Colorado Teams Shine During Live Period No. 2 — Part II

In the first part of our rewind of the second live evaluation period, we covered Boykins Academy 15U winning the West Coast AAU Nationals and a number of Colorado players turning heads at the Three Stripes Alliance tournament outside St. Louis. Those were far from the only strong performances Colorado teams brought to the table. In the second part of our look back at live period No. 2, we take a look at some other big highlights: <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.1em; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Chaos, Miners find big success in Dallas</strong></span> A number of Colorado teams spent the second live period near Dallas at the Great American Shootout. Colorado Premier's 15U squad went 4-3 in the NIT bracket. The Elevation Flyers 16U squad won its pool in the NCAA division. The teams that found the biggest success were Colorado Chaos and the Colorado Miners. The Chaos 17s, behind a huge weekend from 6-1 2017 point guard <strong>Colbey Ross</strong>, marched all the way to the title game in the NBA division, where they eventually fell to Dallas USA. Ross' stellar play during the weekend helped him pick up two new offers -- from Pepperdine and Pacific. Ross went for more than 30 points in Chaos' opening win of the tournament, then got some help from 6-2 2017 guard <strong>Jamison Washington</strong> on an impressive up-and-under finish. https://twitter.com/ColoradoChaos/status/753791805670383620 In all, the Chaos 17U, 16U, 15U and 2018 teams went a combined 17-4 at the event. As for the Miners, it was a strong weekend overall for the program as well. The 17s Elite team finished second in the white championship bracket. <strong>Brevin Brimble</strong>, <strong>Hunter Maldonado</strong> (Wyoming commit) and <strong>CJ Jennings</strong> were big as usual for the Miners. Jennings picked up an offer from the University of Buffalo last week, while Brimble received new interested from the University of Maine. The Miners 16s went 6-0 at GASO, their shot at playing for a title in the NCAA division halted only by a flight conflict. <strong>Xavier Cooper</strong>, the 6-2 2018 guard, continued his standout play while picking up interest from Texas State. And 6-0 guard <strong>Mue Muwwakil</strong> had a monster 27-point game during the tournament. <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.1em; color: #ff6600;"><strong>Top performances in Anaheim</strong></span> It was a banner weekend for the Colorado Titans 16U squad in southern California. The Titans went a combined 7-1 at the West Coast Elite Summer Classic and DoublePump Best of Summer tournaments, the latter of which they made the title game and lost by three points. The Titans reported that 2018 guard <strong>Luke Johnson</strong> was big in the WCE tournament, knocking down five 3-pointers in the first half alone of one game. The Force 17s also went 3-0 at WCE and then made it all the way to the title game at Best of Summer, where they came up just short. The real plus: The Force met Shaq! https://twitter.com/TheForceBball/status/754479905841123328 Also of note, 2017 standout guard <strong>Kolton Peterson</strong> helped guide the Shining Stars to a 5-1 mark and a quarterfinal appearance at Best of Summer.