes to Kameron Williams of Mount Joseph High School in Baltimore. Going in to Mount Joseph's game versus Bullis I had no idea who Kameron Williams was. Turns out he is going to Ohio State University next fall to play basketball. Williams shot incredibly well in the game I watched and also got in transition and dunked twice. He only missed one shot the whole night, yet still scored at least 25 points. It was a nice suprise to learn about this kid.

Most Exciting Player to Watch:
This award is an easy one to give out because this man is the most exciting basketball player in the country, his name is Aquille Carr. Carr is a senior at Princeton Day and will be going to Seton Hall next year. He is only five foot seven inches tall, but still has a huge impact on a game. You never know what Carr will do next, and this is a good and bad statement because Carr sometimes makes horrible plays. He is so fast and so confident in his game that he is guaranteed to bring excitement to any game. I loved watching him play.
Most Disappointing Player:
Before I go in depth on this one just look at Andrew Wiggins's mixtape. Wiggins is considered by most to be the number one high school basketball player in the country.
That mixtape is impressive and Wiggins is suppose to be amazing. When I watched him in his game versus Princeton Day Wiggins did nothing to stand out. He looked like he didn't care about the game. I was shocked and outraged to see a man with so much talent not do anything with it. If I was Andrew Wiggins and I played that poorly I would be extremely embarrassed. Watching Wiggins play disgusted me. He rarely looked to attack the basketball and just was content to hang around on the perimeter and pass the ball around. The fans came to see a superstar and Wiggins failed to live up to the expectations.