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Sunday, April 4, 2010

Keep Your Eye On Jordan Hamilton

One if the top recruits at his position in the country last season, Jordan Hamilton enrolled at Texas billed as a natural scorer with a good jump shot. While he’s certainly shown the ability to light up the scoreboard, his freshman campaign has been somewhat of a roller coaster ride.

After scoring a career high 27 points on 11-16 from the field in merely 19 minutes against Oklahoma State a little over a week ago, Hamilton came up with just 8 points in a 3-15 effort in a loss at Oklahoma a few days later. His play in that stretch was a microcosm of the season he’s had, and while he’s shown some major flaws in his game, Hamilton’s merits as a scorer certainly have the attention of NBA decision-makers

Up & Coming (Brittany Griner)

Griner attended Nimitz High School in Houston, Texas. In addition to basketball, as a freshman she also played varsity volleyball.

Due to the rarity of girls dunking during play, an amateur video of Griner's windmill 360 dunk during a high school game on January 24, 2007, that was subsequently posted on YouTube, quickly became a YouTube sensation and received national and international attention.

During her senior year, Griner led the Cougars of Nimitz High School to the Texas 5A girls basketball state championship game, where they lost 52-43 to Mansfield Summit High School. On March 3, 2010, Griner was ejected from a game for punching Texas Tech player Jordan Barncastle in the face after a tie-up. The punch thrown by Griner broke Barncastle's nose. A foul was called against Barncastle, while Griner was suspended for a total of two games (meaning Lady Bears coach Kim Mulkey imposed a one-game suspension in addition to the one-game suspension mandated by NCAA rules... http://www.brittney-griner.com/

Up & Coming (Ryan Matthews)

Mathews was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, where he attended West High School. He played running back, quarterback and linebacker. As a senior he led the nation with 3,396 rushing yards and 44 touchdowns as a running back,[2] along with 851 passing yards and 11 touchdowns as a quarterback