Frank Burlison
@FrankieBur
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Loves his wife, hoops and movies -- in that order . . . McDonald's AA voter since 1977. Inducted USBWA Hall of Fame in 2005 and SoCal BB Hall of Fame in 2020.
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Final: Chino Hills 121, Orange Lutheran 89.
@LiAngeloBall
with 56 points and
@MELOD1P
21 points and 18 assists. Gelo will average 35 PPG.
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Good-bye, our sweet Queen Angel . . . the ache will never leave our hearts . . . you were never a “pet” — you were, and will always remain, a deeply loved member of our family. We know that you’re with all the other “Angels” now.
RIP, Angel Burlison
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The coach at the helm the last time the UCLA Bruins won a mens' national title in hoops (1995), Jim Harrick, will be honored by
@ClassicAtDamien
on the evening of Dec. 27 in Damien's Athletic Center. Many of his former players and assistant coaches are expected to be on hand!
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My mom, gone for about 12 and a half years, would have turned 87 today. There hasn't been a day since Oct. 30, 2007 that I haven't missed her dearly.
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RIP to Coach Olson and prayers up for his immediate and very-extended families. One of many mentors, also including Bob Boyd, Rick Majerus, George Raveling and Jerry Tarkanian, who helped teach me how basketball should be coached, played and written about.
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Getting unfollowed by many in light of retweets of news in Charlottesville. My response: don't let the door hit u in the ass.
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Congratulations to one of the best hoops coaches anywhere the sport is played on win No. 300, and picking it up against such a tough opponent,
@BoscoBasketball
with so much at stake Saturday night:
@HWHOOPS
David Rebibo.
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Donny Daniels has been on coaching staffs of five FF teams: Utah (Majerus), UCLA (Howland, 3X) and now Gonzaga (Few).
#PropsToDoubleD
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I'm incredibly excited to join
@baller_TV
, a company devoted to expanding the spectrum of live high school and grassroots basketball coverage to amazing new levels. I'm honored to try to help build into something special
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Seven 2019
@ClassicAtDamien
teams won CIF SS titles Friday and Saturday; five were sectional runners-up in the state; and 27 are in the state tourney starting Tuesday night. That stuff isn't coincidence. To be the best in March, u play the best in December.
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I was 60 when Trump mocked u, your wife and dad and you didn’t do shit in response. Now you grovel at the feet of that POS. Where the fuck is your “dignity”?
Joe Biden became a US Senator in 1973, when I was two years old. “New leaders.”
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Here's some trivia: Kentucky has more McD's AAs on its roster (9) than does Team USA (8).
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First-year EYBL program with one of the best HS coaches in the country in
@ClassicReg
led by an elite 2019 player in
@cassius_stanley
and a bunch of under-the-radar cats who've busted their butts and bought in to the plan and will now be on national TV Sunday.
#Facts
Final
Team Why Not 67
Oakland Soldiers 64
@russwest44
@D1Circuit
#peachjam2018
#whynot
#WhyNotUs
#battleofcali
#teamwhynot
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I'm in Indy for a long weekend of Nike/EYBL, Under Armour and Terrific 24. Sleep not an option until Monday night when back on the home front . . .
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It never ceases to amaze me the quality of player
@trigonis30
attracts to his event without a "shoe company" or other corporation to support his events. A prime example of "relationships" and hard working paying major dividends.
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@De
'Andre Hunter (Virginia) and Eric Paschall (Villanova) were standouts among the 25 college players on hand for Nike's "The Academy" Thursday in Thousand Oaks. They could be the ACC and Big East POYs next March.
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The African American voters and organizers in Detroit Milwaukee Philly Atlanta, and native Americans and Latinos in Arizona, saved our country. 💯🙌
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San Diego State Coach Brian Dutcher has hired LBSU assistant Rod Palmer to replace Justin Hutson (now Fresno State head guy) on his staff. Very nice pickup for Aztecs.
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Funny how we haven’t heard much about how “blue lives matter” when a cop is beaten to death by white Trump supporters, eh?
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Now, how about a Team Takeover-Compton Magic showdown at Bishop Gorman High on July 25, folks?
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C'mon and join yours truly and a lot of college coaches in and around Irvine this weekend! You'll thank me! . . .
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Unless you can't afford the $$$ or have logistical/schedule issues, there is no reason a player who believes he is one of the best, regionally/nationally, should MISS a Pangos Frosh-Soph Camp. Anyone telling you differently is misinformed. The proof is in the D-I and NBA pudding.
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Another coup for
@CoachRomar
and his Pepperdine program in getting a commitment from Chino Hills standout
@Andreball
. . . four quality preps are bound for Malibu in this class.
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Hell of a run by OSU Beavers. Never got out of character, even when down 17 against a FF team. Props to
@waynetinkle
and his players and staff 🙌
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I saw it in real time and court side — still trying to process it.
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Perplexing that some McD's voters don't grasp how good
@BigO21_
has been: California POY as jr, w/35 points, 14 rebs, 5 blocks in
@HoophallClassic
win over 2019 Wooden winner/top pick Zion Williamson; 16 pts, 12 rebs, 5 blocks in
@Compton_Magic
win over Team Takeover.
#Gofigure
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Any underclassmen not invited to NBA combine who doesn't immediately withdraw from draft pool is getting some God-awful "advice".
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St. Monica has hired Roy Walker (whose Culver City team went to the Round of 16 in the CIF SS 2A playoffs) as its boys hoops coach.
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In a season with loads of quality freshmen, tabbing the top one in SoCal wasn't a chore . . .
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Fuck no.
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Considering the magnitude of the event -- 190+ teams, 100s of college coaches and an NFL stadium ! -- I can't imagine a prep/grassroots hoops event being run any smoother or more productively than was the
@Section7Az
last weekend. Props to everyone involved!
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His "now side" is pretty frightening as well.
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Congrats to
@BigO21_
! Must have made great progress since he didn’t get enough votes to be a McD AA and wasn’t on the mock draft first round before start of season! Good to see some are finally getting it! 😂
Last Night. Big O.
23pts (9-10FT), 14rebs and 6blks
Energy Plays. Motor Plays.
The Dirty Work ❤️
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Many of the best pre-high school basketball players on display in Anaheim over the weekend . . .
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Coach Brey, his Notre Dame players and staff all here in St. Anne’s gym for memorial service for the Angel Rebecca Pflueger. A wonderful woman and we are all the better for being touched by her grace.
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And that was only the seventh or eighth most impressive thing that cat did in the game. Best performance I've seen from a California guard this season.
@Nolomit_e
just brought the house down.... no no no ✈️📸🤷🏾♂️... don’t jump man....Ethan Anderson
@FairfaxBBall
@TheRunninRebels
@UNLVathletics
@ClassicAtDamien
Ike and Rome
💯
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Dent the clear choice as top senior hooper for 2021-22 season . . .
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One of the greatest ever high school, college and NBA players out of SoCal . . . RIP, brother.
The Hall of Fame celebrates the life and deeply mourns the passing of Paul Westphal, Class of 2019.
📰:
📸: Focus on Sport/Getty Images
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It's too bad the Fairfax tourney wasn't an "evaluation event" for NCAA D1s . . . if so, Andre Henry (St. Francis),
@_peytonwatson11
(LB Poly), David Cheatom (L.A. Uny) and Ben Ramirez (Beverly Hills) would be drowning in "offers" -- the "real" ones.
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Ignorant and racist be-itch.
Laura Ingraham says
#LeBronJames
should "shut up and dribble" and leave political comments to people who didn't leave high school a year early.
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Chino hills is D-1 champion after 72-56 win over Pasadena.
@BigO21_
goes for 38 points 18 rebs 6 blocks and 2 assists. Monster performance and a monster season.
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Anyone who turns down pangos invitation isn’t confident or ill-advised.
Last year's
@PangosAACamp
attracted scouts from 20 NBA teams. Not officially announced yet but NBA scouts will once again be permitted to attend. Expecting all 30 NBA teams in the house this year.
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💯
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Me and the cat who was the top vote getter on the vote getter on my
@presstelegram
Best in the West squad 27 years before he was picked a Top 75 NBA all-time player. “I’ve still got that newspaper at home,” said
@paulpierce34
…
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Mobley Bros & Compton Magic buddies finish on top in grassroots showdown for the ages . . .
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@0toEli
just committed to Loyola Marymount. The 6-5 Scott (18 ppg/12 rpg) was all-Southern Section for 35-0/national top-ranked Chino Hills.
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Yak on him
@evan_mobley7
ESPN’s No. 1 ranked player for C/O 2020, Evan Mobley dominated most of tonight’s game vs No. 1 ranked player for C/o 2019 James Wiseman. Mobley’s last 6 points including this one were impressive & sealed the game for Rancho Christian
@OfficialDrive99
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And to think there were multiple people who insisted to me that
@evanmobley
was “overrated” and “wasn’t a killer” in high school. I kid you not …
Evan Mobley over his last 4 games:
20.8 PPG
7.3 RPG
3.0 APG
1.3 BPG
63% FG
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RIP ... so sad ... no one I’ve covered and Known worked as hard to become an outstanding player ...and always just a pleasant young man to visit with in recent years ...heartbreaking. Peace to his soul and to his family ...
The fatal news about former UCLA Billy Knight is devastating! Known the Knight family for 20+ years. Great people. Parents fantastic! Billy's brother Eric played on my Belmont Shore squad in late 90s. Heartbroken!
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After both vaccine shots, I’m back in the gym for in-person evaluations! 💯
Good morning. Today’s the day
@PangosAACamp
Junior Camp 12-2pm registration games after + skills workout! ALL participants must sign ONLINE covid19 waivers + temp checks +masks 😷player waiver (parent sign): fan waiver:
@trigonis30
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Maybe top SG in National class of 2022. Best athlete at position at Pangos.
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With the new CIF State sports calendar in place, here are new dates for the best prep hoops tournament in California,
@ClassicAtDamien
. . . April 3-10. More details coming shortly!
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More than most of you may want to read about high school basketball, Southern California-style . . .
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In 3+ post seasons, Chino Hills, with
@BigO21_
, is 25-2 with only losses to two best teams in California in 2016-17 (bishop Montgomery and Mater Dei). Also freshman, sophomore and overall Cal POY in that stretch.
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Sierra Canyon, Etiwanda finish atop BurlisonOnBasketball State rankings . . .
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Best high school point guard in country last season, regardless of class 💯👍
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Two-time, all-CIF SS forward
@carterbryant
is enrolled and attending classes at Centennial High in Corona. He recently committed to sign a National Letter of Intent with the University of Arizona in November.
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Much of everything you need to know about the two days of Ron Massey Memorial Hoops festivities . . .
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One of the sport’s greatest coaches and, to those who’ve followed hoops as long as I have, he and Norm Van Lier made up one of the most underrated backcourts in history!
Prayers to Coach’s family, Jazz Nation & everyone coach made feel like family! Not only did coach teach us accountability of being a good teammate but he taught us life through consistent effort! We love you & miss you! In your words before every game “hit first”!
#foreverlegend
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Fire up . . . "real" high school hoops season set to start on Nov. 13 . . .
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Guys on a media platform such as ESPN should actually know what the NCAA is talking about before referring to "eliminating" non-scholastic events. That's not the freakin' case. It's "not allowing NCAA-affiliated coaches" to attend non-scholastic events. Big difference, guys.
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There is a boys' basketball player transfer on the verge of taking place that will shake up my projected 2023-24 CIF SS Open playoff field a tad. Out of respect for the player and his family, I'll hold off ID'ing him until the transfer is "official" (as soon as Thursday).
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Many of SoCal best's hoops squads play Sunday to honor Ryse Williams . . .
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Is
@BeachCityHoops
a beast or what? He gets quality video recaps of elite-caliber players and games put up so quickly! He's going to be a giant in the industry, sooner than later.
Oak Park matched up against Corona Centennial at the RHP Classic.. Despite a slow start this game picked up tremendously & wound up being decided by OT 👀
|
@OPboysbball
vs
@Cen10Hoops
|
Full Game Recap ⏩
@battin_riley
@DJ_Davis4
@WesSlajchert
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First-team all-CIF Southern Section Open Division as a junior . . . quite a pickup for the Mustangs. One of many top-flight future college players on one of the best teams in the west in 2019-20.
Proud to say I am 110% COMMITTED to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo🐎💚!!
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Virginia Tech not only looks like an NCAA tourney team but looks capable of winning a game or two once it gets there.
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Final: Chino Hills 102, Mater Dei 54. Gelo 35 points,
@ZO2_
25 points, 7 steals, 11 assists, 8 Rebs. MD 24 turnovers. Next stop Honda Center
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Ten quick reasons why the
@ClassicAtDamien
is the only place to be Dec. 26-29:
@BigO21_
,
@MobleyIsaiah
,
@evan_mobley7
,
@therealZiaire
,
@jakekyman13
,
@maxpolo15
,
@jarodlucash
,
@jarredhyder_6
,
@lbutl999
and
@Nolomit_e
.
#yourewelcome
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Shame on kids, parents, "coaches" and ESPN for the "pick a hat" bullshit. insulting to coaches who worked their asses off to recruit them.
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Hoops Galore, Hoops Delight in Long Beach Saturday and Sunday . . .
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OK:
@MobleyIsaiah
25 points, 11 rebs and 7 assists.
@evan_mobley7
24 points, 10 rebs, 4 assists and 4 blocks.
@niccolomannion
35 points, 5 rebs, 8 assists and 4 steals.
#HoopHallWest
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Christopher and Green renewed their friendship way up high above the rim Saturday night in USA BB scrimmage . . .
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According to his father, Jaime Jaquez Jr has just committed to UCLA. The 6-6 Jaquez, from Camarillo, is one of the elite 2019 prospects nationally and has been a standout for
@TheTruthEYBL
for two years.
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After respective 1- and 2-year absences,
@Cen10Hoops
and
@FVHSBsktBall
are back where they belong for the April 3-10, 2021
@ClassicAtDamien
. FV will have one of the west's top 2024 players in
@CarterD_Bryant
and a bunch of quality vets. Centennial, naturally, is loaded again.
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For all of those "media" entities that tried to sell a narrative that "Emoni Bates is the best since Durant" . . . didn't go so well, did it? Learn to "evaluate" and not just "buy into/create the hype".
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San Diego State-bound Keith Dinwiddie scores 39 in Fairfax 99-58 Rose City win over Sylmar. Seven 3s. Justin Gladney and DJ Dudley 16 apiece. Aaron Reyes 24 for Sylmar.
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If you still support and defend this criminal in the White House and his cartel, just un-follow me now and save me the effort of blocking your ass. Shame the fuck on you.
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Mobley and his teammates close the book on another NBPA Top 100 Camp . . .
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RIP, Coach Bob Gottlieb. Prayers for
@GottliebShow
and
@CoachGottlieb
and the entire Gottlieb family. Will be missed by the entire BB world.
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Another harsh reminder as to why life should be constantly cherished because it is so fleeting. RIP to one of the greatest ever the sport has produced.
RIP to my favorite player of all time and to a great man! Gone way too soon man🙏🏾
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How tough is the Baseline League? Three of its teams, Chino Hills and Etiwanda (Div. I) and Rancho Cucamonga (vs. Colony, DII), are playing in regional finals Tuesday night. A fourth, Damien, was 3-3 against them and beat La Jolla Country Day, which faces Crescenta Valley in D-IV
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It's official:
@isilv3
and his Jesuit teammates are set to return for their second
@ClassicAtDamien
run (April 3-10). The Stanford-bound Silva was all-tourney in the Gold Division last December.
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A whole bunch of SoCal's best guards were on display at Damien High Saturday . . .
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Julie, her co-workers and the patients at her hospital are safe and sound! Thanks for for your concern and thanks to OC law efforcement!
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39.5! That's what Jason Crowe Jr. averaged for
@Lynwood_bball
in four
@TarkClassic
games this week . . . He and the Knights are back at it Tuesday morning (11:30) at
@ClassicAtDamien
vs. Palisades. Super sophomore, indeed!
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There aren’t 226 prospects in ‘22 better than Carrington nor 180 better than Henley.
Ben Johnson's first official recruiting class as
#Gophers
HC according to 247sports:
- Braeden Carrington (No. 227 nationally)
- Pharrel Payne (No. 159)
- Joshua Ola-Joseph (No. 209)
- Jaden Henley (No. 181)
No. 38 recruiting class in the country and No. 9 in the Big Ten.
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@TheTraeYoung
is proof that it's possible to be a McDonald's AA and still be "underrated" by many.
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