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6'7'', 210 lbs. | Class of 2012
Hometown: Fairview, NJ
School: St. Anthony High School
Position: Small Forward
Kyle Anderson Sets Visit Schedule
By Adam Zagoria
ZAGSBLOG
August 22, 2011, 9:41AM
It looks like Billy Donovan, Norm Roberts and the Florida Gators will get the last crack at St. Anthony point guard Kyle Anderson.
Here is his unofficial visit schedule released to SNY.tv by his father. It is subject to change.
Tuesday – Unofficial to UCLA
Aug. 30 – Unofficial to Georgetown
Sept. 1 – Unofficial to Seton Hall
Sept. 2 – Unofficial to St. John’s
Sept. 16-17 – Official to Florida
The 6-foot-8 Anderson will trip on Tuesday to UCLA for a third time on his way to the Boost Mobile Elite 24 game Saturday in Venice Beach, Calif.
Upon his return, he will also receive home visits from the five schools on his list, but those dates are not yet set. He is set to announce Sept. 20.
On Sunday, Anderson was named MVP of the Battle of Boroughs after posting 25 points, eight rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals as Harlem beat The Bronx, 84-70, in the title game. Anderson, whose mother, Suzanne, lives in Harlem, also put up 20 points in a semifinal win over Queens.
That performance came a week after Anderson notched 28 points to lead Team NYC to a 146-138 victory over Team USA in the inaugural Franchise Classic in The Bronx.
At the end of July, Anderson led the Playaz Basketball Club to titles at the Desert Duel in Arizona and the End of Summer Classic at Albright College in Reading, Pa.
“From the neck on up, he’s the best high school basketball player in America,” talent evaluator Tom Konchalski told the New York Post. “He’s just a winner. He won at Paterson Catholic, he won a national title at St. Anthony’s and he’s gonna win at the next level wherever he goes.”
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Hurley Says Anderson is Top Player in Nation; UCLA, Florida Visits Planned
By Adam Zagoria
ZAGSBLOG
August 09, 2011, 9:25AM
St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley admits he hasn’t seen every top high school player in the nation, but he’ll put Kyle Anderson up against anybody.
“I would say if there’s a better all-around player in the country, that kid must be awful good because I think Kyle is as good an all-around player as I think you can have in high school,” the Naismith Hall of Fame coach told SNY.tv.
After wowing coaches at the Peach Jam and in Las Vegas, the 6-foot-8 Anderson finished up his summer by leading the Playaz Basketball Club to titles at the Desert Duel in Arizona and the End of Summer Classic at Albright College in Pa.
“He’s maturing, he’s physically stronger, he’s fitter,” said Hurley, whose team went undefeated last season en route to the mythical national championship. “He’s one of those guys that it doesn’t happen often in the sport. He was very good last year and he’s better this year.”
Anderson is due to announce Sept. 20 for Seton Hall, St. John’s, Florida, Georgetown or UCLA.
He will be at UCLA on Wednesday for an unofficial visit, according to his father.
Then he and his mother will trip to Florida Sept. 16 for the Tennessee football game Sept. 17 and an unofficial visit.
“We will make unofficials at the remaining three schools before his decision,” Kyle Anderson Sr. told SNY.tv.
No officials visits are planned at the moment.
The feeling in many quarters is that he will elect to stay local, at either Seton Hall or St. John’s, but Hurley says Anderson isn’t stressing on the decision.
“This does not appear to be a kid who’s worrying about colleges,” Hurley said. “I think it’s organized. I think the family knows what they’re doing. Dad being a basketbal coach helps this an awful lot.
“I don’t think he’s had a nervous day all summer.”
For more Kyle Anderson action videos, click here.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Alfred Aboya pours in 17 points, takes down 6 rebounds in Cameroon win over Cote d'Ivore 76-70
by Olusegun Ikuesan
AfricaBasket, Cameroonian Basketball (Men)
Aug 21, 2011
Cameroon won the battle of leading group-C with a 76-70 points victory over Cote d'Ivoire thus keeping an hundred percent record after the preliminary round of its group at the 26th Madagascar 2011 Afrobasket for Men Sunday night.
Cameroon won the first three quarters by 18-11, 24-22 and 20-19 points while it lost the last quarter by 14-18 points.
Cameroon centre Gaston Essengue led his side charge for a comfortable first round finish with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, Alfred Aboya had 17 points and 6 rebound with guard Christain Bayang scoring 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals for the Lions victory.
Click on boxscore to enlarge (fiba.com)
Up next, Togo.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Alfred Aboya a double 8 in Cameroon win over South Africa, 87-65
by Olusegun Ikuesan
AfricaBasket, Cameroonian Basketball (Men)
Aug 19, 2011
With better improvement from their Group-C opening game against Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday South Africa Friday loses its second first round game to Cameroon by 65-87 points.
Though South Africa lost the first three quarters 17-23, 13-17, 11-24 and won the last one by 24-23 points their fighting spirit was never in doubt as they showed lots of improvement and promises.
Cameroon big forward Gaston Essengue led the floor with 18 points, 4 steals and 3 rebounds, Cyrille Makanda had 15 points and 3 rebounds, Prfait Bitee added 13 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals with Frank Ndongo posting 12 points, 4 steals and 3 rebounds for the second win for the Lions.
Cameroon coach Lazare Adingono praised the fighting spirit of the South African.
The coach whose side face Cote dIvoire on Sunday in his team last group-C game said they are not under any pressure.
Coach Adingono also thumm-up effort of FIBA Africa in raising the stake of Africa basketball but concluded that the continent can do more.
Click on boxscore to enlarge (fiba.com)
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Alfred Aboya almost a double-double as Cameroon beats Egypt, 96-81
26th Afrobasket: Cameroon cage Egypt, win 96-81
by Olusegun Ikuesan
AfricaBasket, Cameroonian Basketball (Men)
Aug 17, 2011
Indomitable Lions of Cameroon Wednesday night stopped the foray of five-time African cup of Nations champion, Egypt with a 96-81 points victory in its group-C opening game.
Cameroon took the first two quarters in grand style by 27-11 and 25-24 points to take a 52-35 points lead at half-time, though the Lazarus Adingono (played at Rhode Island, coached at Canisius) coached Lions gave up the third quarter by 24-28 points but rose to the challenge in the last quarter making a loud statement in a group that comprises 2009 runner-up, Cote d'Ivoire winning by a slim margin of 20-18 points for a final score-line of 96-81 points.
Cameroon Parfait Bitee (Rhode Island) recorded a championship high of 29 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds, he was joined by teammates Cyrille Makanda with 18 points and 4 steals, Franck Ndongo (VCU) 15 points and 3 rebounds and Gaston Essengue (UNLV) 12 points and 5 rebounds.
(No points from Chris Rogers (Arizona))
Lions coach, Adingono declared after the game that the best is yet to be seen of his side, "Yes, we won confortably against Egypt but I want to assure our fans and lovers of the game across Africa that the best is yet to be seen of the Cameroon side."
"The Olympic slot is our target and we are determined to fight for it," the Cameroon coach concluded.
Up next (Friday, Aug 19) for the Lions, South Africa, who got shellacked by Cote d'Ivoire 53-105 in their first game in the tourney.
Click on boxscore to enlarge (fiba.com)
for more stats, visit FIBA here.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Summer Buzz: UCLA Bruins
By Eamonn Brennan
ESPN.com, College Basketball Nation Blog
August, 15, 2011 12:57 PM ET
Our friends at The Mag are previewing one high-profile school per day for their Summer Buzz series. For the sake of all that is synergistic, yours truly will be attempting the same, complementing each comprehensive Insider preview with some analytic fun. Today's subject: UCLA.
When Jerime Anderson got himself indefinitely suspended for allegedly stealing a fellow student's MacBook Pro, he didn't just put his entire season in jeopardy. He also underscored the issues facing his coach, Ben Howland, as he looks to build on last season's surprisingly solid success.
Those issues come down to this: frontcourt excellence, backcourt transience. Or, put another way, UCLA has a lot of exciting forwards to choose from. Almost too many. But could the backcourt hold the Bruins back? Can Howland bridge the gap? How?
If only the Wear twins were guards.
One glance at UCLA's prospective personnel reveals the dichotomy at work here. The program lost guards Malcolm Lee and Tyler Honeycutt to the NBA draft. Anderson is indefinitely suspended. The rest of the Bruins' likely backcourt contributors are either unspectacular role players (Lazeric Jones), little-used reserves (Tyler Lamb) or promising but unproven recruits (shooting guard Norman Powell, the No. 15-ranked prospect at his position in the class of 2011).
Meanwhile, the Bruins' frontcourt can only be described as "loaded." Sophomore center Joshua Smith, who used his soft hands and gigantic body to overpower defenders in his first collegiate season, is back. So is forward Reeves Nelson, who was an efficient scorer and one of his conference's best rebounders, particularly on the defensive end. In and of itself, this is a really big frontcourt, and I mean that both literally and figuratively.
Then there are the Wear twins.
The former UNC commits left Chapel Hill and returned to the West Coast to sit out a year before becoming eligible to take the court this fall. Here's the thing about these guys right now: It's possible many of us have overrated the impact the Wears will have, or focused a bit too much on the results of their dual transfer in a news-bereft offseason. The UCLA partisans at Bruins Nation (somewhat cattily) make this argument here, and they're right: Right now, the Wears are backup forwards. That's it.
Sure, David and Travis Wear were ranked among the top 10 forwards in the class of 2009, and the fact that there's two of them adds intrigue in and of itself. But right now, the brothers provide depth. That's their role. It might be the best frontcourt depth in the country, if you believe both can contribute at the collegiate level right away, but it's still merely depth all the same. Nelson and Smith are the biggest factors in this frontcourt. That doesn't seem likely to change anytime soon.
Which is why it would be so nice if David and Travis Wear were not 6-foot-9, 220-pound power forwards but rather 6-4, 180-pound combo guards. Because what UCLA needs is guards. The Bruins have to find a way to replace Malcolm Lee's capable point guard play. They have to deal with the loss of Honeycutt, an emerging scoring threat with the length to guard multiple positions on the defensive end. They have to find someone in the backcourt that can occasionally hit an open 3. (In 2011, the Bruins shot 32.6 percent from beyond the arc, which ranked No. 253 in the country.)
Perhaps most importantly, they have to find backcourt players that can initiate the offense in ways that maximize Smith and Nelson's respective abilities.
Howland's style has always been rugged. His teams thrive on slow tempo, defensive brilliance and physicality. Things aren't pretty on the offensive end, but they don't have to be. They just have to be effective. In this case, "effective" means "good enough to score more points than your opponent, who probably won't score that many, because you're UCLA and your defense is usually pretty awesome." (Effective is probably a more efficient way of saying that, but oh well.)
Howland has the pieces he needs in the post. His team will be big, physical and strong. Smith's 300-plus pounds are more than a handful in the low block, and he's still miles from maxing out on his potential. Nelson is a rebound-and-putback machine. Both players will use their size and strength to patrol the defensive end, and with the Wears available to back them up, UCLA won't have to worry about either player tiring too quickly.
Still, UCLA's backcourt could undermine that. Jones is a key; as a senior, this is his team to control. But he can't do it alone. Barring Anderson's return, perhaps Powell can make an immediate impression. Lamb is a promising candidate, too.
Until we get to, say, December, we won't really know how this backcourt development is coming along. (We also won't know whether Anderson will be allowed to play or not.) If last year's season is any indication, there will be early struggles. Slowly but surely, the Bruins just kept getting better in 2011. Eventually, they just got it.
It's fair to predict that much for the Bruins of 2012. At the very least -- Wear twins or no -- the post will be this team's favorite place on the floor. Whether the perimeter can complement it effectively is the crucial question. I hate to say it, but here it comes: We'll see. At this point, anything else is just a guess.
Indomitable Lions arrived in Antananarivo
by Kristian Santiago
Africa Basket, Cameroonian Basketball (Men)
Aug 16, 2011
Under the guidance of head coach Lazare Adingono , the Indomitable Lions arrived in Madagascar to compete for the African crown.
No Luc Mbah a Moute (200-G/F-86, college: UCLA), Brice Vounang (202-F/C-82, college: San Diego), Harding NaNa (203-F-81, college: Delaware) or Ruben Boumtje (212-C-78, college: Georgetown) for the ambitioned country, still the Central African nation should be counted in for the top three spots in this year's edition.
The roster:
Parfait Bitee (188-G-85: Rhode Island)
Cyrille Makanda (195-G-80)
Brice Nengsu (190-G-83, college: Angelo St.)
Christian Bayang (193-G-87)
Franck Ndongo (198-F-88: VCU)
Chris Rodgers (196-G-84, college: Arizona)
Georges Manyaka (F/C)
Gaston Essengue (203-F-83, college: UNLV)
Alfred Aboya (206-F/C-85, college: UCLA)
Alexis Wangmene (200-F/C-89)
Benoit Owona (188-G/F-89)
Aldo Curti (180-G-87)
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